[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H1851-H1853]
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. MANZULLO (for himself, Mr. Mica, and Mrs. 
             Kelly):
       H.R. 5196. A bill to amend the Export Enhancement Act of 
     1988 to establish the Office of Trade Promotion in the 
     Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Small Business, 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. MICA:
       H.R. 5197. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     extend the aviation war risk insurance program; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MANZULLO (for himself and Mr. Pomeroy):
       H.R. 5198. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit against income tax for qualified 
     equity investments in certain small businesses; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. Larsen of Washington):
       H.R. 5199. A bill to expand the diplomatic infrastructure 
     and economic competitiveness of the United States in the 
     People's Republic of China, and for the other purposes; to 
     the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Small 
     Business, 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. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Taylor 
             of Mississippi, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina, and Mrs. Miller of Michigan):
       H.R. 5200. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     enhance the national defense through empowerment of the Chief 
     of the National Guard Bureau and the enhancement of the 
     functions of the National Guard Bureau, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Allen, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Bonilla, Mrs. 
             Bono, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Case, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cooper, 
             Mr. Costello, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
             DeGette, Mrs. Drake, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Engel, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Gordon, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Rhode Island, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Matheson, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. McHugh, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Oberstar, 
             Mr. Otter, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Ross, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Rush, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Mr. Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shays, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Simmons, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Sweeney, 
             Mr. Terry, Mr. Towns, Mr. Upton, Mr. Walden of 
             Oregon, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wynn):
       H.R. 5201. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the 
     health centers program under section 330 of such Act; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. 
             Filner):
       H.R. 5202. A bill to amend the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to 
     require the provision of chiropractic care and services to 
     veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
     centers; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 5203. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax of at 
     least $500 to offset the cost of high 2006 gasoline and 
     diesel fuel prices; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. EVANS (for himself and Mr. LaHood):
       H.R. 5204. A bill to designate certain functions as 
     inherently governmental, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. Barrett of South 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 5205. A bill to empower States with authority for most 
     taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Camp of 
             Michigan, Mr. Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Simmons, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Dent, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
             Wolf, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. 
             Bono, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Wamp):
       H.R. 5206. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the investment tax credit with respect to 
     solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MALONEY:
       H.R. 5207. A bill to amend the National Housing Act to 
     authorize the Secretary of

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     Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages for the 
     acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of 
     child care and development facilities and to establish the 
     Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac) to certify 
     such facilities for such insurance, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. NUSSLE (for himself, Mr. Latham, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
             King of Iowa, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Hulshof, 
             Mr. Terry, and Mr. Weller):
       H.R. 5208. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent certain tax incentives for alternative 
     energy, to amend the Clean Air Act to accelerate the use of 
     renewable fuels, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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. PALLONE (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 5209. A bill to improve the oversight and regulation 
     of tissue banks and the tissue donation process, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 5210. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a tax credit for professional school 
     personnel in grades kindergarten through grade 12 and to 
     amend title II of the Social Security Act to replace the 60-
     month period of employment requirement for application of the 
     Government pension offset exemption with the rule that last 
     applied before section 418 of the Social Security Protection 
     Act of 2004 was enacted; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 5211. A bill to improve the quality of life for senior 
     citizens; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committee on 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 Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Kilpatrick of 
             Michigan, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Conyers, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Honda, Ms. Lee, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wexler, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Mr. Inslee, and Mrs. Davis of 
             California):
       H.R. 5212. A bill to reduce sexual assault and domestic 
     violence involving members of the armed forces and their 
     family members and partners through enhanced programs of 
     prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims 
     services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of 
     assailants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
     and Veterans' Affairs, 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. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Wu, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Farr, 
             Mr. Costa, Ms. Woolsey, Mrs. Tauscher, Mrs. Capps, 
             Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Baca, Ms. Loretta 
             Sanchez of California, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Ms. Solis, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Becerra, Ms. 
             Harman, Mr. Filner, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson, Ms. Zoe 
             Lofgren of California, Mrs. Davis of California, and 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald):
       H.R. 5213. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the 
     economic losses caused by declining Klamath River salmon and 
     to develop and implement a research and recovery plan for 
     Klamath River salmon, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources, 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. TOWNS:
       H.R. 5214. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the 
     ``Hugh L. Carey United States Courthouse``; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. TOWNS:
       H.R. 5215. A bill to designate the United States bankruptcy 
     courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New 
     York, as the ``Conrad Duberstein United States Bankruptcy 
     Courthouse``; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MANZULLO (for himself and Mr. Ryan of Ohio):
       H. Con. Res. 390. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that, as a matter of economic and 
     national security, the United States Government should 
     protect and support United States currency; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Honda, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Lee, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Doggett, Mr. McGovern, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Inslee, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Payne, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
             Watson, Mr. Holt, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. 
             Oberstar):
       H. Con. Res. 391. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the President should not initiate 
     military action against Iran with respect to its nuclear 
     program without first obtaining authorization from Congress; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Pence, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
             Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Garrett of 
             New Jersey, Mr. Foley, Mr. Souder, Mr. Brown of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Radanovich, 
             Mr. Bass, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Owens, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Watson, Mr. Holt, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             LoBiondo, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Fossella, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Davis 
             of Kentucky, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Honda, Mr. Visclosky, 
             Ms. Harris, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Saxton, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
             Carter, Mr. Engel, Mr. Issa, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
             Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Cannon, Mrs. Drake, Mr. King 
             of New York, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Mr. Royce, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Carnahan, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mrs. Davis 
             of California, Mrs. Northup, Miss McMorris, Mr. Baca, 
             Mr. Kirk, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Feeney, Mr. 
             Rothman, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Herger, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Berman, Mr. Mario Diaz-
             Balart of Florida, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             Poe, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. Daniel E. 
             Lungren of California):
       H. Con. Res. 392. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     58th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H. Con. Res. 393. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     African Americans who have served in the Armed Forces; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. Doyle, and Ms. Baldwin):
       H. Con. Res. 394. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of the Day of Silence with respect to 
     discrimination and harassment faced by lesbian, gay, 
     bisexual, and transgender individuals in schools; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to 
     the Committee on 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. CLYBURN:
       H. Res. 778. A resolution electing a certain Member to a 
     certain standing committee of the House of Representatives; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H. Res. 779. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with respect to the designation in April 
     of a National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, 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. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Honda, and 
             Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       H. Res. 780. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that King Gyanendra should immediately 
     release all political detainees, restore constitutional 
     liberties, and undertake good faith negotiations with all 
     involved parties to restore democracy; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. McKeon, 
             Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Kind, and Mr. Case):
       H. Res. 781. A resolution congratulating charter schools 
     and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators 
     across the United States for their ongoing contributions to 
     education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. WAMP (for himself, Mr. Barrett of South 
             Carolina, Mr.

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             Neugebauer, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Akin, Mr. Culberson, 
             Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Westmoreland, Ms. Foxx, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Istook, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
             Franks of Arizona, Ms. Hart, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Herger, Mr. Davis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
             McHenry, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Weldon 
             of Florida, Mr. Goode, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Kingston, and Mr. Hayworth):
       H. Res. 782. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United Nations Security Council 
     should sanction Iran for its noncompliance with the Nuclear 
     Non-Proliferation Treaty; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.

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