UDALL, TOM (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6869 [15JY], H7062 [17JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3263 [10AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6907 [16JY]

Articles and editorials

Albuquerque Father Recalls ``A Fine Lady,'' Leanne Potts, Albuquerque (NM) Journal, E125 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 313), H7019 [16JY]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 2519), H5661 [19JN]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 307), H137 [8JA]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H1461 [27FE]

Animal Welfare Act: improve care and treatment standards for certain dogs (see H.R. 3484), H11133 [7NO]

Animals: coordinate and strengthen research and monitoring, and promote public outreach, education, and awareness of chronic wasting disease (see H.R. 2430), H5266 [11JN]

———prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H5366 [12JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H699 [13FE]

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

Armed Forces: commend regular and reserve components, express concern for safety and security, and ensure that reserve components are provided the same equipment as regular components (see H. Con. Res. 335), H11701 [20NO]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H9282 [7OC]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H. Res. 387), H9130 [1OC]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2569), H7020 [16JY]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program (see H.R. 1713), H3454 [29AP]

———increase basic educational assistance for Selected Reserve members (see H.R. 1374), H7839 [3SE]

———protect members who terminate certain consumer and real estate residential purchase contracts or lease agreements entered into before change of station or deployment orders (see H.R. 3357), H11360 [17NO]

———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 331), H5663 [19JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H2822 [3AP]

———require Presidential report to Congress detailing possible consequences of using military force against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 24), H1747 [11MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H1334 [25FE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H2823 [3AP]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H1463 [27FE]

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

Bush, President: request report entitled ``Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned'' and other materials on planning for reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq (see H. Res. 364), H8491 [23SE]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H217 [28JA]

———improve certain nutritional programs (see H.R. 2626), H8284 [16SE]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see H.R. 936), H1395 [26FE]

———support efforts to promote greater awareness of the need for youth mentors and increased involvement with youth through mentoring (see H. Res. 25), H172 [27JA]

Cibola National Forest: establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust to resolve a land claim on Sandia Mountain between the Sandia Pueblo and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 222), H59 [7JA]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 163), H3762 [7MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1688), H7020 [16JY]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2238), H4735 [22MY]

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H9982 [28OC]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1097), H1640 [5MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H8491 [23SE]

Commission To Establish a National Museum of the American Latino: establish to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC (see H.R. 3292), H11134 [7NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H1467 [27FE]

Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal payments, benefits, services, and tax advantages (see H.R. 3082), H8216 [11SE]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 1428), H7787 [25JY]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 394), H217 [28JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 2071), H9282 [7OC]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 2203), H4733 [22MY]

———establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 2871), H7616 [24JY]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H1460 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 2284), H5089 [9JN]

———provide student loan forgiveness to graduates who enter into certain public service (see H.R. 1306), H1952 [18MR]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 34), H52 [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see H.R. 3539), H12321 [25NO]

———establish grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs (see H.R. 811), H5814 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Office for Domestic Preparedness grant programs funding (see H.R. 764), H2312 [25MR]

———reimburse State, local, and Indian tribal governments for certain costs relating to the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder personnel of such governments or tribes (see H.R. 1803), H3352 [11AP]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 933), H1642 [5MR]

———extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H3454 [29AP]

Dept. of the Interior: assist in construction and occupy portion of University of New Mexico Hibben Center for Archaeological Research (see H.R. 3258), H9281 [7OC]

———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. 1130), H1679 [6MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners and provide Medicare coverage to eligible veterans (see H.R. 1309), H1952 [18MR]

———establish uniformity in fees charged qualifying members of the Selected Reserve and active duty veterans for guaranteed home loans and make access to such loans permanent (see H.R. 1257), H1900 [13MR]

———improve patient care and working conditions at the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 1951), H8382 [17SE]

———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 972), H3571 [30AP]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7225 [21JY]

———restore certain aspects of Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 2595), H5928 [25JN]

———revise presumption of service connection for diseases and disabilities of former POW (see H.R. 1838), H5929 [25JN]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H172 [27JA]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans (see H. Res. 234), H4740 [22MY]

Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 2553), H5662 [19JN]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 2068), H8176 [10SE]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H6869 [15JY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H4529 [21MY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 2069), H8176 [10SE]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H12311 [21NO]

Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 1895), H3570 [30AP]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H703 [13FE]

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), H7086 [17JY]

———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 490), H1334 [25FE]

———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H9812 [21OC]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H2132 [19MR]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see H.R. 365), H170 [27JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 932), H1395 [26FE]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H8382 [17SE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

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]

FAA: enhance Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 2077), H4011 [13MY]

FCC: encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 218), H4132 [14MY]

———invalidate ruling on media ownership rules (see H.R. 2462), H5409 [16JN]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2426), H5665 [19JN]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 2260), H6604 [10JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H8175 [10SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H8016 [5SE]

