MUSGRAVE, MARILYN N. (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), H1060 [15MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2707, H2759 [17MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3498 [7JN], H3689 [9JN]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1279 [29MR]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4556 [26JN], H4760 [28JN]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 250, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, H5080 [12JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H2706 (see H.R. 5099), H2758 [17MY]
———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H1391 [30MR]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H644 [7MR]
Armed Forces: prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1319 [29MR]
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), H646 [7MR]
ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1603), H973 [14MR]
———modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H2962 [19MY]
Budget: facilitate Presidential leadership and congressional accountability regarding reduction of spending (see H.R. 4699), H154 [1FE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (see H. Con. Res. 373), H1390 [30MR]
Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 756), H1682 [6AP]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H646 [7MR]
Computers: develop and deploy technologies to defeat Internet jamming (see H.R. 4741), H273 [14FE]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1744 [25AP]
Contracts: prohibit defense contractors from requiring licenses or fees for use of military likenesses and designations (see H.R. 4806), H3909 [13JN]
Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies (see H.R. 4776), H387 [16FE]
———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 1070), H1130 [16MR]
Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]
———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4662), H23 [31JA]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 5624), H4133 [15JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: allow border States to use a portion of certain grants to build physical barriers to deter illegal crossings (see H.R. 5484), H3643 [8JN]
———support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]
Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (see H.R. 5291), H4917 [29JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 5129), H3309 (see H.R. 5129), H3361 [25MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado (see H.R. 4907), H790 [8MR]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1453 [4AP]
Education Flexibility Partnership Act: extend the educational flexibility program (see H.R. 4919), H866 [9MR]
Endangered Species Act: improve information to consumers about the costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 4857), H3497 [7JN]
FDA: prohibit the approval of any drug that infringes the right to life (see H.R. 3553), H1320 [29MR]
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), H155 [1FE]
———amend requirement that interstate firearms sales by Federal firearms licensees be made in accordance with the State law of the purchaser (see H.R. 5551), H3496 [7JN]
———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H1563 [5AP]
Health: require the FDA to disclose benefits of foods and dietary supplements and ensure the FTC bears the burden of proof in false advertising cases involving dietary supplements (see H.R. 4282), H1921 [1MY]
Health care facilities: provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center services and drugs (see H.R. 3139), H2102 [3MY]
Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 278), H1980 [2MY]
House of Representatives: clarify that Members are not immune from having their offices searched during an ongoing criminal investigation (see H. Res. 852), H3496 [7JN]
———constitutional amendment on basing apportionment on number of persons in each State who are U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 53), H2339 [9MY]
House Rules: curtail the growth of Government programs (see H. Res. 690), H389 [16FE]
———prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills (see H. Res. 701), H509 [1MR]
———repeal rule on the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 903), H4916 [29JN]
———require that general appropriations bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each earmark (see H. Res. 662), H25 [31JA]
Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see H.R. 4740), H1453 [4AP]
Interstate commerce: limit civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a certain product is as a lawful seller of the product (see H.R. 5500), H3307 (see H.R. 5500), H3359 [25MY]
Medicare: provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4958 [10JY]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1390 [30MR]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H155 [1FE]
National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H509 [1MR]
Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H4009 [14JN]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]
Nicodemus, KS: recognize contributions to American history (see H. Res. 884), H4423 [21JN]
Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H3309 (see H.R. 4761), H3361 [25MY]
Parks, Gordon R.A.: tribute (see H. Res. 720), H1198 [28MR]
Patriot Guard Riders (organization): commend the shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals (see H. Res. 731), H1682 [6AP]
Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (see H.R. 5254), H2103 [3MY]
Power resources: permit U.S. companies to participate in exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone contiguous to U.S. exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 5353), H2584 [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), H3496 [7JN]
Public Health Service Act: reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see H.R. 5009), H1563 [5AP]
Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see H.R. 5526), H3724 [9JN]
Safety: establish a day to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons (see H. Res. 189), H4918 [29JN]
Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 2037), H2705 (see H.R. 2037), H2758 [17MY]
Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H4917 [29JN]
Supreme Court: decision on allowing military recruiting on campuses of colleges that receive Federal funding (see H. Con. Res. 354), H874 [13MR]
Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H2339 [9MY]
Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 4217), H4134 [15JN]
Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H2597 [15MY]
———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), H389 [16FE]
———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H5047 [11JY]
———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H450 [28FE]
———eliminate capital gains tax on investments in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area to reduce estate taxes for victims (see H.R. 4035), H274 [14FE]
———expand expensing for small business (see H.R. 4790), H388 [16FE]
———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), H1452 [4AP]
———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H1680 [6AP]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H1742 [25AP]
Telecommunications: promote and enhance public safety and encourage rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services for emergency response networks (see H.R. 2418), H1681 [6AP]
U.N. Disarmament Commission: condemn election of Iranian Ambassador to position of Vice-chair (see H. Res. 786), H4134 [15JN]
Veterans: improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3225 [24MY]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H4520 [22JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Army: acquire land for the purpose of expanding Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (see H.R. 5379), H2585 [11MY]
Colorado: address forest and watershed emergency exacerbated by the bark beetle infestation, reduce risk of wildfire and flooding, reinvigorate forest products industry, and encourage use of biomass fuels for energy (see H.R. 5305), H2174 [4MY]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]
Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 5283), H2101 [3MY]
National Year of the Bible: establish (see H. Con. Res. 431), H4423 [21JN]
Power resources: 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. 369), H1320 [29MR]
———suspend Federal highway fuels tax and authorize the leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 5462), H3137 [23MY]
Taxation: repeal increase in the age of minor children whose unearned income is taxed as if parent's income (see H.R. 5463), H3137 [23MY]
Remarks
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3243 [25MY]
Army: acquire land for the purpose of expanding Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, H2530 [11MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2530 [11MY]
Doyle, Scott: National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials, and Clerks Public Official of the Year award recipient, E13
Education: ensure all home schooled children are eligible for the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program, H1279 [29MR]
Firearms: trigger lock law enforcement funding, H4760, H4762 [28JN]
Foreign aid: limit assistance to countries that prohibit the importation of U.S. beef, H3689, H3690 [9JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3689, H3690 [9JN]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1279 [29MR]
Hottman, Bruce: SBA Colorado Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E581
Las Animas, CO: tribute to John W. Rawlings Museum, E18
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), H3243 [25MY]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4760, H4762 [28JN]
Sherman, James R.: NIST Eugene Casson Crittenden Award recipient, E345
Smith, Robert (Sonny): Babe Ruth Hall of Fame inductee, E10
Tran, Mai: SBA Colorado Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E581
Votes: position on missed, E474
Wyeno, Harry and Darla: Crowley County, CO, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award recipients, E78
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1560 [5AP]
Tributes
Anderson, Fred, E240
Beatty, Jim, E184
Boettcher, Richard A., E534
Cornellisson, Henry J., E1092
Dusenbury, Ruth Cole, E177
Fox, Sally, E180
Gaynor, William, E1094
Hinkhouse, Kade, E394
Holtorf, John, Jr., E346
Kogovsek, Frank, E1192
Nix, Roy H., E345
Orr, Clair, E38
Owen, Dave, E1287
Parmer, Ben F., E1091
Reyman, Durward L. (Swede), E138
Ring, Melbourne D., E1354
Sperber, Leilani, E1096
Temple, Nancy, H1539 [5AP]
VanBerg, B.S. (Bud), E396