LOFGREN, ZOE (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 5151), H2175 [4MY]

Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 5185), H2833 (see H.R. 5185), H2891 [18MY]

Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1743 [25AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H225 [8FE]

Bush, President: censure for lack of response to information requests and alleged misstatements relative to Iraq war, intelligence manipulation, torture policy, and retaliation against critics, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 636), H26 [31JA]

Business and industry: improve competition in the oil and gas industry and strengthen antitrust enforcement with regard to industry mergers (see H.R. 5279), H2101 [3MY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 127), H2103 [3MY]

Cheney, Vice President: censure for lack of response to information requests and alleged misstatements relative to Iraq war, intelligence manipulation, torture policy, and retaliation against critics, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 637), H26 [31JA]

Children and youth: clarify that needs of children affected by disasters are unique and should be given special consideration in planning, responding, and recovering from such disasters (see H. Con. Res. 406), H4958 [10JY]

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

———repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments (see H.R. 4794), H1743 [25AP]

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

Commission on Mexican Americans Removal During 1929-1941: establish (see H.R. 5161), H1679 [6AP]

Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 635), H26 [31JA]

Committees of the House: establish a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 116), H1918 [27AP]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2833 (see H.R. 5159), H2891 [18MY]

Congressional Teacher Award Task Force: establish (see H.R. 5140), H1678 [6AP]

Contracts: prohibit defense contractors from requiring licenses or fees for use of military likenesses and designations (see H.R. 4806), H2102 [3MY]

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 1182), H1563 [5AP]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4709), H223 [8FE]

Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 603), H3309 (see H. Res. 603), H3362 [25MY]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H1130 [16MR]

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 Education: establish and maintain public website with a database of available scholarships, fellowships, and financial assistance programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 5139), H1678 [6AP]

———make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H3016 [22MY]

———reduce size of core curriculum classes in public elementary and secondary schools through grants (see H.R. 3689), H1742 [25AP]

———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), H4009 [14JN]

———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see H.R. 4550), H1743 [25AP]

———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4903), H2706 (see H.R. 4903), H2758 [17MY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 1704), H509 [1MR]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 820), H1853 [26AP]

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), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4009 [14JN]

Diseases: increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H1453 [4AP]

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

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1902), H4520 [22JN]

Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 4423), H1390 [30MR]

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), H1453 [4AP]

FCC: reinstate rules for the description of video programming (see H.R. 951), H2102 [3MY]

Federal aid programs: ensure that student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible (see H.R. 1425), H1980 [2MY]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H1130 [16MR]

Firearms: permit access to certain information in the Firearms Trace System (see H.R. 5033), H2102 [3MY]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 5563), H3641 [8JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H274 [14FE]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 4188), H1981 [2MY]

———provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H1453 [4AP]

Fur Product Labeling Act: require labeling of all fur products regardless of value (see H.R. 4904), H1563 [5AP]

Germany: urge immediate action to combat sex trafficking in connection with the 2006 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup (see H. Res. 860), H4521 [22JN]

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

Haiti: authorize assistance to fund scholarships for talented disadvantaged students to continue their education in the U.S. and to return to Haiti to contribute to the development of their country (see H.R. 5091), H2833 (see H.R. 5091), H2890 [18MY]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 309), H2339 [9MY]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 3248), H3724 [9JN]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 3034), H4220 [19JN]

Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H3909 [13JN]

Homeland Security Act: enhance information sharing (see H.R. 5001), H1129 [16MR]

———provide for information sharing partnerships (see H.R. 5002), H1129 [16MR]

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

Immigration: permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses or children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 4448), H274 [14FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H274 [14FE]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see H.R. 1310), H225 [8FE]

Intelligence services: provide for full and efficient use of open-source intelligence (see H.R. 5003), H1129 [16MR]

———reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 4976), H1681 [6AP] (see H.R. 5371), H2585 [11MY]

Iraq: application of certain false claims provisions to claims for Iraqi property or money administered or in the custody of the U.S. (see H.R. 5290), H2173 [4MY]

———authorize assistance for women and girls (see H.R. 5548), H3496 [7JN]

———declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H.R. 3142), H26 [31JA] (see H. Con. Res. 197), H869 [9MR]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 348), H1131 [16MR]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1918 [27AP]

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

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H1980 [2MY]

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

Macedonia: cease distribution of negative and nationalist propaganda and encourage continued negotiations with the U.N. and Greece to determine a mutually acceptable official name (see H. Res. 521), H1744 [25AP]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 2323), H2502 [10MY]

Medicaid: recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H1744 [25AP]

Medicare: 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), H4795 [28JN]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5348), H2833 (see H.R. 5348), H2891 [18MY]