Fire prevention: authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (see H.R. 1042), H1464 [27FE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1903 [13MR]

Forest Service: carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive plants (see H.R. 2707), H7020 [16JY]

Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see H.R. 460), H242 [29JA]

Fort Bayard, NM: designate historic district as a national historic landmark (see H.R. 2059), H3973 [9MY]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see H.R. 1819), H9131 [1OC]

———require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H12321 [25NO]

Health: establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 2979), H7784 [25JY]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (see H. Res. 142), H1902 [13MR]

———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]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H6271 [7JY]

———provide assistance for the development of indoor disease prevention and health promotion centers in urban and rural areas (see H.R. 1022), H3453 [29AP]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H4529 [21MY]

———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. 918), H1394 [26FE]

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. 1868), H3452 [29AP]

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

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H9214 [2OC]

Higher Education Act: eliminate wait out period between grant applications made by eligible Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2543), H5662 [19JN]

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H8176 [10SE]

———provide deferments and interest payments for borrowers of student loans who are called to active military duty (see H.R. 1168), H7839 [3SE]

Hire a Veteran Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 252), H7950 [4SE]

Homeland Security Act: protect voluntarily furnished confidential information (see H.R. 2526), H5661 [19JN]

House of Representatives: post all lobbying registrations and reports on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 43), H1955 [18MR]

Housing: provide transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1704), H3052 [9AP]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7618 [24JY]

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

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H5664 [19JN]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H3634 [1MY]

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

Intelligence services: create an independent commission or select House committee to investigate U.S. intelligence relating to Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Res. 410), H10238 [30OC]

———establish a select committee to investigate the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence structure to meet global threats (see H. Res. 307), H7020 [16JY]

———strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H9810 [21OC]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H3355 [11AP]

IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H7840 [3SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H1812 [12MR]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H12308 [21NO]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 1046), H1514 [4MR]

———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), H9378 [8OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H4011 [13MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1334 [25FE]

Lindh, Anna: tribute (see H. Res. 372), H8951 [25SE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H8382 [17SE]

Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 2032), H9377 [8OC]

Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H8175 [10SE]

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

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3299), H12922 [8DE]

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

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2333), H4977 [4JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 1675), H5089 [9JN]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (see H.R. 3672), H12918 [8DE]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H7020 [16JY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 41), H274 [4FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 3549), H12312 [21NO]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3355), H9811 [21OC]

Mendez, Gonzalo and Felicitas: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 200), H4738 [22MY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 60), H5815 [24JN]

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

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 965), H1460 [27FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H11360 [17NO]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8175 [10SE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

National Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force: establish (see H.R. 2431), H5266 [11JN]

National Guard: extend period of eligibility for survivors' and dependents' education benefits for members who are involuntarily ordered to full-time duty (see H.R. 2164), H5929 [25JN]

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), H11702 [20NO]

National Labor Relations Act: establish efficient system to enable employees to form or become members of labor organizations (see H.R. 3078), H8216 [11SE]

National Park Service: prohibit study or implementation of plan to privatize, divest, or transfer any part of its mission, function, or responsibility (see H.R. 2650), H6263 [26JN]

National security: ensure coordination and integration of Indian tribes in homeland security strategy (see H.R. 2242), H4735 [22MY]

———establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H8904 [24SE]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 172), H3973 [9MY]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 731), H460 [12FE]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 2440), H5266 [11JN]

———protect sacred Native American Federal land from significant damage (see H.R. 2419), H5265 [11JN]

———support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see H.R. 2690), H6464 [9JY]

Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building, Paia, HI: designate (see H.R. 2030), H3856 [8MY]

Peace Corps: funding (see H. Con. Res. 61), H1465 [27FE]

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]

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]

Power resources: assure that certain Federal oil and gas development will occur in ways that protect water resources and surface owner rights (see H.R. 3698), H12919 [8DE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H1641 [5MR]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 814), H1335 [25FE]

———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), H4131 [14MY]

Roads and highways: provide the Highway Trust Fund additional funding for Indian reservation roads (see H.R. 2331), H4977 [4JN]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8905 [24SE]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see H. Res. 111), H1471 [3MR]

SBA: raise awareness about telework among small business employers and encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees (see H.R. 2788), H7085 [17JY]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H8175 [10SE]

Small business: permit the collection of demographic information in connection with small business loan applications (see H.R. 1748), H3302 [10AP]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H1332 [25FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H3762 [7MY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H5714 [23JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H1334 [25FE]

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

Southwest Regional Border Authority: establish (see H.R. 1071), H1515 [4MR]

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), H6264 [26JN]

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

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2325), H4976 [4JN]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 806), H701 [13FE]

———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), H2402 [26MR]

———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), H172 [27JA]

