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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6509 

To designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 located in Los Angeles 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 9, 2010 

Ms. RICHARDSON 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 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. 

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

8 began with her election to the first of two successful 

9 terms as president of the student body of California 

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1 uated in 1979 with a degree in business administra2 tion. 

3 (3) Jenny Oropeza was a pioneer and trail4 blazer as evidenced by her early service, subsequent 

5 election in 1994 to the Long Beach City Council, 

6 and thereby bringing new priorities and focus in the 

7 community by becoming the first Latina member of 

8 that Council. 

9 (4) In 2000, Jenny Oropeza was elected to the 

10 California State Assembly, where she chaired the 

11 powerful Committee on Transportation. 

12 (5) As Chair of the Committee on Transpor13 tation, Jenny Oropeza, who had served 5 years on 

14 the Board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan 

15 Transportation Authority, was a strong and effective 

16 champion of policies to improve highway construc17 tion, safety, maintenance and secure adequate tran18 sit funding. 

19 (6) In 2006, Jenny Oropeza was named a re20 cipient of the prestigious Smith-Weiss Environ21 mental Champion Award by the Los Angeles League 

22 of Conservation Voters for her efforts to reduce air 

23 pollution, prevent cancer, and protect the environ24 ment. 


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1 (7) In light of State Senator Jenny Oropeza’s 

2 personal battle, California Senator Oropeza bravely 

3 used those experiences to effect landmark legislation 

4 to improve the health and well-being of all Ameri5 cans. 

6 (8) The American Cancer Society recognized 

7 Jenny Oropeza as a leading advocate of efforts 

8 against smoking, including through her legislation 

9 imposing the strictest ban in the United States on 

10 smoking in cars with children. 

11 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION. 

12 The portion of Interstate Route 710 located in Los 

13 Angeles County, California, beginning at post mile 6.5 and 

14 ending at post mile 7.5 shall be known and designated 

15 as the ‘‘Jenny Oropeza Highway’’. 

16 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

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

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

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

20 deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jenny Oropeza High21 way’’. 

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