UDALL, MARK (a Representative from Colorado)

Articles and editorials

Boulder Activist Rudd Mayer Dies; Environmentalists Say Wind-Power Proponent Will Be Missed, Katy Human, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, E1565 [12SE]

Bringing Life to Old Structures, Joanne Ditmer, Denver (CO) Post, E935 [24MY]

Budget the Top Priority for Congress, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, H8559 [13NO]

CU Professor Chosen for ``Genius Award,'' Bill Scanlon, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, E1759 [4OC]

CU Wins Contest for Solar House Design—Builders Triumph Over 13 Other College Teams, Ryan Alessi, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, E1817 [11OC]

Demand Less Demand, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, E330 [13MR]

Feeding the American Dream, Marty Meitus, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, E223 [28FE]

He Sees the Society Behind the Scenery, Paul Larmer, High Country News (publication), E1908 [17OC]

Jobless Picture Bleak, Heather Draper, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, E329 [13MR]

National Magazine Names NREL Engineer Top Young Innovator, Sabrina Henderson, Arvada (CO) Sentinel and Transcript, E1095 [19JN]

NIST Aids Security, Scott R. Burnell, Boulder (CO) Daily, E50 [29JA]

100-Day-Old Broomfield Happy as a Lark—New City and County Quietly Celebrating, Berry Morson, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, E217 [27FE]

Peggy Wayburn, 84; Author and Conservationist, Steve Hymon, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E516 [12AP]

Peggy Wayburn—Author, Conservationist, Ryan Kim, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, E517 [12AP]

71 Year Old Stays Young Fighting Fires, Coleman Cornelius, Denver (CO) Post, E1343 [24JY]

Ski Pioneer Seibert Dies of Cancer at 77—10th Mountain Veteran Founded Vail Resort, Steve Lipsher, Denver (CO) Post, E1345 [24JY]

Vote? Who, Me? Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, E1492 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: appropriate State and tribal shares (see H. Con. Res. 425), H3927 [25JN]

Afghanistan: tribute to organizations led by Afghan women that are providing humanitarian services and ensure inclusion of women in any newly established Government (see H. Res. 281), H634 [27FE]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H7019 [3OC]

Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H5453 [24JY]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6304 [17SE]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H1088 [20MR]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H4498 [10JY]

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decisionmaking, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 2974), H524 [14FE]

Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H2608 [16MY]

———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 109), H5996 [26JY]

Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 4653), H2100 [2MY]

———improve airport security by using biometric security badges (see H.R. 4650), H6419 [19SE]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3669 [18JN]

Barney Apodaca Post Office, Fort Collins, CO: designate (see H.R. 5308), H5996 [26JY]

Civil Air Patrol: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 311), H651 [28FE]

Colorado: authorize expenditure of funds on private lands and facilities at Mesa Verde National Park (see H.R. 5046), H4325 [27JN]

Congress: authorize printing of a volume of transcripts from the special joint meeting in New York, NY, and a collection of Congressional Record statements relative to the terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 487), H7304 [8OC]

Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1769 [30AP]

Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]

Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H3562 [13JN]

Crime: enhance criminal penalties for illegal trafficking of archeological resources (see H.R. 5051), H4325 [27JN]

———increase penalties for bringing in and harboring certain aliens (see H.R. 993), H2019 [1MY]

———make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H8023 [16OC]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H3562 [13JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see H.R. 3956), H5791 [25JY]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7172 [7OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H1154 [9AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H1338 [16AP]

———establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4740), H2511 [15MY]

———implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction, leasing, or modification of major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO (see H.R. 5042), H4498 [10JY]

———improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H3292 [6JN]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H3774 [20JN]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2356 [9MY]

———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1770 [30AP]

Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (see H.R. 4687), H2662 [20MY]

Drugs: use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 2592), H1155 [9AP]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1484 [18AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see H.R. 5493), H6776 [26SE]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H6229 [11SE]

ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to pension participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H3293 [6JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H2472 [14MY]

Federal contracts: require each bidder for a construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1859), H3825 [21JN]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend relative to firefighter assistance (see H.R. 4548), H7018 [3OC]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H4574 [12JY]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H1410 [17AP]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H781 [7MR]

Fire prevention: reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6304 [17SE]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H3229 [5JN]

———establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H7018 [3OC]

———expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5102), H4552 [11JY]

———facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5017), H4326 [27JN]

Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seabed by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 4003), H1002 [19MR]

Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see H. Con. Res. 466), H8042 [24OC]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H634 [27FE]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]

Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see H.R. 5086), H4497 [10JY]

FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H2019 [1MY]

———regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H5998 [26JY]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H3037 [23MY]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 858), H1154 [9AP] (see H.R. 3661), H1091 [20MR]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H1338 [16AP]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H2662 [20MY]

Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H3669 [18JN]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1484 [18AP]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H141 [5FE]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 3594), H8023 [16OC]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H562 [26FE]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H7172 [7OC]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H3037 [23MY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H2735 [21MY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H3721 [19JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5791 [25JY]

———extend availability of cost contracts (see H.R. 2612), H562 [26FE]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H142 [5FE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2101 [2MY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H105 [29JA]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H781 [7MR]

Members of Congress: provide that adjustments in rates of pay may not exceed cost-of-living increases in certain Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3845), H2356 [9MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2512 [15MY]

Middle East: condemn hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians and encourage peace initiatives (see H. Res. 394), H3038 [23MY]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 4748), H2606 [16MY]

Monuments and memorials: establish a national database to identify, locate, and catalogue memorials and permanent tributes to U.S. veterans (see H.R. 2748), H6983 [2OC]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H1674 [25AP]

National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H3038 [23MY]

National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H7019 [3OC]

NIST: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5074), H4424 [9JY]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H2163 [7MY] (see H.R. 5714), H8731 [13NO]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see H.R. 4979), H3774 [20JN]

Peace Parks Foundation: efforts to facilitate the establishment and development of transfrontier conservation efforts in southern Africa (see H. Con. Res. 287), H3293 [6JN]

Pipelines: establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 3929), H832 [12MR]

Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H1282 [11AP]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H3774 [20JN]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see H.R. 4912), H3514 [12JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H1533 [23AP]

———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H1674 [25AP]

Puerto Rico: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 3955), H906 [13MR]

———designate certain waterways within National Forest System lands as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 3954), H906 [13MR]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H6229 [11SE]

Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]

Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to athletes, organizing committees, Utah, and security personnel who participated in the Olympic games (see H. Res. 363), H1156 [9AP]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4932 [18JY]

Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]

———reduce Federal paperwork requirements (see H.R. 4710), H2472 [14MY]

Social Security: improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H737 [6MR]

Sports: tribute to U.S. National Soccer Team (see H. Res. 445), H3928 [25JN]

Surface Transportation Board: improve passenger rail and other fixed guideway transportation by allowing improved access to freight track and rights-of-way in return for reasonable compensation to freight railroads (see H.R. 2654), H2471 [14MY]

Taxation: clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H1284 [11AP]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 869), H79 [24JA]

———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 3493), H1620 [24AP] (see H.R. 4668), H2164 [7MY]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H6129 [9SE]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H1201 [10AP]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]

———treat nominally foreign corporations created through inversion transactions as domestic corporations (see H.R. 3857), H1201 [10AP]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H3825 [21JN]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H655 [4MR]

U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H5996 [26JY]

———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H4350 [8JY]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (see H.R. 4670), H2164 [7MY]

U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships: tribute (see H. Res. 494), H5087 [22JY]

Ukraine: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair parliamentary election process (see H. Res. 339), H634 [27FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H7019 [3OC]