———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), H6348 [8JY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 442), H7949 [4SE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 570), H319 [5FE]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2286), H4877 [3JN]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H461 [12FE]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 2184), H9478 [15OC]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H5814 [24JN]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 1643), H2821 [3AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H8382 [17SE]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1304), H1952 [18MR]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H7949 [4SE]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H4978 [4JN]

U.N.: allow weapons inspectors sufficient time to assess Iraq's compliance with Security Council disarmament resolutions and encourage U.S. to seek resolution specifically authorizing use of force (see H. Res. 55), H1335 [25FE]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (see H.R. 421), H218 [28JA]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H138 [8JA]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H4976 [4JN]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H5929 [25JN]

———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), H318 [5FE]

———modify and improve certain benefits (see H.R. 2297), H6604 [10JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H172 [27JA]

———permit remarried surviving spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 1167), H5929 [25JN]

———provide individuals who participated in certain Dept. of Defense chemical and biological warfare with health care for illness without requirement for proof of service-connection (see H.R. 2433), H6604 [10JY]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4011 [13MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a visitor center (see H.R. 1442), H4368 [20MY]

Weapons: require certain studies on the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of contamination at sites of depleted uranium munition use and production (see H.R. 1483), H9982 [28OC]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1811 [12MR]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 1470), H2470 [27MR]

World War II: condemn war crimes committed by Japan and establish liability of Japanese companies to former POW used by such companies as slave labor (see H. Res. 382), H9033 [30SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

China, People's Republic of: condemn relative to individuals being held as prisoners of conscience for their involvement in efforts to end the occupation of Tibet (see H. Res. 157), H2270 [20MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 2273), H4737 [22MY]

Flood Control Act: authorize water conservation programs relative to the Middle Rio Grande Project (see H.R. 2982), H7785 [25JY]

Native Americans: eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 2983), H7785 [25JY]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (see H.R. 3176), H8905 [24SE]

———protect archeological sites in the Galisteo Basin (see H.R. 506), H244 [29JA]

Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 505), H244 [29JA]

Public lands: hold certain public domain lands in trust for the Pueblos of San Ildefonso and Santa Clara (see H.R. 507), H244 [29JA]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 1294), H1902 [13MR]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see H.R. 523), H274 [4FE]

———maintenance funding for public roads used by school buses serving certain Indian reservations (see H.R. 1107), H1641 [5MR]

Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (see H.R. 2274), H4737 [22MY]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 1166), H1681 [6MR]

Small business: establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 3483), H11133 [7NO]

Motions

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), H4322 [20MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit late-term abortions except to avert serious long-term physical health consequences for the mother, E2011 [8OC]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), H4790 [3JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), conference report, E2011 [8OC]

Alaska: exchange of certain lands between the Newtok Native Corp., and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (S. 924), H10309 [4NO]

Albuquerque, NM: anniversary of Dion's Pizza (business), E123 [4FE]

Amtrak: funding, E1753 [10SE]

Apache County, AZ: approve settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe (S. 222), H5028 [5JN], E1136 [5JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9528 [16OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (H.R. 1559), E716 [10AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H2925 [8AP]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (H.R. 2998), E2059 [16OC]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (H. Con. Res. 104), E571 [25MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), H1997 [19MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), H2256 [20MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, E775 [12AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (H. Con. Res. 95), motion to instruct conferees, H2552 [1AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: prohibit funding to release water from the San Juan Chama project and the Middle Rio Grande project to comply with the Endangered Species Act, H7140 [18JY]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children, H2415 [27MR]

———prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), H2415 [27MR]

Civilian Conservation Corps: anniversary, E626 [31MR]

Colorado: revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (S. 677), H10308 [4NO]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 1115), E1281 [17JN]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: prohibit funding for recommended base closures and realignments, E1448 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (H.R. 74), H6874 [16JY]

———exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado (H.R. 2766), H10306 [4NO]

———recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (H.R. 2273), E1055 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), E1094 [2JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, E2322 [19NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), E1448 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), conference report, E2059 [16OC]

Dept. of Energy: high-level radioactive waste cleanup program funding, E2012 [8OC]

Dept. of the Interior: acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, OR, and include it as unit of the National Park System (H.R. 733), Senate amendments, H6876 [16JY]

———prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, H7038 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H7038, H7062, H7064, H7065, H7066, H7067, H7068 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restore certain aspects of Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (H.R. 2595), H8092 [10SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), E1753 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), E1726 [5SE]

Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations, H11162 [17NO]

———provide benefits for certain individuals sustaining injury as a result of smallpox vaccination (H.R. 1463), H2492 [31MR]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H2925 [8AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), E1313 [20JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7140 [18JY]

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), E1446 [11JY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), E2319 [19NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: include construction activities in definition of oil and gas exploration and production relative to EPA stormwater discharge permits, E2317 [19NO]

