MURTHA, JOHN P. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4216 [12JN]

———H.R. 4516, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H6711 [20JY]

———H.R. 4576, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H5923 [12JY]

———H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6928 [25JY]

Articles and editorials

Area Man Makes Sure Needy Have Christmas, Tom Lavis, Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat, E52 [1FE]

Blacks in Mexico, Ben Vinson III, El Aguila del Hudson Valley (publication), E2135 [6DE]

Polio Can't Keep '53 Grad Down—Carmen Scialabba Wins Prestigious BHS Award, Shari Kitzmiller, Butler (PA) Eagle, E987 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H1628 [30MR]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H4336 [13JN]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6777 [24JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2607 [4MY]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 3142), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure milk producers receive a fair price for milk marketed for domestic consumption and establish a National Milk Pricing Board (see H.R. 5052), H7208 [27JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H373 [14FE]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 274), H921 [9MR]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H. Con. Res. 291), H1163 [21MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for providing assistance to emergency response organizations (see H.R. 3155), H278 [9FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H255 [8FE]

———enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H4817 [21JN]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6600 [19JY]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H7003 [25JY]

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H575 [29FE]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H3413 [18MY]

George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building, York, PA: designate (see H.R. 5210), H7870 [19SE]

Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, PA: designate (see H.R. 4625), H4173 [9JN]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H1077 [15MR]

———establish national system of screening newborn infants for hereditary disorders (see H.R. 5260), H7991 [21SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H1119 [16MR]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H1852 [5AP]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]

Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4554), H3867 [25MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2411 [2MY]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H922 [9MR]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7129 [26JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2512 [3MY]

Medicare: coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H6599 [19JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H4337 [13JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H575 [29FE]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H2122 [11AP]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

Nicaragua: protect U.S. citizens against expropriations of property by the Nicaraguan Government (see H.R. 4602), H6052 [13JY]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H8735 [3OC]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2341 [13AP]

Power resources: permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (see H.R. 4043), H1163 [21MR]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H455 [15FE]

Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H3868 [25MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H1120 [16MR]

Robert S. Walker Post Office, Millersville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5418), H9504 [6OC]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Selective Service System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 402), H7651 [14SE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H4783 [20JN]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

Taxation: expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4174 [9JN]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]

Veterans: increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H12095 [14DE]

———mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H10257 [18OC]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H7871 [19SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H1764 [4AP]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: set basic housing allowance rates for the uniformed services based on costs for adequate housing and remove limitation on amount of such allowances that may be paid in a fiscal year (see H.R. 3562), H164 [1FE]

National Park Service: issue beneficial semipostal (see H.R. 5269), H7996 [22SE]

Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission: reauthorize (see H.R. 4420), H2905 [10MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H7996 [22SE]

Biographies

Scialabba, Carmen, E987 [13JN]

Eulogies

Chapman, Leonard: by Carl Mundy, E231 [6MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H11957 [5DE]

Remarks

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3133 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1563 [29MR], H1597, H1610 [30MR]

Armed Forces: limit number of military personnel in Colombia, H1610 [30MR]

Budget: devote cuts in discretionary funding during appropriations process to debt reduction, H4956 [22JN]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3098, H3133 [16MY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, E667 [8MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10073 [18OC]

Dept. of Defense: F-22 fighter funding, H3987 [7JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), H3987, H3993 [7JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), conference report, H6538 [19JY]

———reliance of military families on food stamps, H1563 [29MR]

———TRICARE senior pharmacy program funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3993 [7JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6681 [20JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12501 [15DE]

Federal contracts: prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations, H6681 [20JY]

Health: establish national system of screening newborn infants for hereditary disorders (H.R. 5260), E1572 [22SE]

Korean War: tribute to Turkish forces, E1130 [28JN]

Kosovo: condition U.S. funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, H1597 [30MR]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4938, H4956 [22JN]

Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act: technical corrections (H.R. 149), Senate amendments, H410 [15FE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to National Guard 1st Battalion, 103rd Armored Division, E101 [9FE]

Puerto Rico: use of Vieques Island for military operations, H1563 [29MR]

Scialabba, Carmen: Butler, PA, School District Distinguished Graduate Award recipient, E986 [13JN]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H12501 [15DE]

Spangler, PA: anniversary of Church of the Holy Cross, E23 [27JA]

Tributes

Chapman, Leonard, E231 [6MR]

Donnelly, Joseph, E2051 [1NO]

Eger, Clarence E., E55 [2FE]

Goodling, Representative, H8619, H8620 [3OC]

Nicholson, Harold, E2063 [2NO]

Oravec, Christian R., H4342 [14JN]

Polacek, Bill, E52 [1FE]

Vinson, Ben, III, E2135 [6DE]