GONZALEZ, CHARLES A. (a Representative from Texas)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building, Gainesville, TX: designate (see H.R. 6589), H6587 [3DE]
Capitol Police: give members the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60 (see H.R. 4285), H3734 [18JN]
Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 523), H158 [24JA]
Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 1895), H1543 [22MR]
Consumers: provide that the payment of a bill, invoice, or statement of account due, if made by mail, shall be considered to have been made on the date with which the envelope used to transmit such payment is postmarked (see H.R. 4003), H692 [9FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H6280 [21SE]
Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1017 [28FE]
Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H2448 [8MY]
——— improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see H.R. 3418), H28 [17JA]
——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H6300 [2OC]
——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H2447 [8MY]
——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H6397 [15NO]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, OH, and associated locations to assess potential inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 799), H966 [27FE]
Depts. of the Interior and Commerce: act through NOAA to initiate immediate action to create jobs (see H.R. 3710), H1135 [1MR]
Diseases: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (see H.R. 1462), H6279 [21SE]
——— establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 640), H27 [17JA]
——— expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H441 [2FE]
Electric power: clarify that compliance with an emergency order under the Federal Power Act to generate or transmit electricity may not be considered a violation of environmental laws or regulations (see H.R. 4273), H1739 [28MR]
EPA: amend the renewable fuel program to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel (see H.R. 3773), H26 [17JA]
FDA: provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H802 [15FE]
Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 5691), H2566 [9MY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H1363 [13MR]
Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H1846 [16AP]
——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6060 [14SE]
Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (see H.R. 4235), H5766 [10SE]
Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H6623 [4DE]
——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2135 [25AP]
March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H1847 [16AP]
Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H115 [23JA]
Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H1847 [16AP]
——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H966 [27FE]
——— provide for coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2195), H115 [23JA]
——— repeal certain changes to contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (see H.R. 5942), H6001 [13SE]
Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 640), H2274 [27AP]
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 560), H1363 [13MR]
National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 803), H6276 [21SE]
National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 644), H2320 [7MY]
National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H1805 [29MR]
Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1154 [5MR]
NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 3760), H159 [24JA]
Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H692 [9FE]
Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H3171 [25MY]
Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4158 [27JN]
Renewable energy: include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and include such fuels in the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit (see H.R. 1149), H641 [8FE]
Rhabdomyosarcoma Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 652), H5202 [24JY]
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: lease space for a park headquarters, expand boundary, and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions (see H.R. 5988), H3974 [21JN]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H220 [31JA]
——— 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]
Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 4169), H1543 [22MR]
Taxation: clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (see H.R. 4134), H2329 [7MY]
——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H1847 [16AP]
——— extend rule disregarding tax refunds in the administration of Federal or federally-assisted programs (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]
——— extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]
——— make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (see H.R. 3343), H4605 [28JN]
——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 3522), H1978 [18AP]
Voting: ensure absent uniformed services or overseas voters requesting an absentee ballot receive ballots for each election during a Federal election cycle (see H.R. 5828), H3161 [18MY]
——— 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), H441 [2FE]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 3526), H512 [6FE]
Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H1363 [13MR]
Remarks
Fort Sam Houston, TX: anniversary of Memorial Services Detachment, E889• [25MY]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4730 [10JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4730 [10JY]
Retirement Housing Foundation: anniversary of Bexton Place Apartments, E325• [7MR]
Rice University: anniversary, E1244• [12JY]
San Antonio, TX: anniversary of San Antonio Art League and Museum, E333• [7MR]
——— anniversary of West End Church of God in Christ, E1685• [5OC]
——— tribute to Oak Knoll Villa and the Retirement Housing Foundation, E330• [7MR]
——— tribute to ‘‘Welcome Home’’ Vietnam Veterans Celebration, E406• [21MR]
Votes: position on missed, E1308• [24JY]
Tributes
de Léon, John, E1983• [21DE]
Jacobson, Helen, E1796• [16NO]
Pena, Petra (Pat), E1882• [5DE]
Pulman, Randy and Shari, E327• [7MR]
Roque, Mary J. Gonzalez (Susie), E2005• [27DE]
Trujillo, Loyola R., E147• [6FE]
Valadez, Adolfo J., E1971• [19DE]
Young, Mary Alamar, E146• [6FE]