UDALL, TOM (a Representative from New Mexico)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2150 [9AP]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 2303), H1341 [5MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H2487 [17AP]

ATF: authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see H.R. 5869), H4878 [3JN]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H1155 [27FE]

Continental Congress: anniversary of meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6728 [17JY]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 3010), H1341 [5MR]

Dept. of Defense: take steps to appoint doctors of chiropractic as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 294), H1974 [2AP]

Dept. of Energy: suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve for one year or until price of oil drops below a certain level in order to increase supply and reduce costs (see H.R. 5473), H3777 [13MY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H3776 [13MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal offset from surviving spouse annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation and annuity authority for certain dependents (see H.R. 1589), H2224 [10AP]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1927), H2012 [3AP]

Disabled: increase the level of earnings under which no individual who is blind is determined to have demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability (see H.R. 3834), H6407 [10JY]

Education: recognize achievements of high school valedictorians, promote importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and reward academic excellence of all high school students (see H. Res. 1229), H4831 [22MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1142), H2266 [14AP]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 5541), H1889 [1AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 861), H10828 [3OC]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 882), H8578 [22SE]

Health care facilities: assist trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology to prevent further closures and downgrades (see H.R. 5942), H10642 [29SE]

Hostelling International USA (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 249), H457 [23JA]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2356 [15AP]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2071 [8AP]

Medicare: coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services under part B (see H.R. 5780), H2224 [10AP]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 4206), H622 [6FE]

———improve payments for academic anesthesiology programs for resident physicians and for academic programs for student registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 1932), H2487 [17AP]

———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services (see H.R. 3865), H3186 [7MY]

———provide a certain limit for the practice expense and the work expense geographic practice cost indices (GPCI) (see H.R. 2827), H995 [14FE]

———provide a temporary moratorium on enforcement of the cap amount on payments for hospice care (see H.R. 5542), H1416 [6MR]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 1665), H456 [23JA]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 1086), H2948 [30AP]

Native Americans: improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see H.R. 6583), H7057 [23JY]

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H1222 [4MR]

Postal Service: provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 4236), H558 [29JA]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H3404 [8MY]

Tariff: isotopic separation machinery and apparatus, and parts thereof (see H.R. 5653), H1771 [14MR]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H1539 [11MR]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling into the U.S. (see H.R. 5689), H2010 [3AP]

University of Kansas: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 1096), H2356 [15AP]

Veterans: provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 3329), H622 [6FE]

Wilderness areas: designate as wilderness additional National Forest System, BLM, and National Parks Service lands in West Virginia, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 5610), H1700 [13MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: assess irrigation infrastructure of the Rio Grande Pueblos in New Mexico and provide grants and enter into agreements to repair or reconstruct such infrastructure (see H.R. 6024), H3408 [12MY]

———develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, and Taos tribes (see H.R. 6768), H7787 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 5518), H1183 [28FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (see H.R. 5710), H2011 [3AP]

Diseases: promote research, awareness, and education about cerebral cavernous malformations (see H. Res. 1193), H3777 [13MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: grant Special Exposure Cohort designation to a specific group of individuals from a Dept. of Energy facility in Los Alamos, NM (see H.R. 6019), H3403 [8MY]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery programs (see H.R. 7169), H10131 [26SE]

Westphall, Victor and Jeanne: tribute (see H. Res. 1220), H4831 [22MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to POW at Bataan (see H.R. 5315), H812 [7FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), Senate amendment, H4042 [15MY]

China, People's Republic of: end crackdown in Tibet and enter dialogue with the Dalai Lama to negotiate solution respecting distinctive Tibetan language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedoms (H. Res. 1077), H2057 [8AP]

Courts: allow telecommunications companies dealing with civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance to use classified information in defense of claims against them, H1757 [14MR]

———grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, H1757 [14MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (H.R. 5518), E272 [28FE]

Diseases: promote research, awareness, and education about cerebral cavernous malformations (H. Res. 1193), E897 [13MY]

Economy: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), H10925 [10DE]

———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10792 [3OC]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), E122 [6FE]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery programs (H.R. 7169), E2065 [27SE]

Flynn, Kathryn: New Mexico Heritage Preservation Award recipient, E721 [24AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), Senate amendment, H1757 [14MR]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 322), E691 [23AP]

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. 3522), E779 [30AP]

Jones, Stephanie Tubbs: tribute (H. Res. 1415), E1731 [9SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: anniversary of assassination (H. Res. 1061), E536 [8AP]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10792 [3OC]

Protect America Act: extend (H.R. 5349), H905 [13FE]

Sabinoso Wilderness Area: establish (H.R. 2632), H5053 [9JN]

Unemployment: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program (H.R. 6867), E2229 [3OC]

Westphall, Victor and Jeanne: tribute (H. Res. 1220), E1058 [23MY]

World War II: anniversary of Bataan Death March, E553 [9AP]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to POW at Bataan (H.R. 5315), E138 [7FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H4825 [22MY], H9299, H9300 [24SE]

Tributes

Beatty, Toni, E225 [25FE]

Bolton, Marian, E694 [23AP]

Hagerty, Joey, E1758 [10SE]

King, Alice Martin, E2383 [10DE]

Lhalungpa, Lobsang, E970 [20MY]

Robinson, Charles, E86 [28JA]

Thompson, Frank, E1167 [9JN]

Torres, Jose F. (Frank), E289 [4MR]