[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 26 (Monday, February 12, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H1470-H1471]
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. NORWOOD (for himself and Mr. Dingell):
       H.R. 979. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the 
     Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other 
     health coverage; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 
     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. KILDEE (for himself and Mr. Duncan):
       H.R. 980. A bill to provide collective bargaining rights 
     for public safety officers employed by States or their 
     political subdivisions; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mrs. JONES of Ohio (for herself and Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 981. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax certain commercial 
     cargo loaded or unloaded at United States ports in the Great 
     Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
             Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Crowley, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Schiff, and 
             Mr. Smith of New Jersey):
       H.R. 982. A bill to promote democratic values and enhance 
     democracy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Pickering):
       H.R. 983. A bill to preserve local radio broadcast 
     emergency and other services and to require the Federal 
     Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that 
     purpose; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WAXMAN (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 984. A bill to provide for reform in the operations of 
     the executive branch; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. Platts, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 985. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     clarify which disclosures of information are protected from 
     prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in 
     nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect 
     that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with 
     certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. Shays, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Larson of Connecticut, and Mr. Murphy of 
             Connecticut):
       H.R. 986. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the 
     State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TANNER (for himself, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Lantos, 
             Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Gallegly):
       H.R. 987. A bill to endorse further enlargement of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to facilitate 
     the timely admission of new members to NATO, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 988. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in 
     Riverside, California, as the ``Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant 
     Post Office``; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. BOREN (for himself and Mr. Chabot):
       H.R. 989. A bill to prevent undue disruption of interstate 
     commerce by limiting civil actions brought against persons 
     whose only role with regard to a product in the stream of 
     commerce is as a lawful seller of the product; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, 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. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             McKeon, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr. Keller):
       H.R. 990. A bill to provide all low-income students with 
     the same opportunity to receive a Pell Grant by eliminating 
     the tuition sensitivity provision in the Pell Grant program; 
     to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL of California:
       H.R. 991. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals eligible for veterans health benefits to 
     contribute to health savings accounts; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Ms. DeLauro:
       H.R. 992. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require 
     that food that contains product from a cloned animal

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     be labeled accordingly, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. FEENEY:
       H.R. 993. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     reaffirm the intent of Congress in the Sentencing Reform Act 
     of 1984, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HALL of New York (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Engel, Mrs. Lowey, and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 994. A bill to require the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission to conduct an Independent Safety Assessment of the 
     Indian Point Energy Center; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. HARE (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
             Carter, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
             Boren, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Burton 
             of Indiana, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Rush, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. 
             Emanuel, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. 
             Hall of New York, and Mr. Roskam):
       H.R. 995. A bill to amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the 
     authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of 
     Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became 
     disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Norton, 
             Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Rehberg, Ms. 
             Waters, Ms. Berkley, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz):
       H.R. 996. A bill to provide for the issuance of a 
     semipostal in order to afford a convenient means by which 
     members of the public may contribute towards the acquisition 
     of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government 
     service; to the Committee on Oversight and 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. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. King of New York, 
             Mr. Sali, Mrs. Bachmann, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Pence, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mrs McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
             Miller of Florida, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
             Linder, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, and Mr. Culberson):
       H.R. 997. A bill to declare English as the official 
     language of the United States, to establish a uniform English 
     language rule for naturalization, and to avoid 
     misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of 
     the United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide 
     for the general welfare of the United States and to establish 
     a uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section 8, 
     of the Constitution; to the Committee on Education and Labor, 
     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 Mrs. McCarthy of New York (for herself and Mr. Lewis 
             of Georgia):
       H.R. 998. A bill to direct the Librarian of Congress and 
     the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out a 
     joint project at the Library of Congress and the National 
     Museum of African American History and Culture to collect 
     video and audio recordings of personal histories and 
     testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil 
     Rights movement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 999. A bill to provide for the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the 
     United States on certain land in the State of Florida if 
     encroachments and trespassing have occurred on that land, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. NORTON (for herself, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Lynch, 
             Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Markey, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Olver, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Neal of Massachusetts):
       H.R. 1000. A bill to award a congressional gold medal to 
     Edward William Brooke III in recognition of his unprecedented 
     and enduring service to our Nation; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. SPRATT:
       H.R. 1001. A bill to amend the Haitian Hemispheric 
     Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 to 
     extend the date for the President to determine if Haiti meets 
     certain requirements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SPRATT (for himself and Mrs. Myrick):
       H.R. 1002. A bill to authorize appropriate action if the 
     negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding 
     China's undervalued currency and currency manipulation are 
     not successful; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. WATSON:
       H.R. 1003. A bill to amend the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
     Restructuring Act of 1998 to reauthorize the United States 
     Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Kildee, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Norton, and Ms. 
             Kilpatrick):
       H.R. 1004. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make 
     grants to improve the ability of State and local governments 
     to prevent the abduction of children by family members, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SKELTON (for himself, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. Jones 
             of North Carolina):
       H. Con. Res. 63. Concurrent resolution disapproving of the 
     decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to 
     deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat 
     troops to Iraq; 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 Mr. PENCE:
       H. Con. Res. 64. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that no funds should be cut off or reduced for 
     American troops in the field which would result in 
     undermining their safety or their ability to complete their 
     assigned missions; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H. Res. 152. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the President should transmit to 
     Congress detailed reports on the situation in Iraq to 
     facilitate greater congressional oversight, work with the 
     international community to create an international 
     peacekeeping force and reconstruction program for Iraq, and 
     seek to convene a peace conference in a neutral location to 
     encourage Iraq's ethnic and religious factions to achieve the 
     important goals of national reconciliation, security, and 
     governance for 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. PUTNAM:
       H. Res. 153. A resolution electing minority members to a 
     committee of the House of Representatives; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H. Res. 154. A resolution recognizing Stax Records for 
     enriching the Nation's Cultural life with ``50 years of 
     soul''; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H. Res. 155. A resolution condemning the assassination of 
     human rights advocate and outspoken defender of freedom of 
     the press, Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on January 
     19, 2007; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. MORAN of Virginia:
       H. Res. 156. A resolution honoring and thanking John Thomas 
     Caulfield for a life-long professional commitment to public 
     service and for his years of dedicated service on behalf of 
     the United States Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, 
     and the Congress; to the Committee on House Administration.

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