HINOJOSA, RUBEN (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act, H3741 [3JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H4928 (see H.R. 4576), H5072 [24JN]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 879), H2406 [27AP]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1713), H36 [20JA]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H1011 [10MR]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 761), H6997 [9SE]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H1643 [29MR]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H516 [11FE]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H2727 [6MY]

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

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (see H.R. 3873), H1370 [23MR]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 3602), H2484 [28AP]

———make grants to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 3692), H2728 [6MY]

———promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for youth in high-risk situations (see H. Res. 805), H7735 [28SE]

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

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 717), H5793 [14JY]

Colleges and universities: improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education (see H.R. 4003), H2019 [1AP]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H830 [3MR]

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]

Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2372 [22AP]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H3441 (see H.R. 4232), H3541 [20MY]

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

Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H5536 [12JY]

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

Crime: provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H5536 [12JY]

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

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H244 [28JA]

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 487), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 2871), H3016 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H2266 [21AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 4585), H7735 [28SE]

———enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 3660), H1593 [25MR]

———making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4769), H5330 [7JY]

———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), H2658 [5MY]

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 Homeland Security: authorize appropriations for Directorate of Science and Technology and establish a program for use of advanced technology to meet homeland security needs (see H.R. 4141), H2152 [2AP]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H435 [10FE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize participation in the El Paso, TX, water reclamation, reuse, and desalinization project (see H.R. 4775), H5330 [7JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H5402 [8JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H3720 [2JN]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H6707 [22JY]

———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), H434 [10FE]

Education: establish a national leadership initiative to promote and coordinate knowledge utilization in education (see H.R. 4043), H1592 [25MR]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see H.R. 5113), H7945 [30SE]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H1074 [12MR]

———provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 4102), H2018 [1AP]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 3450), H2373 [22AP]

El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (see H.R. 4122), H3094 [17MY]

Employment: provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3764), H633 [25FE]

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), H3720 [2JN]

Feldman, Sandra: tribute (see H. Res. 714), H5654 [13JY]

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

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 578), H1593 [25MR]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 330), H2374 [22AP]

Gordon Wood Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 5196), H7944 [30SE]

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

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 362), H2200 [20AP]

———encourage innovative school-based activities to help reduce and prevent obesity among children (see H.R. 2227), H2373 [22AP]

———establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 2807), H3230 [18MY]

———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), H2484 [28AP]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H872 [4MR]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H1370 [23MR]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H701 [26FE]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 4156), H3720 [2JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives (see H.R. 3856), H699 [26FE]

Housing: allow borrowers under the rural single family housing guaranteed loan program to finance the amount of the guarantee fee (see H.R. 4521), H6899 [8SE]

———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]

———facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (see H.R. 4363), H3441 (see H.R. 4363), H3541 [20MY]

Immigration: permit certain Mexican children, and accompanying adults, to obtain a waiver of the documentation requirements otherwise required to enter the U.S. as a temporary visitor (see H.R. 2525), H2373 [22AP]

———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]

———reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, protect against unfair employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, and adjust status for Haitian and Liberian nationals (see H.R. 4885), H6556 [21JY]

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

Latin American Research and Service Agency: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 499), H7574 [23SE]

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]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 461), H4765 [22JN]

Medicare: improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 1940), H3963 [14JN]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H516 [11FE]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Texas (see H.R. 3861), H699 [26FE]

———protect and strengthen beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural areas (see H. Res. 267), H3781 [3JN]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 104), H6756 [7SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H2728 [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), H2549 [4MY]

Mexico: convey a decommissioned NOAA ship (see H.R. 4158), H2153 [2AP]

———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), H1072 [11MR]

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

National Civic League: tribute to All-America City Award recipients (see H. Con. Res. 464), H4893 [23JN]

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), H1484 [24MR]

National security: secure borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 5130), H7574 [23SE]

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

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 4973), H8859 [7OC]

Rio Grande American Canal, El Paso, TX: redesignate as the Travis C. Johnson Canal (see H.R. 4751), H5150 [25JN]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H6706 [22JY]

Schools: 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), H4391 (see H.R. 4605), H4506 [17JN]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (H.R. 594), consideration (see H. Res. 523), H515 [11FE]

