SERRANO, JOSE E. (a Representative from New York)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4567, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8651 [7OC]
Articles and editorials
Integrity of the Restitution Process Rests on Single Standard of Justice, Stuart Eizenstat, Forward (publication), E1511
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), H701 [26FE]
Airport Noise Curfew Commission: establish (see H.R. 5109), H7328 [21SE]
Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see H.R. 3378), H2373 [22AP]
Anthony I. Lombardi Memorial Post Office Building, Nanuet, NY: designate (see H.R. 4618), H4579 [18JN]
Archie Spigner Post Office Building, St. Albans, NY: designate (see H.R. 4632), H4646 [21JN]
Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3441 (see H.R. 4346), H3541 [20MY]
———enhance and improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods on active duty (see H.R. 5354), H9184 [9OC]
———ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 4728), H5195 [6JY]
———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 4367), H6899 [8SE]
———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H9184 [9OC]
———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]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H37 [20JA]
Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]
Barber Conable Post Office Building, Batavia, NY: designate (see H.R. 3690), H128 [27JA]
Business and industry: prevent excessive concentration of ownership of the nation's media outlets, restore fairness in broadcasting, and foster and promote localism, diversity, and competition in the media (see H.R. 4069), H5536 [12JY]
———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]
Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 261), H2374 [22AP]
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), H1643 [29MR]
Charles, Ray: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 449), H4581 [18JN]
Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 4622), H4580 [18JN]
———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H707 [1MR] (see H.R. 3602), H4392 (see H.R. 3602), H4507 [17JN]
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]
———restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]
Claims: extend deadline for victims of terrorist attacks to file claims to receive certain compensation (see H.R. 5076), H7137 [14SE]
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), H8409 [6OC]
Clinton, William J.: express wishes for a speedy recovery from heart surgery and acknowledge the importance of further research, funding, and education about heart disease (see H. Con. Res. 490), H7945 [30SE]
———tribute (see H. Res. 717), H5793 [14JY]
Colleges and universities: ensure that all college students and families have the tools and resources to adequately save for, finance, and repay postsecondary and post-baccalaureate expenses (see H.R. 3618), H128 [27JA]
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), H5196 [6JY]
Computers: prevent deceptive software transmission practices in order to safeguard computer privacy, maintain computer control, and protect Internet commerce (see H.R. 4255), H3392 [19MY]
Congress: disapprove certain regulations issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (see H.R. 4236, 4237), H2482 [28AP]
Congressional Science Competition: establish (see H. Res. 604), H2372 [22AP]
Consumers: extend certain protections to international remittance transfers of funds originating in the U.S. (see H.R. 5315), H9048 [8OC]
Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see H.R. 5335), H9049 [8OC]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H128 [27JA]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4155), H2152 [2AP]
Crime: expand protections against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms (see H.R. 3815), H633 [25FE]
———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), H3440 (see H.R. 2387), H3540 [20MY]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]
———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H90 [21JA]
———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: provide financial assistance for the construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of farmers markets (see H.R. 4858), H5983 [19JY]
———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding reform (see H.R. 4446), H5909 [15JY]
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]
Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 4585), H6707 [22JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 4493), H3719 [2JN]
———establish Office of Correctional Health (see H.R. 1993), H6899 [8SE]
———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H2917 [12MY]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H5909 [15JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize program to make discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas (see H.R. 3726), H516 [11FE]
———make grants to address homeland security preparedness shortcomings of municipal and county governments (see H.R. 3839), H632 [25FE]
———making supplemental appropriations for Federal Air Marshal Service (see H.R. 3991), H1484 [24MR]
Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 445), H4171 [15JN]
Dept. of Justice: make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H2658 [5MY]
———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), H6707 [22JY]
———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see H. Con. Res. 360), H2919 [12MY]
Dept. of Transportation: establish a pilot program to provide grants to facilitate the use of natural gas buses at public airports (see H.R. 3833), H753 [2MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain conditions before implementing any Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission recommendation that reduces veterans medical services (see H.R. 4399), H7329 [21SE]
Disabled: provide assistance to Special Olympics to support expansion and development of education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program (see H.R. 5131), H7574 [23SE]
Disasters: authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area (see H.R. 5329), H9049 [8OC]
Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H830 [3MR]
———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), H2266 [21AP]
