SALAZAR, JOHN T. (a Representative from Colorado)

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H974 [14MR], H1021 [15MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2808 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: implement a mandatory program for country of origin labeling for meat and produce (see H.R. 4365), H26 [31JA]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H1681 [6AP]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H565 [2MR]

Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H1854 [26AP]

Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1681 [6AP]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H2962 [19MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H3309 (see H.J. Res. 58), H3362 [25MY]

Business and industry: provide a temporary minimum standard mileage rate for computing the deductible costs of operating a vehicle for business purposes (see H.R. 5583), H5128 [12JY]

Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 881), H4424 [21JN]

Carpenter, Chris: tribute (see H. Res. 627), H1391 [30MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2339 [9MY]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H3016 [22MY]

Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H3643 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H225 [8FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H4220 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2641 [16MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize a major medical facility project in Denver, CO (see H.R. 5101), H1681 [6AP]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado (see H.R. 4907), H790 [8MR]

———provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans and family members with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 5007), H1197 [28MR]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H2641 [16MY]

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), H332 [15FE]

Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H2102 [3MY]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2503 [10MY]

———provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by placing manufactured homes in flood plains (see H.R. 4874), H1131 [16MR]

Firearms: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H2597 [15MY]

Flores, Patrick: tribute (see H. Res. 79), H3724 [9JN]

Forests: reduce increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects (see H.R. 4875), H565 [2MR]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]

———require committees to hold hearings upon issuance of certain reports from an Inspector General or Comptroller General (see H. Res. 841), H3909 [13JN]

———require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 688), H1854 [26AP]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H4521 [22JN]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H450 [28FE]

———extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H1853 [26AP]

Interstate Highway System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H1389 [30MR]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H.R. 5675), H4918 [29JN]

———respond to prohibition on the importation of U.S. beef by prohibiting importation of Japanese beef into the U.S. (see H.R. 5696), H4794 [28JN]

John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building, Harrison, AR: designate (see H.R. 4811), H449 [28FE]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2641 [16MY]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 752), H2102 [3MY]

———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]

———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H224 [8FE]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H26 [31JA]

———remove exclusion of benzodiazepines from required coverage under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 3151), H1853 [26AP]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1453 [4AP]

National American Indian Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 933), H2585 [11MY]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see H. Res. 776), H3309 (see H. Res. 776), H3362 [25MY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H155 [1FE]

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), H2706 (see H.R. 2231), H2758 [17MY]

National security: support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]

NOAA: establish a National Integrated Drought Information System (see H.R. 5136), H3424 [6JN]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H3643 [8JN]

Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H3308 (see H.R. 5520), H3360 [25MY]

Olympic games: tribute to citizens of Italy, the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Team, and athletes from around the world (see H. Res. 697), H1453 [4AP]

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

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H2585 [11MY]

———support the ``25 x 25 Initiative'' which envisions that farm, forestry, and ranch lands will provide at least 25 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. by the year 2025 (see H. Con. Res. 424), H4918 [29JN]

Pujols, Albert: tribute (see H. Res. 626), H1391 [30MR]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1196 [28MR]

Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4681 [27JN]

Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H867 [9MR]

Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 723), H4958 [10JY]

———impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H4917 [29JN]

Taxation: 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), H1742 [25AP]

———extend the excise tax credits for certain liquid fuel derived from coal (see H.R. 5453), H4958 [10JY]

———make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel (see H.R. 5650), H4327 [20JN]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H646 [7MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1980 [2MY]

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), H2174 [4MY]

Veterans: encourage States to establish programs to award high school diplomas to veterans who left school to serve in the Armed Forces during a time of war (see H. Res. 661), H25 [31JA]

———health care funding (see H.R. 515), H389 [16FE]

———improve health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 5524), H3423 [6JN]

———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. 4843), H4424 [21JN]

———reduce incidence of suicide (see H.R. 5771), H5127 [12JY]

Water pollution: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H4134 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: exclude from the definition of renewable fuel any fuel that is imported or derived from any matter that is imported (see H.R. 5398), H2641 [16MY]

Colorado: establish a pilot project for remediation of abandoned and inactive hardrock mines in the Upper Animas River basin (see H.R. 5071), H1389 [30MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3137 [23MY] (see H.R. 5588), H3787 [12JN]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2549 [11MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1021 [15MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3242 [25MY]

BLM: payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H2808 [18MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H2646 [17MY]

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 (H.R. 2720), H1937 [2MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), motion to recommit, H2549 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2808 [18MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (H.R. 5455), H3501 [8JN]

———provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (H.R. 5588), H3803 [13JN]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation, H2549 [11MY]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (H.R. 4200), H2660 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3166 [24MY]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation programs (S. 1578), H653 [8MR]

Forests: reduce increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects (H.R. 4875), E272 [2MR]

Higel family: Environmental Law Institute National Wetlands Landowner Stewardship Award recipient, E789 [10MY]

La Jara, CO: tribute to Centauri High School girls' basketball team, E752 [8MY], E821 [12MY]

Mesa Verde National Park: anniversary, E116 [8FE]

Mining and mineral resources: development of oil shale reserves, H4816 [29JN]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (H. Res. 556), H1498 [5AP]

Olympic games: tribute to Colorado participants, E220 [28FE]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4816 [29JN]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), consideration (H. Res. 835), H3242 [25MY]

———increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (H.R. 5372), E856 [17MY]

Pueblo Government Agencies Federal Credit Union: anniversary, E1017 [6JN]

Rawlings, Robert: Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee, E33 [31JA]

Smith, David H.: Colorado Water Congress Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader of the Year Award recipient, E104 [8FE]

Veterans: health care funding, H1021 [15MR]

———increase maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs (S. 1235), H2979, H2981 [22MY]

Votes: position on missed, H2943 [19MY], E401 [16MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H787 [8MR]

Tributes

Ferguson, Bill, E154 [14FE]

Higuera, David W., E446 [29MR]

Hinga, Jim, E399 [16MR]

Stevenson, Steven, E117 [8FE]

Weaver, Dennis, E217 [28FE]