MURTHA, JOHN P. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

Conferee: H.J. Res. 2, continuing appropriations, H229 [29JA]

———H.R. 1559, war in Iraq and homeland security supplemental appropriations, H2877 [8AP]

———H.R. 2658, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H8228 [16SE]

———H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H11379 [18NO]

———H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H9073 [1OC]

———H.R. 3289, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9775 [21OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 313), H5814 [24JN]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8176 [10SE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H245 [29JA]

———provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel for the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force (see H.R. 3696), H12919 [8DE]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 103), H2270 [20MR]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H138 [8JA]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H12921 [8DE]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 218), H9819 [24OC]

Blackwell, Lucien E.: tribute (see H. Res. 169), H2586 [1AP]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H4739 [22MY]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H4368 [20MY]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H8950 [25SE]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3975 [9MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1516), H3572 [30AP]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H11652 [19NO]

———rescind memorandum in which directors of health service networks are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks (see H.R. 813), H2586 [1AP]

Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 2986), H11392 (see H.R. 2986), H11516 [18NO]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H3635 [1MY]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H9982 [28OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H10237 [30OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: suspend phase-in of additional tax reductions while the U.S. is in a state of war or on high military alert (see H.R. 436), H1516 [4MR]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H5267 [11JN]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H323 [5FE]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2881), H7616 [24JY]

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. 1758), H3303 [10AP]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H9982 [28OC]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see H.R. 1738), H3638 [1MY]

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. 111), H55 [7JA]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H60 [7JA]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H6706 [14JY]

Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 3127), H8381 [17SE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H1682 [6MR]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H317 [5FE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H3570 [30AP]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H7787 [25JY]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H6465 [9JY]

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H12920 [8DE]

IRS: require abatement of interest on erroneous tax refund checks without regard to the size of the refund (see H.R. 1756), H3303 [10AP]

James R. Merry Post Office Building, Linesville, PA: designate (see H.R. 981), H1461 [27FE]

Law enforcement: eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9615 [16OC]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2132 [19MR]

Medicaid: establish a demonstration grant program to assist States in providing subsidies for group health insurance premiums for low-income, Medicaid-eligible individuals (see H.R. 2947), H7783 [25JY]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 816), H701 [13FE]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H2269 [20MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H3353 [11AP]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H4206 [15MY]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H1901 [13MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1568), H2940 [8AP]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 33), H52 [7JA]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 1199), H1744 [11MR]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 937), H1395 [26FE]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 2840), H7454 [23JY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 1301), H1908 [17MR]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 830), H702 [13FE]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H3305 [10AP]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 745), H4787 [2JN]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H2823 [3AP]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H4205 [15MY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H2819 [3AP]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H1459 [27FE]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5367 [12JN]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1746), H7840 [3SE]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1349), H10237 [30OC]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H4739 [22MY]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1862), H3451 [29AP]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1173), H1743 [11MR]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 1677), H2938 [8AP]

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 2497), H5467 [17JN]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 3432), H10339 [4NO]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1931), H4012 [13MY]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H4739 [22MY]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1627), H3305 [10AP]

Robert A. Borski Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 2328), H4977 [4JN]

Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR: designate (see H.R. 2826), H7453 [23JY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8382 [17SE]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see H. Res. 111), H1466 [27FE]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H11392 (see H.R. 2404), H11516 [18NO]

Ryan, Matthew J.: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H2822 [3AP]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 1741), H3302 [10AP]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H4736 [22MY]

SMART Research and Development Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 2026), H3761 [7MY]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: enhance protection of credit ratings of active duty military personnel who are activated for military service (see H.R. 2576), H5813 [24JN]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 521), H274 [4FE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H1680 [6MR]

Taxation: allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 419), H218 [28JA]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 284), H245 [29JA]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H10237 [30OC]

———treatment of production of energy from waste coal (see H.R. 3531), H11650 [19NO]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H6349 [8JY]

———provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H2271 [20MR]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 140), H5089 [9JN]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3637 [1MY]

Victor J. Saracini Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Horsham, PA: designate (see H.R. 1128), H1679 [6MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H2400 [26MR]

World Trade Organization: disapprove report which concluded that U.S. safeguards on imports of certain steel products were in violation of certain agreements and call for reforms in dispute settlement system (see H. Res. 445), H11652 [19NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Johnstown Flood National Memorial: expand (see H.R. 1521), H2514 [31MR]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H9376 [8OC]

Pittsburgh, PA: study historic transportation routes in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio that led to the forks of the Ohio River for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 1520), H2514 [31MR]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 68), H8381 [17SE]

Tariff: electron guns for cathode ray tubes, liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD projection type televisions, and plasma display panels for use in plasma flat screen televisions (see H.R. 3399), H10129 [29OC]

———liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD projection type televisions (see H.R. 3399), H10129 [29OC]

———plasma display panel assemblies for use in plasma flat panel screen televisions (see H.R. 3399), H10129 [29OC]

Letters

Tribute to Army of Hope efforts to accommodate families of reservists and National Guard: Roger R. True, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (fraternal organization), E540 [20MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 18), H310 [5FE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 75), H10160 [30OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9439 [15OC], H9527, H9592 [16OC], H9623 [17OC], E2093 [20OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), conference report, H10220 [30OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), H2727 [3AP]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized, H8791 [24SE]

———pay one-time bonus to members who served or serve in a combat zone in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, H9623 [17OC]

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (fraternal organization): tribute to Army of Hope efforts to accommodate families of reservists and National Guard, E540 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: Army Air Force Exchange Service funding, E2093 [20OC]

———eliminate authority to transfer certain funds in supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9592 [16OC]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines, H6298 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), H6282, H6298, H6300, H6301 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), conference report, H8791 [24SE]

———prohibit funding to overhaul, repair, or maintain naval vessels in shipyards outside the U.S. or Guam, H6301 [8JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6519 [10JY]

Johnstown Flood National Memorial: expand (H.R. 1521), H9410 [15OC]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas, H310 [5FE]

National Guard: Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams funding, H6300 [8JY]

NIH: biomedical research funding, H6519 [10JY]

Puerto Rico: prohibit closure of Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, H6300 [8JY]

Tributes

Bock, Frances, E2095 [20OC]

Dahlberg, Greg, H664 [13FE]

Pifer, Jay S., E2297 [14NO]

Shinseki, Eric K., E1164 [5JN]

Wood, Lillian, E38 [8JA]