———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]

Taxation: make allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent (see H.R. 5384), H9999 [18NO]

———permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies or pension plans to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 4149), H9051 [8OC]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H393 [4FE]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2978), H1116 [16MR]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H3017 [13MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2406 [27AP]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4836), H5907 [15JY]

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

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. 336), H2550 [4MY]

United Negro College Fund, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H7442 [22SE]

Veterans: improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H2918 [12MY]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H2483 [28AP]

———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), H576 [24FE]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building, Edinburg, TX: designate (see H.R. 4299), H2726 [6MY]

Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 791), H7442 [22SE]

Irma Rangel Post Office Building, Kingsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4829), H5792 [14JY]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities (see H.R. 4588), H4286 [16JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5584 [13JY]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H3512 [20MY]

Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement: prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information on an individual's citizenship or immigration status, H4537 [18JN]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H6008 [20JY]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (H.R. 3873), H1412 [24MR]

———provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), H4934 [24JN]

Cinco de Mayo: observance, H2555 [5MY]

Community Services Block Grant Act: provide for quality improvements (H.R. 3030), H349 [4FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Office of Civil Rights funding, H5584 [13JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4537 [18JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information on an individual's citizenship or immigration status, E1344 [9JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: financial institutions acceptance of foreign consular-issued identification cards, H7158 [14SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5244 [7JY], E1344 [9JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7158 [14SE]

Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building, Edinburg, TX: designate (H.R. 4299), H2749 [11MY]

Edinburg, TX: Edinburg North High School recipient of College Board (organization) Inspiration Award, E571 [20AP]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (H.R. 3085), H3058 [17MY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 578), H2389 [27AP]

Garza-Vela U.S. Courthouse, Brownsville, TX: designate (H.R. 1402), H7818 [29SE]

Higher Education Act: ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (H.R. 4411), H3642 [2JN]

Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 791), E1695 [24SE]

Immigration: provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects workers, and strengthen national security (H.R. 4262), H4537 [18JN]

Irma Rangel Post Office Building, Kingsville, TX: designate (H.R. 4829), H8277 [6OC]

Lamantia, Joe, Jr.: Hidalgo County, TX, Border Texan of the Year award recipient, H600 [25FE]

Medicare: impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 3722), H3040 [17MY]

Members of Congress: tribute to departing Members of Texas delegation, H10059 [19NO]

Memorial Day: observance, H3512 [20MY]

Mexico: agree to certain amendments to the agreement establishing the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (H.R. 254), Senate amendment, H1390, H1392 [24MR]

National Civic League: tribute to All-America City Award recipients (H. Con. Res. 464), H8266 [6OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (H.R. 2729), H3122 [18MY]

SBA: 7(a) guarantee loan program funding, H5244 [7JY]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), Senate amendment, H458 [11FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, H458 [11FE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H3058 [17MY]

Taxation: increase child tax credit (H.R. 4359), H3465 [20MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H349 [4FE]

Votes: position on missed, H276 [3FE], H1342 [23MR], H1566 [25MR], H2227 [21AP], H4728 [22JN], H5083 [25JN], H7096 [14SE], H8994 [8OC], E118 [4FE], E645 [26AP], E1283 [25JN], E1389 [15JY], E1433 [20JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H749 [2MR]

Special order: granted, H431 [10FE], H630 [25FE], H692 [26FE], H2014 [1AP], H3079 [17MY], H7440 [22SE], H7572 [23SE], H10071 [19NO]

Tributes

Besteiro, Raul A., Jr., H9749 [17NO]

Calderon, Juan, Jr., H7405 [22SE]

Card, H. William, E308 [4MR]

De la Vina, Robert R., E925 [20MY]

Garces, Tomas, H7405 [22SE]

Garza, Reynaldo G., H7818 [29SE]

Gonzalez, Pauline, E927 [20MY]

Hinojosa, Jose, H672 [26FE]

Marshall, Charles, E503 [2AP]

McAdam, Maryln Lee, H420 [10FE]

Vela, Filemon B., H7818 [29SE]

Zapata, Mark A., H7405 [22SE]

Zaragoza, Ignacio, H2555 [5MY]