[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 14, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H971-H973]
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. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. Pascrell):
       H.R. 4941. A bill to reform the science and technology 
     programs and activities of the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Reichert, and Mr. Pascrell):
       H.R. 4942. A bill to establish a capability and office to 
     promote cooperation between entities of the United States and 
     its allies in the global war on terrorism for the purpose of 
     engaging in cooperative endeavors focused on the research, 
     development, and commercialization of high-priority 
     technologies intended to detect, prevent, respond to, recover 
     from, and mitigate against acts of terrorism and other high 
     consequence events

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     and to address the homeland security needs of Federal, State, 
     and local governments; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Markey, Mr. Stearns, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Gillmor, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Ross, Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             Mr. Fossella, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Buyer, Mrs. Capps, 
             Mrs. Bono, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Ms. 
             Solis, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Rush, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Stupak, 
             Mr. Gordon, Mr. Inslee, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Lipinski, 
             and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina):
       H.R. 4943. A bill to prohibit fraudulent access to 
     telephone records; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SHAW:
       H.R. 4944. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of 
     duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Case, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Jackson-
             Lee of Texas, Ms. Lee, Mr. Paul, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             Honda, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Kucinich, 
             and Ms. McKinney):
       H.R. 4945. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage new school construction through the 
     creation of a new class of bond; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HAYES (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Hunter, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, Mrs. Myrick, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Goode, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McCotter, Mr. 
             Wamp, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Davis of 
             Tennessee, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Istook, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             McHenry, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Putnam):
       H.R. 4946. A bill to prohibit the Department of Homeland 
     Security from procuring certain items directly related to the 
     national security unless the items are grown, reprocessed, 
     reused, or produced in the United States; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
           By Mr. BACHUS:
       H.R. 4947. A bill to expand the boundaries of the Cahaba 
     River National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Mr. Walden of 
             Oregon):
       H.R. 4948. A bill to abolish the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct in the House of Representatives, establish 
     an Independent Ethics Commission, and provide for the 
     transfer of the duties and functions of the committee to the 
     Commission; to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Rules, 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 Mr. EDWARDS (for himself, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Boucher, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Allen, Mrs. McCarthy, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Berry, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Ford, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Gene Green 
             of Texas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. Chandler, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Barrow, 
             Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Farr, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Simmons, Mr. Bonner, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. 
             Herseth, Mr. Gordon, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Higgins, Mr. 
             Payne, and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 4949. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     prohibit increases in fees for military health care; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Jackson-
             Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. Owens, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
             Costa, and Mr. Conyers):
       H.R. 4950. A bill to establish the Commission on Economic 
     Indicators to conduct a study and submit a report containing 
     recommendations concerning the appropriateness and accuracy 
     of the methodology, calculations, and reporting used by the 
     Government relating to certain economic indicators; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 4951. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of 
     the reservation of the Cocopah Indian Tribe, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. JINDAL:
       H.R. 4952. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand the combat zone income tax exclusion to 
     include income for the period of transit to the combat zone 
     and to remove the limitation on such exclusion for 
     commissioned officers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       H.R. 4953. A bill to amend the Great Lakes Fish and 
     Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for 
     implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish 
     and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery 
     Resources Restoration Study; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself, 
             Ms. Harman, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Boehlert, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             McCaul of Texas, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Souder, Mr. Hoyer, 
             Ms. Harris, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Jindal, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mr. Shays, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Dent, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Ginny Brown-
             Waite of Florida, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Meek of Florida, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Larsen of Washington, 
             Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 
             Smith of Washington, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Cardoza, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Schiff, Mr. Berry, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Ms. Lee, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Ford, 
             Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bishop 
             of Georgia, and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 4954. A bill to improve maritime and cargo security 
     through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY:
       H.R. 4955. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Hydrated Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Moore of 
             Kansas, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Israel, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Schiff, Mrs. Emerson, and Ms. Bean):
       H.R. 4956. A bill to provide for the mandatory revocation 
     of passports of individuals who are more than $5,000 in 
     arrears in child support payments; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and in addition to the Committee on International 
     Relations, 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. PETERSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4957. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey the Tylersville division of the Lamar National Fish 
     Hatchery and Fish Technology Center to the State of 
     Pennsylvania; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. McCaul of Texas, and Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi):
       H.R. 4958. A bill to increase the number of trained 
     detection canines of the Department of Homeland Security, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
     and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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. TURNER (for himself, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Ney, Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. 
             Garrett of New Jersey):
       H.R. 4959. A bill to impose limitations on investment and 
     certain operations by foreign entities in the United States; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to 
     the Committees on International Relations, and 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. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Bass, Mr. McCotter, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Mr. Upton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Jo 
             Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Radanovich, Mrs. Bono, Mr. 
             McGovern, and Mr. Oxley):
       H. Con. Res. 357. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. 
             Allen):
       H. Res. 722. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     Congress regarding the importance of oral health, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Tancredo, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Berman, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McCotter, 
             Ms. Lee, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Aderholt, Mr.

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             McNulty, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Crowley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rush, Ms. Watson, Mr. 
             Cardoza, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Clay, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Visclosky, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Conyers):
       H. Res. 723. A resolution calling on the President to take 
     immediate steps to help improve the security situation in 
     Darfur, Sudan, with a specific emphasis on civilian 
     protection; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Cannon, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Inglis of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Scott of Virginia, and Mr. 
             Coble):
       H. Res. 724. A resolution honoring Leonidas Ralph Mecham, 
     Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts and Secretary of the Judicial Conference of the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself, 
             Mr. Oberstar, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mr. Gordon, Mr. Kline, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Bordallo, 
             Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Israel, Mr. Graves, Ms. Norton, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Honda, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Pastor):
       H. Res. 726. A resolution honoring the life and 
     achievements of Charles Edward Taylor and recognizing the 
     essential role of aviation maintenance technicians in 
     ensuring the safety and security of civil and military 
     aircraft, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Owens, 
             Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Watson, Mr. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             Sherman, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Honda, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
             Baca, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Solis, 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Woolsey, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Costa, Mr. 
             Mollohan, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Nadler, and Ms. 
             Carson):
       H. Res. 727. A resolution congratulating Prime Minister-
     designate Portia Simpson Miller for becoming the first female 
     Prime Minister-designate of Jamaica; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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