ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alquist, Alfred E.: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H1390 [30MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1681 [6AP]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 5212), H1852 [26AP]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel (see H.R. 1639), H1130 [16MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H2705 (see H.R. 602), H2758 [17MY]

Children and youth: reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H2174 [4MY]

Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H160 [7FE]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 5131), H1677 [6AP]

Commission on Mexican Americans Removal During 1929-1941: establish (see H.R. 5161), H4521 [22JN]

Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (see H.R. 5273), H3425 [6JN]

Crime: provide an additional penalty for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony (see H.R. 5542), H4220 [19JN]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]

Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate economic losses caused by declining Klamath River salmon and develop a research and recovery plan for Klamath River salmon (see H.R. 5213), H1852 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H225 [8FE]

Dept. of Education: urge withdrawal of changes contained in the ``Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy—Three-Part Test-Part Three'' that harm Title IX (see H. Res. 735), H1130 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3309 (see H.R. 5201), H3361 [25MY]

Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see H.R. 4695), H2641 [16MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 5047), H1319 [29MR]

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), H4424 [21JN] (see H.R. 5588), H4680 [27JN]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H1981 [2MY]

Disasters: authorize a program for the protection of the health and safety of residents, workers, volunteers, and others in a disaster area (see H.R. 3850), H1853 [26AP]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H226 [8FE]

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), H2102 [3MY]

FDA: determine whether to allow marketing of emergency-contraceptive drug Plan B as a prescription drug for women 15 or younger and a nonprescription drug for women 16 or older (see H.R. 4229), H451 [28FE]

Federal employees: ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 5148), H2339 [9MY]

Federal Financial Management Improvement Act: amend to require the head of an Agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate unless the Agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act (see H.R. 5315), H4220 [19JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H4520 [22JN]

Flores, Patrick: tribute (see H. Res. 79), H4328 [20JN]

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

Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 1807), H3226 [24MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H225 [8FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H3308 (see H.R. 583), H3361 [25MY]

———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), H1742 [25AP]

Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H4190 [16JN]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H4521 [22JN]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3006), H4917 [29JN]

Iraq: disapprove granting of amnesty to persons known to have attacked, kidnapped, wounded, or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 90), H4520 [22JN]

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

Law enforcement officers: issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H4681 [27JN]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H155 [1FE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H1980 [2MY]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H3309 (see H.R. 5182), H3361 [25MY]

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

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1130 [16MR]

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

———level (see H.R. 2429), H1197 [28MR]

Minorities: 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]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H973 [14MR]

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

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 854), H4521 [22JN]

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), H2502 [10MY]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H972 [14MR]

———support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H3643 [8JN]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a Committee on Ocean Policy (see H.R. 2939), H973 [14MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 4782), H388 [16FE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H4681 [27JN]

Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]

Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H1917 [27AP]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H1680 [6AP]

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

Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H973 [14MR]

Taxation: creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 4945), H972 [14MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H874 [13MR]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H26 [31JA]

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

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H225 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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. 5397), H2641 [16MY]

Los Angeles River: revitalize (see H.R. 5244), H1916 [27AP]

Remarks

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, H2309 [9MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), E146 [14FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), E882 [19MY]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 864), H1874 [27AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 5397), H2600 [16MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), E1113 [12JN]

Diseases: support education efforts to increase awareness of the need for folic acid to prevent birth defects, H201 [8FE]

Education: student financial aid programs, E146 [14FE]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), E597 [25AP]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), E1262 [23JN]

Mother's Day: observance, H2600 [16MY]

National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), E826 [12MY]

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), E1262 [23JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H446 [28FE], H506 [1MR], H561 [2MR], H3785 [12JN]

Special order: granted, H221 [8FE], H2335 [9MY]

Tributes

Merrill, Jo, E1350 [29JN]

Perez, Ed, E580 [25AP]