UDALL, MARK (a Representative from Colorado)

Amendments

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 250), H8210 [21SE]

Analyses

Rocky Flats Minerals Acquisition Act (H.R. 4181), E2220 [28OC]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1281, NASA appropriations, H10991 [18NO]

Articles and editorials

Congress Should Retreat in `Indecency' War, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, E283 [18FE]

CU Team Clinches Second Solar Win, Todd Neff, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, E2137 [20OC]

Farm Wife a Powerful Force, Virginia Culver, Denver (CO) Post, E1105 [26MY]

Flag-Burning Issue a Waste of Time, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, H4918 [22JN]

Justice, Finally, for Jose Padilla, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, E415 [10MR]

President Goes Too Far, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, E963 [13MY]

Residents Work To Repay Debt—Dushanbe Cybercafe Project Is Expected To Start in Fall, Ryan Morgan, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, E2483 [8DE]

Respect for Heroes in Iraq, Denver (CO) Post, E1103 [26MY]

State Must Protect Property Rights, Lois Tochtrop, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, E1720 [29JY]

Trust, but Verify, Pueblo (CO) Chieftain, E1107 [26MY]

Voters Could Check Eminent-Domain Abuse, Grand Junction (CO) Daily Sentinel, E1728 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see H.R. 1351), H1621 [16MR]

———ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8513 [28SE]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1023 [8MR]

Alcoholic beverages: prohibit sale of any alcohol without liquid machine without premarket approval (see H.R. 613), H3055 [5MY]

America Recycles Day: support goal and mission (see H. Con. Res. 289), H9696 [4NO]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 690), H5435 (see H.R. 690), H5479 [29JN]

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

American Society of Mechanical Engineers: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 46), H412 [8FE]

Amtrak: alter composition and terms of the Board of Directors (see H.R. 4394), H12051 [16DE]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1630), H3056 [5MY]

Animals: restore prohibition on commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 297), H2472 [21AP]

———support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H3114 [10MY]

Appropriations: establish reporting requirements for funds made available for military operations or reconstruction efforts in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 871), H848 [1MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H351 [2FE]

Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current policy concerning homosexuality, referred to as ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1059), H940 [2MR]

———ensure that Reserve components are able to maintain adequate retention and recruitment levels by protecting the financial security of the families of activated members (see H.R. 838), H2738 [28AP]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 772), H4561 [15JN]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H353 [2FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H583 [10FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H848 [1MR]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H11109 [6DE]

———tribute to dedication and commitment of employers of the members of the National Guard and other Reserve components who have been mobilized during the Global War on Terrorism (see H. Res. 302), H4142 [26MY]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 287), H9425 [28OC]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H6652 [26JY]

Army: carry out a pilot project on compatible use buffers on real property bordering Fort Carson, CO (see H.R. 632), H410 [8FE]

———close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 1217), H1368 [10MR]

———provide an increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel (see H.R. 3275), H5801 [13JY]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1871), H10502 [16NO]

Bicycles: support a national bike month and express appreciation of cyclists and others for promoting bicycle safety and the benefits of cycling (see H. Con. Res. 145), H3436 [17MY]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2394 [20AP]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 1494), H4656 [16JN]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 2337), H3332 [16MY]

Border Patrol: assure adequate funding for additional agents (see H.R. 780), H7814 [8SE]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H6107 [19JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: assess extent of invasion of salt cedar and Russian olive plants in the Western U.S. and carry out demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of such plants (see H.R. 489), H984 [3MR] (see H.R. 2720), H4141 [26MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12051 [16DE]

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), H8342 [22SE]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H9962 [7NO]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H1691 [17MR]

———establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 127), H1848 [6AP]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 12), H3332 [16MY]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H6107 [19JY]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H3056 [5MY]

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 83), H1847 [6AP]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 44), H3057 [5MY]

Classified information: request Dept. of Defense to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 417), H7613 [29JY]

———request Dept. of Justice to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 420), H7862 [13SE]

———request Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 419), H7613 [29JY]

———request Executive Office of the President and Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to communications with United Kingdom officials on U.S. policy towards Iraq (see H. Res. 375), H7645 [2SE]

———request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 363), H6381 [22JY]

———request Executive Office of the President to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 418), H7613 [29JY]

———request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H10039 [8NO]

Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H582 [10FE]

———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]

