HINOJOSA, RUBÉN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5289 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H8033 [17NO]

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), H2991 [7AP]

Armed Forces: afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2841), H2001 [26FE]

——— allow aliens granted deferred action and work authorization to be appointed to and attend a military service academy and to be appointed as a commissioned officer (see H.R. 4723), H5187 [9JN]

——— extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4435 [15MY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 481), H1771 [11FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 4707), H4784 [21MY]

Children and youth: allow State child protective services systems to better serve the needs of children who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 4636), H4834 [23MY]

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

Civil rights: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner and the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H7454 [11SE]

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

Colleges and universities: increase transparency and reduce students’ burdens related to transferring credits between institutions of higher education (see H.R. 4348), H2801 [1AP]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H1593 [4FE]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see H.R. 5486), H7617 [16SE]

Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4511), H3291 [29AP]

Credit Repair Organizations Act: exempt certain consumer reporting agencies (see H.R. 5446), H7433 [10SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: preserve access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5238), H7039 [29JY]

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), H1938 [25FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H3446 [6MY] (see H.R. 4622), H4786 [21MY]

——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H1719 [10FE]

——— award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 5168), H6744 [23JY]

——— award grants to establish STEM Innovation Networks (see H.R. 4828), H6656 [22JY]

——— award grants to States to establish Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English and a second language (see H.R. 2549), H5024 [29MY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (see H.R. 5005), H5818 [26JN]

——— 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), H1432 [27JA]

——— extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (see H.R. 5134), H6397 [17JY]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (see H.R. 5001), H5817 [26JN]

——— provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 2878), H4060 [9MY]

——— require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 5343), H7182 [31JY]

——— strengthen Federal education research system to make research and evaluations more timely and relevant to State and local needs in order to increase student achievement (see H.R. 4366), H2991 [7AP]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (see H.R. 6), H5399 [17JN]

Dept. of HHS: 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 tier (see H.R. 460), H3940 [7MY]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 1981), H8171 [20NO]

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]

——— support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H6978 [28JY]

Dept. of Labor: create a program to grant relocation subsidies to the long-term unemployed for the purpose of attaining or accepting employment (see H.R. 4033), H2002 [26FE]

——— establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 4629), H4058 [9MY]

——— make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (see H.R. 3888), H472 [15JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow reliance on State examinations for certain financial institutions in order to assist immigrant communities in making remittances to their countries of origin (see H.R. 4386), H2913 [3AP]

——— use revenue generated by certain fines, penalties, and settlements to fund evidence-based youth mentoring projects, justice reinvestment efforts, and medical research and development (see H.R. 3580), H2991 [7AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5250 [10JN]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (see H.R. 562), H1481 [28JA] (see H.R. 4149), H2435 [13MR]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4793), H7129 [30JY]

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]

Disasters: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see H.R. 2647), H6656 [22JY]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5725 [24JN]

Doris Miller Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, TX: designate (see H.R. 4199), H2486 [14MR]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H3058 [8AP]

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), H6654 [22JY]

——— clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see H.R. 4227), H5824 [30JN]

Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4913), H7189 [31JY]

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

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2697 [26MR]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H4834 [23MY]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 721), H7454 [11SE]

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]

FRS: establish a Small Business Advisory Board for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 4383), H5187 [9JN]

George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 78), H2991 [7AP]

Health care professionals: build a stronger health care workforce (see H.R. 5458), H7454 [11SE]

Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]

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

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 5186), H7190 [31JY]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H1938 [25FE]

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]

——— provide for appointment of additional immigration judges (see H.R. 4990), H5817 [26JN]

Investments: exempt certain college savings plans from asset limitations when determining SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or LIHEAP eligibility (see H.R. 5783), H8365 [3DE]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6108 [10JY]

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), H5249 [10JN]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H5187 [9JN]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H10336 [2JA]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H5249 [10JN]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H2435 [13MR]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4781), H5073 [5JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7938 [12NO]

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

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1770 [11FE]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 743), H7887 [18SE]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2748 [28MR]

National Day of 3D Printing: designate (see H. Res. 767), H8273 [2DE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H1771 [11FE]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 5101), H6816 [24JY]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 462), H1241 [16JA]

National Police Week: designate (see H. Res. 578), H4061 [9MY]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 471), H1544 [3FE]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 583), H4064 [13MY]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H2695 [26MR]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5706), H8133 [19NO]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3058 [8AP]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H4017 [8MY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4122), H2097 [28FE]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2148 [4MR]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H2855 [2AP]

——— provide for the computation of normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct class and the disposition of certain excess retirement contributions (see H.R. 961), H1719 [10FE]

——— provide that the Postal Service may provide certain basic financial services (see H.R. 5179), H7129 [30JY]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H72 [8JA]

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 5352), H7183 [31JY]

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

Public debt: provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see H.R. 3372), H1772 [11FE]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H4785 [21MY]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors on the National Highway System (see H.R. 4523), H4017 [8MY]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see H.R. 10), H2914 [3AP]

SEC: prohibit mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements (see H.R. 2998), H135 [9JA]

——— require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (see H.R. 1627), H6137 [11JY]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 3482), H1243 [16JA]

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H7189 [31JY]

Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr., Memorial Post Office, Baytown, TX: designate (see H.R. 4651), H5399 [17JN]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H2611 [24MR]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H3448 [6MY]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 5239), H7129 [30JY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H4785 [21MY]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H2002 [26FE]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H3242 [28AP]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H6400 [17JY]

Terrorism: review completeness of the FBI Terrorist Screening Database and the derivative terrorist watchlist used by the Transportation Security Administration (see H.R. 5488), H7677 [17SE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

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

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H72 [8JA]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H6580 [18JY]

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]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H6108 [10JY]

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

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6400 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

America Saves Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 496), H2097 [28FE]

Dept. of Education: establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (see H.R. 4767), H5022 [29MY]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4373), H2853 [2AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (see H.R. 5221), H6976 [28JY]

Dia de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see H. Res. 559), H3292 [29AP]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 535), H2853 [2AP]

Taxation: provide for tax preferred savings accounts for dependent youth (see H.R. 4129), H2097 [28FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (H.R. 4767), H5023 [29MY]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (H.R. 4373), H2854 [2AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (H.R. 5221), H6977 [28JY]

Taxation: provide for tax preferred savings accounts for dependent youth (H.R. 4129), H2098 [28FE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5289 [11JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service eradication of specialty crop pests funding, H5289 [11JN]

Dept. of Education: establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 677), H6677 [23JY]

——— extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (H.R. 5134), H6676, H6684 [23JY]

——— revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (H.R. 4984), consideration (H. Res. 677), H6677 [23JY]

——— simplify and streamline information on institutions of higher education made publicly available (H.R. 4983), H6677, H6682, H6683 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (H.R. 6), H5680 [24JN]

Dia de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (H. Res. 559), H3297 [30AP]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth, H5964 [9JY]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), Senate amendments, H5964 [9JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7195 [1AU]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7195 [1AU]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7195 [1AU]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7145 [31JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7195, H7231 [1AU]

——— reform (H.R. 15), H5734 [25JN]

——— reform (S. 744), H7195 [1AU]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H4008• [8MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to 1st Squad, 2d Platoon, Hotel Company of the 26th Marine Regiment, H3251 [29AP]

Votes: correction, E975• [12JN]

——— position on missed, H1742•, H1743• [11FE], H2050• [27FE], H2082• [28FE], H5802• [26JN], H6995• [29JY], H7437• [11SE], H8062• [18NO]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: establish application process for interested parties to apply for a county to be designated as a rural area (H.R. 2672), H3422 [6MY]