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 master’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 be-
came the first assembly member to hold the position 
of chairwoman of two powerful California State As-
sembly committees (Insurance and Revenue and 
Taxation). 
(5) Continuing to make history, Juanita 
Millender-McDonald served in the United States 
House of Representatives from 1996–2007, becom-
ing the first African-American woman to chair any 
full House Committee when on December 19, 2006, 
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she was named Chairwoman of the House Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
(6) A leader among leaders, a University of 
California study named Juanita Millender-McDonald 
one of the most effective 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 promotion of interstate commerce 
and a tireless advocate for the Port of Long Beach, 
and the Port of Los Angeles. 
(10) Juanita Millender-McDonald was instru-
mental 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 organi-
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zation responsible for the annual ‘‘AIDS Walk for 
Minority Women and Children’’, the legacy of Jua-
nita Millender-McDonald as a humble, selfless cham-
pion 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 ‘‘Jua-
nita 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’’. 
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