[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 42 (Monday, March 12, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H2435-H2436]
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. JEFFERSON:
       H.R. 1468. A bill to ensure that, for each small business 
     participating in the 8(a) business development program that 
     was affected by Hurricane Katrina of 2005, the period in 
     which it can participate is extended by 18 months; to the 
     Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen):
       H.R. 1469. A bill to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study 
     Abroad Foundation under the authorities of the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 1470. 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. FILNER:
       H.R. 1471. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to 
     chiropractic care; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BARROW (for himself, Mr. Baca, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Boswell, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Boren, and Mr. Courtney):
       H.R. 1472. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining 
     the mileage reimbursement rate under the beneficiary travel 
     program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BARROW (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Boren, and Mr. Courtney):
       H.R. 1473. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 to require child care providers to 
     provide to parents information regarding whether such 
     providers carry current liability insurance; to the Committee 
     on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. BERRY (for himself, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Jones of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Allen, Mr. Aderholt, 
             Mr. Ross, Mr. Graves, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Courtney, and 
             Mr. Moran of Kansas):
       H.R. 1474. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require the sponsor of a prescription drug 
     plan or an organization offering an MA-PD plan to promptly 
     pay claims submitted under part D and to prohibit the 
     inclusion of certain identifying information of pharmacies on 
     explanatory prescription drug information and cards 
     distributed by prescription drug plan sponsors; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. McGOVERN (for himself, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York, Ms. Watson, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mr. Fossella, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Shays, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Ms. Matsui, Mr.

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             McHugh, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Honda, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Engel, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Abercrombie, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Holt, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Meehan, 
             Mr. Tierney, Mr. Olver, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. 
             DeGette, and Mr. Blumenauer):
       H.R. 1475. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase and equalize the exclusion from gross income 
     for parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide 
     for a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida (for herself, Mr. 
             Kirk, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Shays, Mrs. 
             Biggert, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Porter, Mr. 
             Gingrey, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Roskam):
       H.R. 1476. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to expand the nursing home patients' bill 
     of rights to include the right to receive care from a 
     credible caregiver by requiring background checks on direct 
     access employees and the right to a safe environment during 
     an emergency or natural disaster by requiring nursing long-
     term care facilities to establish disaster emergency and 
     evacuation plans; 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. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 1477. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to 
     veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and 
     to their dependents; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, 
             and Mr. Pastor):
       H.R. 1478. A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship 
     and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American 
     Public Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in 
     tribal leadership, management, and policy, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. McNerney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Royce, Ms. Schakowsky, and Ms. Schwartz):
       H.R. 1479. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified 
     acupuncturist services under part B of the Medicare Program, 
     and to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
     coverage of such services under the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 
     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. KLEIN of Florida (for himself and Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen):
       H.R. 1480. A bill to impose a 2-year moratorium on 
     implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-
     State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State 
     Children's Health Insurance Program; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, and Mr. Paul):
       H.R. 1481. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude amounts received as a military basic housing 
     allowance from consideration as income for purposes of the 
     low-income housing credit and qualified residential rental 
     projects; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PETRI (for himself and Mr. Kanjorski):
       H.R. 1482. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit and a deduction for small political 
     contributions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. REGULA (for himself, Mr. Tierney, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mr. Doyle, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Hall of New York, 
             Mr. Space, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Boswell, 
             Mr. Wamp, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Latham, Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Braley of Iowa, 
             and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina):
       H.R. 1483. A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public 
     Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for 
     certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself and Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado):
       H.R. 1484. A bill to provide consistent enforcement 
     authority to the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park 
     Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 
     Forest Service to respond to violations of regulations 
     regarding the management, use, and protection of public lands 
     under the jurisdiction of these agencies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Smith 
             of Washington, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. McCotter):
       H. Con. Res. 90. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     dedication and honorable service of members of the Armed 
     Forces who are serving or have served as military nurses; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PUTNAM:
       H. Res. 236. A resolution removing a Minority Member from 
     and electing certain Minority Members to certain standing 
     committees of the House of Representatives; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. BACA (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Melancon, Mr. 
             Hall of New York, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Boyd of 
             Florida, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Carnahan, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Space, Mr. 
             Filner, and Mr. Hare):
       H. Res. 237. A resolution supporting and encouraging 
     greater support for Veterans Day each year; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Wexler, 
             and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
       H. Res. 238. A resolution commending the first democratic 
     elections in Aceh, a province in Sumatra, Indonesia, and 
     expressing support for the further democratic development and 
     implementation of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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