Veterans: honor and commend the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic contributions to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 406), H6983 [2OC]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H4767 [16JY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H142 [5FE]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H7738 [9OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: require a study on the eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and an alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 3443), H2019 [1MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3859 [24JN]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 5226), H6777 [26SE]

Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]

Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see H.R. 4707), H2355 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (see H.R. 4479), H1410 [17AP]

Apodaca-Madrid, Jesus R., and family: relief (see H.R. 5555), H7018 [3OC]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 118), H7172 [7OC]

Colorado: facilitate cleanup and closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (see H.R. 4744), H2511 [15MY]

Dept. of State: establish a program to promote visits to the U.S. by youths from regions of conflict for training in peaceful cooperation and mutual understanding (see H.R. 3855), H687 [5MR]

Ecology and environment: promote and coordinate global change research (see H.R. 5688), H8022 [16OC]

Government: require Federal agencies to develop and implement policies and practices that promote environmental justice (see H.R. 5637), H7894 [10OC]

Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H1089 [20MR]

Public lands: improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior (see H.R. 3948), H833 [12MR]

Declarations

Ski Industry Climate Change Policy, E1813 [11OC]

Factsheets

National Fire Plan on Federal Lands Implementation (H.R. 3948), E327 [12MR]

Letters

NIST Boulder, CO, laboratories construction and repairs funding: several Representatives, E50 [29JA]

Outlines

Environmental Justice Act (H.R. 5637), E1856 [11OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (H.R. 4479), E514 [12AP], E558 [17AP]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2049 [2MY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H8559 [13NO]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7434 [9OC], E1782 [8OC]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior funding, H4814 [17JY]

Birds: modify hunting seasons for migratory mourning doves in the Pacific Flyway Region (H. Con. Res. 275), consideration (H. Res. 353), H696 [6MR]

Boulder, CO: tribute to students participating in National History Day exhibition, E984 [7JN]

Broomfield County, CO: tribute, E217 [27FE]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, E426 [21MR], E466 [9AP]

Clear Creek County, CO: land acquisition funding, H4858 [17JY]

Colorado: anniversary of Club 20, E277 [6MR]

———encourage tourism, E1092 [19JN]

———facilitate cleanup and closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (H.R. 4744), E816 [16MY]

Colorado Clean Water Action (organization): tribute, E1613 [19SE]

Colorado Preservation, Inc.: tribute, E899 [24MY]

Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4361 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2281 [9MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), consideration (H. Res. 415), H2262 [9MY]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Star Program funding, H4826 [17JY]

———enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), E330 [13MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5880 [26JY], E1506 [5SE]

Dept. of State: establish a program to promote visits to the U.S. by youths from regions of conflict for training in peaceful cooperation and mutual understanding (H.R. 3855), E276, E278 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4814, H4826, H4858 [17JY]

Diseases: research and development of new HIV/AIDS treatments, E1612 [19SE]

Ditmer, Joanne: Colorado Preservation, Inc., Dana Crawford Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation recipient, E935 [24MY]

Ecology and environment: promote and coordinate global change research (H.R. 5688), E1883 [17OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H163 [6FE]

Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1262 [11AP]

Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (H. Con. Res. 476), H6910, H6911 [1OC]

Forest City Stapleton, Inc.: tribute on efforts to redevelop site of Stapleton International Airport, E1250 [12JY]

Golden, CO: anniversary of National Renewable Energy Laboratory, E1227 [10JY]

Government: require Federal agencies to develop and implement policies and practices that promote environmental justice (H.R. 5637), E1855 [11OC]

Hall, Representative Tony P.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, E1460 [29JY]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), E757 [10MY]

Idaho Springs, CO: tribute to Clear Creek Senior High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E812 [15MY]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H592 [27FE]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1643 [25AP]

Iran: U.S. policy, E635 [26AP]

IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 3991), E481 [10AP]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2073 [2MY]

Jurafsky, Daniel: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation MacArthur Fellow award recipient, E1759 [4OC]