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]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 158), H2339 [9MY]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1106), H1853 [26AP]

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

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), H160 [7FE]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1981 [2MY]

National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 4005), H1563 [5AP]

National security: 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]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1854 [26AP]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H4917 [29JN]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H2102 [3MY]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H1917 [27AP]

———establish scholarship program to increase number of mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 5141), H1678 [6AP]

———establish scholarship program to increase number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduate students (see H.R. 5142), H1678 [6AP]

Office of Infrastructure Protection: establish (see H.R. 5004), H1129 [16MR]

Office of Intelligence and Analysis: establish (see H.R. 5004), H1129 [16MR]

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

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

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]

Pham Hong Son: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 320), H451 [28FE]

Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H1130 [16MR]

Radioactive substances: study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of such contaminated sites (see H.R. 2410), H1917 [27AP]

SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H1059 [15MR]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1391 [30MR]

Senior citizens: provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams (see H.R. 2629), H3724 [9JN]

Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 723), H2962 [19MY]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region (see H.R. 3127), H509 [1MR]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H25 [31JA]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H2586 [11MY]

———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]

———prohibit tax return preparers from requesting taxpayer consent to disclose or use return information (see H.R. 5063), H3788 [12JN]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H2174 [4MY]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 406), H4554 [26JN]

Telecommunications: ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet (see H.R. 5417), H2832 (see H.R. 5417), H2890 [18MY]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4843), H2833 (see H.R. 4843), H2890 [18MY]

Vietnam: endorse reforms for freedom and democracy (see H. Res. 807), H2338 [9MY]

Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2585 [11MY]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H4328 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Business and industry: require businesses to permit customers to cancel certain subscription services in the same manner and by the same means that such customers subscribed to such service (see H.R. 5184), H1741 [25AP]

Taxation: expand tax incentives for higher education (see H.R. 4837), H508 [1MR]

Remarks

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, E797 [11MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), E536 [6AP]

Bush, President: censure for lack of response to information requests and alleged misstatements relative to Iraq war, intelligence manipulation, torture policy, and retaliation against critics (H. Res. 636), E32 [31JA]

Business and industry: require businesses to permit customers to cancel certain subscription services in the same manner and by the same means that such customers subscribed to such service (H.R. 5184), E595 [25AP]

Cheney, Vice President: censure for lack of response to information requests and alleged misstatements relative to Iraq war, intelligence manipulation, torture policy, and retaliation against critics (H. Res. 637), E32 [31JA]

Children and youth: provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers (H.R. 3380), E579 [25AP]

Children's Musical Theater San Jose (organization): National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces Grant recipient, E1251 [23JN]

Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 635), E32 [31JA]

Computers: study and promote use of energy efficient computer servers (H.R. 5646), H5003 [11JY]

Congress: extend civil penalties to lobbyist who knowingly offer gifts in violation of the law, H2038 [3MY]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (H.R. 4709), H1694 [25AP]

Dept. of State: Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding for Colombia, H3659 [9JN]

Fang, Samantha: National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Presidential Scholar in the Arts award recipient, E971 [26MY]

FCC: clarify authority of courts to hear antitrust cases involving complaints over Internet network access, H3576 [8JN]

———preserve openness of the Internet, promote fair competition among network and service providers, and support an expedited complaint process, H3554 [8JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3659 [9JN]

Government: clarify application of criminal bribery and illegal gratuities statutes relative to earmarks, H2044, H2045 [3MY]

———offer Members a voluntary ethics training program within 100 days of being sworn in, H2040 [3MY]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2036, H2037, H2038, H2040, H2041, H2042, H2044, H2045 [3MY]

Lobbyists: increase civil penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements, H2036, H2037 [3MY]

———require registered lobbyists to complete mandatory ethics training, H2042 [3MY]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (H. Res. 357), H459 [1MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3575 [8JN]

Pham Hong Son: call for release by Vietnam (H. Con. Res. 320), H1482 [5AP]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), H1520 [5AP]

———extend the prohibition on converting campaign dollars for personal use currently applicable to campaign committees to leadership political action committees, H2041, H2042 [3MY]

San Jose, CA: anniversary of Catholic Charities of San Jose refugee resettlement program, E20 [31JA]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3554, H3576 [8JN]

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), H4096 [15JN]

Women: impact of Bush administration budget proposal, E536 [6AP]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: observance, E1159 [15JN]

World War II: support Japanese-American, German-American, and Italian-American communities in increasing public awareness of events surrounding restriction and internment, E244 [1MR]

Tributes

Borelli, Ken, E895 [19MY]

Burroughs, Christine, E841 [16MY]

Edwards, Leonard, E712 [3MY]

Grube, James R., E713 [3MY]

Sillen, Robert, E585 [25AP]