[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 76 (Thursday, June 9, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H4354-H4356]
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. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Holt, 
             Mr. Israel, Mr. Honda, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Langevin, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, and Mr. Smith of 
             Washington):
       H.R. 2828. A bill to ensure that the United States leads 
     the world in developing and manufacturing next generation 
     energy technologies, to grow the economy of the United 
     States, to create new highly trained, highly skilled American 
     jobs, to eliminate American overdependence on foreign oil, 
     and to address the threat of global warming; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Science, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation 
     and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Government 
     Reform, and Agriculture, 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. SOUDER (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 2829. A bill to reauthorize the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy Act; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
     Energy and Commerce, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kline, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Tiberi, 
             and Mr. Boustany):
       H.R. 2830. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     reform the pension funding rules, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. BOEHNER:
       H.R. 2831. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in benefit accrual 
     standards; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     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 Mrs. KELLY:
       H.R. 2832. A bill to establish certain conditions on the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs implementing any recommendation 
     of the CARES Commission that would have the effect of 
     eliminating or severely reducing any medical service provided 
     to veterans throughout the United States at Department of 
     Veterans Affairs medical facilities; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2833. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on NaMBT; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KANJORSKI (for himself, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Bishop of New York, and Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 2834. A bill to assure quality and best value with 
     respect to Federal construction projects by prohibiting the 
     practice known as bid shopping; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Andrews, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Hinojosa, Mrs. 
             McCarthy, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. McCollum of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
             Bishop of New York, Mr. Barrow, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Capuano, Mrs. Jones 
             of Ohio, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Lee, Ms. Watson, Mr. Wexler, 
             Mr. Higgins, Mr. Israel, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
             Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Berman, Mr. Cleaver, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Baca, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Ford, 
             Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. Frank 
             of Massachusetts):
       H.R. 2835. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve recruitment, 
     preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary 
     and secondary school teachers and principals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     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. BROWN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2836. A bill to extend the duty suspension on Allyl 
     isosulfocynate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BROWN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2837. A bill to extend the duty suspension on sodium 
     methylate powder; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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           By Mr. BROWN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2838. A bill to extend the duty suspension on 
     Trimethyl cyclo hexanol; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BROWN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2839. A bill to extend the duty suspension on 2,2-
     Dimethyl-3-(3-methylphenyl)proponal; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cannon, and 
             Mr. Delahunt):
       H.R. 2840. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     require that agencies, in promulgating rules, take into 
     consideration the impact of such rules on the privacy of 
     individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. FERGUSON (for himself, Mr. Strickland, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Mr. Issa):
       H.R. 2841. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage, as supplies associated 
     with the injection of insulin, of home needle destruction 
     devices and the disposal of needles and lancets through a 
     sharps-by-mail or similar program under part D of 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. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Herger, Mr. Garrett of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
             Conaway, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Pence, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. 
             Shadegg, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Feeney, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. 
             Akin, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, and Mr. Ryun of Kansas):
       H.R. 2842. A bill to require the Congressional Budget 
     Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to use dynamic 
     economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in 
     the preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in 
     Federal revenue law; to the Committee on the Budget, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 2843. A bill to prohibit the use of remote control 
     locomotives to carry hazardous materials, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Latham, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. McNulty, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. Al 
             Green of Texas):
       H.R. 2844. A bill to amend the National Nutrition 
     Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 to foster greater 
     understanding of human dietary eating patterns and food 
     intake, physical activity level, food security, dietary 
     exposure, and nutritional status; to provide timely 
     information to public program managers and private sector 
     decision makers to improve nutritional intake, physical 
     activity, health, productivity and other measures of quality 
     of life of Americans, based on scientifically established 
     norms and the knowledge and experience developed under the 
     National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 
     1990 over the past decade; to reauthorize nutrition 
     monitoring programs; and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 2845. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain plain woven fabrics; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. LoBIONDO (for himself and Mr. McIntyre):
       H.R. 2846. A bill to ensure the continuation and 
     improvement of coastal restoration; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2847. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 1,3-
     Benzenedicarboxamide, N, N'-Bis (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-
     piperidinyl)-; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2848. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 
     reaction products of phosphorus trichloride with 1,1'-
     biphenyl and 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2849. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 
     preparations based on ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-
     (4-isodecylphenyl)-; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2850. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 1-
     Acetyl-4-(3-dodecyl-2,5-dioxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)-2,2,6,6-
     tetramethylpiperidine; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2851. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 3-
     Dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-2,5-pyrrolid 
     nedione; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2852. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 
     Tetraacetylethylenediamine; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2853. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 
     sodium petroleum sulfonate; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2854. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 
     esters and sodium esters of parahydroxybenzoic acid; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2855. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 
     Oxalic Anilide; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 2856. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain inflatable balls; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ORTIZ:
       H.R. 2857. A bill to require the immediate release, in 
     unclassified form, of all documentation and other information 
     used by the Secretary of Defense to prepare the 
     recommendations submitted to Congress on May 13, 2005, 
     regarding the closure and realignment of military 
     installations in the United States; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. PETRI:
       H.R. 2858. A bill to establish and strengthen postsecondary 
     programs and courses in the subjects of traditional American 
     history, free institutions, and Western civilization, 
     available to students preparing to teach these subjects, and 
     to other students; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. RYUN of Kansas (for himself and Mr. Wynn):
       H.R. 2859. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to provide improved interest rate relief for 
     servicemembers during periods of military service; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington (for himself and Mr. 
             Inslee):
       H.R. 2860. A bill to encourage Members of Congress and the 
     executive branch to be honest with the public about true on-
     budget circumstances, to exclude the Social Security trust 
     funds and the Medicare hospital insurance trust fund from the 
     annual Federal budget baseline, to prohibit Social Security 
     and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds surpluses to be 
     used as offsets for tax cuts or spending increases, and to 
     exclude the Social Security trust funds and the Medicare 
     hospital insurance trust fund from official budget surplus/
     deficit pronouncements; to the Committee on the Budget, 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. UPTON (for himself and Ms. Eshoo):
       H.R. 2861. A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and 
     the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to 
     pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by 
     prematurity; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.J. Res. 53. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to provide that 
     Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States 
     according to their respective numbers, counting the number of 
     persons in each State who are citizens of the United States; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Boucher, and Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz):
       H. Con. Res. 176. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that, as Congress and all Americans 
     learned the identity of ``Deep Throat'' as W. Mark Felt this 
     week, it commends and honors W. Mark Felt for his uncommon 
     courage and bravery in exposing major Government corruption 
     and encourages other FBI employees aware of wrongdoing to 
     follow the lead of this model whistleblower; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Shays, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Mr. Simmons, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Biggert, Mrs. Capps, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Filner, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. 
             Watson, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Al Green 
             of Texas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Owens, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Harman, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Carson, Mrs. 
             McCarthy, Ms. Solis, Mr. George Miller of California, 
             Mr. Stark, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Farr, 
             Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Inslee, 
             and Mr. Sanders):
       H. Res. 311. A resolution recognizing the importance of the 
     decision of the Supreme Court, Griswold v. Connecticut, which 
     40 years ago held that married couples have a constitutional 
     right to use contraceptives, thereby recognizing the legal 
     right of women to control their fertility through birth 
     control and providing for vast improvements in maternal and 
     infant health and for significant reductions in the rate of 
     unintended pregnancy, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Oxley, Mr. Frank of

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             Massachusetts, Mr. Ney, Ms. Waters, and Ms. Harris):
       H. Res. 312. A resolution recognizing National 
     Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership in 
     the United States; to the Committee on Financial Services.

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