MURTHA, JOHN P. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Addresses

Retirement as Sec. of Defense: William J. Perry, E212 [11FE]

Amendments

House Ethics Reform Task Force: implement recommendations (H. Res. 168), H7555 [18SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2107, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H7653 [23SE]

———H.R. 2266, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6761 [3SE]

Articles and editorials

Bosnia Muslims Said To Intensify Efforts To Rearm in Secret, Chris Hedges, New York (NY) Times, E2144 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Alcoholic beverages: FCC study on advertising of distilled spirits on radio and television (see H. Res. 171), H4086 [19JN]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H346 [5FE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 609), H347 [5FE]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5297 [15JY]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7830 [24SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see H.R. 2631), H8834 [9OC]

Dept. of Justice: appointment of independent counsel to investigate certain internal criminal allegations (see H.R. 692), H9614 [28OC]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H2254 [6MY]

———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2545), H7910 [25SE]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H6918 [4SE]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1989 [29AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Electric power: provide for retail competition among suppliers (see H.R. 338), H150 [9JA]

EPA: certify State voluntary cleanup programs for brownfield sites and clarify liability of landowners and prospective purchasers (see H.R. 1392), H1705 [17AP]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H4836 [26JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H2156 [1MY]

FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 1539), H2253 [6MY]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H8834 [9OC]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H629 [25FE]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 339), H702 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H6707 [31JY]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 714), H768 [5MR]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8054 [26SE]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H5916 [28JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H7008 [8SE]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H5132 [10JY]

———implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H1611 [16AP]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H9502 [23OC]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H3477 [4JN]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10172 [6NO]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 339), H702 [27FE]

Line Item Veto Act: repeal (see H.R. 2650), H9559 [24OC]

Medicaid: repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see H.R. 216), H804 [6MR]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H407 [10FE]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 1248), H3476 [4JN]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H3924 [18JN]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 253), H3720 [11JN]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H1706 [17AP]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4087 [19JN]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2564), H8054 [26SE]

Pittsburgh (U.S.S.): tribute to crew (see H. Con. Res. 128), H5916 [28JY]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H10421 [8NO]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H8633 [7OC]

———maintain Postal Uniform Allowance Program (see H. Con. Res. 168), H8633 [7OC]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1813), H6918 [4SE]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H6918 [4SE]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H9615 [28OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H1794 [23AP]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1018 [13MR]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H4836 [26JN]

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H3576 [6JN]

Stewart, Jimmy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 109), H4913 [8JY]

Taxation: full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18), H628 [25FE]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H8928 [21OC]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H669 [26FE]

Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see H.R. 2527), H8633 [7OC]

Telephones: increase the forfeiture penalty for telephone service slamming and require providers of such service to report slamming incidents (see H.R. 2112), H5916 [28JY]

Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy: designate (see H.R. 2931), H10418 [8NO]

Treaties and agreements: limits on certain missile defense systems (see H. Res. 98), H1018 [13MR]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H5297 [15JY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H7119 [9SE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H2157 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Diseases: prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H8727 [8OC]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 68), H1339 [8AP]

Letters

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations: Dennis J. Reimer, Dept. of the Army, H3534 [5JN]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, H3533 [5JN]

Memorandums

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Ronald R. Fogleman, Dept. of the Air Force, H3534 [5JN]

Remarks

American Iron & Steel Institute: award recipient, E366 [4MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2713 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3533 [5JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, H4293, H4307 [24JN]

———U.S. military intervention, H3533 [5JN]

———U.S. military intervention relative to upgrading Bosnian Federation army equipment and training, E2144 [30OC]

———U.S. military withdrawl, H2713 [15MY]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): require that outside complaints against Members be sponsored by Members, H7555 [18SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4293, H4307 [24JN]

———foreign sales of F-22 fighter aircraft, H5967 [29JY]

———funding for reporting requirements of crime statistics, H5972 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5936, H5940, H5964, H5967, H5972, H5979 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), conference report, H7842 [25SE]

———reimburse National Guard and Army Reserve members for shipping of personal items relative to service in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H5964 [29JY]

Dilltown, PA: anniversary of Memorial Baptist Church, E1921 [2OC]

Foglietta, Thomas M.: nomination to be Ambassador to Italy, H8891 [21OC]

Health: Dept. of Defense/Dept. of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Medical Research Program funding, H5940 [29JY]

House Ethics Reform Task Force: implement recommendations (H. Res. 168), H7555 [18SE]

Lister, Sara E.: request resignation as Assistant Sec. of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs relative to remarks about Marine Corps (H. Con. Res 197), H10906 [13NO]

NATO: proportional cost-sharing arrangement relative to expansion, H5964 [29JY]

Portage, PA: anniversary of First Lutheran Church, E1603 [1AU]

Tributes

Cavanaugh, Stephanie, E438 [11MR]

Cunningham, Daniel R., E1837 [24SE]

Gioconda, Thomas F., E1454 [17JY]

Perry, William J., E211 [11FE]

Pidgeon, John (Jack), E882 [8MY]

Schindelholz, Joseph F., E828 [5MY]