Keyser, Matt: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Magazine of Innovation and Technology Review Top Young Innovators recipient, E1095 [19JN]

McCray, Richard: NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars recipient, E1091 [19JN]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3676 [19JN], E1223 [9JY]

Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (H.R. 4078), E422-E424 [21MR], E1613 [19SE]

NASA: establish an awards program in honor of Charles (Pete) Conrad that recognizes amateur discoveries of asteroids with near-Earth orbit trajectories (H.R. 5303), H6908 [1OC]

National Lao-Hmong Recognition Day: designate (H. Con. Res. 88), E1270 [16JY]

———observance, E978 [6JN], E983 [7JN]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Scientific American (publication) 50 list designation, E2005 [14NO], E2068 [15NO]

National Ski Areas Association: adoption of climate change policy to raise awareness of the impact of climate change on the ski industry, E1813 [11OC]

NIST: Boulder, CO, laboratories construction and repairs funding, E49 [29JA]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), H3193 [5JN]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (H.R. 4979), E1113 [20JN]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1262 [11AP]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets, H1262 [11AP]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4132 [27JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H355 [13FE]

Power resources: national energy policy, E330 [13MR]

Public lands: improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior (H.R. 3948), E326 [12MR]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), E932 [24MY]

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge: establish, H2262 [9MY]

Taxation: clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases, E481 [10AP]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), E1063 [14JN]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations, E481 [10AP]

———increase unified estate tax credit, H3257 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3257 [6JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6401 [19SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H507 [14FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), E329 [13MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H507 [14FE]

Thornton, CO: tribute to Adams Community Mental Health Center, E1913 [17OC]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H507 [14FE], H696 [6MR], E329 [13MR]

University of Colorado: anniversary of School of Law Natural Resources Law Center, E1615 [19SE]

———tribute to Solar Decathlon team, E1817 [11OC]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (H.R. 2426), H6905 [1OC]

Votes: position on missed, H926 [14MR], E759 [10MY], E1278 [16JY]

Westminster, CO: Denver Federal Executive Board Distinguished Local Government Award recipient, E1064 [14JN]

Wildfires: emergency firefighting funding, H4858 [17JY]

Statements

Tribute to Jessie Fullerton Barrett: Peter V. Barrett and Martha B. Bell, E1814 [11OC]

Tributes

Aiken, Andy, E984 [7JN]

Barrett, Jessie Fullerton, E1814 [11OC]

Barron, Tom, E749 [8MY]

Campbell-Hale, Leigh, E984 [7JN]

Ciancio, Mary, E1913 [17OC]

Cottingham, Morris W., E1916 [17OC]

Dougherty, Thomas J., E1341 [24JY]

Fagerstrom, Marilyn, E1343 [24JY]

Garcia, Janelle, E1459 [29JY]

Hall, Representative Tony P., E1460 [29JY]

Healy, Jane, E48 [29JA]

Jefferson, Daphne, E2003 [14NO]

Marston, Ed, E1908 [17OC]

Mayer, Rudd Magers, E1565 [12SE]

Mazurowski, Barbara, E1214 [9JY]

McKee, Cindy, E631 [26AP]

Morgan, Ann, E1340 [24JY]

Richardson, Elizabeth H., E986 [7JN]

Rivera, Patricia B., E989 [7JN]

Roche, Julie, E468 [9AP]

Romero, Daniel A., E1066 [14JN]

Saliman, Todd, E2115 [19NO]

Seibert, Pete, E1344 [24JY]

Skaggs, David E., E1492 [4SE]

Sloss, Stan, E281 [6MR]

Stewart, Frank, E103 [6FE]

Street, Helen T., E990 [7JN]

Swenson, Bill, E1999 [14NO]

Tang, Dan, E223 [28FE]

Valdez, Ruben, E1197 [28JN]

Wayburn, Peggy, E516 [12AP]