[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 15 (Monday, February 14, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H586-H587]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Cummings, 
             Ms. Watson, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Carson, 
             Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Davis of 
             Alabama, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Waters, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Lynch, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Meek 
             of Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Butterfield, 
             Mr. Clay, Mr. Costello, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 790. A bill to reauthorize the public and assisted 
     housing drug elimination program of the Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself and Mr. LaTourette):
       H.R. 791. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for patient protection by limiting 
     the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be 
     required to work in certain providers of services to which 
     payments are made under the Medicare Program; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, 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. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Evans, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Israel, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Strickland, 
             Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Johnson 
             of Illinois, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Souder, Mr. Hoekstra, 
             Mr. Camp, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. McCotter, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. 
             English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
             Petri, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Ms. Bean, Mr. Levin, 
             Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Murtha, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Kirk, 
             Mr. King of New York, Mr. McHugh, Ms. Hart, and Mr. 
             Gerlach):
       H.R. 792. A bill to authorize appropriations for State 
     programs and activities for the restoration of the Great 
     Lakes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Resources, 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. GILCHREST (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Bass, 
             Mr. Stupak, Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire, Mr. Allen, 
             Mr. Simmons, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. 
             Bordallo):
       H.R. 793. A bill to revise certain requirements for H-2B 
     employers and require submission of information regarding H-
     2B nonimmigrants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Hayworth, 
             Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Baca, and 
             Mr. Flake):
       H.R. 794. A bill to correct the south boundary of the 
     Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. KUHL of New York (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cantor, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Castle, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Foley, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Hefley, Mr. 
             Higgins, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Inslee, Mr. 
             Israel, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Kind, Mr. King of New 
             York, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. LaHood, 
             Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mrs.

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             Maloney, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Murtha, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Neugebauer, 
             Mr. Oxley, Mr. Paul, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Petri, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Portman, Ms. 
             Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Sabo, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Shays, Mr. Simmons, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Sweeney, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Mr. Tanner, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Towns, 
             Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. Whitfield):
       H.R. 795. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to work with the State of New York to ensure that a segment 
     of Interstate Route 86 in the vicinity of Corning, New York, 
     is designated as the ``Amo Houghton Bypass''; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY:
       H.R. 796. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to make grants to address homeland security 
     preparedness shortcomings of units of municipal and county 
     government; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. RENZI (for himself and Mr. Matheson):
       H.R. 797. A bill to amend the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 1996 and other Acts 
     to improve housing programs for Indians; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Hunter):
       H.J. Res. 18. A joint resolution recognizing the historic 
     commitment of the United States to the recovery of and full 
     accounting for Americans who are prisoners of war or in a 
     missing status; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H. Con. Res. 57. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that the President should grant a pardon to 
     Marcus Mosiah Garvey to clear his name and affirm his 
     innocence of crimes for which he was unjustly prosecuted and 
     convicted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, 
             Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Carson, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holden, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Lewis 
             of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Watson, Mr. Watt, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, and Ms. 
             Woolsey):
       H. Con. Res. 58. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that the United States Postal Service should 
     issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former 
     Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens' Stamp 
     Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
     that such a stamp be issued; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan (for herself, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Owens, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Towns, Mr. Capuano, Mr. McDermott, and 
             Mr. Meeks of New York):
       H. Con. Res. 59. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     contributions of African-American basketball teams and 
     players for their achievements, dedication, and contributions 
     to the sport of basketball and to the Nation; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H. Con. Res. 60. Concurrent resolution acknowledging 
     African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all 
     of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin 
     America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices 
     suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that 
     the United States and the international community work to 
     improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin 
     America and the Caribbean; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. POMBO (for himself and Mr. Rahall):
       H. Res. 87. A resolution providing amounts for the expenses 
     of the Committee on Resources in the One Hundred Ninth 
     Congress; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas:
       H. Res. 88. A resolution providing amounts for the expenses 
     of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the One Hundred 
     Ninth Congress; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. CUNNINGHAM:
       H. Res. 89. A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary 
     of the American Thoracic Society, celebrating its 
     achievements, and encouraging the society to continue its 
     guidance on lung-related health issues to the peoples of the 
     United States and of the world; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Holt, and Mr. McGovern):
       H. Res. 90. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of 
     Anti-Slavery Day; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
             Boustany, and Mr. Dingell):
       H. Res. 91. A resolution honoring the life and legacy of 
     former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.

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