[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 23, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H5723-H5724]
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. WYNN (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Butterfield, 
             Mr. Weiner, Mr. Hastings of Florida, and Mr. 
             Carnahan):
       H.R. 2447. A bill to establish an Energy and Environment 
     Block Grant Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Science and Technology, 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. KUHL of New York (for himself and Mr. Sali):
       H.R. 2448. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the Federal excise tax on highway motor fuels 
     when the weekly United States retail gasoline price, regular 
     grade, is greater than $3.00 per gallon; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. Hinojosa, Mrs. 
             Biggert, and Mr. Kind):
       H.R. 2449. A bill to reauthorize part D of title II of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mrs. TAUSCHER:
       H.R. 2450. A bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of 
     Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 
     107-243); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. OBEY (for himself and Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 2451. A bill to provide for the redeployment of United 
     States Armed Forces and defense contractors from 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. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. LoBiondo, 
             Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Norton, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Saxton, and Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland):
       H.R. 2452. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor 
     for and report discharges of raw sewage, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BOUCHER (for himself, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Boren, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Mr. Clay, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. 
             Jordan):
       H.R. 2453. A bill to protect consumers from discriminatory 
     State taxes on motor vehicle rentals; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 2454. A bill to include B20 biodiesel blends as an 
     alternative fuel for corporate average fuel economy purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CARTER (for himself, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. 
             Neugebauer, and Ms. Granger):
       H.R. 2455. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to prohibit the sale, purchase, and display to the 
     general public of the Social Security account number; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee:
       H.R. 2456. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain acrylic fiber tow; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. Baca, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Becerra, Mr. Berman, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. Carson, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis 
             of Illinois, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings 
             of Florida, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Kagen, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Kind, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. McCollum of 
             Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
             Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Oberstar, Mr. Sires, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
             Walz of Minnesota, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. 
             Waxman, and Mr. Hodes):
       H.R. 2457. A bill to amend the National Voter Registration 
     Act of 1993 to require States to permit individuals to 
     register to vote in an election for Federal office on the 
     date of the election; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. Camp of Michigan, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Bishop of New York, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Weller, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, and Mr. Cohen):
       H.R. 2458. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to consolidate the current education tax incentives into 
     one credit against income tax for higher education expenses, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself and Mr. King of New York):
       H.R. 2459. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide individuals a deduction for certain mass 
     public transportation expenses; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Moran of 
             Kansas, and Mr. Issa):
       H.R. 2460. A bill to protect the welfare of consumers by 
     prohibiting price gouging by merchants with respect to 
     gasoline and other fuels during certain abnormal market 
     disruptions; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 2461. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit distributions from individual retirement plans 
     to be contributed to 529 plans without including the 
     distribution in gross income; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HOLDEN:
       H.R. 2462. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to promote growth and opportunity for 
     the dairy industry in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. KIND (for himself, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, and 
             Mr. Levin):
       H.R. 2463. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the special rule for recognition of gain on 
     dispositions to implement Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission or State electric restructuring policy; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MATHESON (for himself, Mrs. Capps, and Mr. King 
             of New York):
       H.R. 2464. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide a means for continued improvement in emergency 
     medical services for children; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. PETRI:
       H.R. 2465. A bill to allow for the consolidation of Federal 
     student loans into a single direct income-contingent loan 
     repayment program; 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. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. 
             Chabot):
       H.R. 2466. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prevent gang crime, and for other purposes; 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. SIRES (for himself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mr. Andrews, Mr. Holt, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
             Saxton, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Frelinghuysen, and Mr. 
             Ferguson):
       H.R. 2467. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 69 Montgomery Street in 
     Jersey City, New Jersey, as the ``Frank J. Guarini Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Clay, Ms. 
             Berkley, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Shea-Porter, and Mr. Payne):
       H.R. 2468. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for activities to increase the awareness and 
     knowledge of health care providers and women with respect to 
     ovarian and cervical cancer, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself and Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 2469. A bill to provide a biennial budget for the 
     United States Government; to the Committee on the Budget, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Rules, 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. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Lampson, Ms. Moore of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Boswell, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Al Green of Texas, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Holt, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Miller 
             of North Carolina, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
             Carson, Mr. Snyder, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. 
             Boyda of Kansas, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Cummings, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Hare, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Holden, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Jackson-Lee of

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             Texas, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Lewis 
             of Georgia, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Ruppersberger, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
             Berry, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Ross, and Mr. Ellsworth):
       H. Con. Res. 155. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and 
     expressing the sense of Congress that history should be 
     regarded as a means for understanding the past and more 
     effectively facing the challenges of the future; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H. Con. Res. 156. Concurrent resolution expressing support 
     for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and 
     urging the United States Ambassador to the United Nations 
     General Assembly to adopt without amendment the Declaration 
     as approved by the United Nations Human Rights Council on 
     June 29, 2006; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. RADANOVICH (for himself and Mr. Nunes):
       H. Con. Res. 157. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     research and development in the State of California of 
     biodiesel and other biofuels from agricultural products and 
     byproducts; to the Committee on Science and Technology.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Lewis of Georgia):
       H. Res. 431. A resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary 
     of Loving v. Virginia legalizing interracial marriage within 
     the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana:
       H. Res. 432. A resolution providing for enclosing the 
     visitors' galleries of the House of Representatives with a 
     transparent and substantial material; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.
           By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mrs. Cubin):
       H. Res. 433. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of National Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Month; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Udall of Colorado, and Mr. Watt):
       H. Res. 434. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, 
     Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her 
     country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving 
     as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly 
     passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of 
     technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her 
     discharge from the service on January 2, 1946; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KLEIN of Florida (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Lantos, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Cantor, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Rothman, Ms. Watson, Mr. Israel, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Sires, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Fossella, Ms. Bean, Mr. 
             Fortuno, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mrs. 
             Bono, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
             Carney, and Mrs. Myrick):
       H. Res. 435. A resolution expressing concern relating to 
     the threatening behavior of the Iranian regime and its leader 
     Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the activities of terrorist 
     organizations sponsored by that regime in Latin America; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. SNYDER (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Berry, and 
             Mr. Ross):
       H. Res. 436. A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary 
     of the University of Central Arkansas; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.

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