NAPOLITANO, GRACE F. (a Representative from California)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alquist, Alfred E.: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H1390 [30MR]
Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H450 [28FE]
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]
Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H2102 [3MY]
Beverly J. Wilson Post Office Building, Lincoln, CA: designate (see H.R. 4720), H868 [9MR]
Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Canada: express appreciation for cooperation and friendship with the U.S. and offer congratulations on Canada Day celebration (see H. Res. 350), H4555 [26JN]
Children and youth: reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H1681 [6AP]
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (see H. Res. 794), H3138 [23MY]
———clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H3226 [24MY]
China, Republic of: accord membership in the World Health Organization and other international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3425 [6JN]
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H160 [7FE]
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), H4424 [21JN]
Credit cards: protect consumers from unfair practices of issuers (see H.R. 3492), H26 [31JA]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H1917 [27AP]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H274 [14FE]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3425 [6JN]
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), H2641 [16MY]
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), H3309 (see H.R. 5455), H3362 [25MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4009 [14JN]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 1554), H4554 [26JN]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H4795 [28JN]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 5390), H3227 [24MY]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]
Election Assistance Commission: make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4140), H2174 [4MY]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H2102 [3MY]
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), H1981 [2MY]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 4493), H26 [31JA]
———improve disaster relief and preparedness services for individuals with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 5498), H3307 (see H.R. 5498), H3359 [25MY]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H1059 [15MR]
Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 952), H4554 [26JN]
———request the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relating to strategies and plans either designed to cause regime change in or for use of military force against Iran (see H. Res. 846), H4328 [20JN]
Gambling: establish a commission to study the proper response to growth in Internet gambling (see H.R. 5474), H3226 [24MY]
Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Guyana: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H2834 (see H. Res. 792), H2891 [18MY]
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), H1561 [5AP]
Health: provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women (see H.R. 4469), H2706 (see H.R. 4469), H2758 [17MY]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H3788 [12JN]
Hurricanes: recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H973 [14MR]
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), H1390 [30MR]
Investments: regulate over-the-counter trading of energy derivatives (see H.R. 5248), H1916 [27AP]
Iraq: commend and support Radio Al Mahaba, Iraq's first and only radio station for women (see H. Res. 784), H2103 [3MY]
———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]
Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Res. 759), H1981 [2MY]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4520 [22JN]
Los Angeles River: revitalize (see H.R. 5244), H1916 [27AP]
Marshall Islands: commend contributions made to U.S. nuclear testing program, acknowledge first detonation of a hydrogen bomb, and commemorate anniversary of the beginning of U.S. nuclear testing program (see H. Res. 692), H1391 [30MR]
Medicaid: repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see H.R. 5023), H1453 [4AP]
Medicare: preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H1130 [16MR]
———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H646 [7MR]
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), H3424 [6JN]
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]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H451 [28FE]
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 parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H333 [15FE]
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]
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), H2962 [19MY]
Nuclear energy: express concern regarding nuclear proliferation with respect to proposed full civilian nuclear cooperation with India (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2180 [8MY]
Olympic games: tribute to citizens of Italy, the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Team, and athletes from around the world (see H. Res. 697), H1453 [4AP]
Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 4782), H388 [16FE]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H2103 [3MY]
Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H2175 [4MY]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H1917 [27AP]
Railroads: establish rail worker emergency training program (see H.R. 4372), H1197 [28MR]
Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H867 [9MR]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H1128 [16MR]
Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H973 [14MR]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 615), H4134 [15JN]
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), H1981 [2MY]
———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), H790 [8MR]
Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2047), H2102 [3MY]
Taxation: applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H1742 [25AP]
———clarify restriction on disclosures and use of information by tax return preparers (see H.R. 5075), H1681 [6AP]
———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and provide grants for mass transit (see H.R. 2070), H2962 [19MY]
Terrorism: recognize potential threat of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere and seek support of OAS in combating the proliferation of such organizations (see H. Con. Res. 338), H3138 [23MY]
Veterans: recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 4574), H2586 [11MY]
———reduce incidence of suicide (see H.R. 5771), H5127 [12JY]
Vietnam: encourage resolution of claims for confiscated real and personal property (see H. Res. 415), H4521 [22JN]
Voting: encourage Louisiana and the Dept. of Justice to establish satellite voting outside of Louisiana for scheduled New Orleans elections (see H. Con. Res. 385), H1679 [6AP]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H1979 [2MY]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H225 [8FE]
World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 658), H452 [28FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2585 [11MY]
Water: provide standards and procedures for the review of water reclamation and reuse projects (see H.R. 5768), H5127 [12JY]
Letters
Modify conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. are granted legal status: by, S4851 [22MY]
Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to be Supreme Court Justice: by, S75 [25JA]
Remarks
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), conference report, H3770
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre (H. Res. 794), H3731
Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H4719 [28JN]
Crime: increase in hate crimes relative to debate on immigration reform, H3796 [13JN]
Pomona, CA: prohibit funding for the Fairplex Trade and Conference Center, H4719 [28JN]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4719 [28JN]
Votes: position on missed, H4198, H4199
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H4218 [19JN]
Tributes
Archuleta, Brandon J., E831
Clayton, Alan F., E829