SALAZAR, JOHN T. (a Representative from Colorado)

Articles and editorials

Pete Mattivi Hits 100, Heidi Rice, Glenwood Springs (CO) Post Independent, E1832 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 3754), H8163 [20SE]

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

American Veterans Congressional Internship Program: establish (see H.R. 1242), H2103 [14AP]

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

Armed Forces: ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 771), H1896 [12AP]

———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), H1265 [9MR]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]

———increase death gratuity and other survivors' benefits (see H.R. 377), H587 [14FE]

———provide leave for members in connection with adoptions of children (see H.R. 1373), H3769 [23MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H524 [9FE]

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

Association of University Teachers: condemn recent vote by British trade union to boycott Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa (see H. Res. 279), H4074 [25MY]

Aviation: make funds available for the Aviation Security Capital Fund and establish a Checkpoint Screening Security Fund (see H.R. 1818), H2548 [26AP]

Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H2150 [19AP]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H796 [17FE]

———extend discretionary spending caps and pay-go for direct spending (see H.R. 903), H792 [17FE]

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), H1696 [17MR] (see H.R. 2720), H4141 [26MY]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H10501 [16NO]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H4722 [17JN]

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]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H8986 [19OC]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 44), H2739 [28AP]

Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4357), H10908 [17NO]

Colleges and universities: ensure that all college students and families have the tools and resources to adequately save for, finance, and repay postsecondary and post-baccalaureate expenses (see H.R. 151), H5741 [12JY]

———expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 761), H582 [10FE]

Colorado: authorize exchange of certain land (see H.R. 1129), H8513 [28SE]

———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]

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]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 4008), H8986 [19OC]

Conservation of energy: improve energy use of transportation and infrastructure facilities (see H.R. 722), H522 [9FE]

Contreras, Miguel: tribute (see H. Res. 274), H4144 [26MY]

Curtiss, Glenn H.: tribute (see H. Res. 374), H6328 [21JY]

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

———prohibit closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency office pending completion of the next omnibus agriculture law (see H.R. 3974), H8847 [17OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish a program of energy assistance grants to local educational agencies (see H.R. 4158), H9361 [27OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for cooridination and use of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (see H.R. 4267), H10158 [10NO]

Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H11653 [14DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H9363 [27OC]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Colorado Springs, CO, area (see H.R. 1159), H2394 [20AP]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 2306), H3198 [11MY]

———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), H2472 [21AP]

Disasters: respond to Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters that adversely affect food assistance, agricultural producers, and households (see H.R. 3809), H8088 [15SE]

Diseases: increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 192), H4143 [26MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1416 [14MR]

Drugs: 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), H10909 [17NO]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H10039 [8NO]

Education: expand and enhance the HOPE and Lifetime Learning tax credits, and amend the Higher Education Act to provide loan forgiveness opportunities for public service employees (see H.R. 2815), H5741 [12JY]

———improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H349 [2FE]

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), H4896 [21JN]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 1119), H2473 [21AP]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs and provide an additional extension if implementing legislation is not submitted for World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see H.R. 4332), H10226 [15NO]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11328 [8DE]

Federal employees: provide assistant U.S. attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3183), H7743 [7SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 4493), H11327 [8DE]

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), H8513 [28SE]

———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), H3198 [11MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H798 [17FE]

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

Gillerman, Dan: congratulate on election as Vice President of U.N. General Assembly (see H. Res. 368), H6432 [25JY]

Health: 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 accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H7560 [28JY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H5176 [24JN]

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

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 2642), H5604 [30JN]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]

———strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 121), H797 [17FE]

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

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]

Intelligence services: strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 1526), H6381 [22JY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H4187 [7JN]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H1697 [17MR]

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), H2739 [28AP]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H10145 [9NO]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H1025 [8MR]

Medicaid: provide full Federal medical assistance percentage for displaced recipients receiving medical assistance outside their State of residence due to a declared public health emergency (see H.R. 3671), H7815 [8SE]

Medicare: extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals (see H.R. 2961), H10145 [9NO]

———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), H10039 [8NO]

———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 1372), H5604 [30JN]

———improve the provision of telehealth services (see H.R. 2807), H5177 [24JN]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H6205 [20JY]

———temporarily increase payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see H.R. 11), H2550 [26AP]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H6652 [26JY]

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), H3769 [23MY]

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

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H8089 [15SE]

National Audubon Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H9696 [4NO]

National cemeteries: authorize placement of memorial markers to commemorate servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery (see H.R. 2188), H3054 [5MY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: direct President to report on funding requests for certain homeland security programs authorized in legislation implementing recommendations (see H.R. 2035), H2737 [28AP]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 200), H2739 [28AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2976 [4MY]

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), H10161 [14NO]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H10502 [16NO]

National parks and recreation areas: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 988), H1779 [5AP]

National Tartan Day: support establishment (see H. Res. 41), H413 [8FE]

