UDALL, TOM (a Representative from New Mexico)
Amendments
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), H2679 [17MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1453 [4AP]
Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H155 [1FE]
Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H26 [31JA]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H1917 [27AP]
Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 999), H3226 [24MY]
———establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2833 (see H.R. 5201), H2891 [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 (see H.R. 5455), H3309 (see H.R. 5455), H3362 [25MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4680 [27JN]
Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 4222), H26 [31JA]
Diseases: increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H1195 [28MR]
Education: expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H2833 (see H.R. 3628), H2890 [18MY]
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), H4134 [15JN]
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]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H2337 [9MY]
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see H.R. 5000), H1129 [16MR]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H973 [14MR]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Marshall Islands: commend contributions made to U.S. nuclear testing program, acknowledge first detonation of a hydrogen bomb, and commemorate anniversary of the beginning of U.S. nuclear testing program (see H. Res. 692), H1391 [30MR]
Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]
———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2175 [4MY]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1681 [6AP]
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), H2833 (see H.R. 2231), H2890 [18MY]
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), H449 [28FE]
———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]
National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 1249), H4328 [20JN]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H1059 [15MR]
SBA: establish Angel Investment Program (see H.R. 4565), H1197 [28MR]
Taxation: extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4727), H224 [8FE]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H4190 [16JN]
———repeal certain oil and gas subsidies and appropriate the proceeds to double certain alternative energy incentives (see H.R. 4623), H1917 [27AP]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H155 [1FE]
Veterans: 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), H4520 [22JN]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H973 [14MR]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Climate: establish a market-driven system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote advanced energy research and technology development and deployment (see H.R. 5049), H1320 [29MR]
Consumers: prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 5350), H2502 [10MY]
Jicarilla Apache Reservation: ratify land dispute settlement with Rio Arriba County, NM, authorize patent for lands acquired by the county, and modify reservation boundaries (see H.R. 4876), H565 [2MR]
Ojito Wilderness Act: technical correction (see H.R. 4841), H508 [1MR]
Small business: establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 5517), H3307 (see H.R. 5517), H3360 [25MY]
Remarks
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]
Climate: establish a market-driven system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote advanced energy research and technology development and deployment (H.R. 5049), H1399 [4AP], H2829
———global warming, H1200 [29MR]
Consumers: prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (H.R. 5350), E788
Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program section 108 loan guarantee program funding, H3873
Dept. of the Interior: assist in research and development, environmental and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana Point, CA (H.R. 3929), H1938 [2MY]
———authorize participation in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project (H.R. 3418), H1939 [2MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2829 [18MY], E949
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3873
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, H2661, H2679, H2680 [17MY]
———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), consideration (H. Res. 816), H2657 [17MY]
———require consideration of the effect of any recovery or research project on fire risk and forest regeneration, H2679, H2680 [17MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3169 [24MY]
EPA: global warming programs funding, H2829 [18MY]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1367 [30MR]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H1367 [30MR]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H4180 [16JN]
Jicarilla Apache Reservation: ratify land dispute settlement with Rio Arriba County, NM, authorize patent for lands acquired by the county, and modify reservation boundaries (H.R. 4876), E269
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory Defense Environmental Cleanup funding, H3169 [24MY]
Malcolm Melville (Mac) Lawrence Post Office, Francesville, IN: designate (S. 2064), H878 [14MR]
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (H.R. 4681), E939
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2119
National Security Agency: collection and analysis of domestic telephone records, H2558 [11MY]
Native Americans: technical corrections to certain laws (H.R. 3351), H1935 [2MY]
Ojito Wilderness Act: technical correction (H.R. 4841), H880 [14MR]
Peace Corps: anniversary, E242
Shipping industry: prohibit the entry of ocean shipping containers into the U.S. unless such containers have been scanned and sealed before loading on the vessel for shipment, H2119
Small business: establish a temporary loan program and a temporary vocational development program for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans (H.R. 5517), E977
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: anniversary, E67
———establish Presidential commission to determine validity of certain land claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens, E67
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4843), H4528 [26JN]
Votes: position on missed, E1107
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3420 [6JN]
Special order: granted, H1387 [30MR], H2581 [11MY], H4187 [16JN]