UDALL, TOM (a Representative from New Mexico)
Appointments
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2591 [16MY]
Articles and editorials
Cutting Edge in Rural Colorado? Hal Clifford, Business Week (publication), E342
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H4425 [9JY]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H8023 [16OC]
———provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 5310), H5996 [26JY]
———provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 4812), H2944 [22MY]
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H634 [27FE]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H6559 [24SE]
———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H105 [29JA]
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), H1155 [9AP]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (see H.R. 4940), H4932 [18JY]
Armed Forces: provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H4498 [10JY]
———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]
Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to certain negotiations of freelance writers and artists for the sale of their written and graphic material to publishers (see H.R. 4643), H4069 [26JN]
Aviation: provide for monitoring of aircraft air quality and require air carriers to address complaints and maintain records associated with aircraft air quality (see H.R. 2158), H2735 [21MY]
Bankruptcy: protect family farmers and family fishermen (see H.R. 5348), H6927 [1OC]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H5087 [22JY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7930 [15OC]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H1091 [20MR]
———ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H1688 [29AP]
Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H5453 [24JY]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (see H. Res. 410), H6061 [4SE]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H4425 [9JY]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H3454 [11JN]
Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 4816), H2944 [22MY]
Dept. of Education: establish a competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3688), H201 [6FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H4873 [17JY]
Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H2471 [14MY]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a national research program on chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 4740), H4931 [18JY]
———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: establish emergency medical preparedness centers (see H.R. 3253), H2356 [9MY]
———improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H1087 [20MR]
———improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (see H.R. 3645), H4872 [17JY]
———increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (see H.R. 3731), H1155 [9AP]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H3860 [24JN]
Education: increase student financial aid programs funding (see H.R. 2476), H5791 [25JY]
———support business incubation in academic settings (see H.R. 5312), H5996 [26JY]
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]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H5087 [22JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1862), H2945 [22MY]
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), H562 [26FE]
Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5017), H4326 [27JN]
Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 4813), H2944 [22MY]
———ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 4815), H2944 [22MY]
———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H2944 [22MY]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H3038 [23MY]
Health: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H228 [7FE]
———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H4575 [12JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3721 [19JN]
———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 5187), H5194 [23JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H2735 [21MY]
Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H562 [26FE]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H1156 [9AP]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H284 [12FE]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H1688 [29AP]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H6129 [9SE]
Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H1283 [11AP]
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), H2099 [2MY]
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]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Medicaid: provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 2364), H562 [26FE]
Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H1201 [10AP]
———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H3037 [23MY]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 898), H1769 [30AP]
———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H2608 [16MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H3775 [20JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2101 [2MY]
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 4748), H2606 [16MY]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H36 [23JA]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2607 [16MY]
Native Americans: protect sacred Native American Federal lands from significant damage (see H.R. 5155), H4930 [18JY]
Peace Corps: funding (see H. Con. Res. 341), H737 [6MR]
Pensions: application of catch-up contributions to the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 3340, 3354), H1490 [22AP]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H2945 [22MY]
———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]
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), H4575 [12JY]
Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]
Social Security: expand dental coverage and community oral health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 5191), H6926 [1OC]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H737 [6MR]
———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H1003 [19MR]
States: require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of potentially visually impaired individuals (see H. Con. Res. 238), H4873 [17JY]
Taxation: clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H3825 [21JN]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H3562 [13JN]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H1533 [23AP]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H524 [14FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H2945 [22MY]
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (see H.R. 4670), H2164 [7MY]
Unemployment: modernize benefit system (see H.R. 4373), H1336 [16AP]
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4085), H2356 [9MY]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H2472 [14MY]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H6927 [1OC]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
China, People's Republic of: condemn relative to several individuals being held as prisoners of conscience for their involvement in efforts to end the occupation of Tibet (see H. Res. 476), H4425 [9JY]
Mental health: require that sexual predators start treatment on release and remain in treatment and incarcerated until cured or determined no longer to be a threat to society (see H.R. 4862), H3160 [4JN]
New Mexico: protect archeological sites in the Galisteo Basin (see H.R. 5238), H5790 [25JY]
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 5239), H5790 [25JY]
Public lands: hold certain public domain lands in trust for the Pueblos of San Ildefonso and Santa Clara (see H.R. 5237), H5790 [25JY]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 5756), H9024 [14NO]
Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 4615), H1674 [25AP]
Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (see H.R. 5083), H4424 [9JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H113 [5FE]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, E612
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5985
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2957 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq, H6785 [1OC]
———authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7332 [9OC]
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior funding, H4811
Baca, Frances: tribute for donation of land to the Santa Fe National Forest, E1037
BLM: payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H1342 [17AP]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, E1462
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (H. Res. 561), H6825 [1OC]
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4355 [9JY]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H856
Delta-Montrose Electrical Association: tribute, E342
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2279
———exemption from certain environmental regulations, H2279
———nuclear weapons programs funding, H2279
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), E1486
———establish (H.R. 5710), E2058
———maintain civil service rights and protections for transferred Federal employees, E1486
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, H6748
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District (H.R. 4708), H6498 [24SE]
———ensure full historical accounting of Native American trust funds, H4792 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4792, H4811
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations, complete congressional action to fully fund Amtrak, E1766
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (H.R. 3731), H7125 [7OC]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 4073), H3082 [4JN]
Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 335), H96
Forest Service: grazing management funding, H4819 [17JY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2203
Health: improve men's health through fitness and reduction of obesity (H. Res. 438), H3308
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), E1860
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H593
———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H593
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1640
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2075
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (H.R. 5427), H7149 [7OC]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2109 [7MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4288
Native Americans: extend statute of limitations relative to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims (S. 1857), E404
New Mexico: appointment of additional Federal district judges, H6748
———Dept. of the Interior conveyance of certain properties in the vicinity of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir (H.R. 706), E407
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), E554
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H431, H442 [13FE]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 344), H262 [12FE]
———increase contribution limits to make expenditures more competitive with those of opponents using personal funds, H431 [13FE]
———increase hard money contribution limits applicable to House candidates, H442 [13FE]
Public debt: ceiling, H2957 [23MY]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (H.R. 5756), E2056
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, E612
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4700), H2391 [14MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2566
Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (H.R. 5083), H7150 [7OC]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3250), E1109
Small business: improve small business advocacy (H.R. 4231), E736
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H788 [12MR]
Talking Talons Youth Leadership (organization): tribute, E1271
Taxation: increase unified estate tax credit, H3273
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3273
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H766
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6193
Texico, NM: anniversary, E1450
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, H5985
Traficant, Representative: expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 495), H5392
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (H.R. 3694), H2411
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5985
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: anniversary of signing and resolution of certain land claim disputes, H113 [5FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H766
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4085), H7124
World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (H.R. 1198), H4549
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3822 [21JN], H4762 [16JY]
Tributes
Anderson, John B., H5067
Biddle, Angelina Sosaya, E987
Cunningham, Jason D., E405
Gonzalez, I. Miley, E1206
Haire, Richard, E583
Jennings, John, E229
Lucero, Juan, H3818 [21JN]
Martinez, Nelson, E2032
Milford, Nadine, E1155
New, Lloyd Kiva, E147
Oriol, Regina Fisher, E1829
Remington, Jeffrey A., E408
Rocco, Richard, E2008