GUTIERREZ, LUIS V. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7196 [15SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Arlington National Cemetery: construct a memorial to noncitizens killed in the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3480), H434 [10FE]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3392 [19MY]

———eliminate reductions of basic pay for eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4711), H8039 [4OC]

———ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 5296), H9047 [8OC]

———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H515 [11FE]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7575 [23SE]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H434 [10FE]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see H.R. 1323), H11057 [7DE]

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

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (see H.R. 4608), H4391 (see H.R. 4608), H4506 [17JN]

Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H830 [3MR]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3816), H4171 [15JN]

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

Cambodia: encourage and support the ratification, establishment, and financing of a tribunal for the prosecution of surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime (see H. Con. Res. 399), H4894 [23JN]

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: improve access to books in early learning and other child care programs and establish special postage stamps to fund child literacy programs (see H.R. 126), H11057 [7DE]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see H.R. 936), H4894 [23JN]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 163), H3094 [17MY]

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

Climate: conduct scientific research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits to consumers from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 4067), H4392 (see H.R. 4067), H4507 [17JN]

Colleges and universities: improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education (see H.R. 4003), H4894 [23JN]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H1643 [29MR]

Colmery, Harry W.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 257), H3606 [1JN]

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), H6557 [21JY]

Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2550 [4MY]

Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H37 [20JA]

Crime: 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]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 4585), H11057 [7DE]

———enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 3660), H2154 [2AP]

———making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4769), H11057 [7DE]

———strengthen and expand the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into post-secondary education (see H.R. 3988), H2816 [11MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H3720 [2JN]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H6128 [20JY]

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

———make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 542), H1011 [10MR]

Dept. of HUD: provide assistance for privately owned low- and moderate-income housing with expiring Federal subsidies to prevent displacement of low- and moderate-income tenants (see H.R. 4679), H4926 (see H.R. 4679), H5070 [24JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 1519), H927 [9MR]

———make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H3720 [2JN]

———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), H5984 [19JY]

———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2919 [12MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H5330 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend authority to guarantee hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for construction or purchase of homes by veterans (see H.R. 4616), H7329 [21SE]

———improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 1716), H3963 [14JN]

———provide additional safeguards for benefit recipients who have fiduciaries for receipt and management of benefit payments (see H.R. 4032), H4171 [15JN]

———provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment program for veterans who experienced sexual trauma or harassment while in military service (see H.R. 3849), H698 [26FE]

———restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H2200 [20AP]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1998), H8409 [6OC]

Diseases: establish comprehensive, integrated, and culturally appropriate HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls for each country provided assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4792), H5470 [9JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2483 [28AP]

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H4392 (see H.J. Res. 29), H4507 [17JN]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H5150 [25JN]

———provide loan forgiveness for social workers who work for child protective agencies (see H.R. 734), H11057 [7DE]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 3450), H4894 [23JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2107), H11057 [7DE] (see H.R. 2394), H3440 (see H.R. 2394), H3540 [20MY]

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 4575), H4170 [15JN]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H1230 [17MR]

Expedited Funds Availability Act: redress imbalances between faster withdrawals permitted under the Check 21 Act and slower rates for crediting deposits (see H.R. 5410), H11057 [7DE]

Extension Living Well Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 416), H9746 [16NO]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 3780), H4894 [23JN]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 356), H753 [2MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H633 [25FE]

Financial institutions: allow credit unions to provide international money transfer services to nonmembers and require certain disclosures in connection with any international money transfer (see H.R. 4348), H4894 [23JN]

———clarify applicability of State law to national banks (see H.R. 5251), H8857 [7OC]

———commemorate anniversary of Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Co., and honor the contributions of minority-owned banks (see H. Con. Res. 394), H1369 [23MR]

———ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H2658 [5MY]

Fish and fishing: provide for stewardship of fishery resources (see H.R. 4706), H4927 (see H.R. 4706), H5071 [24JN]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority (see H.R. 2536), H1643 [29MR]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 330), H4928 (see H. Con. Res. 330), H5072 [24JN]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H37 [20JA]

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

Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 4215), H2372 [22AP]

———require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H7575 [23SE]

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 3758), H9745 [16NO]

———constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H4392 (see H.J. Res. 30), H4507 [17JN]

———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), H2374 [22AP]

———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]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H6557 [21JY]

———provide for emergency distributions of influenza vaccine (see H.R. 5243), H8856 [7OC]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H434 [10FE]

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (see H.R. 1168), H11057 [7DE]

———repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 685), H11057 [7DE]

Hire a Veteran Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 252), H3441 [20MY]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3017 [13MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H3441 (see H.R. 3802), H3540 [20MY]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H1791 [31MR]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H5195 [6JY]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H927 [9MR]

Iraq: prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3673), H435 [10FE]

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H1117 [16MR]

IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H3873 [9JN]

Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 1958), H7329 [21SE]

Korean War: revise requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Combat Medical Badge relative to certain service in Korea (see H.R. 4039), H3964 [14JN]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 3676), H11057 [7DE]

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

Law enforcement officers: extend the same Federal benefits to officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to officers serving units of State and local government (see H.R. 3523), H4647 [21JN]

