WATERS, MAXINE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7235 [15SE], H7336 [22SE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 1375), H1264 [18MR]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2022 [1AP]

Analyses

Haiti—Smoldering on the Edge of Chaos: Jessica Leight, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, E1948-E1950 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Arlington National Cemetery: construct a memorial to noncitizens killed in the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3480), H5654 [13JY]

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), H6557 [21JY]

———ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 4728), H5149 [25JN]

———extend time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1924), H128 [27JA]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H6997 [9SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H128 [27JA]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4928 (see H.R. 3831), H5072 [24JN]

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

Brown, Oliver L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4162), H2153 [2AP]

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), H6128 [20JY]

California: authorize appropriations for restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station (see H.R. 4469), H4287 [16JN]

Caribbean nations: provide humanitarian assistance to countries devastated by hurricanes (see H. Con. Res. 496), H7442 [22SE]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 570), H1791 [31MR]

Charles, Ray: tribute (see H. Res. 677), H4287 [16JN]

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

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

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS (see H. Con. Res. 450), H4171 [15JN] (see H. Con. Res. 457), H4580 [18JN]

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

Civil Rights Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 676), H4171 [15JN]

Classified information: request the Executive Office of the President, and certain other executive departments, to transmit documents relating to the disclosure of the identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H393 [4FE]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H10000 [18NO]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H2199 [20AP]

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

Communications Act: clarify congressional intent concerning, and codify, certain requirements ensuring that broadcasters afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance (see H.R. 4710), H6756 [7SE]

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]

Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 1434), H128 [27JA]

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 3974), H4894 [23JN]

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]

Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 320), H37 [20JA]

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 5374), H10000 [18NO]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 384), H2550 [4MY]

———direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2018 [1AP]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities (see H.R. 1355), H4287 [16JN]

———make certain Caribbean nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 810), H8039 [4OC]

———make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H. Res. 542), H700 [26FE]

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: require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2155 [2AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), 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), H2200 [20AP]

———provide service-connected disability benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation provided by the Dept., and for survivors of persons dying from such treatment (see H.R. 843), H2199 [20AP]

———provide specially adapted housing assistance to veterans with service-connected disabilities due to loss, or loss of use of both upper extremities that precludes use of the arms at and below the elbows (see H.R. 2612), H2199 [20AP]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H1011 [10MR]

———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]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H89 [21JA]

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

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H2919 [12MY]

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

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H1594 [25MR]

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

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H1072 [11MR]

Financial institutions: 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), H576 [24FE]

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

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 560), H1072 [11MR]

Haiti: expedite and increase emergency disaster assistance funding relative to damage caused by Hurricane Jeanne (see H. Con. Res. 515), H9050 [8OC]

Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H2919 [12MY]

———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), H4646 [21JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H8409 [6OC]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H2728 [6MY]

———expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 3507), H245 [28JA] (see H.R. 4110), H4171 [15JN]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 832), H7443 [22SE]

———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]

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]

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

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 3), H701 [26FE]

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: visitor center funding (see H. Con. Res. 495), H7442 [22SE]

March for Women's Lives: commend marchers and recognize individual rights relative to fertility, sexuality, and reproduction (see H. Res. 603), H2372 [22AP]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4178), H2549 [4MY]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H699 [26FE]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H435 [10FE]

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

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

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), H393 [4FE]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 4445), H5654 [13JY]

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

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see H.R. 4147), H2152 [2AP]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 658), H3605 [1JN]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: clarify certain loan guarantee authority (see H.R. 4471), H3720 [2JN]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689, 699, 700), H5793 [14JY]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H575 [24FE]

Riverside National Cemetery: designate POW/MIA National Memorial (see H.R. 2206), H2549 [4MY]

Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 406), H2153 [2AP]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H7575 [23SE]

San Jose Earthquakes (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 475), H927 [9MR]

Social Security: eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program for disabled individuals suffering from a terminal illness (see H.R. 976), H575 [24FE]

———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), H9184 [9OC]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H5195 [6JY]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H4927 (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5071 [24JN]

———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H7575 [23SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY] (see H. Res. 508), H2406 [27AP]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4207), H2371 [22AP]

———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), H3821 [8JN]

———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 1555), H3016 [13MY]

———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]

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

U.S. Olympic Committee: require companies that enter into licensing agreements observe certain labor standards (see H.R. 4988), H6704 [22JY]

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), H1791 [31MR]

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

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), H2483 [28AP]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H2266 [21AP]

———improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5244), H10080 [19NO]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 1735), H2199 [20AP]

———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), H2266 [21AP]

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]

———constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H2919 [12MY]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H434 [10FE]

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

Women's United Soccer Association: tribute (see H. Res. 373), H6756 [7SE]

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

Business and industry: make certain companies that have outsourced jobs during the previous five years ineligible for the receipt of Federal grants, contracts, loan guarantees, and other Federal funding (see H.R. 3911), H871 [4MR]

Camacho, Rafael: relief (see H.R. 3912), H871 [4MR]

Camacho, Rosa: relief (see H.R. 3912), H871 [4MR]

Camacho, Rosa B.: relief (see H.R. 3912), H871 [4MR]

Commission on American Jobs: establish (see H.R. 3878), H752 [2MR]

Courts: repeal mandatory minimum sentencing for certain Federal crimes and restore justice and fairness to Federal sentencing practices (see H.R. 5103), H7234 [15SE]

Haiti: U.S. policy relative to political uprising and humanitarian crisis (see H. Con. Res. 370), H632 [25FE]

IMF: provide for cancellation of debts owed by poor countries (see H.R. 4511), H3780 [3JN]

International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 4793), H5470 [9JY]

Los Angeles, CA: conduct study to determine suitability and feasibility of including Ballona Bluff in the National Park System (see H.R. 4716), H5149 [25JN]

Smith, Donald J.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1369 [23MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H375 [4FE]

Budget: evaluation of Bush administration proposals, E363 [11MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1426, H1445 [24MR]

Caribbean nations: provide humanitarian assistance to countries devastated by hurricanes, H8297 [6OC]

———provide humanitarian assistance to countries devastated by hurricanes (H. Con. Res. 496), H8000 [4OC]

Cheney, Vice President: relationship with Halliburton Co., H284 [3FE]

Children and youth: provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, simplify program operations and improve program management, and reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 2507), H4932 [24JN]

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (H.R. 3936), H9786 [17NO]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (H.R. 2028), H7466 [23SE]

Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances, H5315 [7JY]

———lift trade embargo, H7340 [22SE]

———prohibit funding to enforce regulations that restrict or eliminate participation by U.S. students in study-abroad programs, H7339 [22SE]

———prohibit funding to implement U.S. sanctions on private sales of agriculture commodities, medicine, or medical supplies, H7336, H7340 [22SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: financial institutions acceptance of foreign consular-issued identification cards, E1641 [15SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Grant and Per Diem Homeless Veterans Assistance Program funding, H9786 [17NO]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (H.R. 4345), H4820 [23JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5315 [7JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7336, H7339, H7340 [22SE], E1641 [15SE]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8297 [6OC]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 4571), H7104 [14SE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (H.R. 1375), H1264 [18MR]

———reduce waiting period for mergers by banks and bank holding companies following approval by the Dept. of Justice, H1264 [18MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5845 [15JY]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): designate certain funding as an emergency requirement, H5845 [15JY]

Haiti: U.S. policy, E1948 [11OC]

———U.S. policy relative to political uprising and humanitarian crisis, H541 [24FE], H626 [25FE], H2635 [5MY]

Housing: exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing annual public housing agency plans (H.R. 27), H2606, H2607 [5MY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H375 [4FE]

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), H1152 [17MR]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H375 [4FE], H7333 [22SE]

———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), H2694 [6MY]

———investigation into awarding of reconstruction contracts, H284 [3FE]

———limit conflicts of interest by prohibiting certain senior U.S. officials from participating in negotiations of Federal contracts related to the war or reconstruction of Iraq, H284 [3FE]

Los Angeles, CA: prohibit funding for construction project of a remote passenger check-in facility at Los Angeles International Airport, H2022, H2023 [1AP]

Medicare: impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (H.R. 3722), H3041 [17MY]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8688 [7OC]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (H. Con. Res. 467), H6530 [21JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (H. Con. Res. 414), H2928 [13MY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794), H7528 [23SE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4400 [17JN]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4400 [17JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), H2022, H2023 [1AP]

Veterans: health care funding, H1426 [24MR]

———improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), H9770 [17NO]

WIC: improve pricing and sales in WIC-only stores, H4932 [24JN]

Women: programs funding, H1445 [24MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H124 [27JA], H2404 [27AP]

Special order: granted, H297 [3FE], H561 [24FE], H2655 [5MY]

Tributes

Dolan, Margaret, E594 [21AP]

Smith, Donald J., E425 [23MR]