MILLENDER-McDONALD, JUANITA (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [4JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: recognize contributions of the Negro Baseball League and players (see H. Res. 162), H1668 [14FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]

Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office, Baldwin Park, CA: designate (see H.R. 625), H2121 [1MR]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 198), H1968 [27FE]

Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 106), H1154 [31JA]

Chavez, Cesar E.: establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 76), H759 [18JA]

Chisholm, Shirley: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 9), H2039 [28FE]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 620), H1055 [30JA]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H111 [5JA]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 101), H944 [24JA]

Courts: allow recovery of damages from the Corps of Engineers for property damaged in a major disaster resulting from failure or negligence in the design, construction, or maintenance of a project (see H.R. 1052), H1667 [14FE]

Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 137), H435 [11JA]

Dailard, Cynthia Boles: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 39), H3401 [16AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see H.R. 923), H1413 [8FE]

———reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and improve reentry planning and implementation (see H.R. 1593), H3696 [19AP]

Education: reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]

FBI: establish an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit (see H.R. 923), H1413 [8FE]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H1896 [16FE]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 273), H3184 [27MR]

Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see H. Res. 15), H435 [11JA]

Garang de Mabior, John: tribute (see H. Res. 98), H944 [24JA]

Guatemala: express sympathy to families of women and girls murdered and encourage the Guatemalan Government to bring an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 100), H1791 [15FE]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]

History: commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade (see H. Res. 272), H3696 [19AP]

Hurricanes: waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 1144), H1893 [16FE]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H1150 [31JA]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 149), H1416 [8FE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 800), H1208 [5FE]

Law enforcement: issuance of special postage stamps to fund gang prevention programs (see H.R. 1070), H3561 [18AP]

———provide Federal coordination and assistance in preventing gang violence (see H.R. 1069), H3561 [18AP]

Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office, Riverside, CA: designate (see H.R. 988), H2571 [14MR]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 61), H515 [12JA]

McCarthy, Leo T.: tribute (see H. Res. 180), H1896 [16FE]

Medicare: expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1536), H2619 [15MR]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4), H110 [5JA]

Members of Congress: display within the Capitol Visitor Center an exhibit depicting the contributions of African Americans who served in Congress during Reconstruction and Post Reconstruction Eras (see H.R. 47), H435 [11JA]

———display within the Capitol Visitor Center an exhibit depicting the contributions of African Americans who served in Congress during Reconstruction and Post Reconstruction Eras, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 47), H760 [18JA]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]

Music and dance: recognize the African American spiritual as a national treasure (see H. Res. 120), H1152 [31JA]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 44), H944 [24JA]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 35), H836 [22JA]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]

National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness: observance (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3279 [28MR]

National Football League: congratulate Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy on becoming the first African-American head coaches to qualify for the Super Bowl (see H. Res. 90), H988 [29JA]

National Foster Parents Day: support (see H. Res. 179), H1896 [16FE]

National Mentoring Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 29), H790 [19JA]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 65), H253 [9JA]

Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]

Puerto Rico: recognize right to call a Constitutional Convention to exercise right of self-determination and establish mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision (see H.R. 1230), H2401 [9MR]

SBA: improve disaster relief programs (see H.R. 1361), H2744 [20MR]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H113 [5JA]

Sudan: identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H1968 [27FE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 634), H1344 [7FE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3184 [27MR]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1014), H2122 [1MR]

———issue semipostal to afford a convenient means by which the public may contribute towards acquisition of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government service (see H.R. 996), H1471 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1152 [31JA]

Committee on House Administration (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 201), H2038 [28FE]

Committee on Printing (Joint): election of members (see H. Res. 244), H2571 [14MR]

Committee on the Library (Joint): election of members (see H. Res. 244), H2571 [14MR]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 202), H2038 [28FE]

CPSC: issue a rule to prevent injuries to users of vending machines (see H.R. 1173), H1894 [16FE]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 51), H1152 [31JA]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 1172), H1894 [16FE]

Remarks

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 52), H1941 [27FE]

Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1825 [16FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen (S. Con. Res. 15), H2198 [6MR]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino: establish (H.R. 512), H1224 [6FE]

Committee on Printing (Joint): election of members (H. Res. 244), H2543 [14MR]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): funding, H2320 [8MR]

Committee on the Library (Joint): election of members (H. Res. 244), H2543 [14MR]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 202), H2316, H2317, H2320, H2321 [8MR]

Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (H. Res. 15), E100 [12JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H991 [30JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), E88 [12JA]

House of Representatives: revise Page Board membership to equalize minority and majority party members and to include a member representing parents of pages and a member representing former pages (H.R. 475), H764, H765, H767 [19JA]

Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits if such individual is convicted of certain offenses (H.R. 476), H807, H809, H810, H811, H812, H814 [22JA]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), E93 [12JA]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, H1308 [7FE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (H.R. 1), H180 [9JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1411 [8FE], H2396 [9MR], H3078 [26MR], H3276 [28MR], H3355 [29MR], H3397 [16AP]

Special order: granted, H335 [10JA], H1341 [7FE], H1965 [27FE], H2669 [19MR]

Reports filed

Committees of the House Expenditures: Committee on House Administration (House) (H. Res. 202) (H. Rept. 110-29), H2164 [5MR]

Rules

Committee on House Administration (House), H2644-H2646 [19MR]

Tributes

Chiles, Farrell J., E274 [6FE]

Mainey, William P., E529 [13MR]