Colorado: provide environmental assistance to communities for water supply and treatment projects (see H.R. 3521), H7557 [28JY]

———provide for an additional place of holding district court (see H.R. 706), H522 [9FE]

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. 1615), H4486 [14JN]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (see H.R. 1620), H2551 [26AP]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community: establish (see H.R. 2134), H3053 [5MY]

Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see H.J. Res. 23), H984 [3MR]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3326), H8163 [20SE]

Contracts: require each bidder for a Federal construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 2834), H4354 [9JN]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H353 [2FE]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H6381 [22JY]

———increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country (see H.R. 2363), H4356 [9JN]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]

———reduce criminal gang activities (see H.R. 970), H5638 [11JY]

———require that recommended national protocol for sexual assault medical forensic examinations include a recommendation that rape victims be offered information about emergency contraceptives (see H.R. 1214), H1970 [13AP]

Davis, Ossie: tribute (see H. Res. 69), H412 [8FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H7947 [14SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and enforce performance standards and sanitation requirements for reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry (see H.R. 3160), H6205 [20JY]

———establish the National Drought Council (see H.R. 1386), H1692 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: 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 (see H.R. 3985), H10157 [10NO]

———expedite success of U.S. in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 184), H9103 [25OC]

———prohibit funding for any study related to the transportation of chemical munitions across State lines (see H.R. 416), H1264 [9MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4435), H11108 [6DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 457), H4722 [17JN]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H7564 [28JY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H4896 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 557), H350 [2FE]

Dept. of State: encourage active engagement of Americans in world affairs and create online database of international exchange programs and related opportunities (see H. Res. 192), H8736 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (see H.R. 3443), H6650 [26JY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H1696 [17MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Colorado Springs, CO, area (see H.R. 1159), H2106 [18AP]

———establish Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 2959), H4721 [17JN]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 2306), H4144 [26MY]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H3056 [5MY]

———terminate administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 3312), H9044 [20OC]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 1973), H9362 [27OC]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: ensure State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with pets or service animals during a disaster or emergency (see H.R. 3858), H8648 [3OC]

Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8643 [29SE]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 441), H7949 [14SE]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H3695 [19MY]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H8919 [18OC]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 312), H3695 [19MY]

———improve Parkinson's disease research (see H.R. 3550), H7558 [28JY]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H5916 [14JY]

Drugs: allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 2087), H2976 [4MY]

———encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H11505 [13DE]

Ecology and environment: enforce certain environmental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H5638 [11JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 305), H4143 [26MY]

Education: extend student loan repayment schedules for graduates who enter into public service (see H.R. 1859), H8847 [17OC]

———strengthen and expand scientific and technological education capabilities of associate-degree-granting colleges through partnerships with bachelor-degree-granting institutions (see H.R. 226), H7743 [7SE]

El Salvador: commemorate lives and work of certain religious workers executed by members of the military in 1980 (see H. Res. 458), H9473 [1NO]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4156), H11036 [18NO]

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 2895), H8163 [20SE]

ERISA: impose a moratorium on terminations of certain plans in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings (see H.R. 2327), H3695 [19MY]

FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H3695 [19MY]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1002), H1897 [12AP]

———provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3183), H5601 [30JN]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3267), H6108 [19JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H4144 [26MY]

———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), H584 [10FE]

Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 408), H287 [1FE]

Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seafloor by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 2673), H4139 [26MY]

———reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs (see H.R. 3153), H5600 [30JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H11504 [13DE]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (see H.R. 3361), H11110 [6DE]

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), H1023 [8MR]

Foreign policy: prohibit return of persons by the U.S., for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons (see H.R. 952), H12050 [16DE]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 867), H1896 [12AP]

Gibbons, Pasqualine J.: correct the unfair passing over for promotion to grade of technical sergeant during World War II (see H. Res. 204), H1895 [12AP] (see H. Res. 257), H2977 [4MY]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8163 [20SE]

Government: protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking (see H.R. 839), H1372 [10MR]

———require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and prohibit unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes (see H.R. 373), H2394 [20AP]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1595), H2978 [4MY]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H4143 [26MY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1417 [14MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 768), H583 [10FE] (see H.R. 2553), H3768 [23MY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H792 [17FE]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H524 [9FE]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H847 [1MR]

Hispanic Americans: tribute to veterans (see H. Con. Res. 323), H12049 [16DE]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (see H. Res. 196), H10910 [17NO]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H4560 [15JN]

