ISSA, DARRELL E. (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H2019 [1AP]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H2266 [21AP]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H831 [3MR]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 4622), H5402 [8JY]

Computers: prohibit misappropriation of databases while ensuring consumer access to factual information (see H.R. 3872), H752 [2MR]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H1739 [30MR]

Corps of Engineers: raise maximum amount that may be allotted for the construction of small shore and beach restoration and protection projects (see H.R. 3845), H698 [26FE]

Courts: convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, and authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Nebraska, and for the eastern district of California (see H.R. 5273), H9051 [8OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (see H.R. 4569), H4170 [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 522), H10080 [19NO]

———develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H1072 [11MR]

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: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H6707 [22JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H6707 [22JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H1072 [11MR]

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 1822), H700 [26FE]

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H515 [11FE]

Education: recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2406 [27AP]

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

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1063), H396 [6FE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H8859 [7OC]

Firearms: technical correction to Federal preemption law, relative to State or local laws, concerning the markings and identification of imitation or toy firearms (see H.R. 5091), H7233 [15SE]

Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for wildland firefighters (see H.R. 2963), H6756 [7SE]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H927 [9MR]

Health: provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H5654 [13JY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H304 [3FE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H393 [4FE]

———require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H4171 [15JN]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H7945 [30SE]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see H. Res. 667), H4766 [22JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H1011 [10MR]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 5111), H7329 [21SE]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

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

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 2510), H4766 [22JN]

Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H8859 [7OC]

Middle East: commend democratization and political and economic liberalization of certain countries (see H. Res. 751), H7864 [29SE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H514 [11FE]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (see H.R. 10), H8038 [4OC]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4906), H6701 [22JY]

———ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4680), H5471 [9JY]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H7575 [23SE]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H2200 [20AP]

Radioactive substances: carry out activites to bring to market effective medical countermeasures to radiation from a nuclear or radiological attack (see H.R. 5000), H6705 [22JY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA] (see H. Res. 664), H3821 [8JN]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1631), H7575 [23SE]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and direct the EPA to carry out certain authorities under an agreement with Canada on the importation of solid waste (see H.R. 4940), H6702 [22JY]

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

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H516 [11FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H2154 [2AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H7735 [28SE]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 4109), H2266 [21AP]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1742), H1072 [11MR]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H3821 [8JN]

Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4794), H5470 [9JY]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H5331 [7JY]

Vietnamese Conflict: express appreciation for service and sacrifice to veterans (see H. Res. 840), H8859 [7OC]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H8168 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Res. 853), H9745 [16NO]

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

Dept. of the Interior: authorize participation in the Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization and Expansion Project (see H.R. 4300), H2727 [6MY]

———construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River in California (see H.R. 4389), H3390 [19MY]

———participate in Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wildomar Service Area Recycled Water Distribution Facilities, and Alberhill Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Facility Projects (see H.R. 4907), H6701 [22JY]

Medicaid: permit local public agencies to act as enrollment brokers (see H.R. 3895), H871 [4MR]

Patents: make technical corrections in patent laws (see H.R. 5253), H8857 [7OC]

Riverside County, CA: transfer certain BLM lands to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (see H.R. 4908), H6701 [22JY]

Remarks

Boy Scouts: tribute (H. Res. 853), H10031 [19NO]

California: anniversary of Valley Center Municipal Water District, E1356 [12JY]

Dept. of the Interior: construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River in California (H.R. 4389), H7968, H7969 [4OC]

Education: recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (H. Res. 598), H2504 [4MY]

Egypt: allocation of foreign aid, H5849 [15JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5849 [15JY]

George C. Marshall Institute: anniversary, E1203 [22JN]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, H11017 [7DE]

Iraq: alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H2662 [6MY], H2738 [11MY]

Lupus International (organization): tribute, E177 [12FE]

Medicare: impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 3722), H3042 [17MY]

Middle East: support security of Israel and principles of peace in the Middle East (H. Con. Res. 460), H4800 [23JN]

Motor vehicles: toll requirements for hybrid gasoline-electric car users relative to use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes, H1990 [1AP]

Oceanside, CA: anniversary of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (fraternal organization) Lodge 1561, E1515 [22JY]

———anniversary of Rotary Club, E246 [26FE]

———tribute to Oceanside High School graduating class, E1073 [8JN]

Palestinian Authority: political reform, E1503 [22JY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3803, H3815 [8JN]

Redd, Don: General Douglas MacArthur Army Leadership Award recipient, E1034 [4JN]

Ronald Reagan (U.S.S.): welcome ship and crew to new home port of San Diego, CA, E1491 [22JY]

Temecula, CA: tribute to Temecula Citizen Corps, E33 [21JA]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H1990 [1AP]

Votes: position on missed, H2838 [12MY], H5083 [25JN], H7098 [14SE], E1947 [11OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H87 [21JA]

Tributes

Azrak, George P., E1164 [18JN]

Bowdon, William G., E1252 [25JN]

Copley, Helen K., E1557 [8SE]

Farmer, Lee, E242 [26FE]

Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria (President, Philippines), E1267 [25JN]

Newton, Theodore L., Jr., E1164 [18JN]