ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2360, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8406 [28SE]

———H.R. 3010, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9992 [8NO], H11183 [7DE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1417 [14MR]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H798 [17FE]

Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current policy concerning homosexuality, referred to as ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1059), H940 [2MR]

———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]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H4486 [14JN]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1312), H3695 [19MY]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3695 [19MY]

Biotechnology Industry Organization: tribute (see H. Res. 421), H7613 [29JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2738 [28AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H8342 [22SE]

Business and industry: prohibit price gouging during certain disasters and emergencies (see H.R. 3681), H7741 [7SE]

California: authorize appropriations for restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station (see H.R. 606), H1264 [9MR]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H1779 [5AP]

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

———establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 127), H1848 [6AP]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 44), H2739 [28AP]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H2648 [27AP]

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

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

Contreras, Miguel: tribute (see H. Res. 274), H3198 [11MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H1623 [16MR]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1712), H2149 [19AP]

CPSC: classify certain children's products containing lead as banned hazardous substances (see H.R. 668), H8846 [17OC]

———issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 1861), H5362 [28JN]

Crime: expand protections against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms (see H.R. 3604), H9696 [4NO]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]

———require that recommended national protocol for sexual assault medical forensic examinations include a recommendation that rape victims be offered information about emergency contraceptives (see H.R. 1214), H5801 [13JY]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H11880 [15DE]

Cuba: temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H5964 [18JY]

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 120), H286 [1FE]

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

Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 123), H2104 [14AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 3160), H5741 [12JY]

———strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H8644 [29SE]

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. 1071), H2103 [14AP]

Dept. of HHS: award on a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention program (see H.R. 3555), H7558 [28JY]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H5603 [30JN]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H5362 [28JN]

Dept. of HUD: maintain Community Development Block Grant Program administration (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1780 [5AP]

———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), H7613 [29JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 1621), H1969 [13AP]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H11880 [15DE]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H3199 [11MY]

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

Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 355), H5637 [11JY]

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

———include information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence in domestic violence education programs (see H.R. 2947), H6328 [21JY]

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

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1902), H2646 [27AP]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 2428), H11504 [13DE]

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), H3557 [18MY]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform child labor provisions (see H.R. 2870), H4400 [13JN]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H942 [2MR]

Filipino Americans: recognize centennial of immigration and acknowledge contributions to society (see H. Con. Res. 218), H6650 [26JY]

Financial institutions: 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), H3198 [11MY]

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

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 1507), H4802 [20JN]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H3556 [18MY]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 2412), H5963 [18JY]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H3695 [19MY]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 1712), H2149 [19AP]

Headwaters Forest Reserve: designate the John L. Burton Trail (see H.R. 2871), H4400 [13JN]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H7565 [28JY]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H11110 [6DE]

———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]

———improve accessibility to and administration of immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, including influenza (see H.R. 3502), H7556 [28JY]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 963), H4187 [7JN]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H3556 [18MY]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H5362 [28JN]

———protect enrollees in managed care plans and other health coverage (see H.R. 2259), H3196 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H1779 [5AP]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 768), H2150 [19AP] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1222), H1368 [10MR]

Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H6328 [21JY]

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

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H1777 [5AP]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H4560 [15JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 4094), H9426 [28OC]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1026 [8MR]

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]

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. 884), H1696 [17MR]

———ease requirements for certain aliens seeking nonimmigrant status in order to enter the U.S. for a temporary stay due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 900), H3262 [12MY]

———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]

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]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H8513 [28SE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H9696 [4NO]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H11504 [13DE]

Karl Malden Station, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 3667), H7862 [13SE]

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

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 487), H8920 [18OC]

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]

Languages: strengthen national security through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 115), H5435 (see H.R. 115), H5479 [29JN]

Law enforcement: enforcement of restraining orders (see H. Res. 382), H7566 [28JY]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H2550 [26AP]

Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office, Covina, CA: designate (see H.R. 4053), H8809 [7OC]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H798 [17FE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 1302, 1304), H1507 [15MR]

Los Angeles Galaxy (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 574), H11328 [8DE]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 2323), H3260 [12MY]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 438), H2648 [27AP]

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6327 [21JY]

———provide temporary disaster relief in response to Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3698), H8986 [19OC]

———require States to report data on beneficiaries who are employed (see H.R. 3042), H6328 [21JY]

Medicare: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6327 [21JY]

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

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H4656 [16JN]

———ensure that prescription drug benefits have no impact on benefits under other Federal programs (see H.R. 2746), H6328 [21JY]

———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 1372), H4722 [17JN]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H942 [2MR]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H3894 [24MY]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H8919 [18OC]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 872), H5963 [18JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4293), H10156 [10NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H5963 [18JY]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1940), H9472 [1NO]

