Solomon P. Ortiz

HR 6047 — Uniting America's Military Families Act of 2006

HR 5870 — South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act of 2006

HR 3886 — To require the Secretary of the Navy to comply with certain reversionary requirements related to property donated to the Navy for use as a Navy homeport whenever the property ceases to be used for that purpose.

HR 3179 — Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005

HR 2857 — To require the immediate release, in unclassified form, of all documentation and other information used by the Secretary of Defense to prepare the recommendations submitted to Congress on May 13, 2005, regarding the closure and realignment of military installations in the United States.

HR 1656 — To correct maps depicting Unit T-10 of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.

HR 1314 — To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require the 2005 base closure and realignment process to adhere to certain requirements regarding the preservation of military depot capabilities.

HR 1196 — To improve the security clearance process along the United States-Mexico border, to increase the number of detention beds, and for other purposes.

HR 855 — To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization project.

HR 483 — To designate a United States courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, as the "Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela United States Courthouse".

HRES 1049 — Recognizing Ann Richards' extraordinary contributions to Texas and American public life and offering condolences on her passing.

HCONRES 297 — Honoring the life and expressing the deepest condolences of Congress on the passing of Edward Roybal, former United States Congressman.

HCONRES 201 — Welcoming the Prime Minister of Singapore, His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, on the occasion of his visit to the United States, expressing gratitude to the Government of Singapore for its support in the reconstruction of Iraq and its strong cooperation with the United States in the campaign against terrorism, and reaffirming the commitment of Congress to the continued expansion of friendship and cooperation between the United States and Singapore.

HR 5912 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 313 East Main Street in Robstown, Texas, as the "Lieutenant Juan G. Carrion Post Office Building".

HR 4321 — CIR ASAP Act of 2009

HR 3537 — Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

HR 2812 — Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Improvement Act of 2009

HR 1232 — Far South Texas Veterans Medical Center Act of 2009

HR 894 — Ensuring Safe Facilities and Equipment for American Troops Overseas Act

HR 775 — Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

HR 279 — Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2009

HCONRES 291 — Celebrating 130 years of United States-Romanian diplomatic relations, congratulating the Romanian people on their achievements as a great nation, and reaffirming the deep bonds of trust and values between the United States and Romania, a trusted and most valued ally.

HCONRES 222 — Recognizing the leadership and historical contributions of Dr. Hector Garcia to the Hispanic community and his remarkable efforts to combat racial and ethnic discrimination in the United States of America.

HR 7162 — Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Improvement Act of 2008

HR 7102 — Ensuring Safe Facilities and Equipment for American Troops Overseas Act

HR 4828 — Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2008

HR 1927 — To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.

HR 1745 — Uniting America's Military Families Act of 2007

HR 538 — South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act of 2007

HRES 834 — Regarding the readiness decline of the Army, Marine Corps, National Guard, and Reserves, and the implications for national security.

HRES 785 — Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Robstown, Texas.

HRES 313 — Recognizing and commending all of the volunteers and supporters of Our Military Kids, Inc., for their efforts in awarding grants to over 1,100 school-aged children of deployed and severely injured National Guard and Reserve personnel in 49 states and the District of Columbia.

HRES 42 — Recognizing Ann Richards' extraordinary contributions to Texas and American public life.

HCONRES 181 — Recognizing and commending all volunteers and other persons who provide support to the families and children of members of the Armed Forces, including National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are deployed in service to the United States.

HR 5412 — To correct maps depicting Unit T-10 of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.

HR 5267 — To improve the security clearance process and increase the number of detention beds along the United States-Mexico border.

HR 4158 — To provide for the conveyance to the Government of Mexico of a decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, and for other purposes.

HR 4023 — To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to postpone the 2005 round of base closures and realignments until 2007.

HR 2960 — To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization project.

HR 1402 — To designate the United States courthouse located at the corner of Seventh Street and East Jackson Street in Brownsville, Texas, as the 'Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela United States Courthouse'.

HRES 440 — Providing that the executive branch should remove certain entry restrictions for Mexican nationals, and for other purposes.

HCONRES 181 — Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the obligations of Mexico under the Treaty Between the United States of America and Mexico of 1944 relating to the use of the Colorado, Rio Grande, and Tijuana Rivers.

HR 234 — To provide for the establishment of a new Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility for veterans in south Texas.

HCONRES 494 — Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the obligations of Mexico under the Treaty Between the United States of America and Mexico of 1944 relating to the use of the Colorado, Rio Grande, and Tijuana Rivers.

HR 2496 — To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.

HR 686 — To designate a United States courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, as the "Garza-Vela United States Courthouse".

HCONRES 435 — Recognizing and honoring Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente Jr.

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HR 5787 — A bill to remove an impediment to oil and gas leasing of certain Federal lands in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Port Hueneme, California, and for other purposes.

HR 4851 — National Drug Education Act of 1984

HR 4742 — A bill to remove an impediment to oil and gas leasing at the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas.

HR 3738 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reform the benefit payment procedures which are followed upon the death of an insured individual or beneficiary (including a dependent or survivor) by providing for the payment of a lump-sum death benefit, in an equitable manner and in a realistic amount, when any such insured individual or beneficiary dies.