———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 and education about hepatitis C (see H. Res. 633), H3441 (see H. Res. 633), H3541 [20MY]
———increase awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia (see H.R. 3359), H434 [10FE]
Drugs: lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices (see H.R. 3634), H7329 [21SE]
Ellis Island Immigration Museum: designate the Bob Hope Memorial Library (see H.R. 4668), H5331 [7JY]
Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H1484 [24MR]
———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 4575), H4170 [15JN]
Families and domestic relations: authorize financial assistance to permit infants to be cared for at home by parents (see H.R. 3595), H245 [28JA]
———improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 3780), H392 [4FE]
FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see H.J. Res. 72), H701 [26FE]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H2154 [2AP]
———increase amount of additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and requires the services of an attendant (see H.R. 5174), H7863 [29SE]
———require that employees with severe disabilities will not lose employment due to position conversion to a contractor (see H.R. 5276), H8858 [7OC]
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]
———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]
Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority (see H.R. 2536), H6997 [9SE]
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]
Guam: anniversary of liberation (see H. Res. 737), H6998 [9SE]
Haskins, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 562), H5151 [25JN]
Health: 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), H5536 [12JY]
———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]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H752 [2MR]
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]
Immigration: increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (see H.R. 4052), H1643 [29MR]
———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]
Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti: establish (see H.R. 3919), H926 [9MR]
Information services: require reports on Federal data-mining programs to collect personal information from commercial and governmental sources (see H.R. 4290), H3720 [2JN]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 4097), H3392 [19MY]
International economic relations: provide for cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries (see H.R. 4793), H6900 [8SE]
International Olympic Committee: encourage selection of New York, NY, as the site for the 2012 Olympic games (see H. Con. Res. 475), H6707 [22JY]
Iraq: prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see H.R. 3673), H90 [21JA]
Jewish Museum: anniversary (see H. Res. 582), H1643 [29MR]
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]
Lieutenant John F. Finn Post Office, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 5053), H7443 [22SE]
Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 4876), H6127 [20JY]
Luis A. Ferre U.S. Courthouse and Post Office Building, Ponce, PR: designate (see H.R. 3742), H243 [28JA]
Maxine S. Postal U.S. Post Office, Copiague, NY: designate (see H.R. 3917), H1011 [10MR]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H5471 [9JY]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H699 [26FE]
Medicare: condition the payment of employer prescription drug subsidies on the maintenance of current prescription drug benefits (see H.R. 4978), H8409 [6OC]
———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H392 [4FE]
———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H1230 [17MR]
———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in New York (see H.R. 3842), H632 [25FE]
———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H576 [24FE]
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H2727 [6MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H128 [27JA]
Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 3243), H393 [4FE]
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), H245 [28JA]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP]
National Center for Military Deployment Health Research: establish (see H.R. 1565), H3781 [3JN]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: extend date for submittal of final report and provide additional funding (see H.R. 3771), H701 [26FE]
———implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 646), H3229 [18MY]
National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 396), H1593 [25MR]
National Film Preservation Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 3569), H434 [10FE]
National Guard: credit certain service performed in counties declared disasters in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as Federal active duty for purposes of military retirement credit (see H.R. 4378), H3229 [18MY]
National Institute for Biomedical Research and Development: establish (see H.R. 5155), H7735 [28SE]
New York, NY: provide protections and services to certain individuals after the terrorist attack (see H.R. 4059), H1739 [30MR]
OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3821 [8JN]
Perry B. Duryea, Jr., Post Office, Montauk, NY: designate (see H.R. 4427), H3438 (see H.R. 4427), H3537 [20MY]
Political parties: express gratitude to Boston, MA, and New York, NY, for hosting national political conventions (see H. Res. 765), H7073 [13SE]
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]
President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 103), H7443 [22SE]
Privacy: amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to create an explicit privilege to preserve medical privacy (see H.R. 5126), H7442 [22SE]
Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 4911), H6701 [22JY]
Public housing: provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement for a resident of a public housing project (see H.R. 4737), H5149 [25JN]
———provide that public housing project residents who perform community service shall receive priority consideration for participation in certain economic self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 4738), H5149 [25JN]
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]
Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see H.R. 4896), H7443 [22SE]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H304 [3FE]
Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see H.R. 2490), H830 [3MR]
Sergeant Riayan A. Tejada Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H5072 [24JN]
Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H4928 [24JN]
Simon, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 489), H35 [20JA]
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), H6701 [22JY]
———provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 4701), H5402 [8JY]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]
Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4207), H2371 [22AP]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 806), H2918 [12MY]
———allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within natural disaster areas determined by the President occurring in 2004 (see H.R. 5094), H7329 [21SE]
———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 2037), H2549 [4MY]
———include sports utility vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see H.R. 727), H8859 [7OC]
———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]
Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 5132), H7736 [28SE]
Treaties and agreements: oppose inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would negatively impact the implementation of legislation authorizing the importation of prescription drugs (see H. Res. 758), H7443 [22SE]
U.S. Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 480), H6128 [20JY]
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), H1370 [23MR]
United Negro College Fund, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H7442 [22SE]
Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 1919), H4580 [18JN] (see H.R. 2511), H4287 [16JN]
———enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 2217), H2918 [12MY]
———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]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H2406 [27AP]
———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]
Voting: require States to give notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for criminal convictions or mental incapacity (see H.R. 4250), H2488 [29AP]
Weapons: require certain studies on the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of contamination at sites of depleted uranium munition use and production (see H.R. 1483), H2918 [12MY]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H6899 [8SE]
———increase awareness and education about heart disease among women (see H. Res. 522), H633 [25FE]
Women's United Soccer Association: tribute (see H. Res. 373), H6756 [7SE]
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), H7945 [30SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 4463), H3439 (see H.R. 4463), H3539 [20MY]
Poems
``Going To Tell Ya Something,'' Jorman Nunez and Jacklyn Torres, E471
``Puerto Rican Obituary,'' Pedro Pietri, E350
Remarks
Bronx, NY: anniversary of Greater Universal Baptist Church, E715
———tribute to Intermediate School 201 Econ Bowl team, E1170
Bronx Community College: tribute to Hall of Fame 10K Run, E715
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1507
Bureau of the Census: American Community Survey funding, H5258, H5259 [7JY]
———re-engineered design process for the short-form only census funding, H5280 [7JY]
Courts: drug rehabilitation programs funding, H5256 [7JY]
Crime: reduce criminal gang activities, H5228 [7JY]
Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances, H5314 [7JY]
Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census funding, H5270, H5273 [7JY]
———ex-offender reentry programs funding, H5277 [7JY]
———Medal of Valor posthumous awards to public safety officers and Office of Justice Programs funding, H5260 [7JY]
———prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information on an individual's citizenship or immigration status, H5299, H5300 [7JY]
Dept. of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor funding for compilation of a public list of foreign government officials involved in torture, H5292 [7JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5373 [8JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5223, H5227, H5228, H5242, H5251, H5256, H5257, H5258, H5259, H5260, H5262, H5266, H5270, H5273, H5276, H5277, H5280, H5292, H5294, H5299, H5300, H5314 [7JY], H5351, H5357, H5358, H5361, H5363, H5373 [8JY]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H5227 [7JY]
EEOC: National Contact Center funding, H5266 [7JY]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7927
FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules, H5276 [7JY]
Ferre, Luis A.: tribute (H. Res. 433), H1088 [16MR]
Foreign aid: deny funding to groups that do not explicitly oppose prostitution and sex trafficking, H5357, H5358 [8JY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations, H5351 [8JY]
Holocaust: restitution for survivors for property seized from the Hungarian Gold Train, E1510
Immigration: enforce existing Federal law that localities report aliens who commit crimes to immigration authorities, H5262 [7JY], H5361 [8JY]
Iraq: status of U.S. request for documents relative to the U.N. Oil for Food Program, H5363 [8JY]
Julia, Raul: tribute (H. Con. Res. 287), H585
Law enforcement: DNA/ballistics crime lab accreditation program funding, H5257 [7JY]
Library of Congress: anniversary of Hispanic Division, E1896
Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: anniversary, E610
Memorial Day: observance, H3513
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition: anniversary, E471
SBA: Microloan Program funding, H5294 [7JY]
———7(a) guarantee loan program funding, H5242, H5251 [7JY]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, E889
Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), H1029 [11MR]
Thomas, Miriam: College of Mount St. Vincent Seton Medal recipient, E890
U.N.: reduce funding for payment of U.S. contributions to U.N. or any affiliated agency, H5363 [8JY]
Urban Health Plan, Inc.: anniverssary, E1900
Tributes
Burke, William M., E2132
Carrion, Richard, E1117
Colon, Noris, E321
Fernandez, Iris, E325
Hunt-Tejada, Margarita, E2194
Hynes, Heidi, E324
Izquirdo-Hernandez, Paloma, E322
Leon, Elyse, E612
McKay, Nellie M., E321
Moreno, Luis A., H3513 [20MY], E104
Pietri, Pedro, E350
Rivera, Bruce, E1764
Semenza, Amato M., E176
Simmons, Rosabel, E1768
Soler, Francesc de Paula, E2133
Spry, Nicholas, E351
Velez, Ramon, Jr., E1115
Watford, Martha, E326