MINORITIES

Articles and editorials

CARICOM's Need for Universal Access in HIV/AIDS Fight, E1227 [21JN]

It's Time for Congress To Open Its Doors to More Diversity, E1230 [21JN]

Tsunamis, Floods and Earthquakes—Seen and Unseen, E179 [17FE]

Twenty-Five Years After the First Cases—The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS Epidemic, E1143 [14JN]

Volume That's Making a Loud Noise—People Flock To Hear About `Covenant', E602 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions

Burma: condemn military junta for recent campaign of terror against ethnic minorities and call on the U.N. Security Council to adopt immediately a binding non-punitive resolution on Burma (see S. Res. 484), S4796 [18MY]

Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]

Education: develop a curriculum at historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, and Hispanic serving institutions to foster entrepreneurship and business development in underserved minority communities (see S. 2586), S3212 [6AP]

FEMA: improve disaster relief and preparedness services for individuals with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 5498), H3307 (see H.R. 5498), H3359 [25MY]

Financial institutions: recognize and take active measures to increase the low presence of minorities and women in upper level positions of management in the financial services industry (see H. Con. Res. 429), H3908 [13JN]

Financial Literacy Month: encourage minority participation in goals (see H. Con. Res. 387), H1679 [6AP]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H224 [8FE]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (see S. Res. 379), S1414 [16FE] (see H. Res. 677), H273 [14FE]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 513), S5950 [15JN]

Refugees: condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation (see S. Res. 494), S5230 [25MY] (see H. Res. 848), H3308 (see H. Res. 848), H3361 [25MY]

Smith, Damu A.I.: tribute (see H. Res. 827), H2961 [19MY]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: modify the definition of ``Indian student count'' (see H.R. 4934), H867 [9MR]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see S. 2703), S3984 [3MY]

Remarks in House

Advancement Via Individual Determination (organization): anniversary (H. Res. 576), H5008-H5010 [11JY]

African Americans: role of racial relations in events surrounding evacuation and relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina, E433 [28MR]

———tribute to black fraternal, social, and civic institutions, E250 [1MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1687), H762 [8MR], E309 [8MR], E585 [25AP]

Colleges and universities: require institutions that receive Federal funding to submit an annual report detailing use of racial and ethnic preferences in admissions policies, H1339, H1340 [30MR]

Congress: diversity in legislative bodies, E1230 [21JN]

Crime: increase in hate crimes relative to debate on immigration reform, H3791, H3795-H3797 [13JN], E1135, E1137 [13JN]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H679, H682 [8MR], E351 [14MR]

———reduce hate crimes and encourage tolerance, E1059 [8JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for programs that target Muslim and Arab communities for national security investigations, H4768 [28JN]

———prohibit funding for State and local drug task forces that do not collect and make available data relative to the racial distribution of convictions, H4802-H4804 [29JN]

Diseases: demographics of HIV/AIDS victims, E1143 [14JN], E1227 [21JN]

DuBois Circle (organization): anniversary, E669 [1MY]

Education: funding, H1460 [5AP]

Elmont, NY: Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School recipient of Education Trust Dispelling the Myth Award, E23 [31JA]

Fayetteville State University: authorize funding under Historically Black Graduate Institutions program, H1359 [30MR]

FEMA: improve disaster relief and preparedness services for individuals with limited English proficiency, H2317 [9MY]

Garcia, Elbert: Latino Alumni Association of Columbia University Trailblazer Award recipient, E563 [7AP]

Health: improve health care for minority and underserved populations, H1399 [4AP]

Lam, Alfred K.Y.: SBA Guam Minority Small Business Champion of the Year award recipient, E230 [28FE]

Longmont, CO: decision of Skyline High School principal to ban students from waving or displaying the U.S. flag and other flags in conjunction with debate over immigration legislation, H1400 [4AP]

NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 335), H461-H466, H479 [1MR], E263, E264 [2MR]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (H. Res. 677), H397-H400 [28FE]

National Minority Health Month: observance, E550 [6AP], E553 [7AP], E665 [27AP]

New York: tribute to Governor's Harriet Tubman Spirit Award recipients, E457 [29MR]

Refugees: condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation (H. Res. 848), E973 [26MY]

Samuels, Robert J.: Dept. of HHS, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Minority Health Minority Health Leadership Award recipient, E10 [31JA]

Shah, Niranjan S.: National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations Ellis Island Medal of Honor award recipient, E810 [12MY]

Telecommunications: reduce fee paid to local franchise authorities for public access, educational, governmental/institutional networks (PEG/iNet) support by women-owned and socially and economically disadvantaged firms, H3570, H3571 [8JN]

Remarks in Senate

Burma: condemn military junta for recent campaign of terror against ethnic minorities and call on the U.N. Security Council to adopt immediately a binding non-punitive resolution on Burma (S. Res. 484), S4816 [18MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 841), S3568 [26AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 840), S3568 [26AP]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 1145), S111 [25JA], S323 [30JA], S438 [1FE], S506 [2FE], S767 [7FE], S857 [8FE], S969 [9FE], S1349 [15FE], S1531 [28FE], S1639 [2MR], S2116 [14MR], S2307 [16MR], S2595 [30MR], S2795 [4AP], S3498 [25AP], S3890 [2MY], S4039, S4044 [4MY], S4207 [9MY], S4465 [11MY], S4551 [15MY], S4689 [17MY], S4962 [23MY], S5771 [13JN], S6628 [28JN], S7411 [12JY]

Education: develop a curriculum at historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, and Hispanic serving institutions to foster entrepreneurship and business development in underserved minority communities (S. 2586), S3236 [6AP]

Health: improve health care for minority and underserved populations, S2674 [30MR]

———improve health of minority individuals (S. 1580), S1070 [10FE]

Kootenai County, ID: anniversary of Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, S3207 [6AP]

NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 335), S4381 [10MY]

NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium: tribute (S. Res. 379), S1447 [16FE]

Voting Rights Act: amend (S. 2703), S3987 [3MY], S4044 [4MY], S6591 [28JN], S6772 [29JN], S7261 [10JY], S7365, S7366 [12JY]

Reports

Extremists Declare `Open Season' on Immigrants—Hispanics Target of Incitement and Violence: Anti-Defamation League, H3792, H3795 [13JN]

Statements

Meeting the Challenges of Discrimination Against Women From Minority Groups: Gay McDougall, E360 [14MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 335, NAACP anniversary, H461 [1MR]

H. Res. 576, Advancement Via Individual Determination (organization) anniversary, H5008 [11JY]

H. Res. 677, tribute to NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium, H397 [28FE]

S. Res. 379, tribute to NASCAR-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium, S1438, S1447 [16FE]

S. Res. 484, condemn Burmese military junta for recent campaign of terror against ethnic minorities and call on the U.N. Security Council to adopt immediately a binding non-punitive resolution on Burma, S4808, S4816 [18MY]

S. Res. 494, condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation, S5257-S5259 [25MY]

S. Res. 513, National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, S5966 [15JN]

Tributes

King, Martin Luther, Jr., H1398 [4AP]

Smith, Damu A.I., E828 [12MY], E857 [17MY]