[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 151 (Tuesday, November 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H10225-H10226]
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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. PETERSON of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. 
             Abercrombie):
       H.R. 4318. A bill to terminate the effect of all provisions 
     of Federal law that prohibit the expenditure of appropriated 
     funds to conduct natural gas leasing and preleasing 
     activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf, to 
     terminate all withdrawals of Federal submerged lands of the 
     Outer Continental Shelf from leasing for exploration for, and 
     development and production of, natural gas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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 Mr. LANTOS (for himself and Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey):
       H.R. 4319. A bill to provide assistance for small and 
     medium enterprises in sub-Saharan African countries, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations, 
     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. OXLEY (for himself and Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts):
       H.R. 4320. A bill to restore the financial solvency of the 
     national flood insurance program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. Hayworth, and Mr. 
             Goode):
       H.R. 4321. A bill to repeal the amendment made by section 
     796 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2006, exempting from harboring sanctions compensation for 
     alien volunteers for certain religious organizations; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. POMBO (for himself and Mr. Rahall):
       H.R. 4322. A bill to provide for Indian trust asset 
     management reform and resolution of historical accounting 
     claims, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. THOMAS:
       H.R. 4323. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide 
     certain hurricane-related tax relief, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Young of 
             Alaska, and Mr. Oberstar):
       H.R. 4324. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the 
     predisaster mitigation program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. Honda, Mr. Doolittle, 
             and Mr. Sweeney):
       H.R. 4325. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit against income for certain education 
     and training expenses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia (for herself and Mr. 
             Scott of Virginia):
       H.R. 4326. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to 
     enter into a contract for the nuclear refueling and complex 
     overhaul of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70); to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. Platts):
       H.R. 4327. A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to 
     deny a passport to a noncustodial parent who is the subject 
     of an outstanding State warrant of arrest for nonpayment of 
     child support and to deny a passport to a custodial parent 
     who is likely to remove a child from the United States to 
     prevent contact permitted between the child and the 
     noncustodial parent; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 4328. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to restore child's insurance benefits in the case of 
     children who are 18 through 22 years of age and attend 
     postsecondary schools; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 4329. A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act to provide 
     that a contractor under that Act who has repeated violations 
     of the Act

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     shall have its contract with the United States canceled and 
     to require the disclosure under freedom of information 
     provisions of Federal law of certain payroll information 
     under contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Government Reform, 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. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida (for himself, Mr. 
             Putnam, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Foley, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Ms. 
             Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Bonner, Mr. Shaw, Ms. Harris, and Mr. Meek of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 4330. A bill to provide assistance to agricultural 
     producers whose operations were severely damaged by the 
     hurricanes of 2005; to the Committee on Agriculture, and in 
     addition to the Committees on the Budget, Ways and Means, and 
     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 Miss McMORRIS (for herself, Mr. Smith of Washington, 
             Mr. Simpson, Mr. Otter, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Dicks, and 
             Mr. Walden of Oregon):
       H.R. 4331. A bill to provide for a Medicaid demonstration 
     project for chronic disease management; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota (for himself, Mr. Costa, 
             Mr. Salazar, Mr. Holden, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Baca, Mr. Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Barrow, and Mr. Boswell):
       H.R. 4332. A bill to provide for an automatic one-year 
     extension of the authorizations of appropriations and direct 
     spending programs of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
     Act of 2002 and to provide for an additional one-year 
     extension if implementing legislation is not submitted with 
     respect to the Doha Development Round of World Trade 
     Organization negotiations by January 15, 2008, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       H.R. 4333. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to establish performance 
     standards for fine particulates for certain pulp and paper 
     mills, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Foley, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. 
             Wexler, Ms. Harris, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, 
             Mr. Mack, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Crenshaw, Mr. Putnam, and Mr. Davis of Florida):
       H.R. 4334. A bill to provide emergency tax relief for 
     persons affected by Hurricane Wilma; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 
     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. SPRATT:
       H.R. 4335. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on Fluorobenzene; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 4336. A bill to designate the visitor center and other 
     related facilities at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Hawaii 
     as the ``Pearl Harbor Memorial Site``; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ORTIZ (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Stark, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. Linda 
             T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Ms. Solis, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Salazar, Ms. 
             Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Costa, Mr. Baca, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Harman, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Lantos, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Farr, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Matsui, 
             Ms. Lee, Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. Capps, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Watson, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Sherman, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Udall of 
             New Mexico, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Holt, and Mr. Dreier):
       H. Con. Res. 297. Concurrent resolution honoring the life 
     and expressing the deepest condolences of Congress on the 
     passing of Edward Roybal, former United States Congressman; 
     to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. SHAW:
       H. Con. Res. 298. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of National Lung Cancer Awareness Month and 
     expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal 
     commitment to lung cancer research and earlier detection must 
     be significantly increased; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Ms. Slaughter, and Mrs. Bono):
       H. Con. Res. 299. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the leaders of Congress and other 
     legislative branch offices should work together to establish 
     and implement a coordinated program for the reuse, recycling, 
     and appropriate disposal of obsolete computers and other 
     electronic equipment used by offices of the legislative 
     branch; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Ms. BALDWIN:
       H. Res. 552. A resolution recognizing the 50th Anniversary 
     of the Crop Science Society of America; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. Wynn):
       H. Res. 554. A resolution urging the Government of the 
     Gabonese Republic to hold orderly, peaceful, and free and 
     fair presidential elections in November 2005; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. WALSH (for himself, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. King of New York, Mr. Crowley, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Sweeney, and Mr. Payne):
       H. Res. 555. A resolution expressing support for the Good 
     Friday Agreement of 1998 as the blueprint for lasting peace 
     in Northern Ireland; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.

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