[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 147 (Monday, October 1, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H11069-H11070]
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. BISHOP of New York (for himself and Mrs. Lowey):

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       H.R. 3707. A bill to authorize the establishment of a 
     memorial to all victims of terrorism; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 3708. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the limitations on the amount excluded from 
     the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified 
     conservation easement; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 3709. A bill to authorize inter-tribal transfers of 
     authority in leases between the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 
     and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HOLDEN:
       H.R. 3710. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish an Office of Correctional Public Health; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. HOLDEN (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 3711. A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to eliminate the 
     matching requirement for certain bulletproof armor vest 
     purchases under the matching grant program for bulletproof 
     armor vests; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 3712. A bill to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 1716 Spielbusch Avenue in 
     Toledo, Ohio, as the ``James M. & Thomas W.L. Ashley Customs 
     Building and United States Courthouse''; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Nadler, 
             Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 3713. A bill to ensure that the courts of the United 
     States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by 
     United States citizens and others against any railroad 
     organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
     deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi 
     concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such 
     railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PENCE:
       H.R. 3714. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to repeal restrictions relating to electioneering 
     communications, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.
           By Mr. SPACE (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       H.R. 3715. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow long-distance rural commuters a deduction 
     during periods when the local price of gasoline exceeds $3 
     per gallon; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WALSH of New York:
       H.R. 3716. A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act 
     to require independent safety certification of children's 
     products, to increase the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission's inspection capability for imported products, and 
     to prohibit hazardous imports based on manufacturing site, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Ms. Hooley, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Oberstar, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Stark, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Doyle, Ms. Watson, and Ms. Clarke):
       H. Con. Res. 221. Concurrent resolution honoring all 
     Americans serving in the Armed Forces of the United States 
     and condemning the attack by broadcaster Rush Limbaugh on the 
     integrity and professionalism of some of those Americans; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PENCE (for himself and Mr. Walden of Oregon):
       H. Res. 694. A resolution providing for the consideration 
     of the bill (H.R. 2905) to prevent the Federal Communications 
     Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine; to the 
     Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL of California:
       H. Res. 695. A resolution expressing the support for 
     designation of a ``National Fire Fighter Appreciation Day'' 
     to honor and celebrate the fire fighters of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. COSTA (for himself and Mr. Grijalva):
       H. Res. 696. A resolution expressing gratitude for the 
     foreign guest laborers, known as Braceros, who worked in the 
     United States during the period from 1942 to 1964; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. KAGEN (for himself, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Shuler, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Petri, Mr. Wicker, 
             Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Obey, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Space, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Mitchell, 
             Mr. Conaway, Mr. Wexler, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Baca, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Holt, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Ms. Bean, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Lampson, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Altmire, 
             Mr. Costa, Ms. DeGette, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Engel, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
             Dicks, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Ms. Harman, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Hare, Ms. 
             Clarke, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Olver, Mr. Hall 
             of New York, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
             Murphy of Connecticut, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Doyle, Mr. Holden, Mr. Carney, and Mr. Pickering):
       H. Res. 697. A resolution commending Green Bay Packers 
     quarterback Brett Favre for establishing a National Football 
     League record for most career touchdown passes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. WALSH of New York (for himself and Mr. Farr):
       H. Res. 698. A resolution commemorating the 200th 
     anniversary of Congressional Cemetery; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.

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