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

No Child Left Behind Act: funding (see H.R. 2694), H10157 [10NO]

———modify requirements on adequate yearly progress and assessments to allow more flexibility in measuring progress (see H.R. 224), H10161 [14NO]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 1955), H4985 [22JN]

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), H9641 [3NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]

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

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

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (see H.R. 1608), H2473 [21AP] (see H.R. 3081), H5361 [28JN]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7744 [7SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 4128), H9436 [31OC]

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

Roybal, Edward R.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 297), H10226 [15NO]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 517), H3262 [12MY]

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

———provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H4187 [7JN]

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

States: establish a program to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1105), H11333 [12DE]

———regulation of access to hunting and fishing for residents and nonresidents (see H.R. 731), H848 [1MR]

Stockdale, James B.: tribute (see H. Res. 404), H7561 [28JY]

Taxation: allow a temporary credit to offset the high fuel costs of small businesses, farmers, and fishermen (see H.R. 3944), H10039 [8NO]

———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]

———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H3556 [18MY]

———expand and modernize agricultural bond programs to assist young farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 651), H11655 [14DE]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H4356 [9JN]

———make permanent the shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1663), H2739 [28AP]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see H.R. 1624), H1969 [13AP]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 947), H2738 [28AP]

———provide a refundable tax credit to public safety volunteers (see H.R. 934), H1372 [10MR]

———provide a small agri-biodiesel producer credit and improve the small ethanol producer credit (see H.R. 36), H2394 [20AP]

———provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of property for farming (see H.R. 2034), H3695 [19MY]

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

Terrorism: tribute to flight crew members lost during attacks against the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 55), H4656 [16JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3), H520 [9FE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12050 [16DE]

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

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), H1896 [12AP]

———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), H4896 [21JN]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 1220), H4486 [14JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H2734 [28AP]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (see H.R. 369), H1896 [12AP]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H1509 [15MR]

World War II: preserve historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained (see H.R. 1492), H3436 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H6106 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for any study related to the transportation of chemical munitions across State lines (see H.R. 416), H235 [26JA]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H.R. 4179), H9425 [28OC]

National Medal of Honor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 297), H3893 [24MY]

Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 4383), H10909 [17NO]

Social Security: protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies cannot be diverted to create private accounts (see H.R. 1330), H1620 [16MR]

Poems

``Yo Soy Joaquin,'' Rodolfo (Corky) Gonzales, E656 [15AP]

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), H1450 [15MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H12263 [18DE]

Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (H.R. 3765), H8874 [18OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10045 [9NO]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H1669 [17MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1669 [17MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), consideration (H. Res. 154), H1540 [16MR]

Chemical weapons: authority over the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program, H3926 [25MY]

Colorado: authorize exchange of certain land (H.R. 1129), H11049 [6DE]

———transportation projects funding, H7581 [29JY]

Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors, H5643 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H3926 [25MY]

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, H12263 [18DE]

Dept. of the Interior: payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H3622 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3622 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), conference report, H7022 [28JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (H.R. 3130), H5567 [30JN]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation, H3906 [25MY]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6921 [27JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3795 [24MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), H8999 [20OC]

Fort Lewis College: tribute to men's soccer team, E2491 [8DE]

Grand Junction, CO: tribute to St. Mary's Hospital Careflight Unit, E747 [22AP]

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), H7006 [28JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3842 [24MY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 345), H5567 [30JN]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (H.R. 4179), H9365 [28OC]

Medal of Honor: anniversary, H5643 [12JY]

National History Day (organization): tribute to Colorado competition participants, E1084 [24MY]

National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), H3222 [12MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 266), E964 [13MY]

Police Week: observance, E964 [13MY]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons, H9580 [3NO]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9580 [3NO]

San Juan National Forest: anniversary, E1114 [26MY]

Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area: designate, E2392 [17NO]

SBA: 7(a) guaranteed loan program funding, H4453 [14JN]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2862), H4453 [14JN]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H1540 [16MR]

———protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies cannot be diverted to create private accounts (H.R. 1330), H1540 [16MR]

———reform, H1540 [16MR]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), H1050 [9MR]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), conference report, H7581 [29JY]

Veterans: health care funding, H5744 [13JY]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2864), H5815 [14JY]

West, Mary: Walt Disney Co., DisneyHand Teacher Award recipient, E1456 [11JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1688 [17MR]

Tables

Colorado 3d Congressional District payment in lieu of taxes payments, H3622 [19MY]

Tributes

Anderson, Travis, H3439 [18MY]

Balcomb, Kenneth (Blue), E2427 [18NO]

Geer, George, H200 [26JA]

Gomez, Juan C., III, E1100 [25MY]

Gonzales, Rodolfo (Corky), E656 [15AP]

Mattivi, Pete, E1832 [13SE]

Maynard, Chad B., H4899 [22JN]

Munoz, Fred V., E2300 [8NO]

Vasquez, Justin L., H4490 [15JN]