PUERTO RICO, COMMONWEALTH OF

Articles and editorials

Exhibit Showcases Work of 8 Photographers Who Documented Puerto Rican Community in '70s and '80s, E885 [12MY]

Exposing the Shadows of Civil Rights in Puerto Rico, H1459 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions (see H.R. 1020), H1724 [10MR]

Armed Forces: require to display flags of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed (see H.R. 985), H1664 [9MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: provide for furnishing of statues by the District of Columbia and territories for display in Statuary Hall (see H.R. 3106), H6624 [5OC]

Education: increase maximum amount of Federal funding available for English-language instruction in public schools (see H.R. 1721), H3060 [4MY]

Health care facilities: construct a specialty hospital and toxins research center on the island of Vieques (see H.R. 1645), H2912 [15AP]

Medicare: apply additional health information technology (HITECH) payment provisions to hospitals in Puerto Rico (see S. 688), S1977 [30MR] (see H.R. 1273), H2106 [30MR]

———change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico under part B (see H.R. 1357), H2292 [4AP]

Military service academies: increase number of appointees (see H.R. 1000), H1723 [10MR]

National Weather Service: establish, maintain, and operate a Caribbean tsunami forecast and warning center in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1100), H1841 [15MR]

Taxation: allow certain Puerto Rico corporations to elect to be treated as domestic corporations (see H.R. 3020), H6413 [22SE]

———make residents of Puerto Rico with one or two children eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2454), H4748 [7JY]

———regulate subsidies paid to rum producers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see S. 986), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 1883), H3279 [12MY]

Territories: clarify application of Federal election laws to certain jurisdictions (see H.R. 3268), H7133 [26OC]

Court documents

Notice of Brown v. Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico Class Action Lawsuit, H943 [16FE]

Letters

Construction of natural gas pipeline in Puerto Rico: Rossana Lopez Leon, Puerto Rico Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly, H3004, H3005, H3006, H3007 [4MY]

Prepare Spanish version of Corps of Engineers draft Environmental Assessment and other key documents relative to Via Verde Natural Gas Pipeline Project: several environmental groups, H8190 [7DE]

Memorandums

Separate Votes Demanded in the House on Amendments Reported From the Committee of the Whole Due to Decisive Votes of Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress: Christopher M. Davis, Congressional Research Service, H17 [5JA]

Press releases

SEIU Calls for Congressional Investigation of Puerto Rico Riot Police Action: Service Employees International Union, H1459 [2MR]

Remarks in House

Budget: economic recovery, H3167 [11MY]

Camden, NJ: tribute to Parada San Juan Bautista, E1465 [1AU]

Civil liberties: violations, H7261 [3NO]

Committee Desfile Puertorriqueno de Osceola, Inc.: tribute to Puerto Rican Day Parade commemorating the 65th Infantry Regiment (The Borinqueneers), E1272 [8JY]

Crime: establish a Caribbean border initiative to combat drug trafficking and violence, H8733 [13DE]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Insular Affairs Assistance to Territories Account funding, H973, H974 [16FE]

FAA: allow continuation of Essential Air Service Program for Puerto Rico, H2188 [31MR]

———continue Airport Improvement Program funding to airports in Puerto Rico, H2177 [31MR]

House Rules: permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, H16-H19, H22 [5JA]

Human rights: violations, H1458 [2MR], H4678 [7JY], H6144 [14SE]

Law enforcement officers: increase recruitment and retention of Federal law enforcement officers, H3418 [25MY]

Medicare: apply additional health information technology (HITECH) payment provisions to hospitals in Puerto Rico (H.R. 1273), H4952 [13JY]

———change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico under part B (H.R. 1357), H4952 [13JY]

New York, NY: tribute to work of Puerto Rican photographers on display at New York Photo Festival, E885 [12MY]

Pierluisi, Representative: response to remarks of Representative Gutierrez regarding imprisonment of Osvaldo Toledo, H1075 [17FE]

Pipelines: proposal for construction of natural gas pipeline, H2670 [14AP], H3003 [4MY], H8189 [7DE]

Ships and vessels: clarify application of Passenger Vessel Services Act to vessels that are not qualified to transport passengers for hire to allow such vessels to transport passengers between ports in Puerto Rico, H7605, H7606 [15NO]

Taxation: allow certain Puerto Rico corporations to elect to be treated as domestic corporations (H.R. 3020), H6278 [21SE]

Toledo, Osvaldo: condemn imprisonment for refusal to pay contempt of court fine, H942 [16FE], E255 [17FE]

Reports

Human Rights Crisis in Puerto Rico—First Amendment Under Siege: ACLU of Puerto Rico, H1458 [2MR]

Parliamentary Rights of the Delegates and Resident Commissioner From Puerto Rico: Christopher M. Davis, Congressional Research Service, H17 [5JA]