H. R. 4131 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
An Act 
To designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, 
California, as the ‘‘Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Juanita Millender-McDonald was born on September 
7, 1938, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the Reverend Shelly 
and Everlina Dortch Millender. 
(2) Juanita Millender-McDonald earned her bachelor’s 
degree from the University of Redlands in 1981, and her mas-
ter’s degree from California State University, Los Angeles, in 
1987. 
(3) Juanita Millender-McDonald was a true trailblazer, 
entering public service in 1990 as a member of the Carson 
City Council and becoming the first African-American woman 
to serve on the Carson City Council. 
(4) Continuing as a pioneer, Juanita Millender-McDonald 
served in the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1996, 
and in her first term, she became the first assembly member 
to hold the position of chairwoman of two powerful California 
State Assembly committees (Insurance and Revenue and Tax-
ation). 
(5) Continuing to make history, Juanita Millender- 
McDonald served in the United States House of Representatives 
from 1996–2007, becoming the first African-American woman 
to chair any full House Committee when on December 19, 
2006, she was named Chairwoman of the House Committee 
on House Administration. 
(6) A leader among leaders, a University of California 
study named Juanita Millender-McDonald one of the most effec-
tive Members of Congress. 
(7) As a Member of Congress, Juanita Millender-McDonald 
was the first African-American woman to give the national 
Democratic response to President Bush’s weekly radio address. 
(8) Juanita Millender-McDonald initiated the first annual 
Memorial Day tribute to women in the military at the Women 
in Military Service For America Memorial at Arlington National 
Cemetery. 
(9) As the founder of the Congressional Goods Movement 
Caucus, Juanita Millender-McDonald was a leader in the pro-
motion of interstate commerce and a tireless advocate for the 
Port of Long Beach, and the Port of Los Angeles.
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(10) Juanita Millender-McDonald was instrumental in the 
$2,500,000,000 project that created the Alameda Corridor, a 
20-mile rail expressway that opened in April 2002 and is a 
vital connection between the ports and America’s rail system. 
(11) As the founder and executive director of the League 
of African-American Women, an organization responsible for 
the annual ‘‘AIDS Walk for Minority Women and Children’’, 
the legacy of Juanita Millender-McDonald as a humble, selfless 
champion for women will endure for generations to come. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION. 
The portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles 
County, California, from post mile 10.4 to post mile 11.1 shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Juanita Millender-McDonald 
Highway’’. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the portion of California 
State Route 91 referred to in section 2 shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the ‘‘Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.