ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see H. Res. 583), H2330 [7MY]

——— provide assistance to sub-Saharan Africa to combat obstetric fistula (see H.R. 5748), H3481 [5JN]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H4605 [28JN]

Animals: restrict use of exotic and nondomesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions (see H.R. 3359), H3915 [20JN]

Armed Forces: provide for certain requirements relative to retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs (see H.R. 4103), H1543 [22MR]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 621), H1914 [17AP]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: establish educational seminars at U.S. ports of entry to improve ability of personnel to classify and appraise articles imported into the U.S. in accordance with customs laws (see H.R. 6110), H6280 [21SE]

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3596), H1543 [22MR]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 523), H513 [6FE]

Cecil E. Bolt Post Office, Fowler, CA: designate (see H.R. 4389), H1976 [18AP]

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H. Res. 130), H1847 [16AP]

Citizenship: exempt certain elderly persons from English language and government and history knowledge requirements for naturalization, and permit others to take the examinations in other languages (see H.R. 2957), H2288 [27AP]

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H3914 [20JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H2569 [9MY]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transactions by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H375 [1FE]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 6482), H6273 [21SE]

Cope, Marianne: Catholic Church canonization (see H. Res. 823), H7516 [31DE]

Corps of Engineers: review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees (see H.R. 5831), H3161 [18MY]

Crime: amend stalking laws (see H.R. 196), H159 [24JA]

——— prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H187 [27JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 4296), H1803 [29MR]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H5861 [11SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Make It in America Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1912), H1017 [28FE]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H2072 [24AP]

——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 3405), H3163 [18MY]

——— make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see H.R. 2617), H2447 [8MY]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 2637), H4907 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 2595), H3363 [31MY]

——— extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care (see H.R. 4083), H1428 [20MR]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tree (see H.R. 4209), H2570 [9MY]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from liver cancer (see H.R. 3381), H6279 [21SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect children affected by immigration enforcement actions (see H.R. 2607), H1978 [18AP]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H7469 [30DE]

Dept. of State: establish the Muhammad Ali Legacy Grant Program to promote global respect, understanding, and communication (see H.R. 3795), H78 [18JA]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 5976), H3914 [20JN]

Disabled: provide certified trainers of service animals access to the same public transportation and public accommodations afforded disabled persons with service animals (see H.R. 1878), H4656 [29JN]

Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 6138), H5293 [25JY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1876), H2329 [7MY]

——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 2315), H2715 [15MY]

EPA: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize pesticide use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of such use (see H.R. 4225), H1427 [20MR]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 1681), H4864 [12JY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H1978 [18AP]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H6344 [13NO]

Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 1781), H3363 [31MY]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H572 [7FE]

Homeless: eliminate involuntary homelessness for families, women, and children (see H. Con. Res. 119), H3808 [19JN]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H6152 [19SE]

Housing: extend protection of interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3619), H3267 [30MY]

Immigration: provide authority for immigration judges to terminate proceedings or appoint counsel when necessary for aliens with mental disabilities (see H.R. 3881), H2072 [24AP]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6060 [14SE]

Insurance: require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 4470), H2072 [24AP]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H4865 [12JY]

Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H1847 [16AP]

James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 6166), H5130 [23JY]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: develop a strategy for assisting stateless children (see H.R. 1464), H3976 [21JN]

Lee, Bruce Jun Fan: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H2814 [16MY]

Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office, Mountain View, CA: designate (see H.R. 6260), H5766 [10SE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H1391 [19MR]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H2447 [8MY]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H3404 [1JN]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H3707 [15JN]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H2715 [15MY]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 2140), H4656 [29JN]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 876), H2329 [7MY]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 3506), H4605 [28JN]

——— study issues on access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for beneficiaries in all care settings and establish demonstration project on benefits of coverage to administer IVIG in the home (see H.R. 1845), H6279 [21SE]

