[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H1058-H1059]
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. CANTOR (for himself and Mr. Pomeroy):
       H.R. 4960. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow 5-year amortization of goodwill and other 
     section 197 intangibles that are acquired from a small 
     business; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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           By Ms. HART (for herself and Mr. Manzullo):
       H.R. 4961. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that the deduction for the health insurance 
     costs of self-employed individuals be allowed in determining 
     self-employment tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT:
       H.R. 4962. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, 
     New York, as the ``Captain George A. Wood Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Bonner, Mr. 
             Gutknecht, Mr. Bachus, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Oberstar, Ms. 
             Solis, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, and Mr. Udall of 
             New Mexico):
       H.R. 4963. A bill to recognize the right of the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to call a constitutional 
     convention through which the people of Puerto Rico would 
     exercise their right to self-determination, and to establish 
     a mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Gutknecht, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Bass, Ms. Norton, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Westmoreland, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Platts, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Marchant, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, and Mr. Poe):
       H.R. 4964. A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from 
     obligating funds for earmarks included only in congressional 
     reports, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
     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. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 4965. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide that a duty of the Board of Trustees of the 
     Social Security Trust funds is to hold them in trust for the 
     beneficiaries and to ensure that the assets of such trust 
     funds are not diverted, and to authorize investment of such 
     trust funds in securities that are not limited to obligations 
     of the United States or obligations guaranteed as to 
     principal and interest by the United States; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Ms. Harman, 
             Mr. Reyes, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Ruppersberger, and Mr. Tierney):
       H.R. 4966. A bill to require the President to include a 
     line item regarding the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
     Board in the budget submitted pursuant to title 31, United 
     States Code, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Government 
     Reform, 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. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 4967. A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1978 and the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
     strengthen financial disclosures and to require 
     precertification of privately-funded travel, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. McKINNEY:
       H.R. 4968. A bill to provide for the expeditious disclosure 
     of records relevant to the life and death of Tupac Amaru 
     Shakur; to the Committee on Government Reform, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. NORTON:
       H.R. 4969. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     eliminate the discriminatory treatment of the District of 
     Columbia under the provisions of law commonly referred to as 
     the ``Hatch Act``; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. OTTER (for himself, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, and Mr. Flake):
       H.R. 4970. A bill to ensure general aviation aircraft 
     access to Federal land and to the airspace over Federal land; 
     to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Agriculture, 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. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 4971. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     exempt certain individuals under the Civil Service Retirement 
     System from the requirement to pay interest on the repayment 
     of amounts received as refunds of retirement contributions as 
     a condition of receiving credit under such System for the 
     service covered by the refund; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     Administration, 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. CASTLE:
       H. Con. Res. 358. Concurrent resolution amending the Rules 
     of the House of Representatives and the Standing Rules of the 
     Senate to require the full payment and disclosure of charter 
     flights provided to Members of Congress; to the Committee on 
     Rules.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California, and Ms. Bordallo):
       H. Res. 728. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to require preapproval of privately-funded 
     travel and the inclusion of such travel information on the 
     public website of the Office of the Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Rules.

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