SALAZAR, JOHN T. (a Representative from Colorado)

Appointments

Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select), H881 [3FE]

Conferee: H.R. 3183, energy and water development appropriations, H9970 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA): anniversary (see H. Res. 472), H6013 [21MY]

American Dental Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 204), H2925 [3MR]

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 679), H9283 [31JY]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (see H. Res. 613), H11111 [7OC]

Armed Forces: commend soldiers and civilian personnel stationed at Fort Gordon, GA (see H. Con. Res. 206), H12044 [28OC]

———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1283), H11581 [21OC]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H13354 [19NO]

Army: expand the First Sergeants Barracks Initiative in order to improve the quality of life and living environments for single soldiers (see H.R. 1223), H2873 [26FE]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2116), H4839 [27AP]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H7085 [19JN]

Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (see H.R. 2409), H5664 [14MY]

Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability: establish (see H.R. 768), H923 [3FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H9057 [29JY]

Contracts: authorize use of Federal supply schedules for the acquisition of environmentally preferable ``green'' commodities and services and other related items by State and local governments (see H.R. 1766), H11581 [21OC]

de Veuster, Damien: canonization (see H. Res. 786), H10408 [30SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (see H.R. 2476), H7838 [8JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize a grant to a qualified youth-serving organization for recruiting and preparing students for careers and volunteer opportunities as health care professionals (see H.R. 2946), H9962 [24SE]

———authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 4123), H13352 [19NO]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 444), H8302 [16JY]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 2531), H12588 [6NO]

Dept. of HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 3734), H13267 [18NO]

Dept. of Justice: improve defendants' payment of restitution to crime victims and unpaid judgements owed to the U.S. and provide for equitable retirement treatment of assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 4091), H14744 [10DE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (see H.R. 2523), H8303 [16JY]

———establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center (see H.R. 3417), H9205 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H8009 [10JY]

———increase educational assistance for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered through distance learning (see H.R. 950), H8009 [10JY]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 775), H4524 [2AP]

Diseases: conduct a joint Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs study on the incidence of breast cancer among Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 3926), H12365 [4NO]

———continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month (see H. Res. 69), H7706 [26JN]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 2987), H7838 [8JY]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4130 [30MR]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9207 [30JY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H11167 [8OC]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see H.R. 1828), H4250 [31MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 3564), H15503 [16DE]

Federal agencies and departments: require review of Government programs for purposes of assessing their performance and improving their operations, and establish the Performance Improvement Council (see H.R. 2142), H14743 [10DE]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3339), H14982 [15DE]

Filipino American History Month: observance (see H. Res. 780), H11740 [23OC]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see H. Res. 357), H4733 [23AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 197), H5667 [14MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1074), H5712 [18MY]

Food: ensure safety (see H.R. 1332), H3053 [5MR]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 252), H4841 [27AP]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H8185 [15JY]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]

Georgia: express condolences to families of victims of storms and floods, honor emergency responders, and support FEMA efforts to respond to needs of those affected by floods (see H. Res. 765), H9899 [23SE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9491 [14SE]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see H.R. 1296), H2978 [4MR]

———establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 1661), H6266 [4JN]

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. 936), H3056 [5MR]

———recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see H. Con. Res. 144), H7742 [7JY]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H5483 [12MY]

Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2001), H10457 [1OC]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H7146 [23JN]

Home Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 543), H6973 [17JN]

Immigration: provide for naturalization of certain high school graduates (see H.R. 2681), H8356 [17JY]

———reform (see H.R. 4321), H14981 [15DE]

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 1215), H11713 [22OC]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 2708), H6263 [4JN]

Inter-American Foundation: anniversary (see H. Res. 858), H11712 [22OC]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H7741 [7JY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

Medicare: exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H4840 [27AP]

———extend reasonable cost contracts (see H.R. 2501), H6015 [21MY]

———provide temporary improvements to inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and use the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program (see H.R. 362), H1248 [11FE]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 437), H5666 [14MY]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 699), H601 [27JA]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H8960 [28JY]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 613), H11111 [7OC]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1249 [11FE] (see H. Res. 178), H1607 [13FE]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H5667 [14MY]

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H. Res. 95), H602 [27JA]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 114), H922 [3FE]

National Guard: anniversary (see H. Res. 940), H13386 [1DE]

National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities: designate (see H.R. 2778), H7706 [26JN]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 192), H5401 [7MY]

National Trails Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 475), H6013 [21MY]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 893), H12456 [5NO]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13002 [16NO]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4064 [26MR]

Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI): recognize as the leading cause of death and disability of children and young adults and endorse the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H. Con. Res. 198), H11298 [13OC]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H3748 [23MR]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H3835 [24MR]

Power resources: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 3731), H11384 [14OC]

———promote use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel (see H.R. 1190), H4583 [21AP]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H5791 [19MY]

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 942), H13466 [2DE]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 1799), H7250 [24JN]

Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H5793 [19MY]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 186), H9731 [17SE]

Social Security: ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 1276), H2924 [3MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H2875 [26FE]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H6016 [21MY]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 55), H2926 [3MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1646), H3704 [19MR]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H9282 [31JY]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H6076 [2JN]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H875 [2FE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H11713 [22OC]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H4250 [31MR]

———provide a nonrefundable credit against income tax for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 2202), H5060 [30AP]

———provide a renewable electricity integration credit for a utility that purchases or produces renewable power (see H.R. 4149), H13521 [3DE]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H9279 [31JY]

———provide more help to Alzheimer's disease caregivers (see H.R. 1192), H2834 [25FE]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H3706 [19MR]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12288 [3NO]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2799), H7086 [19JN]

U.S. Military Academy: Forbes (publication) America's Best College honoree (see H. Res. 747), H11384 [14OC]

University of Southern California: tribute to men's tennis team (see H. Res. 514), H6265 [4JN]

Veterans: improve services for rural veterans (see H.R. 4028), H12456 [5NO]

W.D. Farr Post Office Building, Greeley, CO: designate (see H.R. 4238), H13628 (see H.R. 4238), H14371 [8DE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H2836 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H493 [23JA]

Baca National Wildlife Refuge: explain purpose and provide for administration (see H.R. 169), H34 [6JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (see H.R. 2288), H5307 [6MY]

Colorado: authorize construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit (see H.R. 172), H34 [6JA]

———provide environmental assistance to communities for water supply and treatment projects (see H.R. 1000), H1247 [11FE]

Dept. of Defense: establish searchable database of names and citations of members of the Armed Forces and civilians awarded the Medal of Honor or other medals authorized for the military (see H.R. 666), H493 [23JA]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see H.R. 3648), H9961 [24SE]

Dept. of the Interior: assess irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project in Colorado (see H.R. 3061), H7445 [25JN]

———designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, CO, as wilderness (see H.R. 3914), H11712 [22OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (see H.R. 174), H34 [6JA]

Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area: establish (see H.R. 170), H34 [6JA]

Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 170), H34 [6JA]

FAA: increase safety for crew and passengers on an aircraft providing emergency medical services (see H.R. 1201), H2835 [25FE]

FEMA: establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 1770), H4063 [26MR]

Forest Service: reduce risk of catastrophic wildfire through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation treatment of national forests and adjacent lands (see H.R. 4398), H15501 [16DE]

Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 171), H34 [6JA]

Taxation: exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see H.R. 173), H34 [6JA]

Television: provide certain rural counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice (see H.R. 1860), H4396 [1AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2837 [26FE], H5099 [5MY], H5489 [13MY], H8411 [21JY]

Letters

Nomination of Sonia M. Sotomayor to be Supreme Court Justice: by, S8910 [6AU]

Remarks

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), Senate amendments, H3976 [25MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers beyond county lines, H8138 [15JY]

———maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs (H.R. 2288), E1074 [6MY]

Colorado: wetlands and water projects, H3976 [25MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (H.R. 174), H12169 [2NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), H7971 [10JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, H3976 [25MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8138 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, H10429 [1OC]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 915), H5922, H5927 [21MY]

———increase safety for crew and passengers on an aircraft providing emergency medical services, H5922 [21MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12846 [7NO]

Memorial Day: urge all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit national cemeteries, memorials, and markers (H. Res. 360), H5728 [19MY]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), consideration (H. Res. 846), H11590 [22OC]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary of first graduating class (H. Con. Res. 139), H12329 [4NO]

Veterans: prohibit discrimination and acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the uniformed services (H.R. 466), E1207 [19MY]

Votes: position on missed, H4415 [2AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H8584 [22JY], H8705 [23JY], H8807 [24JY]

Tributes

Clifton, Ray, H10524 [7OC]

Fetcher, John R., H1083 [10FE]

Gamble, John, E1597 [26JN]

Kroeger, Fred V., E877 [2AP]

MacRavey, Richard D., H8875 [28JY], E2002 [24JY]

Parnell, Charlie, E1600 [26JN]

Pena, Eduardo, E2835 [19NO]

Pine, William D., E792 [26MR]

Twarkins, Martha, E2986 [14DE]