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

———strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 121), H4297 [8JN]

Housing: support goal of increased homeownership in the U.S. and recognize the importance of homeownership programs, fair lending laws, and fair housing laws in achieving that goal (see H. Con. Res. 107), H1851 [8AP]

Human rights: condemn honor killings (see H. Con. Res. 296), H11221 [7DE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3442), H6650 [26JY]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see H.R. 3764), H7948 [14SE]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 193), H5963 [18JY]

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

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1849), H2549 [26AP]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 1526), H2473 [21AP]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H2880 [3MY]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H11110 [6DE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H11328 [8DE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.J. Res. 73), H11881 [15DE]

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]

Laos: honor Lao and Hmong veterans and their refugee families upon the anniversary of the end of the Indochina conflict (see H. Res. 317), H5252 [27JN]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 798), H627 [15FE]

———provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H2473 [21AP]

———provide grants to State and local governments to assess the effectiveness of sexual predator electronic monitoring programs (see H.R. 3407), H6380 [22JY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H354 [2FE]

Los Angeles Galaxy (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 574), H11328 [8DE]

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 215), H6327 [21JY]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2472 [21AP]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H8643 [29SE]

———recognize importance of prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 231), H8986 [19OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1333), H3262 [12MY]

———anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 213), H6327 [21JY]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare Advantage program to such plans (see H.R. 4050), H8808 [7OC]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H8919 [18OC]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H11504 [13DE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H4297 [8JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H3331 [16MY]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H2472 [21AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage for end-of-life planning consultations and raise awareness about and assist in preparation of advance directives on end-of-life decisionmaking (see H.R. 2058), H2879 [3MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H7564 [28JY]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H1780 [5AP]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 3968), H8919 [18OC]

Motor vehicles: require accurate fuel economy testing procedures (see H.R. 1103), H982 [3MR]

———require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H8735 [6OC]

Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H5742 [12JY]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3250), H5740 [12JY]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H8342 [22SE]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see H.R. 2891), H4896 [21JN]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 690), H5435 (see H.R. 690), H5479 [29JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 209), H7566 [28JY]

National Flood Insurance Program: strengthen, encourage participation, and provide certain owners of properties not located in flood hazard zones a one-time opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 3922), H10146 [9NO]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H8089 [15SE]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 312), H4896 [21JN]

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. 2231), H4074 [25MY]

National Medal of Honor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 297), H4487 [14JN]

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H983 [3MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 988), H1896 [12AP]

National security: affirm authority to detain foreign nationals as unlawful combatants, enable such persons to challenge the basis for their detention, and establish military tribunals to try such persons (see H.R. 3038), H4984 [22JN]

National Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 205), H5637 [11JY]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 2332), H3260 [12MY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]

———eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 601), H352 [2FE]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 1506), H9641 [3NO]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, and Theodor W. Hansch for physics and Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs, and Richard R. Schrock for chemistry (see H. Res. 541), H10038 [8NO]

NSF: authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 4434), H11108 [6DE]

Office of Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery: establish (see H.R. 3737), H7860 [13SE]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 1955), H2881 [3MY]

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), H10227 [15NO]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 311), H848 [1MR]

Peace Corps: remove as an option for service under the National Call to Service military recruitment program (see H.R. 3709), H8735 [6OC]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3199 [11MY]

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]

Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H6108 [19JY]

POW: transmit to congressional committees certain reports on international human rights law or related laws in connection with military detainees (see H.R. 2901), H4485 [14JN]

Power resources: improve energy efficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 4384), H11655 [14DE]

———increase fossil fuel productivity, accelerate transition to renewable fuels, and collaborate with allies to establish project to address issue of peak oil (see H. Res. 507), H9047 [24OC]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H8847 [17OC]

———reduce growth of energy use and limit impact of growing energy use on the economy, environment, and national security through reductions in energy demand (see H.R. 3263), H5800 [13JY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1622 [16MR]

———provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies for violations of regulations governing public lands and clarify purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 975), H795 [17FE]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 983), H796 [17FE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H3199 [11MY]

Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act: extend authority for drought assistance (see H.R. 2925), H4560 [15JN]

Religion: anniversary of Second Vatican Council Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) and recognition of continuing need for interreligious respect and dialogue (see H. Con. Res. 260), H9642 [3NO]