HR 5194 — A bill to designate the United States Post Office Building located at 809 Nueces Bay Boulevard in Corpus Christi, Texas, as the "Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building".

HR 3933 — A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for the southern district of Texas.

HR 2012 — A bill to make certain provisions of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 inapplicable to the harvesting of, and other actions taken with respect to, foreign shrimp.

HR 380 — National Drug and Alcohol Education Act of 1985

HR 381 — A bill to deauthorize the small craft basin portion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway-Channel to Port Mansfield, Texas, project.

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HR 5559 — A bill to enhance the prospects for economic development in rural areas by allowing municipal corporations to acquire through eminent domain utility facilities of rural water supply or sewer service corporations.

HR 5284 — A bill relating to the inventory control and accounting procedures used in foreign trade zones.

HR 5141 — A bill to delay temporarily certain regulations relating to sea turtle conservation.

HR 4932 — A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, and the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide amounts from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Customs Forfeiture Fund to assist State and local governments in providing for construction, expansion, maintenance, and operation of penal facilities, and for other purposes.

HR 4242 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit tax-free purchases of certain fuels for use in vessels employed in the fisheries and for other off-highway use.

HR 3752 — To provide for the establishment of a new Veterans's Administration medical facility in south Texas.

HR 3524 — Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act

HR 1874 — A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to reserve 25 percent of obligations under certain Federal construction contracts for local contractors.

HR 1873 — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reserve 25 percent of obligations under military construction contracts for local contractors.

HR 1658 — Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1987

HR 781 — A bill to designate the United States Post Office Building located at 809 Nueces Bay Boulevard in Corpus Christi, Texas, as the "Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building".

HR 582 — A bill to permit an increase in the maximum speed limit to 65 miles per hour on highways in States which require the use of seat belts in the front seats of automobiles.

HR 5319 — Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1990

HR 2053 — To amend Public Law 100-478 to ensure the development of effective sea turtle conservation regulations by delaying the effectiveness of certain regulations until after the completion of a study pertaining to such conservation.

HR 1575 — To provide for the establishment of a new medical facility for veterans in south Texas.

HR 1538 — Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act

HR 869 — To amend title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to provide certain resettlement assistance for certain nationals of Central American countries.

HR 870 — To amend title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to provide resettlement assistance for certain Salvadorans and Nicaraguans.

HR 487 — To enhance the prospects for economic development in rural areas by allowing municipal corporations to acquire through eminent domain utility facilities of rural water supply or sewer service corporations.

HJRES 497 — Designating June 24 through 30, 1990, as "National Sheriffs' Week".

HJRES 285 — Designating the Ghost Squadron of the Confederate Air Force as the "United States Ambassador for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of World War II".

HJRES 283 — Designating May 27, 1989, as "Kleberg County Trail Riders Association and Texas A&I University Law School Day".

HR 5874 — Brownsville Wetlands Policy Act of 1992

HR 5532 — To provide for the continuation of epidemiological activities being conducted in the State of Texas with respect to the elevated rate in certain areas of the State of a lethal birth defect, and for other purposes.

HR 5531 — Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1992

HR 5467 — To amend the Small Business Act to permit extended participation by disadvantaged small business concerns in business development programs.

HR 5355 — To amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to clarify that crude oil and derivatives thereof consumed in refining operations are not subject to duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

HR 5085 — To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.

HR 4499 — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to designate special inquiry officers as immigration judges and to provide for the compensation of such judges.

HR 4113 — To permit the transfer before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period of the obsolete training aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington to the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, for use as a naval museum and memorial.

HR 3866 — Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier Act of 1991

HR 3188 — To provide for the establishment of a new Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in south Texas.

HR 3098 — Hispanic Access to Higher Education Act of 1991

HR 2917 — Brownsville Wetlands Research and Policy Act of 1991

HR 2630 — To provide that immigration judges, for purposes of determining compensation, be treated in the same manner as administrative law judges.

HR 1642 — Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991

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HR 5046 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1994

HR 4722 — Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Reauthorization Act of 1994

HR 4631 — To direct the Secretary of Interior to enter into negotiations on the Nueces River Project, Texas.

HR 4236 — National Undersea Research Program Act of 1994

HR 4008 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1994

HR 3886 — To amend the boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

HR 3887 — To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey the vessel USS SPHINX to the Rio Grande Military Museum for use as a military museum.

HR 3678 — To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate agreements for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources.

HR 3679 — Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994

HR 2604 — Brownsville Wetlands Policy Act of 1993

HR 1577 — To amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to clarify that crude oil and derivatives thereof consumed in refining operations are not subject to duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

HR 1296 — Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1993

HR 292 — To provide for the establishment of a new medical facility for veterans in south Texas.

HR 3910 — Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996

HR 2609 — Texas Reclamation Projects Indebtedness Purchase Act

HR 1010 — Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1995

HR 336 — To provide for the establishment of a new medical facility for veterans in south Texas.

HR 4783 — To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel GRIEFSWALD.

HR 3675 — To designate a United States courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, as the "Reynaldo G. Garza - Filemon B. Vela, Sr. United States Courthouse".

HR 2355 — Nueces River Drought Relief Extension Act

HR 1114 — Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1997