MURTHA, JOHN P. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Addresses

Republican Response to Remarks on Iraq by Representative Murtha: Senator Kerry, E2444 [6DE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, H2520 [26AP]

———H.R. 2863, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H11586 [14DE]

Articles and editorials

Assault on Murtha Should Alarm Us All, S14175 [20DE]

Pair Who Powered the SEPTA Deal, Larry King and Marcia Gelbart, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, E2311 [9NO]

Supporting Our Troops, E2450-E2452 [6DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]

Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]

Armed Forces: commend medical personnel for care of combat casualties (see H. Con. Res. 309), H11035 [18NO]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]

———increase benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 1982), H2735 [28AP]

———provide rent and mortgage payment relief for members of the Reserves called to active duty and allow a refundable tax credit to lessors for payments foregone by such relief (see H.R. 3068), H5176 [24JN]

Biotechnology Industry Organization: tribute (see H. Res. 421), H7613 [29JY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2103 [14AP]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H11110 [6DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (see H. Con. Res. 129), H1895 [12AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H7566 [28JY]

Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see H.R. 3281), H5912 [14JY]

Clayton J. Smith Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3825), H8919 [18OC]

Climate: request documents from the President on the anticipated effects of climate change on coastal regions of the U.S. (see H. Res. 515), H9276 [26OC]

Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 3256), H6328 [21JY]

CPSC: issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture and electronic appliances (see H.R. 1861), H5177 [24JN]

Cuba: temporarily suspend restrictions on remittances, gifts, and family travel to allow Cuban Americans to assist relatives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis (see H. Con. Res. 206), H5964 [18JY]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H5915 [14JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8249 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 6), H142 [20JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: issue regulations requiring turbojet aircraft of air carriers to be equipped with missile defense systems (see H.R. 2780), H6936 [27JY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H72 [4JA]

Diseases: anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1970 [13AP]

———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 179), H8919 [18OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H3056 [5MY]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H524 [9FE]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3054 [5MY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H8342 [22SE]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3656), H7744 [7SE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H848 [1MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 867), H7564 [28JY]

FTC: study rating system of video game industry and determine if their labeling practices are unfair or deceptive (see H.R. 1145), H3894 [24MY]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H586 [14FE]

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1020), H6936 [27JY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H6651 [26JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 2072), H2975 [4MY]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 963), H795 [17FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H8248 [21SE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H720 [16FE]

Ho, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 597), H11503 [13DE]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1026 [8MR]

Hunger: reduce (see H.R. 2717), H7743 [7SE]

Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1068), H980 [3MR]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2395 [20AP]

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. 1696), H2149 [19AP]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H719 [16FE]

Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office, Allentown, PA: designate (see H.R. 2490), H3693 [19MY]

Medicaid: recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H8163 [20SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H6107 [19JY]

———ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H8342 [22SE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H5915 [14JY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H354 [2FE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6936 [27JY]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H10226 [15NO]

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 2721), H4561 [15JN]

Monuments and memorials: recognize importance of establishing a national memorial at the Pentagon Reservation to commemorate and mourn the terrorist attack against the Pentagon (see H. Res. 434), H7814 [8SE]

Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H4656 [16JN]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H7566 [28JY]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H1371 [10MR]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 3323), H6652 [26JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H12051 [16DE]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 892), H792 [17FE]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H9556 [2NO]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H798 [17FE]

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. 4052), H8808 [7OC]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 328), H4143 [26MY]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 1006), H846 [1MR]

———reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H1895 [12AP]

Project GRAD USA (organization): authorize (see H.R. 1282), H5176 [24JN]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 888), H791 [17FE]

Randall D. Shughart Post Office Building, Newville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2062), H6936 [27JY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H719 [16FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

SBA: establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see H.R. 527), H1969 [13AP]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

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. 3601), H7560 [28JY]

Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 592), H584 [10FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 1745), H8342 [22SE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2071), H2975 [4MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1778 [5AP]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (see H.R. 1600), H4656 [16JN]

Tariff: 4,4'-dithiodimorpholine (see H.R. 4553), H11878 [15DE]

———impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]

———n-cyclohexylthiophthalimide (see H.R. 4552), H11878 [15DE]

———tetraethylthiuram disulfide (see H.R. 4554), H11879 [15DE]

———tetramethylthiuram disulfide (see H.R. 4555), H11879 [15DE]

Taxation: allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9696 [4NO]

———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation of abandoned mine land areas (see H.R. 1165), H1024 [8MR]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2103 [14AP]

———provide for a transferable credit against income tax for production of energy from waste coal (see H.R. 3580), H7559 [28JY]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 2073), H2976 [4MY]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 1139), H988 [7MR]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H5176 [24JN]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H11880 [15DE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H3695 [19MY]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H4721 [17JN]

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 80), H523 [9FE]

William F. Clinger, Jr., Post Office Building, Warren, PA: designate (see H.R. 3549), H7558 [28JY]

World War II: tribute to Montford Point Marines (see H. Con. Res. 80), H847 [1MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H10909 [17NO]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 21), H719 [16FE]

Letters

Able Danger Intelligence Program: by, H11029 [18NO]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H11580 [14DE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1444, H1456, H1457, H1458, H1495, H1497 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), conference report, H3007 [5MY]

Armed Forces: ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay, H1495 [15MR]

———increase pay for all members of the military and National Guard and Reserves, H4738 [20JN]

———National Guard and Reserves personnel funding through reductions in certain Dept. of Defense funding, H1457 [15MR]

Committees of the House: establish a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism, H1456 [15MR]

Dept. of Defense: Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H4741 [20JN]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H11580 [14DE]

———Iraqi security forces training funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H4746 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4733, H4738, H4741, H4746, H4771, H4772, H4777 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), motion to instruct conferees, H11580 [14DE]

———operations and maintenance funding, H1458 [15MR]

———prohibit use of funding for activities in Uzbekistan, H4771 [20JN]

———rehabilitation of overseas equipment funding, H1497 [15MR]

Foreign aid: prevent allocation to groups or individuals engaged in efforts to overthrow democratically elected governments, H4777 [20JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2475), E1341 [24JN]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11007, H11009, H11010, H11011 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H11007, H11009, H11010, H11011 [18NO]

Johnstown, PA: anniversary of Cambria City Mission, E1849 [14SE]

Pennsylvania State University: anniversary of Fayette Campus, E1848 [14SE]

Polacek, William C.: Inter-Service Club Council of Greater Johnstown, PA, Achievement Award recipient, E1661 [29JY]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (H. Res. 190), H1818 [6AP]

War Powers Resolution: compliance, H4772 [20JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H10911, H10912 [18NO], E1196 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, S13337 [18NO]

Tribute, S13292 [18NO], S14133, S14175 [20DE]

Statements

Dinner Blessing at 50th Anniversary Dinner for Congressman and Mrs. John P. Murtha: William George, E1196 [9JN]

Tributes

Brady, Representative Robert A., E2311 [9NO]

Dwyer, Dennis, E1459 [12JY]

Rendell, Edward, E2311 [9NO]