Rocky Mountain National Park: adjust boundaries (see H.R. 774), H583 [10FE]

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

SBA: expand and improve assistance provided by small business development centers to Native Americans (see H.R. 2981), H5252 [27JN]

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H9642 [3NO]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H352 [2FE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H1696 [17MR]

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1896 [12AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H3435 [17MY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H984 [3MR]

Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H3113 [10MY]

———impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in Darfur (see H.R. 3127), H6205 [20JY]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H6205 [20JY]

———allow a custodial parent a refundable credit for unpaid child support payments and require a parent who is chronically delinquent in child support to include the amount of the unpaid obligation in gross income (see H.R. 4233), H10910 [17NO]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H6328 [21JY]

———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), H2648 [27AP]

———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. 994), H3695 [19MY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H2100 [14AP]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the energy credit and the credit for residential energy-efficient property (see H.R. 4300), H10156 [10NO]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 1504), H1844 [6AP]

———limit applicability of updates to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology (see H.R. 114), H413 [8FE]

———maintain incentives for charitable gifts of conservation easements (see H. Con. Res. 304), H10909 [17NO]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H1896 [12AP] (see H.R. 3159), H5600 [30JN]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H9696 [4NO]

———provide that tax on distilled spirits, wine, and beer are collected quarterly from certain small taxpayers (see H.R. 1520), H2473 [21AP]

———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (see H.R. 4623), H12167 [17DE]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H1897 [12AP]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H9472 [1NO]

Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H12050 [16DE]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H8919 [18OC]

University of Denver: tribute to men's hockey team (see H. Res. 237), H2550 [26AP]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]

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), H1025 [8MR]

———extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to disabled veterans and their dependents and authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1188), H5801 [13JY]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1588), H4143 [26MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H4561 [15JN]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 302), H8846 [17OC]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H.R. 369), H3262 [12MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 156), H8648 [3OC]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3171), H7614 [29JY]

Water pollution: prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H3556 [18MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]

World Cup: tribute to U.S. men's soccer team (see H. Res. 443), H7949 [14SE]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3056 [5MY]

Yogiji, Habhajan S.K.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 34), H984 [3MR]

Zimbabwe: condemn government operation under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other buildings were demolished in an attempt to restore order (see H. Res. 409), H8736 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 2358), H3261 [12MY]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 788), H584 [10FE]

Budget: facilitate Presidential leadership and congressional accountability regarding reduction of other spending to offset costs of responding to recent natural disasters (see H.R. 3966), H8643 [29SE]

———provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (see H.R. 982), H796 [17FE]

Colorado: authorize acquisition of certain mineral rights (see H.R. 4181), H9425 [28OC]

———authorize exchange of certain land (see H.R. 1129), H983 [3MR]

———improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (see H.R. 428), H235 [26JA]

———management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (see H.R. 2110), H2977 [4MY]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize acquisition of a professional services building and property adjacent to Boulder, CO, research campus (see H.R. 3448), H6650 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior: facilitate acquisition of certain mineral rights (see H.R. 2111), H2977 [4MY]

———permit continued occupancy and use of certain lands and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park (see H.R. 432), H236 [26JA]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency and require that its Director be adequately qualified (see H.R. 3816), H8088 [15SE]

Government: require Federal agencies to develop and implement policies and practices that promote environmental justice (see H.R. 427), H235 [26JA]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 4289), H10145 [9NO]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 1266), H1371 [10MR]

———provide a source of funding for the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 1265), H1371 [10MR]

National Children's Day: designate (see H. Res. 103), H630 [15FE]

National Time Out Day: support goals and ideas (see H. Res. 150), H1371 [10MR]

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. 2064), H2879 [3MY]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 3447), H6650 [26JY]

———provide funding to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Depts. of the Interior or Agriculture (see H.R. 599), H352 [2FE]

Rocky Mountain National Park: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 3193), H5602 [30JN]

Space policy: anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope (see H. Res. 251), H2738 [28AP]

States: regulation of access to hunting and fishing for residents and nonresidents (see H.R. 731), H523 [9FE]

Telecommunications: expand rural access to broadband services (see H.R. 1479), H1777 [5AP]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 426), H235 [26JA]

Weather Modification Operations and Research Board: establish (see H.R. 2995), H4802 [20JN]