Fire prevention: authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (H.R. 1042), H12164 [21NO], E331 [27FE]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), H4315 [20MY], E1056 [22MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference report, H12164 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration (H. Res. 239), H4283 [20MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), motion to recommit, H4322 [20MY]

———limit Federal authority in the judicial review of hazardous fuel reduction projects for forests, H4322 [20MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 1036), E798 [29AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 4), E1133 [4JN]

Flood Control Act: authorize water conservation programs relative to the Middle Rio Grande Project (H.R. 2982), E1636 [25JY]

Forest Service: prohibit funding to finalize or implement revisions to National Forest Management Act planning regulations, H7062, H7064, H7065, H7066, H7067, H7068 [17JY]

FTC: collect fees for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 395), H412 [12FE]

Grand Teton National Park: allow Wyoming to retrieve fair value for State lands placed in trust for school revenue purposes (S. 273), H5029 [5JN]

Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2210), E1651 [25JY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1853 [13MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1350), E921 [9MY]

Lupe, Rick: tribute (H. Con. Res. 237), H10304 [4NO]

Medicare: improve reimbursement payments to physicians, H11851 [20NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6108 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12286 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H11851 [20NO]

Mining and mineral resources: cooperative research and development and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry funding, H3263, H3264 [10AP]

Native Americans: eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (H.R. 2983), E1649 [25JY]

Nevada: convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (H.R. 272), H6875 [16JY]

New Mexico: designate the Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness and take certain land into trust for the Pueblo of Zia (H.R. 3176), E1874 [24SE]

———hold certain BLM land in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso (S. 246), H6878 [16JY]

———protect archeological sites in the Galisteo Basin (H.R. 506), H10310, H10311 [4NO]

Police Week: observance, E976 [15MY]

Postal Service: reform funding of Civil Service Retirement System benefits for employees (S. 380), H2907 [8AP]

POW: treatment of prisoners captured in Afghanistan and Iraq, E1834 [17SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2925 [8AP], H3263, H3264 [10AP], E830 [1MY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H11428 [18NO], E2317 [19NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, E2012 [8OC]

Public lands: hold certain public domain lands in trust for the Pueblos of San Ildefonso and Santa Clara (H.R. 507), E108 [29JA]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (H.R. 1294), H2925 [8AP], E455 [13MR]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H493 [13FE]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (H.R. 523), E126 [4FE]

———maintenance funding for public roads used by school buses serving certain Indian reservations (H.R. 1107), E380 [6MR]

Roosevelt County, NM: anniversary, E327 [27FE]

Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (H.R. 2274), E1058 [22MY]

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (H.R. 1166), H2502, H2503 [31MR], E410 [7MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1417 [27FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research, H1417 [27FE]

Slaven-Emond, AliceMarie: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1192 [10JN]

Small business: establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (H.R. 3483), E2275 [7NO]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2854), technical corrections (H.R. 3288), E2111 [21OC]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: restate, clarify, and revise (H.R. 100), E915 [9MY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), E1280 [17JN]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, E1280 [17JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3644 [6MY], H3939 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H4790 [3JN], E1096 [2JN]

———rates, H2256 [20MR]

———treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by American Samoa (H.R. 982), H10311, H10312 [4NO]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H83 [8JA]

Terrorism: impact on civil liberties of implementing new law enforcement and surveillance laws directed toward combating terrorism, H3644 [6MY]

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: anniversary, E128 [4FE]

———establish Presidential commission to determine validity of certain land claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens, E128 [4FE]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), H7488, H7511 [24JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), H7488, H7511 [24JY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), E1095 [2JN]

Veterans: health care funding, E1726 [5SE]

———modify and improve certain benefits (H.R. 2297), E2043 [15OC]

———modify and improve certain benefits (H.R. 2297), Senate amendment, E2432 [23NO]

———permit use of education benefits for certain entrepreneurship courses and permit veterans enrolled in certain vocational rehabilitation programs to have self-employment as a vocational goal, E2432 [23NO]

Veterans Day: declare Emporia, KS, as founding city of official holiday and recognize Alvin J. King and Ed Rees for contributions towards enactment into law (H. Con. Res. 159), H8988 [30SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H216 [28JA]

Tributes

Akers, Mary Louise, E1005 [21MY]

Bernal, Paul, E1614 [25JY]

Clark, Laurel B. Salton, E124 [4FE]

Cobb, Nat, H9690 [20OC]

Heldman, Gladys, E1554 [22JY]

Lucero, Vanessa, E2149 [28OC]

Mills, Ernie, E458 [13MR]

Montano, Damacio, E976 [15MY]

Owens, Wayne, H28 [7JA], E58 [8JA]

Russell, Jeffrey C., E976 [15MY]

Schultz, Kevin W., E976 [15MY]

Skeen, Joe, H12760, H12887 [8DE]

Stewart, Doc, E2425 [23NO]