HINOJOSA, RUBEN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4224 [8JN]

Appointments

Robert T. Matsui funeral attendees, H129 [6JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see H.R. 1930), H2647 [27AP]

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

Armed Forces: improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]

———provide leave for members in connection with adoptions of children (see H.R. 1373), H3769 [23MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H5435 (see H.R. 602), H5479 [29JN]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 390), H7566 [28JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1368 [10MR]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2473 [21AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H12050 [16DE]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 228), H9044 [20OC]

Bush, President: transmit information on contracts for services or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery that relate to wages and benefits to be paid to workers (see H. Res. 467), H8388 [27SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12290 [18DE]

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4296 [8JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H10157 [10NO]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H4486 [14JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H1691 [17MR]

———establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 127), H1697 [17MR]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H6205 [20JY]

———establish Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and child care provider health benefits program (see H.R. 2000), H2736 [28AP]

———promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth (see H. Res. 484), H8734 [6OC]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 44), H353 [2FE]

Climate: request documents from the President on the anticipated effects of climate change on coastal regions of the U.S. (see H. Res. 515), H9276 [26OC]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 329), H5964 [18JY]

Coastal zones: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit both the environment and economies of coastal communities (see H.R. 3187), H6381 [22JY]

Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 2616), H3893 [24MY]

———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. 151), H1025 [8MR]

———improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education (see H.R. 2508), H3694 [19MY]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H848 [1MR]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community: establish (see H.R. 2134), H3053 [5MY]

Consumers: extend certain protections to international remittance transfers of funds originating in the U.S. (see H.R. 928), H793 [17FE]

Contreras, Miguel: tribute (see H. Res. 274), H4144 [26MY]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8986 [19OC]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H7566 [28JY]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H5252 [27JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H7947 [14SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 1386), H1692 [17MR]

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 3974), H8732 [6OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Nanomanufacturing Investment Partnership (see H.R. 1491), H1844 [6AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 2207), H5963 [18JY]

———enter into a partnership with a local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program (see H.R. 1439), H1694 [17MR]

———provide authority to waive reallocation rules in Campus-Based Aid programs and extend reallocation deadline for institutions of higher education affected by a natural disaster (see H.R. 3863), H8340 [22SE]

———provide waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance and are adversely affected by a major disaster (see H.R. 3668), H7741 [7SE]

———recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H7673 [6SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a program of energy assistance grants to local educational agencies (see H.R. 4158), H9361 [27OC]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1848 [6AP]

———require all recipients of Homeless Assistance Act funds to protect personally identifying information of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 2695), H10161 [14NO]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 557), H350 [2FE]

———establish a Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect (see H.R. 764), H5638 [11JY]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 820), H4187 [7JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 1153), H5741 [12JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H2738 [28AP]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: provide for reimbursement of certain for-profit hospitals (see H.R. 3714), H7813 [8SE]

Disasters: respond to Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters that adversely affect food assistance, agricultural producers, and households (see H.R. 3809), H8088 [15SE]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H4356 [9JN]

Diseases: authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment relative to preventing diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations (see H.R. 1719), H2393 [20AP]

———authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3642), H10227 [15NO]

———authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3641), H11110 [6DE]

———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 3640), H10227 [15NO]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3695 [19MY]

———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. 192), H4143 [26MY]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H4985 [22JN]

———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8163 [20SE]

Dr. Robert E. Price Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4246), H10910 [17NO]

Ecology and environment: enforce certain environmental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H5638 [11JY]

Education: expand and enhance the HOPE and Lifetime Learning tax credits, and amend the Higher Education Act to provide loan forgiveness opportunities for public service employees (see H.R. 2815), H5638 [11JY]

———improve literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals (see H.R. 2923), H7565 [28JY]

———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2835), H4354 [9JN]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see H.R. 134), H630 [15FE]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 1390), H1692 [17MR]

———provide access and equity in higher education (see H.R. 1293), H1506 [15MR]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3054 [5MY]

———provide relief to students, schools, and student borrowers affected by natural disasters (see H.R. 3690), H7742 [7SE]

———simplify Federal student financial aid process (see H.R. 1277), H1416 [14MR]

———strengthen the compact between States, Federal Government, and institutions of higher learning to address the rising cost of college tuition (see H.R. 2739), H4142 [26MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H9361 [27OC]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H4144 [26MY]

———improve disclosure of the funding status of pension plans (see H.R. 2321), H3259 [12MY]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 1589), H1967 [13AP]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H11220 [7DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulate noncorrective contact lenses as medical devices (see H.R. 371), H4187 [7JN]

Financial institutions: facilitate recovery from hurricanes by providing greater flexibility for, and temporary waivers of certain rules and fees imposed on depository institutions and Federal regulatory agencies (see H.R. 4146), H9426 [28OC]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H74 [4JA]

———provide emergency authority to guarantee checks cashed by insured depository institutions and credit unions for noncustomers who are victims of certain hurricanes (see H.R. 3909), H8644 [29SE]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3505), H8163 [20SE]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1263 [9MR]

———repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 1224), H1368 [10MR]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1371 [10MR]

Flores, Patrick: tribute (see H. Res. 79), H849 [1MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H2150 [19AP]

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H11879 [15DE]

FTC: study rating system of video game industry and determine if their labeling practices are unfair or deceptive (see H.R. 1145), H1023 [8MR]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2103 [14AP]

Health: achieve a national health information infrastructure and establish a refundable tax credit for expenditures of health care providers implementing such infrastructure (see H.R. 747), H581 [10FE]

———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. 2072), H2975 [4MY]

———provide for a program of screenings and education relative to children with sudden cardiac arrhythmia syndromes (see H.R. 1252), H3695 [19MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H2550 [26AP]

———provide grants to States to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 1613), H1968 [13AP]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H4187 [7JN]

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2949), H4655 [16JN] (see H.R. 2960), H4721 [17JN]

———enhance international education programs (see H.R. 509), H347 [2FE]

———ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (see H.R. 510), H347 [2FE]

———expand and extend the eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance (see H.R. 3203), H8248 [21SE]

———extend programs (see H.R. 3784), H8087 [15SE] (see H.R. 4525), H11652 [14DE]

Hispanic Americans: tribute to veterans (see H. Con. Res. 323), H12049 [16DE]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H5963 [18JY]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H5915 [14JY]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see H.R. 3764), H7948 [14SE]

———make grants to local educational agencies to restart school operations interrupted by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4048), H8808 [7OC]

———provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary students displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3748), H7860 [13SE]

———provide assistance to revitalize institutions of higher education affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4016), H8807 [7OC]

———provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses and parents of the victims of Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3802), H8087 [15SE]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 193), H5963 [18JY]

———enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database (see H.R. 98), H3695 [19MY]

———improve security clearance process and increase number of detention beds along the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 1196), H1263 [9MR]

———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. 2367), H3330 [16MY]

———provide protection to immigrant victims of violence (see H.R. 3188), H5602 [30JN]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 288), H9555 [2NO]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 363), H195 [25JA] (see H.R. 3145), H10161 [14NO]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H2549 [26AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 4540), H11653 [14DE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H8343 [22SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4561 [15JN]

Kika de la Garza Federal Building, McAllen, TX: designate (see H.R. 2322), H3259 [12MY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1696), H2149 [19AP]

Laredo, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H847 [1MR]

Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4722 [17JN]

Lillian McKay Post Office Building, Humble, TX: designate (see H.R. 2413), H7565 [28JY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H354 [2FE]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4252), H10038 [8NO]

Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8162 [20SE]

Medicaid: prohibit cuts in Federal funding until full consideration is given to recommendations of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid (see H.R. 4223), H10146 [9NO]

———provide full Federal medical assistance percentage for displaced recipients receiving medical assistance outside their State of residence due to a declared public health emergency (see H.R. 3671), H7815 [8SE]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (see H.R. 1981), H2735 [28AP]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 2257), H9962 [7NO]

———ensure that prescription drug benefits have no impact on benefits under other Federal programs (see H.R. 2746), H6381 [22JY]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 2350), H3261 [12MY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H3056 [5MY]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4400 [13JN]

———provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H5741 [12JY]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H10227 [15NO]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H6205 [20JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H8919 [18OC]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H5915 [14JY]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H3769 [23MY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H3555 [18MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H8089 [15SE]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H10157 [10NO]

National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H8920 [18OC]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H7565 [28JY]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 312), H4803 [20JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 2231), H9044 [20OC]

———provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H9276 [26OC]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H11505 [13DE]

National School Lunch Act: provide automatic eligibility for free school lunch and breakfast programs to children whose parents are enlisted active-duty military personnel (see H.R. 844), H2394 [20AP]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 921), H2394 [20AP]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H5916 [14JY]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H7744 [7SE]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H9641 [3NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H798 [17FE]

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see H.R. 2233), H3112 [10MY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see H. Res. 186), H1848 [6AP]

Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H5742 [12JY]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 1282), H5638 [11JY]

Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela U.S. Courthouse, Brownsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 483), H285 [1FE]

Roybal, Edward R.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 297), H10226 [15NO]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (see H.R. 984), H796 [17FE]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1001), H1372 [10MR]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H2975 [4MY]

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1778 [5AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H353 [2FE]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 1714), H2393 [20AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H984 [3MR]

States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1105), H1897 [12AP]

Taxation: allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 2291), H3197 [11MY]

———allow a first time homebuyer credit for the purchase of principal residences in rural areas (see H.R. 883), H791 [17FE]

———allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9696 [4NO]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2473 [21AP]

———clarify that a North American Development Bank guarantee is not considered a Federal guarantee for purposes of determining tax-exempt status of bonds (see H.R. 1771), H2470 [21AP]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H11327 [8DE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1345), H3695 [19MY]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see H.R. 114), H75 [4JA]

———maintain current mortgage interest deduction (see H. Con. Res. 272), H10146 [9NO]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H6651 [26JY]