Winter Outdoors Month: designate (see H. Res. 557), H10502 [16NO]

Factsheets

Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act (H.R. 2110), E873 [4MY]

Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act (H.R. 3193), E1443 [1JY]

Letters

Dept. of Commerce acquisition of a professional services building and property adjacent to research campus in Boulder, CO: Bruce Tenenbaum, E1624 [27JY]

Regulation of access to hunting and fishing for residents and nonresidents: Terry Crawforth, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, E203 [9FE]

Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act: Steve Ellis, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), E2004 [3OC]

Outlines

Highway Claims Resolution Act (H.R. 3447), E1623 [27JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H11039 [6DE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), conference report, H9393 [28OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 68), consideration (H. Res. 469), H8527 [29SE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1519 [16MR]

———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, H3022 [5MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H2339 [20AP]

Armed Forces: ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H10507 [17NO]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, E1103 [26MY]

Army: provide an increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel (H.R. 3275), E1488 [14JY]

Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate research in aeronautics and aviation (H.R. 2358), E959 [13MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), H2068 [14AP]

Beaver County, UT: real property conveyance (S. 52), H11045 [6DE]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (H.R. 788), H3621 [19MY], E245 [15FE]

Boulder, CO: anniversary of McGuckin's Hardware Store, E1931 [22SE]

———anniversary of Open Studios (arts organization), E215 [10FE]

Boulder County, CO: anniversary of Boulder County AIDS Project, E1415 [30JN]

Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities (nonprofit organization): tribute, E2483 [8DE]

Brighton, CO: tribute to Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, E1233 [15JN]

Budget: facilitate Presidential leadership and congressional accountability regarding reduction of other spending to offset costs of responding to recent natural disasters (H.R. 3966), H8527 [29SE], H8989 [20OC], E2408 [18NO]

———provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (H.R. 982), E291 [18FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), E2408 [18NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11247 [8DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1670 [17MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or within Medford Irrigation District (H.R. 4195), H11044 [6DE]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 250), consideration (H. Res. 451), H8188 [21SE]

———coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 250), H8202, H8210, H8211 [21SE]

Chemical weapons: authority over the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program, E1106 [26MY]

Colorado: anniversary of Cheesman Dam, E1894 [20SE]

———authorize acquisition of certain mineral rights (H.R. 4181), E2219 [28OC]

———authorize exchange of certain land (H.R. 1129), H11049 [6DE], E352 [3MR]

———improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, H3793 [24MY]

———improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (H.R. 428), E82 [26JA]

———management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (H.R. 2110), E872 [4MY]

Colorado Trail for Multiple Sclerosis (organization): tribute, E1191 [9JN]

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, H1519 [16MR]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 5), H741 [17FE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H2601 [27AP]

———reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals (H.R. 1279), E949 [12MY]

Dawson, Lou: Colorado Ski Museum Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee, E2207 [28OC]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: disapprove recommendations, consideration (H. Res. 469), H8527 [29SE]

Denver, CO: anniverary of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Studio, E1826 [13SE]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize acquisition of a professional services building and property adjacent to Boulder, CO, research campus (H.R. 3448), E1624 [27JY]

———security fence construction for laboratories' campus in Boulder, CO, H4433, H4434 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H3923 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, H12210 [18DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), consideration (H. Res. 293), H3906 [25MY]

———Chemical Demilitarization Program funding, E1106 [26MY]

———establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees, H10507 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), E1308 [21JN]

Dept. of Energy: provide retirement benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, E2328 [10NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1817), H3465 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3367 [17MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2360), conference report, H8702 [6OC], E2076 [7OC]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), H6167 [20JY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (H.R. 3443), E2534 [14DE]

———facilitate acquisition of certain mineral rights (H.R. 2111), E870 [4MY]

———payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H3621 [19MY]

———permit continued occupancy and use of certain lands and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park (H.R. 432), E86 [26JA], E1413 [30JN]

———prepare a feasibility study relative to the Mokelumne River (H.R. 3812), H11043 [6DE]

———provide adequate school facilities in Yosemite National Park and adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (S. 136), H11050 [6DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3606, H3621 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), conference report, E1720 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5159 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), conference report, E2435 [18NO]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5555 [30JN]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew (H. Res. 441), H8126 [20SE]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), E1672 [29JY]

Economy: remove barriers to competitiveness of the U.S. economy (H. Res. 352), H5661 [12JY]

