ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4171, H4172 [15JN], H4531 [18JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4567, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8651 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H576 [24FE]

Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building, Rio Vista, CA: designate (see H.R. 4807), H6707 [22JY]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H7864 [29SE]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8168 [5OC]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H3230 [18MY]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 4312), H3392 [19MY]

California: authorize appropriations for restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station (see H.R. 4469), H3439 (see H.R. 4469), H3539 [20MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H1369 [23MR]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 4622), H4580 [18JN]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H1011 [10MR]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H128 [27JA]

Commission for Assisting Democratic Parliaments: establish (see H. Res. 543), H872 [4MR]

Commission To Establish a National Museum of the American Latino: establish to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC (see H.R. 4854), H5982 [19JY] (see H.R. 4863), H6126 [20JY]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5196 [6JY]

Computers: prevent deceptive software transmission practices in order to safeguard computer privacy, maintain computer control, and protect Internet commerce (see H.R. 4255), H4766 [22JN]

Consumers: extend certain protections to international remittance transfers of funds originating in the U.S. (see H.R. 5315), H9048 [8OC]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see H.R. 5335), H9049 [8OC]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see H.R. 2387), H5908 [15JY]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 5374), H9962 [17NO]

Dept. of Education: making appropriations (see H.R. 4473), H3605 [1JN]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 3834), H632 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H2917 [12MY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H9963 [17NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the Office of Wireless Public Safety Interoperable Communications (see H.R. 4400), H3391 [19MY]

———making supplemental appropriations for Federal Air Marshal Service (see H.R. 3991), H2549 [4MY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 4676), H6707 [22JY]

Diseases: increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 5339), H9049 [8OC]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H393 [4FE]

Earl B. Gilliam Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 4474), H5909 [15JY]

Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5364), H9745 [16NO]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H2483 [28AP]

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 4575), H6756 [7SE]

Evan Asa Ashcraft Post Office Building, West Hills, CA: designate (see H.R. 5147), H7736 [28SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1430), H7735 [28SE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H1322 [18MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to dietary supplements (see H.R. 3377), H1011 [10MR]

———establish requirements to allow sale of prescription drugs over the Internet (see H.R. 3880), H2484 [28AP]

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 2932), H830 [3MR]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H3720 [2JN]

Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seafloor by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 1690), H1072 [11MR]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 5259), H8857 [7OC]

Guam: anniversary of liberation (see H. Res. 737), H6998 [9SE]

Haskins, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 562), H5151 [25JN]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H1740 [30MR]

———expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4766 [22JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5536 [12JY]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 4316), H2727 [6MY]

Housing: expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H1072 [11MR]

Immigration: provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects workers, and strengthen national security (see H.R. 4262), H2547 [4MY]

Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti: establish (see H.R. 3919), H926 [9MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7234 [15SE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H90 [21JA]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]

League of United Latin American Citizens: anniversary (see H. Res. 533), H575 [24FE] (see H. Res. 544), H700 [26FE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 4937, 4938), H6702 [22JY]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 3545), H396 [6FE]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H5402 [8JY]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H7575 [23SE]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H392 [4FE]

———modernize by ensuring that appropriate preventive services are covered (see H.R. 4898), H7736 [28SE]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H2266 [21AP]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in California (see H.R. 3964), H1071 [11MR]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 745), H1322 [18MR]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H576 [24FE]

Mental health: recognize that prevention of suicide is a compelling national priority (see H. Con. Res. 456), H4391 (see H. Con. Res. 456), H4507 [17JN]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 466), H435 [10FE]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3887), H830 [3MR]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 396), H2200 [20AP]

National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H6756 [7SE] (see H. Res. 772), H7137 [14SE]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H1740 [30MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3712), H831 [3MR] (see H.R. 4355), H4171 [15JN]

———expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by infectious disease agents or toxins that may pose a significant public health threat (see H.R. 4258), H4580 [18JN]

NCAA: affirm commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of sporting events (see H. Res. 575), H1483 [24MR]

Nursing homes: establish a loan repayment program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants in underserved homes, and establish a mentoring program for training administrators (see H.R. 5322), H9048 [8OC]

OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3437 (see H.R. 4414), H3537 [20MY]

Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 4911), H6701 [22JY]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H5151 [25JN]

Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see H.R. 2490), H1011 [10MR]

Smith, Donald J.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1484 [24MR]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H7234 [15SE]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H5151 [25JN]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

———tribute to NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cornell University for conducting the Mars Exploration Rover mission, and recognition of importance of space exploration (see H. Res. 490), H35 [20JA]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2266 [21AP]

Taxation: provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H1072 [11MR]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H2918 [12MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H5195 [6JY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H576 [24FE]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 4820), H5653 [13JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H872 [4MR]

U.N.: provide a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund for the prevention, remedy, and repair of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 3810), H515 [11FE]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1370 [23MR]

University of Southern California: tribute to football, women's volleyball, and men's water polo teams (see H. Res. 511), H303 [3FE]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H3720 [2JN]

Water: conservation of freshwater resources (see H. Con. Res. 468), H5150 [25JN]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 3350), H2406 [27AP]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H2548 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 4888), H6556 [21JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 4493), H3719 [2JN]

Remarks

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services: prohibit contracting out of work done by immigration information officers, contact representatives, and investigative assistants, H4531 [18JN]

Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center: establish (H.J. Res. 57), H8102 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4531 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), conference report, H9173 [9OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6979 [9SE]

History: anniversary of first Korean immigration to the U.S., E161 [10FE]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), E423 [23MR]

———condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (H. Res. 627), H2691 [6MY]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: observance, E638 [22AP]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), E1946 [11OC]

Votes: position on missed, E1417 [19JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H124 [27JA], H5905 [15JY]

Tributes

Cardella, Joyce, E1468 [22JY]

Esparza, Ralph R., E2113 [20NO]

Hernandez, Antonia, E490 [31MR]