GUTIERREZ, LUIS V. (a Representative from Illinois)

Articles and editorials

God Often Reminds Us To Welcome Immigrants, Ricky Eason, Jim Goodroe, and Greg Castillo, Greenville (SC) News, H2004 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H6977 [28JY]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H2258 [6MR]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 2377), H2486 [14MR]

——— make determination on enlistment of aliens possessing employment authorization document issued under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (see H. Res. 685), H6814 [24JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2989), H2611 [24MR]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement, provide independent border security oversight, and improve training of agents and officers (see H.R. 4303), H3058 [8AP]

Cambodia: honor victims of genocide that took place from 1975–1979 (see H. Res. 464), H1687 [6FE]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

Cesar Chavez Day: observance (see H. Res. 529), H2744 [27MR]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H7188 [31JY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2434 [13MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H3941 [7MY]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H7893 [18SE]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H2566 [21MR]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5320 [11JN]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1431 [27JA]

——— establish American Dream Grant program to encourage States to increase access to higher education to low-income students regardless of immigration status (see H.R. 3921), H1773 [11FE]

Dept. of HHS: improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H5399 [17JN]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H7901 [19SE]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H1719 [10FE]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 725), H7979 [13NO]

Dept. of HUD: discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (see H.R. 4462), H3196 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with serious mental disabilities (see H.R. 4936), H5639 [23JN]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H7388 [9SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a Veterans Conservation Corps (see H.R. 3451), H2488 [18MR]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 5059), H7893 [18SE]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H9305 [11DE]

Employment: allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 5159), H9045 [10DE]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

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. 2028), H5364 [12JN]

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H3293 [29AP]

FEC: establish and operate a website for the public to view the contents of political advertisements and require sponsors of advertisements to furnish such contents (see H.R. 648), H2746 [27MR]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7242 [1AU]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H4685 [20MY]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H1769 [11FE]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H8033 [17NO]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 723), H7528 [15SE]

Human Rights Day: observance (see H. Res. 777), H9044 [10DE]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5023 [29MY]

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 5228), H6976 [28JY]

——— establish legal orientation programs at immigration detention facilities to inform detainees of their legal rights (see H.R. 3914), H1593 [4FE]

——— expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrant women, men, and families by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4240), H2432 [13MR]

——— repeal sunset of the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program (see H.R. 4460), H3243 [28AP]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 3855), H182 [13JA]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3293 [29AP]

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see H.R. 5700), H7978 [13NO]

Law enforcement: mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (see H.R. 3560), H2260 [10MR]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H2434 [13MR]

Medicare: delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H1720 [10FE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H2485 [14MR]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H2434 [13MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7901 [19SE]

Mental health: protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 69), H6108 [10JY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

National Nonviolence Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 626), H5363 [12JN]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3242 [28AP]

NLRB: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 5880), H9303 [11DE]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2854 [2AP]

Political campaigns: reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 270), H3144 [9AP]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]

Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7980 [13NO]

Power resources: establish a pilot program to train individuals for employment in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries (see H.R. 4648), H4059 [9MY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3929), H2486 [14MR]

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7297 [8SE]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H8226 [1DE]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H2610 [24MR]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2645 [25MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7041 [29JY]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H5399 [17JN]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H7939 [12NO]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7389 [9SE]

Telecommunications: require mobile service providers and mobile device manufacturers to enable consumers to remotely delete data from mobile devices and render such devices inoperable (see H.R. 4065), H2199 [5MR]

Ukraine: support democratic and European aspirations and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear (see H. Res. 447), H1481 [28JA]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H1432 [27JA] (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H5024 [29MY]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: anniversary (see H. Res. 777), H9044 [10DE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]

——— secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 4459), H3195 [10AP]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H6352 [16JY]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H7619 [16SE]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (H.R. 1726), H4444• [19MY]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (H.R. 4138), H2323 [12MR]

Immigration: establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief (H.R. 5759), H8367, H8645 [4DE]

——— Executive order to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, H2323 [12MR], H2993 [8AP]

——— influx of minors illegally entering U.S. alone, H5499 [19JN]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7229 [1AU]

——— reform, H1723 [11FE], H2003 [27FE], H2363 [13MR], H4480 [20MY], H4915 [29MY], H5251 [11JN], H5499 [19JN], H5728 [25JN], H7392 [10SE], H8934 [10DE]

——— reform (H.R. 15), H2993 [8AP], H3295 [30AP]

——— reform (S. 744), H2807 [2AP]

Iran: interim agreement allowing possession of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing capabilities and enhancement of nuclear technical capabilities, H1596 [5FE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to enforcement of immigration laws, H2153 [5MR], H7392 [10SE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H7942 [13NO], H8036 [18NO], H8367 [4DE], H8934 [10DE]

Presidents of the U.S.: use of Executive orders, H8036 [18NO]

Votes: position on missed, H1923• [25FE], H2731• [27MR], E205• [11FE], E310• [5MR], E402• [18MR], E519• [4AP], E656• [1MY]

Tributes

Portugues Garcia, Victor E., H1553 [4FE]