Edwards, CO: tribute to Freedom Park Memorial, E668 [15AP]

Eflin, Dick: Colorado Ski Museum Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee, E2218 [28OC]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (H.R. 3824), H8549 [29SE], E2003 [3OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3793 [24MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2419), conference report, E2328 [10NO]

Ernst, Larry: IBM Fellow award recipient, E1788 [8SE]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 420), H9318 [27OC]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency and require that its Director be adequately qualified (H.R. 3816), E1873 [15SE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), H9007 [20OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4918 [22JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), E1415 [30JN]

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6451 [26JY]

Fort Lewis College: tribute to winter graduates, E133 [2FE]

Gillett, George: Colorado Ski Museum Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee, E2216 [28OC]

Government: require Federal agencies to develop and implement policies and practices that promote environmental justice (H.R. 427), E91 [26JA]

Granby, CO: anniversary, E2530 [14DE]

Hauserman, Dick: Colorado Ski Museum Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee, E2214 [28OC]

Head Start Program: provide hiring protections for faith-based organizations providing Head Start services, H8284 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8284 [22SE]

Health: 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 (H.R. 5), H6999 [28JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, H6999 [28JY]

Holocaust: remembrance, H3041 [5MY]

House of Representatives: express commitment to achieving victory in Iraq (H. Res. 612), H11919 [16DE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 469), H8527 [29SE]

Housing: reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 1461), E2221 [28OC]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), E2598 [17DE]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (H.R. 4289), E2310 [9NO]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, E2325 [10NO]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H11919 [16DE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H11919 [16DE], E2212 [28OC]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 55), E2456 [6DE]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), E2555 [15DE]

———elections (H. Res. 613), H11919 [16DE]

———report on congressional delegation trip, H4059, H4063 [25MY]

KBNO-Radio (Denver, CO): tribute, E926 [10MY]

Land use: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (H.R. 585), H11043 [6DE]

Lexmark International, Inc.: tribute to environmental protection efforts of the Boulder, CO, facility, E1790 [8SE]

Lockheed Martin Corp.: tribute to the Titan rocket system, E2394 [17NO]

Louisville, CO: inclusion in CNN/Money (publication) list of best places to live, E1564 [21JY]

Lucks, Ed: Colorado Ski Museum Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee, E2210 [28OC]

Memorial Day: observance, E1103 [26MY]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (H.R. 1266), E430, E432 [10MR]

———provide a source of funding for the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (H.R. 1265), E430, E432 [10MR]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6338, H6359, H6366 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), conference report, H12130 [17DE]

———establish an awards program in honor of Charles (Pete) Conrad that recognizes amateur discoveries of asteroids with near-Earth orbit trajectories (H.R. 1023), H3066, H3067 [10MY]

———submit plan to protect whistleblowers who expose potentially catastrophic risks to health or safety, H6366 [22JY]

National Children's Day: designate (H. Res. 103), E248 [15FE]

National History Day (organization): tribute to Colorado competition participants, E1169 [8JN]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers, H1519 [16MR]

———improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), H559 [10FE], E243 [15FE]

National Time Out Day: support goals and ideas (H. Res. 150), E420 [10MR]

Native Americans: clarify issues of criminal jurisdiction within the exterior boundaries of Pueblo lands (S. 279), H11047 [6DE]

NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, H8188, H8202 [21SE]

Nobel Prize: recognition of John L. Hall for physics, E2027 [6OC]

NSF: Advanced Technological Education Program funding, H8210, H8211 [21SE]

Padilla, Jose: court ruling relative to detention and classification as ``unlawful combatant'', E415 [10MR]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11768 [15DE]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8774 [7OC]

Power resources: assure that certain Federal oil and gas development will occur in ways that protect water resources and surface owner rights (H.R. 2064), E856 [3MY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2339 [20AP], H2440 [21AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, E1725 [29JY]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (H.R. 3447), E1622 [27JY]

———provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies for violations of regulations governing public lands and clarify purpose of fines collected for violations (H.R. 975), E2536 [14DE]

———provide funding to carry out restoration activities on Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Depts. of the Interior or Agriculture (H.R. 599), E141 [2FE]

Ray, Heather: Human Rights Campaign (organization) Colorado Youth Award recipient, E473 [17MR]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9585 [3NO]

