[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 52 (Monday, March 26, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H3079-H3080]
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 Ms. BEAN (for herself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             and Mr. Gillmor):
       H.R. 1675. A bill to suspend the requirements of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding 
     electronic filing of previous participation certificates and 
     regarding filing of such certificates with respect to certain 
     low-income housing investors; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. BOREN (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Renzi, and Mr. Kildee):
       H.R. 1676. A bill to reauthorize the program of the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for loan 
     guarantees for Indian housing; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself and Mr. Lewis of Georgia):
       H.R. 1677. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to enhance taxpayer protections and outreach; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Wolf, Ms. 
             McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Berman, Mr. Emanuel, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Watson, Mr. 
             Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. 
             Payne):
       H.R. 1678. A bill to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act 
     of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for 
     domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment 
     of victims of torture, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-
             Balart of Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, 
             Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Mr. 
             Sires, Mr. Mack, Mr. Pence, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
             Buchanan, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. 
             McCotter, and Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 1679. A bill to protect the environmental integrity of 
     coral reefs and other coastal marine resources from 
     exploration, development, and production activities for 
     petroleum resources located in a maritime exclusive economic 
     zone of the United States that is contiguous to a foreign 
     exclusive economic zone; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 
     Financial Services, 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. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. King 
             of New York, Mr. Langevin, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Dent, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 1680. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent 
     and deter the acquisition of ammonium nitrate by terrorists; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Flake, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Sires, and Mr. Scott of Georgia):
       H.R. 1681. A bill to amend the Congressional Charter of The 
     American National Red Cross to modernize its governance 
     structure, to enhance the ability of the board of governors 
     of The American National Red Cross to support the critical 
     mission of The American National Red Cross in the 21st 
     century, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mrs. 
             Biggert, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Waters, Mr. Taylor, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Baker, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, 
             Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, and Ms. Ginny Brown-
             Waite of Florida):
       H.R. 1682. A bill to restore the financial solvency of the 
     national flood insurance program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Souder, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. McCotter, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, 
             Mr. Latham, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Radanovich, and Mr. Camp 
             of Michigan):
       H.R. 1683. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for community projects that will reduce the number of 
     individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. King 
             of New York, Mr. Carney, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Clarke, and 
             Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California):
       H.R. 1684. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2008, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 1685. A bill to protect information relating to 
     consumers, to require notice of security breaches, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, and 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. ETHERIDGE (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, 
             and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi):
       H.R. 1686. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act to 
     require that uniforms, protective gear, badges, and 
     identification cards of personnel be manufactured in the 
     United States; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. Regula, Ms. Hooley, Mr. 
             Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Spratt, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Inslee, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Towns, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Gordon, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Higgins, Mr. 
             Walsh of New York, Mr. Coble, Mr. Shays, Mr. Weller, 
             Mr. Kuhl of New York, Ms. Watson, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Petri, Mr. Doyle, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Israel, Ms. Sutton, and Ms. Baldwin):
       H.R. 1687. A bill to provide competitive grants for 
     training court reporters and closed captioners to meet 
     requirements for realtime writers under the 
     Telecommunications Act of 1996, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 1688. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     provide health insurance coverage for children and pregnant 
     women throughout the United States by combining the children 
     and pregnant woman health coverage under Medicaid and SCHIP 
     into a new All Healthy Children Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. KELLER:
       H.R. 1689. A bill to provide support to combat illegal 
     downloading on college and university campuses; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 1690. A bill to improve airport screening and 
     security; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Ms. Berkley, and Mr. McNulty):
       H.R. 1691. A bill to end the use of conventional steel-
     jawed leghold traps on animals

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     in the United States; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, Foreign Affairs, 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. PALLONE:
       H.R. 1692. A bill to fight criminal gangs; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Education and Labor, and Financial 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. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Sutton, Mr. 
             Sires, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Clay):
       H.R. 1693. A bill to authorize National Mall Liberty Fund 
     D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District 
     of Columbia at Constitution Gardens previously approved to 
     honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, 
     liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 1694. A bill to improve the financial assistance 
     provided to State, local, and tribal governments by expanding 
     the eligible use of funding under the Homeland Security Grant 
     Program to include costs related to staff and law enforcement 
     analysts engaged in information and intelligence sharing 
     activities; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 1695. A bill to establish a National Commission on the 
     Prevention of Radicalization, to enhance information sharing, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. REYES:
       H.R. 1696. A bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and 
     Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act 
     to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe to determine blood 
     quantum requirement for membership in that Tribe; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. David Davis 
             of Tennessee, and Mr. Jindal):
       H.R. 1697. A bill to establish a Rural Policing Institute 
     within the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center of the 
     Department of Homeland Security to develop and provide for 
     training programs for rural law enforcement agencies; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York, and Mr. Grijalva):
       H.R. 1698. A bill to direct the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard 
     for each durable infant or toddler product, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 1699. A bill to direct the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to require certain manufacturers to provide 
     consumer product registration forms to facilitate recalls of 
     durable infant and toddler products; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, and 
             Mr. Keller):
       H.R. 1700. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT 
     grant program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WELDON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Nunes, and 
             Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 1701. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an exemption from the harbor maintenance tax 
     for certain shipping between United States mainland ports; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Stark, Mr. Becerra, 
             Ms. Carson, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Rush, Ms. 
             Solis, and Ms. Watson):
       H.R. 1702. A bill to reallocate funds toward sensible 
     priorities such as improved children's education, increased 
     children's access to health care, expanded job training, and 
     increased energy efficiency and conservation through a 
     reduction of wasteful defense spending, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and 
     Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, 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. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 1703. A bill to establish a coordinated avalanche 
     protection program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Agriculture, 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. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Payne, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Royce, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Ms. Watson, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Scott of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Berman, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Fattah, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Udall 
             of Colorado, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Sherman and Mr. Blaumenauer:)
       H. Con. Res. 100. A concurrent resolution condemning the 
     recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against 
     peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil 
     society; to the Committee on foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. SHEA-PORTER (for herself, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Ms. Lee, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. 
             Towns, and Mrs. Jones of Ohio):
       H. Res. 266. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day; 
     to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sestak, 
             Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Wexler, Mr. Sires, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Mack, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Patrick Murphy of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Cantor, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Israel, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Carnahan, Ms. Bean, Mr. Barrow, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Melancon, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Lynch, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Mr. McNerney, Mr. 
             Fossella, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Pence, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-
             Balart of Florida, Mr. Platts, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
             Buchanan, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Porter, Mr. Knollenberg, 
             Mr. Feeney, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. Goodlatte, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Renzi, Mr. 
             Young of Florida, Ms. Giffords, and Mr. Jordan):
       H. Res. 267. A resolution calling for the immediate and 
     unconditional release of British marines and sailors held 
     captive by Iran, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. McINTYRE (for himself and Mr. Pitts):
       H. Res. 268. A resolution supporting responsible 
     fatherhood, promoting marriage, and encouraging greater 
     involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, 
     especially on Father's Day; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H. Res. 271. A resolution recognizing the heroism and 
     sacrifice of Medal of Honor recipients, commending the 
     efforts of the Medal of Honor Host City Program in 
     Gainesville, Texas, to celebrate and honor the contributions 
     of Medal of Honor recipients, and encouraging the expansion 
     of the program; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Schiff, 
             Mr. Ellison, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Engel, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, and Ms. Kilpatrick):
       H. Res. 272. A resolution commemorating the 200th 
     anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave 
     trade; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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