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), H2551 [26AP]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H7815 [8SE]

Motor vehicles: require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H8102 [19SE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5914 [14JY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H6381 [22JY]

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 262), H8734 [6OC]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 245), H2648 [27AP]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H11655 [14DE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H1371 [10MR]

NCAA: affirm commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of sporting events (see H. Res. 145), H1264 [9MR]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 276), H4074 [25MY]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 512), H9275 [26OC]

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

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H942 [2MR]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H4187 [7JN]

Ray Charles Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 504), H1896 [12AP]

Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, CA: designate (see H.R. 787), H1896 [12AP]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H. Res. 197), H1846 [6AP]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H9642 [3NO]

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

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 3601), H7560 [28JY]

Social Security: coordinate the threshold requirement for coverage of domestic employees with the amount required for a quarter of coverage (see H.R. 1761), H2470 [21AP]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1668), H5604 [30JN]

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

———recognize effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 61), H6381 [22JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]

Southern California Association of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 247), H6329 [21JY]

Staff Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 289), H236 [26JA]

Taxation: 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), H3695 [19MY]

———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3054 [5MY]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H6107 [19JY]

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

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 972), H1025 [8MR]

Turkey: urge acknowledgment of culpability of Ottoman Empire for Armenian genocide and reconciliation with Armenia, and support accession of Turkey to the European Union under certain criteria (see H. Con. Res. 195), H6328 [21JY]

———urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch (see H. Res. 166), H6206 [20JY]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12168 [17DE]

U.N.: dissuade members from supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and promote more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving conflict in the Middle East (see H. Res. 438), H9473 [1NO]

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), H8163 [20SE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]

Veterans: improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1588), H3262 [12MY]

Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (see H. Res. 228), H2472 [21AP]

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

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H847 [1MR]

Walt Disney Co.: anniversary of Disneyland (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2743 [2MY]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H3199 [11MY]

Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (see H. Con. Res. 248), H8249 [21SE]

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

———establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H5914 [14JY]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 2122), H3052 [5MY]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 3086), H5361 [28JN]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 893), H792 [17FE]

———preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3056 [5MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H718 [16FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: increase penalties for violations of child labor laws (see H.R. 3482), H6933 [27JY]

Health: improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H7560 [28JY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 3185), H5602 [30JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6939 [28JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1523 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), conference report, H3017 [5MY]

Aram I: U.S. visit, E2036 [6OC]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, H2797 [3MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), E838 [2MY]

———amend laws (S. 256), consideration (H. Res. 211), H1989 [14AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11249 [8DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), E1025 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), conference report, H8703 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), E2645 [22DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), consideration (H. Res. 462), H8404 [28SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5157 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, H10528 [17NO], H11551 [14DE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6919 [27JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: limit Federal access to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, H6241 [21JY]

Gehry, Frank: tribute to commemorative postage stamp featuring Walt Disney Concert Hall, E1694 [29JY], E1758 [6SE]

Head Start Program: provide hiring protections for faith-based organizations providing Head Start services, H8285 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8285 [22SE]

Health: improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (H.R. 3598), H6939 [28JY]

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, E1885 [19SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3673), E1885 [19SE]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11819 [15DE]

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center: tribute, E1239 [15JN]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist temple, E1685 [29JY]

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

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), H560 [10FE]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H2653 [28AP]

———reform, H2653 [28AP]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief, H11249 [8DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6241 [21JY]

Violence Against Women Act: allow States to provide unemployment benefits to victims fired due to circumstances stemming from domestice violence, H8404 [28SE]

———allow victims of domestic violence to take time off from work for court appearances, legal assistance, and safety planning, H8404 [28SE]

———prohibit insurance providers from basing coverage decisions on victim's history of abuse, H8404 [28SE]

———reauthorize, E2645 [22DE]

———reauthorize (S. 1197), H5370 [29JN]

Votes: position on missed, E129 [1FE], E2296 [8NO], E2648 [22DE]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 3185), E2645 [22DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H229 [26JA], H8842 [17OC], H9099 [25OC], H9471 [1NO], H12286 [18DE]

Special order: granted, H67 [4JA], H10223 [15NO]

Tributes

DeArmon, Donald M., H10196 [15NO]

England, John (Jack) and Mary C. (Carol), E1691 [29JY]

Henry, Robert P., E422 [10MR]

Mullaly, Carmen N. Ciqueiros Tafoya Perkins, E2075 [7OC]

Pope John Paul II, E636 [13AP]

Roybal, Edward R., H10203 [15NO]