[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 168 (Thursday, December 22, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H13188-H13189]
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:
       H.R. 4647. A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT Act to extend 
     the sunset of certain provisions of such Act; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on 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. FOSSELLA:
       H.R. 4648. A bill to prohibit assistance to Lebanon unless 
     the Government of Lebanon extradites Mohammed Ali Hammadi to 
     the United States; 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 Mrs. BIGGERT:
       H.R. 4649. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education 
     to provide assistance to local educational agencies serving 
     homeless children and youths displaced by Hurricane Katrina, 
     Rita, or Wilma; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Boustany, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Melancon):
       H.R. 4650. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     carry out programs and activities to enhance the safety of 
     levees in the United States; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4651. A bill to require equitable coverage of 
     prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
     contraceptive services under health plans; 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

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     of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 4652. A bill to provide Medicare beneficiaries with 
     access to prescription drugs at Federal Supply Schedule 
     prices; 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. WAXMAN:
       H.R. 4653. A bill to repeal a prohibition on the use of 
     certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to 
     the Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, 
     California; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself and Mr. Lantos):
       H. Con. Res. 329. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the activities of Islamist 
     terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself and Mr. Conyers):
       H. Con. Res. 330. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     concern of Congress that the President's 2002 order 
     authorizing electronic surveillance of United States persons 
     without a warrant violates existing law prohibiting such 
     electronic surveillance, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on 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. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Boucher, 
             Mr. Nadler, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
             Schiff, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
             Island, Mr. Doggett, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. 
             McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and 
             Mr. Holt):
       H. Res. 643. A resolution directing the Attorney General to 
     submit to the House of Representatives all documents in the 
     possession of the Attorney General relating to warrantless 
     electronic surveillance of telephone conversations and 
     electronic communications of persons in the United States 
     conducted by the National Security Agency; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H. Res. 644. A resolution requesting the President and 
     directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of 
     Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the 
     adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of 
     those officials relating to the authorization of electronic 
     surveillance of citizens of the United States without court 
     approved warrants; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WEXLER:
       H. Res. 645. A resolution requesting the President and 
     directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House 
     of Representatives all information in the possession of the 
     President or the Secretary of Defense relating to the 
     collection of intelligence information pertaining to persons 
     inside the United States without obtaining court-ordered 
     warrants authorizing the collection of such information and 
     relating to the policy of the United States with respect to 
     the gathering of counterterrorism intelligence within the 
     United States; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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