[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 9, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H251-H253]
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. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Hayes, 
             and Mr. Reynolds):
       H.R. 321. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to analyze and report on the exchange rate policies of the 
     People's Republic of China, and to require that additional 
     tariffs be imposed on products of that country on the basis 
     of the rate of manipulation by that country of the rate of 
     exchange between the currency of that country and the United 
     States dollar; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Gingrey, 
             Mr. Weller, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Franks of Arizona, 
             Mr. Hunter, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, and Mr. 
             Gilchrest):
       H.R. 322. A bill to derive human pluripotent stem cell 
     lines using techniques that do not harm human embryos; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BACHUS (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. 
             Jones of North Carolina, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
             Shays, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Clay, Mr. Renzi, Mr. 
             Neugebauer, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. McHenry, Ms. 
             Hooley, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, and Mr. Matheson):
       H.R. 323. A bill to amend section 5313 of title 31, United 
     States Code, to reform certain requirements for reporting 
     cash transactions, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. McKEON (for himself, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Kline of 
             Minnesota, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Fortuno, 
             Mrs. Drake, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Porter, Mr. Camp of Michigan, Mr. 
             Weller, Mr. Heller, Mr. Linder, Mr. McCaul of Texas, 
             Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Baker, Mrs. 
             Schmidt, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. Jo Ann 
             Davis of Virginia, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
             Fortenberry, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Rehberg):
       H.R. 324. A bill to increase the minimum wage, to provide 
     access to health care coverage to employees of small 
     businesses, and to preserve American jobs; to the Committee 
     on Education and Labor, 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. EHLERS (for himself and Mr. Hinojosa):
       H.R. 325. A bill to create or adopt, and implement, 
     rigorous and voluntary American education content standards 
     in mathematics and science covering kindergarten through 
     grade 12, to provide for the assessment of student 
     proficiency benchmarked against such standards, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. BUTTERFIELD:
       H.R. 326. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to require that each State plan for medical assistance 
     under Medicaid provide that the financial participation of 
     the State is 100 percent of the non-Federal share of 
     expenditures under the plan; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. BOSWELL (for himself, Mr. Kind, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Ross, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lantos, 
             Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
             Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Spratt, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Honda, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
             McIntyre, Ms. Waters, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. 
             Wexler, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Crowley, 
             Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Moore 
             of Kansas, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Salazar, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Latham, Mr. Michaud, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             Mr. Langevin, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York, Mr. Stark, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Berman, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. 
             Loebsack, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Filner, Ms. Corrine Brown 
             of Florida, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Zoe Lofgren 
             of California, Mr. Baird, Mr. Watt, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
             Taylor, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Berry, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Donnelly, Mr. Hill, Mr. Boyd of Florida, Mr. Cardoza, 
             Mr. Melancon, Ms. Harman, Ms. Bean, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Baca, Mr. Costa, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
             Barrow, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Wilson 
             of Ohio, Mr. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
             Herseth, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. 
             Hayes, and Mr. Wamp):
       H.R. 327. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive program 
     designed to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 328. A bill to provide for the treatment of the 
     District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes 
     of representation in the House of Representatives, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOUCHER (for himself and Mr. Goode):
       H.R. 329. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     designate certain counties as part of the Appalachian region; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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           By Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida:
       H.R. 330. A bill to establish a Federal program to provide 
     reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' 
     insurance; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida:
       H.R. 331. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to conduct a study of the accuracy of expiration 
     dates on certain prescription drugs maintained by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CARTER:
       H.R. 332. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income 
     derived, by individuals while such individuals were not 
     citizens or nationals of the United States and were illegally 
     in the United States shall not be credited for coverage under 
     the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program 
     under such title; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MARSHALL:
       H.R. 333. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a 
     service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to 
     receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' 
     disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for 
     concurrent receipt, to extend eligibility for concurrent 
     receipt and combat-related special compensation to chapter 61 
     disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, and 
     in addition to the Committee on 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. CASTLE:
       H.R. 334. A bill to require the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate to each establish a Subcommittee on 
     Intelligence in the Committee on Appropriations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules, 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 Mrs. CUBIN:
       H.R. 335. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in 
     Laramie, Wyoming, as the ``Gale W. McGee Post Office''; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 336. A bill to require the distribution by the 
     National Technical Information Service of monthly updates of 
     the Death Master List prepared by the Social Security 
     Administration to all nationwide consumer reporting agencies, 
     to require such consumer reporting agencies to maintain a 
     permanent fraud alert in each file of a consumer whose name 
     appears on the Death Master List, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself and Mr. 
             McDermott):
       H.R. 337. A bill to eliminate the unfair and 
     disadvantageous treatment of cash military compensation other 
     than basic pay under the supplemental security income 
     benefits program; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DINGELL:
       H.R. 338. A bill to improve communications interoperability 
     for emergency response; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. DUNCAN:
       H.R. 339. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve access to medical services for veterans seeking 
     treatment at Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient 
     clinics with exceptionally long waiting periods; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DUNCAN:
       H.R. 340. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving 
     divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or 
     widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at 
     least 10 years; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DUNCAN:
       H.R. 341. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon 
     the death of a spouse; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. EMERSON (for herself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Carnahan, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Graves, and Mr. 
