[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 164 (Sunday, December 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H12288-H12289]
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:


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           By Mr. HERGER:
       H.R. 4635. A bill to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance 
     for Needy Families block grant program through March 31, 
     2006, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means. considered and passed.
           By Mr. OXLEY:
       H.R. 4636. A bill to enact the technical and conforming 
     amendments necessary to implement the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Reform Act of 2005, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services. considered and passed.
           By Mr. GILLMOR:
       H.R. 4637. A bill to make certain technical corrections in 
     amendments made by the Energy Policy Act of 2005; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce. considered and passed.
           By Mr. HALL:
       H.R. 4638. A bill to increase domestic supplies of natural 
     gas through an accelerated program of development and 
     deployment of new technologies; to the Committee on Science, 
     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. FOSSELLA:
       H.R. 4639. A bill to require community notice for the 
     placement of group houses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. GERLACH:
       H.R. 4640. A bill to reduce the Nation's oil dependence and 
     enhance the Nation's ability to produce alternative fuels; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. GINGREY (for himself, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Garrett 
             of New Jersey, Mrs. Capito, and Miss McMorris):
       H.R. 4641. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the deduction under section 179 for the 
     purchase of qualified health care information technology by 
     medical care providers and to allow a credit against tax for 
     applicable telecommunications charges paid or incurred by 
     such providers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 4642. A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide 
     interoperable health information technology system and to 
     improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care in 
     the United States; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. 
             Musgrave, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Flake, and Mr. Hensarling):
       H.R. 4643. A bill to repeal the wage rate requirements 
     commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       H.R. 4644. A bill to authorize grants to carry out projects 
     to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committee on 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. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania (for herself and Mrs. 
             Lowey):
       H.R. 4645. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide broader and more informed protection 
     to Medicare eligible individuals from abusive marketing 
     practices of Medicare prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans 
     to permit enrollees under Medicare prescription drug plans 
     that have been sanctioned to elect to enroll under other 
     plans; 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. SHERMAN:
       H.R. 4646. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7320 Reseda Boulevard in 
     Reseda, California, as the ``Coach John Wooden Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. POMBO:
       H. Con. Res. 326. Concurrent resolution providing for the 
     sine die adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred 
     Ninth Congress; considered and agreed to.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. 
             Conyers, and Mr. Honda):
       H. Con. Res. 327. Concurrent resolution congratulating 
     President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for becoming the first 
     democratically-elected female President of the Republic of 
     Liberia and the first female African head of state; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. MACK:
       H. Con. Res. 328. Concurrent resolution condemning the 
     anti-democratic actions of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez 
     and expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
     should strongly support the aspirations of the democratic 
     forces in Venezuela; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H. Res. 635. A resolution creating a select committee to 
     investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before 
     congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war 
     intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, 
     retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations 
     regarding grounds for possible impeachment; to the Committee 
     on Rules.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H. Res. 636. A resolution censuring President George W. 
     Bush for failing to respond to requests for information 
     concerning allegations that he and others in his 
     Administration misled Congress and the American people 
     regarding the decision to go to war in Iraq, misstated and 
     manipulated intelligence information regarding the 
     justification for the war, countenanced torture and cruel, 
     inhuman, and degrading treatment of persons in Iraq, and 
     permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of his 
     Administration, for failing to adequately account for 
     specific misstatements he made regarding the war, and for 
     failing to comply with Executive Order 12958; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H. Res. 637. A resolution censuring Vice President Richard 
     B. Cheney for failing to respond to requests for information 
     concerning allegations that he and others in the 
     Administration misled Congress and the American people 
     regarding the decision to go to war in Iraq, misstated and 
     manipulated intelligence information regarding the 
     justification for the war, countenanced torture and cruel, 
     inhuman, and degrading treatment of persons in Iraq, and 
     permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of the 
     Administration and for failing to adequately account for 
     specific misstatements he made regarding the war; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H. Res. 638. A resolution congratulating Bill Gates, 
     Melinda Gates and Bono for being named Time Magazine's 2005 
     Person of the Year; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H. Res. 641. A resolution requesting the President to 
     provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in 
     his possession relating to electronic surveillance without 
     search warrants on individuals in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
           By Ms. LEE:
       H. Res. 642. A resolution requesting the President and 
     directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of 
     Representatives certain documents in their possession 
     relating to the Secretary of State's trip to Europe in 
     December 2005; to the Committee on International Relations.

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