[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 26, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H6649-H6650]
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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 Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Ms. Lee, and Mrs. McCarthy):
       H.R. 3426. A bill to clarify the applicability of State law 
     to national banks and Federal savings associations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mrs. 
             Kelly):
       H.R. 3427. A bill to provide for the expansion of Federal 
     efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and 
     research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne 
     diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne 
     Diseases Advisory Committee; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. HART (for herself and Mr. Ross):
       H.R. 3428. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the 
     deduction for medical care; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. MANZULLO (for himself and Mr. Ramstad):
       H.R. 3429. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 to establish a participating debenture program; 
     to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for himself and Ms. 
             Bordallo):
       H.R. 3430. A bill to ensure by law the ability of the 
     military service academies to include the offering of a 
     voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their 
     activities; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Akin, Mr. Platts, Mr. Wolf, 
             Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, and Mr. 
             Cantor):
       H.R. 3431. A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
     to limit casino expansion; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3432. A bill to create a system of background checks 
     for certain workers who enter people's homes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3433. A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to 
     establish a parent-child privilege; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3434. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a presumption of service-connection for certain 
     veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 3435. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account 
     in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to 
     hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension 
     of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment 
     of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in 
     investment vehicles other than obligations of the United 
     States, and to establish a Social Security Investment 
     Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of 
     investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 3436. A bill to withhold funding from the United 
     Nations if the United Nations abridges the rights provided by 
     the Second Amendment to the Constitution, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 3437. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act with respect to reform of Federal survey 
     and certification process of nursing facilities under the 
     Medicare and Medicaid Programs; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 3438. A bill to provide that the Secretary of 
     Education may give preference, in the distribution of certain 
     grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
     to local educational agencies and certain public or private 
     nonprofit organizations that provide training to regular 
     education personnel to meet the needs of children with 
     disabilities; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.

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           By Mr. ETHERIDGE (for himself, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Watt, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Hayes, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             McHenry, Mrs. Myrick, and Mr. Taylor of North 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 3439. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 201 North 3rd Street in 
     Smithfield, North Carolina, as the ``Ava Gardner Post 
     Office''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. FORTUNO:
       H.R. 3440. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 Avenida RL Rodriguez in 
     Bayamon, Puerto Rico, as the ``Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post 
     Office Building``; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey):
       H.R. 3441. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to apply the child tax credit with respect to a taxable 
     year to a child born within 9 months after the close of the 
     taxable year and to a child who is stillborn or dies in utero 
     during the taxable year; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mr. Farr, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Owens, Mr. Sabo, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Gallegly, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Honda, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mr. Evans, Ms. Norton, Mr. Costello, Mrs. Maloney, 
             Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. 
             Rothman):
       H.R. 3442. A bill to end the use of conventional steel-
     jawed leghold traps on animals in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, International Relations, and 
     the Judiciary, 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. MUSGRAVE (for herself and Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado):
       H.R. 3443. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain water distribution facilities to the 
     Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 3444. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide credits against income tax for qualified stem 
     cell research, the storage of qualified stem cells, and the 
     donation of umbilical cord blood; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. PORTER:
       H.R. 3445. A bill to direct the Attorney General of the 
     United States, upon request of the chief executive officer of 
     a State, to provide officers of local educational agencies 
     and the State educational agency in that State with certain 
     access to the national crime information databases, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RAHALL (for himself and Mrs. Christensen):
       H.R. 3446. A bill to amend the National Historic 
     Preservation Act to provide appropriation authorization and 
     improve the operations of the Advisory Council on Historic 
     Preservation; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       H.R. 3447. A bill to provide a means of resolving claims 
     regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way under 
     former section 2477 of the Revised Statutes, for the benefit 
     of private landowners, State and local governments, and the 
     public; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       H.R. 3448. A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of 
     the Department of Commerce to acquire a professional services 
     building and property adjacent to the Department of 
     Commerce's Boulder research campus; to the Committee on 
     Science.
           By Mr. CASE (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Burton 
             of Indiana, Mr. Filner, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Smith of Washington, 
             Ms. Harman, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Dicks, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Farr, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Becerra, 
             Mr. Berman, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Ms. Watson, Mr. Issa, and Mr. Faleomavaega):
       H. Con. Res. 218. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     centennial of sustained immigration from the Philippines to 
     the United States and acknowledging the contributions of our 
     Filipino-American community to our country over the last 
     century; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, and Mr. Osborne):
       H. Res. 383. A resolution encouraging the Transitional 
     National Assembly of Iraq to adopt a constitution that grants 
     women equal rights under the law and to work to protect such 
     rights; to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. ISSA (for himself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, 
             Mr. Hyde, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Wexler, 
             Mr. Chabot, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Rahall, Mr. LaHood, Ms. 
             Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. Pearce, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Renzi, 
             Mr. Conaway, Mr. Flake, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Shays, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
             Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
             Boustany, Mr. Foley, Mr. Jindal, and Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia):
       H. Res. 384. A resolution condemning in the strongest terms 
     the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on July 23, 
     2005, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida (for himself, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, 
             Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Mack, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Feeney, 
             and Mr. Cuellar):
       H. Res. 388. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the July, 2005, measures of 
     extreme repression on the part of the Cuban Government 
     against members of Cuba's prodemocracy movement, calling for 
     the immediate release of all political prisoners, the 
     legalization of political parties and free elections in Cuba, 
     urging the European Union to reexamine its policy toward 
     Cuba, and calling on the representative of the United States 
     to the 62d session of the United Nations Commission on Human 
     Rights to ensure a resolution calling upon the Cuban regime 
     to end its human rights violations, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. Shays):
       H. Res. 389. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of The Year of the Museum; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
             Carter, and Mr. McCaul of Texas):
       H. Res. 390. A resolution congratulating Lance Armstrong on 
     his seventh Tour de France victory and his retirement and 
     recognizing his dedication to helping others; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.

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