MURPHY, TIM (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4707 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: 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), H25 [31JA]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H2339 [9MY]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1197 [28MR]

———provide for payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to certain members retired for disability who were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 995), H565 [2MR]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H4795 [28JN]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 4932), H1321 [29MR]

Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H5128 [12JY]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H791 [8MR]

Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (see H.R. 5319), H4220 [19JN]

China, People's Republic of: condemn unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops (see H. Res. 804), H3227 [24MY]

Colleges and universities: establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible institutions to establish pregnant and parenting student services offices (see H.R. 4265), H274 [14FE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1744 [25AP]

Corps of Engineers: carry out programs and activities to enhance the safety of levees (see H.R. 4650), H1743 [25AP]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H645 [7MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1917 [27AP] (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 5574), H3723 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H2962 [19MY]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4917 [29JN]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H3309 (see H.R. 4033), H3361 [25MY]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1237), H1917 [27AP]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 657), H24 [31JA]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1743 [25AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

———support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H3788 [12JN]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H26 [31JA]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H3724 [9JN]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H4555 [26JN]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 5529), H4521 [22JN]

France: condemn naming of street in Denis, France, honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal (see H. Con. Res. 407), H3497 [7JN]

H. Gordon Payrow Post Office Building, Bethlehem, PA: designate (see H.R. 4786), H388 [16FE]

Help America Vote Act: extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (see H.R. 4666), H566 [2MR]

———require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 550), H225 [8FE]

Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H154 [1FE]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1918 [27AP]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H1980 [2MY]

Libya: condition Dept. of State recognition of government representatives on fulfillment of financial obligations to Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other cases involving victims of terrorism (see H. Res. 838), H3724 [9JN]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4795 [28JN]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H3497 [7JN]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see H.R. 5400), H2704 (see H.R. 5400), H2757 [17MY]

Medicare: make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 3795), H4220 [19JN]

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H4958 [10JY]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2585 [11MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H646 [7MR]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]

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), H3308 (see H.R. 2231), H3361 [25MY]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H4680 [27JN]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1060 [15MR]

NLRB: establish deadlines to render decisions (see H.R. 5310), H2174 [4MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H4555 [26JN]

———terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H868 [9MR]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]

Public Health Service Act: provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3226 [24MY]

Public lands: extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 888), H645 [7MR]

Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building, Beaver, PA: designate (see H.R. 4768), H387 [16FE]

Senior citizens: tribute (see H. Res. 874), H4189 [16JN]

Taxation: allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H1917 [27AP]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H274 [14FE]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 1380), H1320 [29MR]

———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H2102 [3MY]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H868 [9MR]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5590), H3907 [13JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4554 [26JN]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5126), H3424 [6JN]

Tisch, Preston R. (Bob): tribute (see H. Res. 605), H5129 [12JY]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H226 [8FE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H450 [28FE]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 515), H645 [7MR]

———improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3309 (see H.R. 5464), H3362 [25MY]

West Virginia: express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine and Aracoma Alma Mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies (see H. Con. Res. 331), H160 [7FE]

Year of Polio Awareness: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 526), H3425 [6JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 670), H160 [7FE]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see H.R. 5304), H2174 [4MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1397 [4AP]

Remarks

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 5573), H4362 [21JN]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (H.R. 5574), H4367 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2858 [18MY]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 657), H176 [8FE]

FCC: funding relative to prohibiting deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls, H4707 [28JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (S. 2803), H3458 [7JN]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, H793 [9MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H512 [2MR], H606, H607 [7MR], H2763 [18MY]

Medicare: prescription drug benefit coverage, H1665 [6AP], H1832 [26AP]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (H. Res. 744), H1411 [4AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H2858 [18MY]

Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H3472 [7JN]

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (H. Res. 670), H165, H168 [8FE]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4707 [28JN]

Telecommunications: clarify authority of municipalities to negotiate local cable franchise agreements and assess a franchise fee for rights-of-way for cable service, H3573 [8JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3573 [8JN]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 5126), H4707 [28JN]

———prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 5304), H4707 [28JN]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4051 [15JN]

Votes: position on missed, H2301 [9MY], H2368 [10MY], H2508 [11MY]

West Virginia: express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine and Aracoma Alma Mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies (H. Con. Res. 331), H183 [8FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2335 [9MY]

Tributes

Freund, Steven W., H4426 [22JN]

Melcher, Mark W., H1684 [25AP]