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

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 1930), H1011 [10MR]

Luis A. Ferre U.S. Courthouse and Post Office Building, Ponce, PR: designate (see H.R. 3742), H243 [28JA]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H37 [20JA]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H4391 (see H.R. 3148), H4507 [17JN]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H7329 [21SE]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H2154 [2AP]

———provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (see H.R. 4689), H4926 (see H.R. 4689), H5070 [24JN]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H2727 [6MY]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H7138 [14SE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP]

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), H2483 [28AP]

National security: restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (see H.R. 4591), H8039 [4OC]

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4108), H2728 [6MY]

OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3821 [8JN]

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see H.R. 5292), H9746 [16NO]

Privacy: provide penalties for accessing certain electronic communications in a manner that violates consumer privacy (see H.R. 4956), H7073 [13SE]

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

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H393 [4FE]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H6557 [21JY]

Puerto Rico: authorize construction of a Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center at a site that would best serve the needs of both veterans and Dept. of Defense medical beneficiaries (see H.R. 3898), H871 [4MR]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 713), H9963 [17NO]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H8168 [5OC]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 4994), H6756 [7SE]

———review determinations on whether schools and local educational agencies made adequate yearly progress taking into consideration subsequent regulations and guidance applicable to those determinations (see H.R. 4605), H11057 [7DE]

Senator Paul Simon Federal Building, Carbondale, IL: designate (see H.R. 3713), H88 [21JA]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H4928 (see H.R. 2262), H5071 [24JN]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: improve and make technical corrections (see H.R. 4658), H7073 [13SE]

Simon, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 489), H35 [20JA]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H4894 [23JN]

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 4035), H6997 [9SE]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5793 [14JY]

Task Force on Sealed Source Protection: establish to evaluate and make recommendations on security of sealed sources of radioactive materials (see H.R. 891), H304 [3FE]

Taxation: extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 252), H3541 [20MY]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H575 [24FE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H515 [11FE]

———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]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H1230 [17MR]

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

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4654), H4892 [23JN]

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), H927 [9MR]

Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 4450), H3439 (see H.R. 4450), H3538 [20MY]

Veterans: extend eligibility of veterans who served in recent hostilities for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any illness (see H.R. 4438), H3438 (see H.R. 4438), H3538 [20MY]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H1593 [25MR]

———improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5244), H8856 [7OC]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4175), H2919 [12MY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H4392 (see H.J. Res. 28), H4507 [17JN]

———recognize and support efforts to promote greater civic awareness through voter registration and participation in the electoral process (see H. Res. 796), H7574 [23SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: provide priority for the payment of employee claims arising under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (see H.R. 3808), H514 [11FE]

Congress: disapprove certain regulations issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (see H.R. 4236, 4237), H2482 [28AP]

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

Financial institutions: prevent conflicts of interest by establishing post-employment limitations on bank examiners-in-charge (see H.R. 5097), H7234 [15SE]

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]

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: provide for more effective congressional oversight over operations and administrative expenses (see H.R. 5098), H7234 [15SE]

Motions

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), H8978 [8OC]

Remarks

Bankruptcy: provide priority for the payment of employee claims arising under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (H.R. 3808), H483 [11FE]

Congress: disapprove certain regulations issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (H.R. 4236), E689 [28AP]

———disapprove certain regulations issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (H.R. 4237), E689 [28AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network funding, H7180 [14SE]

———financial institutions acceptance of foreign consular-issued identification cards, H7159 [14SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5372 [8JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7159, H7180 [14SE], H7196, H7197 [15SE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 1375), H1251 [18MR]

Immigration: allow acceptance of consular-issued identification cards, H8978, H8982, H8984 [8OC]

———maintain existing asylum rights and refugee protections, H8978 [8OC]

———require a due process review of certain illegal aliens before expediting deportation, H8978, H8984 [8OC]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), motion to instruct conferees, H8978, H8982, H8984, H8985 [8OC]

Julia, Raul: tribute (H. Con. Res. 287), H585 [25FE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (H.R. 2768), H5781 [14JY]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8679 [7OC]

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: prohibit funding to implement, litigate or defend the legality of, or enforce certain regulations relative to applicability of State consumer protection laws to national banks, H5372 [8JY], H7196, H7197 [15SE]

Simon, Paul: tribute (H. Res. 489), H56 [21JA]

Votes: position on missed, H4560 [18JN], H7701 [28SE], H7981 [4OC], H10918 [6DE], E104 [3FE], E115 [4FE], E360 [11MR], E393 [17MR], E580 [21AP], E818 [12MY], E988, E1003 [2JN], E1084 [9JN], E1121 [15JN], E1205 [22JN], E1351 [9JY], E1386 [15JY], E1483, E1485, E1487 [22JY], E1561 [8SE], E1707 [24SE], E2129 [20NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H390 [4FE]

Special order: granted, H431 [10FE], H512 [11FE]

Statements

9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act: Executive Office of the President, H8985 [8OC]

Tributes

Lipinski, Representative, E2081 [20NO]

Melendez Cano, Luis E., E1172 [18JN]