MURPHY, TIM (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H7954 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

Arlington National Cemetery: establish a memorial to the crew of the Columbia (space shuttle) (see H.R. 1297), H2823 [3AP]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8285 [16SE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H2277 [24MR]

Bankruptcy: revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (see H.R. 2120), H4203 [15MY]

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

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3355 [11AP]

Business and industry: permit biomedical research corporations to engage in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (see H.R. 2968), H8491 [23SE]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2444), H5364 [12JN]

———improve access to books in early learning and other child care programs and establish special postage stamps to fund child literacy programs (see H.R. 126), H1812 [12MR]

China, People's Republic of: require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H8174 [10SE]

Coal: facilitate the production and generation of coal-based power (see H.R. 1213), H2823 [3AP]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to crew (see H. Res. 49), H1467 [27FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 103), H9131 [1OC]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H5089 [9JN]

Credit: prevent identity theft and improve resolution of credit disputes, accuracy of consumer records, and the use of, and consumer access to, credit information (see H.R. 2622), H6869 [15JY]

Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2134), H4204 [15MY]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H4206 [15MY]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11359 [17NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 2203), H9687 [17OC]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency (see H.R. 1412), H2587 [1AP]

Dept. of HHS: modify treatment categories for qualification as a rehabilitation hospital for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare prospective payment system (see H.R. 2246), H6465 [9JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish clearly defined standards and guidelines for Federal, State, and local government emergency preparedness and response capability (see H.R. 3227), H9213 [2OC]

Dept. of Justice: ensure that U.S. victims of terrorism overseas receive equal treatment regardless of terrorists' country of origin or residence and these terrorists are pursued with equal vigor (see H.R. 401), H6264 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance rehabilitative services provided to veterans with mental illnesses (see H.R. 3442), H10456 [5NO]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in southeastern Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1516), H3572 [30AP]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H4255 [19MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H3354 [11AP]

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), H5664 [19JN]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 26), H172 [27JA]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H8174 [10SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 1943), H8382 [17SE]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H8083 [9SE]

Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see H.R. 1474), H4205 [15MY]

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), H2271 [20MR]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H10458 [5NO]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (see H.R. 2720), H10130 [29OC]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 2210), H4734 [22MY]

Health: 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), H6264 [26JN]

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

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H6603 [10JY]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: provide downpayment assistance (see H.R. 1276), H1901 [13MR]

Iraq: encourage France, Germany, and Russia to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq by forgiving outstanding debt between those countries and Iraq (see H. Res. 198), H3408 [12AP]

———provide for recovery, restitution, and protection of cultural heritage (see H.R. 2009), H3975 [9MY]

Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: extend (see H.R. 2655), H7840 [3SE]

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

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H8906 [24SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H1908 [17MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H1812 [12MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1812 [12MR]

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail: extend (see H.R. 2327), H7329 [22JY]

Medicaid: 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 public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H8905 [24SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H2271 [20MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 1225), H4205 [15MY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 2787), H7085 [17JY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1125), H4012 [13MY]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1710), H4978 [4JN]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1580), H3454 [29AP]

Mental health: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (see H.R. 1170), H4528 [21MY]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1700), H4529 [21MY]

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

Messiah College: tribute to men's soccer team (see H. Res. 85), H705 [13FE]

New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: adopt and implement goals and recommendations to help ensure affordable, accessible, and high quality mental health care (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9688 [17OC]

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

Pennsylvania: designate portions of Pennsylvania Route 60 and U.S. Routes 22 and 30 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (see H.R. 2695), H9982 [28OC]

Pensions: provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H10457 [5NO]

Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 313), H9981 [28OC]

———tribute (see H. Res. 400), H9688 [17OC]

Postal Service: include postmasters and postmasters organizations in the process for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs (see H.R. 2249), H4736 [22MY]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H3453 [29AP]

———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), H7020 [16JY]

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]

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), H5173 [10JN]

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

Schools: provide a period of quiet reflection at the opening of certain schools on every school day (see H.R. 1202), H3571 [30AP]

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

Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 172), H245 [29JA]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H3453 [29AP]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: restate, clarify, and revise (see H.R. 100), H2703 [2AP]

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

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 1828), H6465 [9JY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H3637 [1MY]

Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 927), H4528 [21MY]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H4368 [20MY]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2347), H11702 [20NO]

———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), H2271 [20MR]

———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), H4131 [14MY]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H1396 [26FE]

———extend and modify credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 1331), H2402 [26MR]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H3637 [1MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H4528 [21MY]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H4876 [3JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H2586 [1AP]

———treatment of charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food which is inventory (see H.R. 543), H3453 [29AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H5089 [9JN]

Terrorism: increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists (see H.R. 2934), H8284 [16SE]

Transportation: responsibility for intermodal equipment compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety requirements (see H.R. 2863), H11146 [10NO]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 2185), H4527 [21MY]

Veterans: authorize certain disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 1918), H6264 [26JN]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2475), H5407 [16JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H5045 [5JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H5267 [11JN]

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

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H1954 [18MR]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 444), H392 [11FE]

World Trade Organization: condemn report stating that the imposition by the U.S. of import restrictions on certain steel products was in violation of international law (see H. Res. 441), H11703 [20NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Iraq: establish program to foster private U.S. investment in Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives (see H. Res. 455), H11651 [19NO]

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

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3977 [13MY], H6273 [8JY], H7951 [5SE]

Letters

Commending public servants for their dedication and continued service: President Bush, H3709 [7MY]

Memorandums

Commending Public Servants for Their Dedication and Continued Service: Donald Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense, H3709 [7MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), conference report, H9116 [1OC]

Airlines: reimburse airline industry for homeland security costs, E689 [7AP]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), E689 [7AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), E614 [27MR]

Delbert L. Latta Post Office Building, Bowling Green, OH: designate (H.R. 985), H3986 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4595 [22MY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), H7988 [5SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H7988 [5SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H5509 [18JN]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 26), H147 [27JA]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: ensure prescription drug coverage for Medicare-eligible enrollees is actuarially equal to benefit offered to general enrollees (H.R. 2631), H6306 [8JY]

Government: commend public servants for their dedication and continued service (H. Res. 213), H3709, H3711 [7MY]

———establish the Human Capital Performance Fund, H4595 [22MY]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), H7549 [24JY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1793 [12MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: define specific learning disability as a disorder due to a medically detectable and diagnosable physiological condition based on physical and scientific evidence, H3522 [30AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1350), H3519, H3522 [30AP]

———require students be diagnosed by physicians or persons certified by a State health board to determine eligibility for benefits, H3519 [30AP]

Iraq: treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (H. Con. Res. 118), H2341 [26MR]

J.C. Lewis, Jr. Post Office Building, Savannah, GA: designate (H.R. 2533), H8461, H8464 [23SE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6306 [8JY]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 2473), H5691 [23JN]

Mental health: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (H.R. 1170), H4384 [21MY]

National security: national objectives priority assignments, H679 [13FE]

National Suicide Awareness Week: observance, H3846 [8MY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 400), H9719 [20OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H10461 [6NO]

Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR: designate (H.R. 2826), H8460, H8461 [23SE]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (H. Res. 111), H1484, H1486 [4MR]

Ryan, Matthew J.: tribute (H. Res. 178), H3987 [13MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3847 [8MY]

Weiss, Michael A.: American Diabetes Association Charles H. Best Medal for Service recipient, H4844 [3JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H696 [13FE], H1451 [27FE], H9737 [20OC], H10455 [5NO], H10974 [6NO]

Tributes

Seaman, Justin, E1286 [17JN]