ORTIZ, SOLOMON P. (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H1681 [6AP]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H1391 [30MR]

Alexander McRae Dechman Post Office Building, Grand Prarie, TX: designate (see H.R. 5626), H4133 [15JN]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1319 [29MR]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1060 [15MR]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 443), H4916 [29JN]

Bentsen, Lloyd: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3227 [24MY]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 346), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 346), H2891 [18MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2586 [11MY]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4788), H1390 [30MR]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H1742 [25AP]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2586 [11MY]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 5624), H4424 [21JN]

———provide grants to States to conduct demonstration projects designed to enable Medicaid-eligible individuals to receive support for long-term disability services in the settings of their choice (see H.R. 3063), H3227 [24MY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H3909 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4009 [14JN]

Disasters: protect disaster assistance employee reservists activated by FEMA from demotion or termination in their places of employment (see H.R. 4998), H1129 [16MR]

Education: establish a comprehensive program to bolster economic competitiveness and national security by promoting science, engineering, and math education careers and foreign language acquisition (see H.R. 4734), H3138 [23MY]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H2102 [3MY]

Employment: protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment (see H.R. 3949), H1563 [5AP]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1681 [6AP]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H274 [14FE]

———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H450 [28FE]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656, 3659), H333 [15FE] (see H.R. 4493), H451 [28FE] (see H.R. 5316), H3724 [9JN]

———permit access to databases to comply with sex offender registry and notification laws (see H.R. 4381), H2502 [10MY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1321 [29MR]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5018), H1321 [29MR]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

Health: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 5412), H2705 (see H.R. 5412), H2757 [17MY]

———provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women (see H.R. 4469), H2706 (see H.R. 4469), H2758 [17MY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H3424 [6JN]

House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H272 [14FE]

Iraq: disapprove granting of amnesty to persons known to have attacked, wounded, or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 442), H4916 [29JN]

John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]

Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building, Cleveland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5108), H2706 (see H.R. 5108), H2758 [17MY]

Medicare: eliminate adjustments in payments for imaging services (see H.R. 5238), H2962 [19MY]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 5465), H4958 [10JY]

———extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 4042), H26 [31JA]

———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H23 [31JA]

Members of Congress: require to obtain copies of the Constitution and distribute them to their staff and require that they all read such document (see H.R. 4865), H1453 [4AP]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (see H.R. 2421), H1453 [4AP]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]

Minimum wage: calculate based on Federal poverty guidelines published by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5731), H4915 [29JN]

Music and dance: recognize the African American Spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 790), H2641 [16MY]

National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1981 [2MY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1681 [6AP]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 335), H1453 [4AP]

National security: moratorium on certain contracts to conduct port operations (see H.R. 4977), H1128 [16MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1563 [5AP]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H1681 [6AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H2174 [4MY]

Ryan White Care Act: prevent any reauthorization from imposing catastrophic losses in funding for States with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS (see H. Res. 893), H4918 [29JN]

Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H867 [9MR]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H4009 [14JN]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (see H.R. 5540), H3496 [7JN]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3954), H26 [31JA]

Taxation: make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H389 [16FE]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (see H. Res. 668), H154 [1FE]

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: approve (see H.R. 4974), H3424 [6JN]

Veterans: 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), H1742 [25AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H1681 [6AP]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (see H.R. 4259), H2962 [19MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]

Remarks

Andrews AFB, MD: tribute to Dan Daniel Charity Golf Tournament, E1239 [21JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1002 [15MR]

Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances, H2527 [11MY]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (H.R. 5037), H2207 [9MY]

Brownsville, TX: tribute to Porter High School boys' soccer team, E605 [26AP], E727 [4MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H58 [1FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), E878 [18MY]

Corpus Christi, TX: tribute to Flour Bluff High School Navy Junior ROTC, E604 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2371 [10MY], H2527, H2529 [11MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), H2935 [19MY]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H3904 [13JN]

Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project: funding, H1002 [15MR]

Marshall, TX: convey U.S. Army Reserve Center to Marshall-Harrison County Veterans Association for construction of veterans memorial, park, and museum, H2529 [11MY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 378), E601 [26AP]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2119 [4MY]

National Teacher Day: observance, E769 [10MY]

Peace Corps: anniversary, E287 [7MR]

Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment, H2119 [4MY]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4070 [15JN]

Texas: Bahia Grande Restoration Project recipient of the Dept. of the Interior Cooperative Conservation Award, E722 [4MY]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (H. Res. 668), E239 [1MR]

University of Texas at Brownsville: tribute to discovery on gravitational waves, E885 [19MY]

Votes: position on missed, H1888 [27AP], H4200 [19JN], E442 [29MR], E1299 [28JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1912 [27AP], H4218 [19JN], H4678 [27JN], H4793 [28JN]

Tributes

Anandasivam, Nidharshan, E1094 [9JN]

Coronado, Jose, E1098 [9JN]

Dudley, Michael R., E603 [26AP]

Gonzalez, Cesar, E734 [5MY]

Morrow, Bobby, E1091 [9JN]

Rendon, Lencho, E981 [26MY]