Roads and highways: extend certain Highway Trust Fund highway, safety, and transit programs pending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 2566), H4052 [25MY]

Roche, Inc.: anniversary, E1234 [15JN]

Rocky Mountain National Park: adjust boundaries (S. 55), H8870 [18OC]

———designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 3193), E1442 [1JY]

Rotary International: anniversary (H. Res. 142), E952 [12MY]

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site: convey certain property to be held in trust (H.R. 481), H5201 [27JN]

SBA: tribute to Colorado District Office, E2485 [8DE]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4433, H4434 [14JN], E1273 [17JN]

Space policy: anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope (H. Res. 251), E835 [28AP]

———establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (H.R. 758), H9068 [25OC]

States: regulation of access to hunting and fishing for residents and nonresidents (H.R. 731), E202 [9FE]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (H. Res. 340), H5584 [30JN], E1720, E1728 [29JY]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief, H11247 [8DE]

Telecommunications: expand rural access to broadband services (H.R. 1479), E585 [7AP]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (H.R. 310), E283 [18FE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, H7580 [29JY]

U.N.: reform (H.R. 2745), H4704 [17JN]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4340), E2493 [8DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: modify sunsets on wiretap authority, library and bookseller records, and lone wolf provisions, E2325 [10NO]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), E1578 [22JY]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, E2556 [15DE]

———reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), motion to instruct conferees, E2325 [10NO]

University of Colorado: tribute to solar decathlon team, E2137 [20OC]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth, H12130 [17DE]

———encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (H.R. 426), E94 [26JA]

Valles Caldera National Preserve: improve preservation (S. 212), H11046 [6DE]

Votes: position on missed, E1236 [15JN], E1550 [20JY], E2622 [19DE]

Weather Modification Operations and Research Board: establish (H.R. 2995), E1295 [20JN]

Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (H. Con. Res. 248), H8676 [6OC]

Winter Outdoors Month: designate (H. Res. 557), E2363 [15NO], E2373 [16NO]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), H4317 [9JN]

World War II: recognize the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, E962 [13MY]

Statements

Tribute to Carol Thomae Barrett, E1671 [29JY]

———Anna L. Barrett Loewen, E1672 [29JY]

———Jennifer H. Barrett, E1672 [29JY]

———John F. Barrett, E1671 [29JY]

Summaries

Colorado Land Exchange (H.R. 1129), E352 [3MR]

Facilitate Acquisition of Certain Mineral Rights (H.R. 2111), E870 [4MY]

Regulation of Access to Hunting and Fishing for Residents and Nonresidents (H.R. 731), E203 [9FE]

Stimulating Leadership in Cutting Expenditures (SLICE) Act (H.R. 3966), H8528 [29SE]

Western Waters and Farm Lands Protection Act (H.R. 2064), E857 [3MY]

Tributes

Atencio, Margaret, E2323 [10NO]

Barrett, Carol Thomae, E1671 [29JY]

Berry, Audrey, E1848 [14SE]

Blake, Joseph B., E964 [13MY]

Bordas, Juana, E1164 [8JN]

Bowman, Eva (Marr), E1105 [26MY]

Bucknam, David L., E408 [10MR]

Christensen, Ray C., E1901 [20SE]

Cordell, Linda, E1169 [8JN]

Danish, Paul, E152 [2FE]

Davia, Dave, E2133 [20OC]

Dixion, Samantha, E2134 [20OC]

Dulchinos, Carolyn, E1487 [14JY]

Ferrufino, Zee, E926 [10MY]

Fitz-Gerald, Joan, E137 [2FE]

Gonzales, Rodolfo (Corky), E852 [3MY]

Gonzalez, Albert, E2116 [18OC]

Guajardo Lucero, Maria, E2168 [25OC]

Hicks, Butch, E2136 [20OC]

Jin, Deborah, E1169 [8JN]

Kirk, Susan, E134 [2FE]

Mansanares, Bob, E769 [26AP]

Martin, Paul, E1512 [18JY]

Mordue, Tom, E1510 [18JY]

Stewart, Ron, E149 [2FE]

Strickland, Ted, E143 [2FE], E212 [10FE]

Swarner, Sean, E1167 [8JN]

Valente, Elaine T., E138, E146 [2FE], E210 [10FE]

Wartgow, Jerry, E918 [10MY]

Yost, Mel, E1191 [9JN]