NAPOLITANO, GRACE F. (a Representative from California)

Articles and editorials

China Activist Plans Hunger Strike During Wen Trip, Reuters (news service), H2616 [5MY]

Fears Grow for Health of Jailed Dissident, Verna Yu, South China Morning Post (publication), H2617 [5MY]

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), H872 [4MR]

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]

Air pollution: improve indoor air quality in schools and other buildings to reduce asthma (see H.R. 1849), H304 [3FE]

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see H.R. 3378), H2266 [21AP]

———provide better protection against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases (see H.R. 3714), H245 [28JA]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H5151 [25JN]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H575 [24FE]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 761), H7138 [14SE]

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

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

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H2019 [1AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize participation in funding and implementation of a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program in California (see H.R. 4606), H4391 (see H.R. 4606), H4506 [17JN]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 95), H2658 [5MY]

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), H2154 [2AP]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3816), H1791 [31MR]

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: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H434 [10FE]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 4061), H2200 [20AP]

———reauthorize and improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 3416), H830 [3MR]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H9963 [17NO]

———support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Res. 530), H574 [24FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H7234 [15SE]

Colorado River Indian Reservation: revise boundaries (see H.R. 2941), H2406 [27AP]

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), H6707 [22JY]

Congressional Medal of Honor: mint coins in commemoration of recipients (see H.R. 3765), H4392 (see H.R. 3765), H4507 [17JN]

Consumers: extend certain protections to international remittance transfers of funds originating in the U.S. (see H.R. 5315), H9048 [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), H2658 [5MY]

———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 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), H7575 [23SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H2491 [30AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish Small Employer Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2850), H2199 [20AP]

Dept. of State: require report on progress made to eradicate poppy cultivation and prevent illicit drug trafficking in Afghanistan (see H.R. 3642), H90 [21JA]

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 Veterans Affairs: provide additional safeguards for benefit recipients who have fiduciaries for receipt and management of benefit payments (see H.R. 4032), H1592 [25MR]

———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), H37 [20JA]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H830 [3MR]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H7580 [24SE]

———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]

———increase awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia (see H.R. 3359), H927 [9MR]

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

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

Employment: provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 3764), H1594 [25MR]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H90 [21JA]

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

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), H392 [4FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 4433), H7735 [28SE]

Federal employees: require that employees with severe disabilities will not lose employment due to position conversion to a contractor (see H.R. 5276), H8858 [7OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to dietary supplements (see H.R. 3377), H1370 [23MR]

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), H3441 (see H.R. 4348), H3541 [20MY]

———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), H3873 [9JN]

Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for wildland firefighters (see H.R. 2963), H3720 [2JN]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 3716), H9963 [17NO]

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), H3016 [13MY]

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

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

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1863), H244 [28JA]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 716), H128 [27JA]

———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]

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

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

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 4182), H2265 [21AP]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H128 [27JA]

———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 314), H1594 [25MR]

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

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 685), H830 [3MR]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H4928 (see H.R. 4263), H5072 [24JN]

———expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H6706 [22JY]

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), H2406 [27AP]

———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]

———treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 3361), H1593 [25MR]

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

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 57), H927 [9MR]

Japan: anniversary of Treaty of Kanagawa opening relations with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 418), H4766 [22JN]

———encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 226), H37 [20JA]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7138 [14SE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H927 [9MR]

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), H5793 [14JY]

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

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H2200 [20AP]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H831 [3MR]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 2821), H830 [3MR]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate the comparative cost adjustment program (see H.R. 3711), H393 [4FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3355), H128 [27JA]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H7864 [29SE]

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), H9963 [17NO]

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), H90 [21JA]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H3392 [19MY]

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

National Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see H.R. 4217), H2658 [5MY]

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), H1117 [16MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3712), H245 [28JA]

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 378), H2374 [22AP]

NSF: establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 5255), H8857 [7OC]

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

Public Health Service Act: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 3203), H1593 [25MR]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H3720 [2JN]

Reclamation Safety of Dams Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4893), H6700 [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), H1370 [23MR]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 392), H3017 [13MY]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H927 [9MR]

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), H8039 [4OC]

Spain: condemn terrorist bombing in Madrid and express condolences to the families of the victims (see H. Res. 565), H1229 [17MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H128 [27JA]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 715), H2406 [27AP]

———allow employers a credit for costs of providing technical training for employees (see H.R. 5254), H8857 [7OC]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 1608), H244 [28JA]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 284), H36 [20JA]

———establish a Federal income tax credit for production of energy from geothermal energy resources (see H.R. 4094), H3964 [14JN]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see H.R. 1769), H393 [4FE]

———repeal limits on the deduction of interest on education loans (see H.R. 3384), H3720 [2JN]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H7945 [30SE]

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

Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H515 [11FE]

U.S. Geological Survey: anniversary (see H. Res. 556), H7138 [14SE]

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), H2406 [27AP]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H3605 [1JN]

———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]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H633 [25FE]

Voting: condemn all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the U.S. and reaffirm that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible citizens (see H. Res. 793), H7442 [22SE]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 485), H128 [27JA]

Women: increase awareness and education about heart disease among women (see H. Res. 522), H753 [2MR]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 2790), H5654 [13JY]

———recognize survivors of cervical cancer and the importance of good cervical health, preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages (see H. Con. Res. 348), H245 [28JA]

World Summit on Sustainable Development: affirm U.S. commitment to improve worldwide access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation services (see H. Res. 782), H7736 [28SE]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3606 [1JN]

Remarks

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, H2791 [11MY]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (H.R. 4232), H8276 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, H5426, H5431, H5438, H5439 [9JY]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), H5426, H5431, H5438 [9JY]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), Senate amendment, H8230 [6OC]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (H.R. 2828), motion to recommit, H5439 [9JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5251 [7JY]

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), H2791 [11MY]

Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act: increase Federal share of costs of the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project (H.R. 1284), Senate amendment, H9837 [17NO]

SBA: 7(a) guarantee loan program funding, H5251 [7JY]

Veterans: improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans of service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the war on terror, E1965 [11OC]

Votes: position on missed, H3681 [2JN], H5376 [8JY]

Wang Bingzhang: disapprove arbitrary detention by People's Republic of China and urge immediate release (H. Con. Res. 326), H2616 [5MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H749 [2MR]

Tributes

Avila, Margaret, E2080 [20NO]

Brennan, Joseph V., H2659 [6MY]

Fuentes, Theresa Marcella, E26 [21JA]

Ochoa, Jose L., E116 [4FE]