             Hulshof):
       H.R. 342. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 
     as the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States 
     Courthouse``; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.R. 343. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a refundable credit to military retirees for 
     premiums paid for coverage under Medicare Part B; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FEENEY (for himself, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, and Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida):
       H.R. 344. A bill to ensure that Federal emergency 
     management funds are not used for crisis counseling, 
     recreation, or self esteem building classes or instruction; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA:
       H.R. 345. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to temporarily provide a shorter recovery period for the 
     depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential 
     buildings; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Hayes, Mr. 
             LaHood, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Mr. Akin, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Whitfield, and Mr. 
             Abercrombie):
       H.R. 346. A bill to redesignate the Department of the Navy 
     as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina:
       H.R. 347. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to require political committees which are associated 
     but not affiliated with a Federal candidate or officeholder 
     to include in the statements of organization and the reports 
     such committees file with the Federal Election Commission the 
     identification of each candidate or officeholder with which 
     the committee is associated, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina:
       H.R. 348. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide that a Member of Congress convicted of any of certain 
     felony offenses shall not be eligible for retirement benefits 
     based on that individual's Member service, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
     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. KLINE of Minnesota:
       H.R. 349. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require all 
     gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain 10 percent 
     renewable fuel in the year 2010 and thereafter, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KLINE of Minnesota:
       H.R. 350. A bill to prohibit a convicted sex offender from 
     obtaining approval of immigration petitions filed by the 
     offender on behalf of family members; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 351. A bill to establish the Independent Commission on 
     the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 352. A bill to require poverty impact statements for 
     certain legislation; to the Committee on Rules, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mr. Delahunt, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Abercrombie):
       H.R. 353. A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an 
     escalation of United States forces in Iraq above the numbers 
     existing as of January 9, 2007; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 
     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 Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 354. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to improve school safety; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself and Mr. 
             Daniel E. Lungren of California):
       H.R. 355. A bill to direct the Attorney General to conduct 
     a study on the feasibility of expanding the National 
     Incident-Based Reporting System to identify crime data 
     relating to elementary and secondary schools; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McKEON:
       H.R. 356. A bill to remove certain restrictions on the 
     Mammoth Community Water District's ability to use certain 
     property acquired by that District from the United States; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REHBERG (for himself, Ms. Herseth, and Mrs. 
             Cubin):
       H.R. 357. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to implement mandatory country of origin labeling 
     requirements for meat and produce on September 30, 2007; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 358. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand and make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     benefit for Government markers for marked graves of veterans 
     buried in private cemeteries, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. SOLIS:
       H.R. 359. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with 
     the life of Cesar Estarada Chavez and the farm labor 
     movement; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. Meehan, and Mr. 
             Spratt):
       H.R. 360. A bill to provide for counterproliferation 
     measures; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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           By Ms. LEE:
       H. Con. Res. 19. Concurrent resolution affirming the sense 
     of Congress regarding the obligation of the United States to 
     improve the lives of the 36,950,000 Americans living in 
     poverty and the 15,928,000 of those who live in extreme 
     poverty; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Walsh of New York, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             King of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Garrett of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Crowley, Mr. McNulty, and 
             Mr. Rothman):
       H. Con. Res. 20. Concurrent resolution calling on the 
     Government of the United Kingdom to immediately establish a 
     full, independent, and public judicial inquiry into the 
     murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Patrick Finucane, 
     as recommended by Judge Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park 
     Agreement, in order to move forward on the Northern Ireland 
     peace process; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Engel, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Inglis of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Ms. Berkley, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Carney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Klein of 
             Florida, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Saxton, and Mr. Lewis of Georgia):
       H. Con. Res. 21. Concurrent resolution calling on the 
     United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President 
     Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the 
     Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the 
     United Nations Charter because of his calls for the 
     destruction of the State of Israel; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. DREIER:
       H. Res. 38. A resolution to enhance intelligence oversight 
     authority; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Ms. Corrine 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. 
             Mahoney of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. 
             Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Castor, 
             Mr. Mica, and Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida):
       H. Res. 39. A resolution commending the University of 
     Florida Gators for their victory in the 2006 Bowl 
     Championship Series (BCS) and for winning the national 
     college football championship; to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
           By Mr. McHENRY (for himself, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Carter, 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Feeney, Mr. 
             Boustany, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Kline 
             of Minnesota, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. Burton 
             of Indiana, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Issa, Ms. Granger, 
             Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Coble, Mr. Gingrey, 
             Mr. Franks of Arizona, and Mrs. Schmidt):
       H. Res. 40. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives to establish a minority bill of rights to 
     require the House to be administered in a bipartisan manner 
     and to require regular order in the legislative process; to 
     the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mrs. Capps, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McCollum of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Markey, Mr. Honda, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Kennedy, and Mrs. Tauscher):
       H. Res. 41. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that an increase in number of members of 
     the United States Forces deployed in Iraq is the wrong course 
     of action and that a drastic shift in the political and 
     diplomatic strategy of the United States is needed to help 
     secure and stabilize Iraq; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs, 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 Mr. ORTIZ (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Gene Green 
             of Texas, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
             Reyes, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Al Green of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, and Mr. Lampson):
       H. Res. 42. A resolution recognizing Ann Richards' 
     extraordinary contributions to Texas and American public 
     life; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. SIMPSON (for himself and Mr. Sali):
       H. Res. 43. A resolution commending the Boise State 
     University Broncos football team for winning the 2007 Fiesta 
     Bowl and completing an undefeated season; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Mack, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
             Klein of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Ms. Castor):
       H. Res. 44. A resolution to commend the University of 
     Florida Gators for winning the Bowl Championship Series 
     National Championship Game; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.

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