[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 101 (Friday, July 22, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H6380-H6381]
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. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
             Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Schiff, Mr. Weiner, and Mr. Coble):
       H.R. 3402. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     Department of Justice for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ISTOOK (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas):
       H.R. 3403. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to provide for inflation adjustments to the mandatory 
     jurisdiction thresholds of the National Labor Relations 
     Board; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3404. A bill to authorize the grant program for 
     elimination of the nationwide backlog in analyses of DNA 
     samples at the level necessary to completely eliminate the 
     backlog and obtain a DNA sample from every person convicted 
     of a qualifying offense; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BONILLA (for himself, Ms. Herseth, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Ms. Waters, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Otter, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Boyd, Mr. 
             Calvert, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             Thornberry, Mr. Neugebauer, and Mr. McKeon):
       H.R. 3405. A bill to prohibit the provision of Federal 
     economic development assistance for any State or locality 
     that uses the power of eminent domain power to obtain 
     property for private commercial development or that fails to 
     pay relocation costs to persons displaced by use of the power 
     of eminent domain for economic development purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, 
     Resources, and Education and the Workforce, 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 Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Solis, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Mr. Conyers):
       H.R. 3406. A bill to protect United States workers from 
     competition of foreign workforces for performance of Federal 
     and State contracts; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Ms. Carson, Ms. Schwartz of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, Mr. McHugh, and Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 3407. A bill to provide grants to States and local 
     governments to assess the effectiveness of sexual predator 
     electronic monitoring programs; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself and Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota):
       H.R. 3408. A bill to reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory 
     Reporting Act of 1999 and to amend the swine reporting 
     provisions of that Act; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, 
             Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Flake, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, and Mr. 
             Garrett of New Jersey):
       H.R. 3409. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the withholding of income and social security 
     taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Pence, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, Mr. Souder, and Mr. Buyer):
       H.R. 3410. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a religious exemption from providing 
     identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain credits 
     and deductions on a tax return; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Abercrombie, and Ms. 
             Woolsey):
       H.R. 3411. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a program of research regarding the risks posed by 
     the presence of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives 
     in feminine hygiene products, and to establish a program for 
     the collection and analysis of data on toxic shock syndrome; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself, Mr. Strickland, Mr. 
             Butterfield, and Mr. Cantor):
       H.R. 3412. A bill to authorize and request the President to 
     issue a posthumous commission in the regular Army to Milton 
     Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, 
     United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of 
     Honor for gallantry during the Civil War; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.

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           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Nadler):
       H. Con. Res. 216. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that, as Congress observes the 40th 
     anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and encourages 
     all Americans to do the same, it will advance the legacy of 
     the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by ensuring the continued 
     effectiveness of the Act to protect the voting rights of all 
     Americans; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SOUDER (for himself, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Flake, and 
             Mr. Terry):
       H. Con. Res. 217. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the President should seek to enter 
     into a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. UPTON (for himself and Mr. Markey):
       H. Res. 376. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Federal Trade Commission should 
     investigate the publication of the video game ``Grand Theft 
     Auto: San Andreas`` to determine if the publisher 
     intentionally deceived the Entertainment Software Ratings 
     Board to avoid an ``Adults-Only'' rating; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania:
       H. Res. 377. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China should adhere to internationally recognized 
     health standards by prohibiting the use of antiviral 
     medication to protect their livestock, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.

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