Mental health: protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6536 [29NO]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 640), H2274 [27AP]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 5901), H3577 [6JN]

——— provide for increases consistent with inflation (see H.R. 6211), H5326 [26JY]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5959), H3806 [19JN]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H115 [23JA]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 756), H5707 [2AU]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H5078 [19JY]

National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 803), H6276 [21SE]

National Foster Care Month: recognize goals and ideals (see H. Res. 659), H2812 [16MY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1101 [29FE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: tribute to establishment of Federal interagency neuroscience working group (see H. Res. 613), H3578 [6JN]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H5630 [1AU]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H692 [9FE]

Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 6587), H6623 [4DE]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuities, eliminate requirement to pre-fund health benefits fund, restrict facility closures, and create incentives to maintain levels of service (see H.R. 3591), H6280 [21SE]

Private First Class Victor A. Dew Post Office, Roseville, CA: designate (see H.R. 3892), H440 [2FE]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H3733 [18JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: extend authorization period for certain uses of funds (see H.R. 3132), H1101 [29FE]

Schools: establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (see H.R. 2902), H1915 [17AP]

Small business: encourage initiatives for appropriate and accessible financial products for entities that do not have access to the financial mainstream (see H.R. 3635), H1210 [6MR]

Social Security: revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 718), H4656 [29JN]

——— treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 4609), H2066 [24AP]

Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children: establish (see H.R. 6207), H5712 [2AU]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H3105 [17MY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (see H.R. 15), H5525 [31JY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6001 [13SE]

——— extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H4157 [27JN]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H2288 [27AP]

——— treat automatic fire sprinkler systems under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1792), H4157 [27JN]

Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H376 [1FE]

Veterans: issue a Victory for Veterans stamp (see H.R. 6121), H4863 [12JY]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H3102 [17MY]

——— require States to establish minimum early voting period and ensure that no individual be required to wait for longer than one hour to cast a ballot at a polling place in an election for Federal office (see H.R. 6591), H6397 [15NO]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1741 [28MR]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 5647), H2570 [9MY]

——— provide protections against violence against immigrant women (see H.R. 5331), H2813 [16MY]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H572 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: ensure that immigration status alone is not a disqualification for foster child placement and clarify State and local laws on parental rights in foster care cases (see H.R. 6128), H4868 [13JY]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H1805 [29MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: ensure that immigration status alone is not a disqualification for foster child placement and clarify State and local laws on parental rights in foster care cases (H.R. 6128), H4868 [13JY]

Letters

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA, courthouse construction funding: California congressional delegation, H2541 [9MY]

Memorandums

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA, Courthouse Condition: David M. Singer, U.S. Marshals Service, H2540 [9MY]

Remarks

Bienvenidos (organization): anniversary, E1607• [21SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1519), H3286 [31MY]

Dept. of HHS: ensure that immigration status alone is not a disqualification for foster child placement and clarify State and local laws on parental rights in foster care cases (H.R. 6128), E1249• [13JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Child Exploitation Center funding, H3543 [6JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3543 [6JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5855), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3286 [31MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3286 [31MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), E1245• [12JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5325), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3286 [31MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4784 [11JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3286 [31MY]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of APAIT Health Center, E1631• [21SE]

——— U.S. District Court for the Central District of California courthouse construction funding, H2540• [9MY]

Los Angeles Kings (hockey team): tribute, E1244• [12JY]

National Hispana Leadership Institute: anniversary, H6071 [19SE]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H2766 [16MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H4784 [11JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4784 [11JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2540• [9MY]

Unified Grocers (company): anniversary, E1019• [7JN]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H2766 [16MY]

——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H2766 [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2766 [16MY]

Votes: position on missed, E175•, E178• [9FE], E741• [9MY], E837• [17MY], E1652• [21SE], E1865•, E1870•, E1875• [4DE], E2042• [3JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H216 [31JA], H7467 [30DE]