———make permanent the qualified tuition deduction (see H.R. 2564), H5741 [12JY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1847 [6AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H7564 [28JY]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 1303), H1507 [15MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H2739 [28AP]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H2737 [28AP]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H2976 [4MY]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 1510), H3894 [24MY]

———rename low-income housing credit the affordable housing credit and increase the per capita amount allowed in the determination of the State housing credit ceiling (see H.R. 2681), H4139 [26MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5604 [30JN]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 1377), H1691 [17MR]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12050 [16DE]

Unemployment: provide benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims (see H.R. 3774), H10157 [10NO]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H4656 [16JN]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 805), H628 [15FE]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H4486 [14JN]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H7743 [7SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3171), H5601 [30JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]

———establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H4296 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bobba, Praveen S.: relief (see H.R. 1487), H1778 [5AP]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H582 [10FE]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H349 [2FE]

Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building, Goliad, TX: designate (see H.R. 1072), H980 [3MR]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities (see H.R. 386), H233 [26JA]

Organ donation: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 1993), H2736 [28AP]

Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act: extend authority for drought assistance (see H.R. 2925), H4560 [15JN]

Roxas, Candelaria P.: relief (see H.R. 1486), H1778 [5AP]

Tas, Mehmet K.: relief (see H.R. 1488), H1778 [5AP]

Letters

Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act: John M. McClung, Texas Produce Association, H11813 [15DE]

Financial Literacy Month: Bruce E. Thompson, Jr., Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc., H1800 [6AP]

———David S. Chernow, Junior Achievement (organization), H1800 [6AP]

Prohibit faith-based and nonprofit groups from receiving certain affordable housing funding if they engage in voter registration or get-out-the-vote activities: Bradley M. Schaeffer, Jesuit Conference (organization), H9118 [26OC]

———several Hispanic American organizations, H9118 [26OC]

Press releases

ICI Lauds Formation of the Financial Literacy Caucus: Investment Company Institute, H1801 [6AP]

NASAA Commends Launch of Congressional Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus: North American Securities Administrators Association, H1801 [6AP]

National Association of Mortgage Brokers Applauds Resolution Declaring April ``Financial Literacy Month'': National Association of Mortgage Brokers, H1800 [6AP]

NCEE Applauds Launch of ``Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus'': National Council on Economic Education, H1800 [6AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H4256 [8JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), H4224, H4256 [8JN]

Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances, H3999 [25MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10045 [9NO]

Children and youth: promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth (H. Res. 484), H9064 [25OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Hispanic Serving Institutions National Program funding, H4224 [8JN]

———reduce interest rate on loans to processors of sugar beets and sugarcane, H4256 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H3999 [25MY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility in Nevada to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (H.R. 540), H3282 [16MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4111 [26MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5125 [24JN]

Education: improve reporting of high school-aged students participating in adult educational programs, H875 [2MR]

Federal Youth Development Council: establish to improve the administration and coordination of Federal youth programs (H.R. 856), H10181, H10182 [15NO]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 148), H1799 [6AP]

Harlingen, TX: Harlingen High School recipient of College Board (organization) Inspiration Award, H2555 [27AP], E778 [27AP]

Housing: prohibit faith-based and nonprofit groups from receiving certain affordable housing funding if they engage in voter registration or get-out-the-vote activities, H9118 [26OC]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1461), consideration (H. Res. 509), H9118 [26OC]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11813 [15DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 288), H10183, H10184 [15NO]

Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building, Goliad, TX: designate (H.R. 1072), H2165 [20AP]

Matsui, Robert T.: tribute (H. Res. 11), H61 [4JA]

Medicare: prohibit Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, H5125 [24JN]

Mental health: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (H.R. 1790), H10186 [15NO]

Mercedes, TX: Math and Science Academy of South Texas inclusion in Newsweek (publication) list of nation's top high schools, H3241 [12MY]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), consideration (H. Res. 71), H449 [9FE]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1815 [6AP]

Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela U.S. Courthouse, Brownsville, TX: designate (H.R. 483), H1906 [13AP]

Roney, Rita K.: Girl Scout Woman of Distinction Award recipient, E801 [27AP]

Space policy: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (H.R. 758), H9066 [25OC]

Veterans: health care funding, H4111 [26MY]

Votes: position on missed, H566 [10FE], H867 [2MR], H1436 [15MR], H2591 [27AP], H3673 [19MY], H4262 [8JN], H5350 [28JN], H5467 [29JN], H5676, H5707 [12JY], H6407 [25JY], H6548 [26JY], H8375 [27SE], E1191 [9JN], E1258 [17JN], E1847 [14SE]

Workforce Investment Act: strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H875 [2MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5959 [18JY], H8337 [22SE]

Special order: granted, H67 [4JA], H3258 [12MY]

Statements

Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus Formation: Dan Iannicola, Jr., Dept. of the Treasury, H1800 [6AP]

Tributes

Pickle, J.J., H5727 [12JY]

Roybal, Edward R., H10206 [15NO]