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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1472 

To designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 located between post mile 

5.2 and post mile 6.2 in Los Angeles County, California, as the ‘‘Jenny 

Oropeza Highway’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 8, 2011 

Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself, Mr. BACA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. LINDA T. 

SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. WATERS, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. CHU, and Mr. BECERRA) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 located between post mile 5.2 and post mile 6.2 in Los Angeles 

County, California, as the ‘‘Jenny Oropeza Highway’’. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Jenny Oropeza was born on September 27, 

6 1957, in Montebello, California, and passed away on 

7 October 20, 2010, after 22 years of public service. 


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1 (2) Jenny Oropeza’s career in public service 

2 began early with her election to the first of two suc3 cessful terms as president of the student body of 

4 California State University, Long Beach. 

5 (3) Jenny Oropeza was a pioneer and trail6 blazer as evidenced by her subsequent election in 

7 1994 to the Long Beach City Council, becoming the 

8 first Latina member of that Council. 

9 (4) While a member of the Long Beach City 

10 Council, Jenny Oropeza revitalized Long Beach’s 

11 historic downtown and strengthened Long Beach’s 

12 tourism and trade industries. 

13 (5) In 2000, Jenny Oropeza was elected to the 

14 California State Assembly, where she chaired the 

15 powerful Budget Committee and fought to prevent 

16 the Governor from balancing the budget on the 

17 backs of the poor, schools, the environment, and 

18 public employees. 

19 (6) As Chair of the Committee on Transpor20 tation of the California State Assembly, Jenny 

21 Oropeza, who had served 5 years on the Board of 

22 the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transpor23 tation Authority, was a strong and effective cham24 pion of policies to improve highway construction, 


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1 safety, and maintenance and secure adequate transit 

2 funding. 

3 (7) In 2005, Jenny Oropeza began her coura4 geous personal battle with cancer and used her expe5 rience for good by championing landmark legislation 

6 to improve the health and well-being of her constitu7 ents during her time in the California State Senate, 

8 including passing a bill imposing the first regula9 tions on a dangerous greenhouse gas. 

10 (8) Recognized by both the League of Conserva11 tion Voters and the American Cancer Society, Jenny 

12 Oropeza was a recognized leading advocate of efforts 

13 against smoking, including through her legislation 

14 imposing the strictest ban in the United States on 

15 smoking in cars with children. 

16 (9) Jenny Oropeza uniquely served at the local 

17 and State levels of California government, her work 

18 was valuable to all she served, and she will continue 

19 to be a role model to women lawmakers, Latina law20 makers, and environmentalists for years to come. 

21 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION. 

22 The portion of Interstate Route 710 located in Los 

23 Angeles County, California, beginning at post mile 5.2 and 

24 ending at post mile 6.2 shall be known and designated 

25 as the ‘‘Jenny Oropeza Highway’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

2 Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 

3 paper, or other record of the United States to the portion 

4 of Interstate Route 710 referred to in section 2 shall be 

5 deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jenny Oropeza High6 way’’. 

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