[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 138 (Tuesday, December 7, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H11057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (for himself, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Saxton, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Ferguson, and 
             Mr. Garrett of New Jersey):
       H.R. 5430. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to make grants to first responders, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security (Select), and 
     in addition to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a 
     period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
     case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 5431. A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to 
     prevent oil spills and increase liability limits, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DeLAY:
       H. Con. Res. 531. Concurrent resolution providing for the 
     sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred 
     Eighth Congress; considered and agreed to.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H. Con. Res. 532. Concurrent resolution commending the Aero 
     Squad After School Program at Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum 
     in Compton, California, as well as other youth aviation 
     programs that expose young minorities to the field of civil 
     aviation; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. LINDER:
       H. Res. 870. A resolution waiving points of order against 
     the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 3845) to 
     reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and 
     intelligence-related activities of the United States 
     Government, and for other purposes; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. DeLAY:
       H. Res. 871. A resolution providing for the printing of a 
     revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of 
     Representatives for the One Hundred Ninth Congress; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. DeLAY:
       H. Res. 872. A resolution appointing a committee to inform 
     the President that the House is ready to adjourn; considered 
     and agreed to.
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H. Res. 873. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the terms of the Commissioners of the 
     United States Commission on Civil Rights are staggered, 
     beginning and ending upon the expiration date of the vacant 
     position, and that Commissioners appointed to fill unexpired 
     terms should serve only until the expiration date of the term 
     for which they were appointed to finish, but may be eligible 
     to be appointed to a new, subsequent term; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr. 
             Levin):
       H. Res. 874. A resolution supporting the establishment and 
     full funding of a staff exchange program between the House of 
     Representatives and the Parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna 
     Rada, as soon as possible; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself and Mr. George Miller of 
             California):
       H. Res. 875. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives respecting the availability of legislation 
     on the Internet; to the Committee on Rules.

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