[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 166 (Tuesday, October 30, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H12236-H12238]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Coble, Mr. Ramstad, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Platts, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             and Mr. Ellison):
       H.R. 3992. A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for 
     the improved mental health treatment and services provided to 
     offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALTMIRE:
       H.R. 3993. A bill to provide for a prohibition on 
     discrimination in employment against certain family members 
     caring for recovering members of the Armed Forces; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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. BOREN (for himself, Mr. Rahall, and Mr. 
             Pallone):
       H.R. 3994. A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act

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     to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 3995. A bill to protect the interests of each resident 
     of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in 
     class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 3996. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 3997. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members 
     of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace 
     Corps volunteers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3998. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain 
     lands and structures to determine the appropriate means for 
     preservation, use, and management of the resources associated 
     with such lands and structures; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 3999. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     improve the safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, to 
     strengthen bridge inspection standards and processes, to 
     increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally 
     deficient bridges on the National Highway System, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. 
             Bordallo):
       H.R. 4000. A bill to extend eligibility for certain Federal 
     benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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 Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 4001. A bill to amend title VIII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to expand the nurse student loan program, to 
     establish grant programs to address the nursing shortage, to 
     amend title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide for a nurse faculty pilot project, and for other 
     purposes; 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. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. 
             Davis of Kentucky):
       H.R. 4002. A bill to establish a program to preserve rural 
     multifamily housing assisted under the Housing Act of 1949; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. HARE (for himself and Mr. Manzullo):
       H.R. 4003. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     change the composition of the northern and central districts 
     of Illinois; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois:
       H.R. 4004. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income the stipends received for 
     working as an election judge; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. KELLER (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, and Mr. 
             Forbes):
       H.R. 4005. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prevent misrepresentation of their ages by on-line predators 
     as a means for the enticement of children; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 4006. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 3,3'-
     Dichlorobenzidine Dihydrochloride; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 4007. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide citizenship for certain children of United 
     States servicemen born overseas during the Vietnam and Korean 
     Wars; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MAHONEY of Florida (for himself, Mr. Lampson, 
             Mr. Hodes, Mr. Hill, Ms. Bean, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
             Barrow, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Klein of Florida, and Mrs. 
             Bachmann):
       H.R. 4008. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to 
     make technical corrections to the definition of willful 
     noncompliance with respect to violations involving the 
     printing of an expiration date on certain credit and debit 
     card receipts before the date of the enactment of this Act; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. MILLER of Michigan (for herself, Mr. Camp of 
             Michigan, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
             Knollenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Walberg):
       H.R. 4009. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 567 West Nepessing Street in 
     Lapeer, Michigan, as the ``Turrill Post Office Building''; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 4010. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 West Percy Street in 
     Indianola, Mississippi, as the ``Minnie Cox Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Pearce):
       H.R. 4011. A bill to facilitate the reclamation of 
     abandoned hardrock mines, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4012. A bill to establish a grant program to provide 
     Native American veterans with language resources to 
     facilitate access to medical services provided by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Brown 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Clyburn, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Spratt, 
             Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Hayes, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Conaway, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Rothman, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             McIntyre, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. Issa, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. McCotter, 
             Mr. Akin, and Mr. Walberg):
       H. Res. 777. A resolution offering condolences regarding 
     the tragic fire in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, which 
     killed six University of South Carolina students and one 
     student from Clemson University on October 28, 2007; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Dreier, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Herger, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California, Mr. Doolittle, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Woolsey, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Lee, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Stark, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Honda, Mr. Farr, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. 
             Radanovich, Mr. Costa, Mr. Nunes, Mr. McCarthy of 
             California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Becerra, Ms. 
             Solis, Ms. Watson, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Royce, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
             California, Mr. Baca, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Bono, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Campbell of California, Mr. Issa, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Hunter, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. 
             Waters, Ms. Harman, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and 
             Ms. Richardson):
       H. Res. 778. A resolution honoring the first responders and 
     supporting the victims of the Southern California wildfires; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. LATHAM (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Musgrave, 
             and Ms. Herseth Sandlin):
       H. Res. 779. A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary 
     of the American Society of Agronomy; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Olver, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Lynch, 
             Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Allen, 
             Mr. Michaud, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Langevin, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Shays, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Murphy of 
             Connecticut):
       H. Res. 782. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     with respect to the Boston Red Sox victory in the 2007 Major 
     League Baseball World Series; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
           By Mr. LaTOURETTE (for himself and Mr. Calvert):
       H. Res. 783. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     National Cemetery Administration employees, volunteers, and 
     veterans' service organizations that perform funeral honors 
     and memorial honor details should be permitted to recite the 
     13 steps to fold an American flag (known as the ``13-fold 
     recital'') at any national cemetery if requested by the 
     family of the deceased; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. McCARTHY of California:
       H. Res. 784. A resolution recognizing and honoring, in 
     community post offices, the service of men and women of the 
     U.S. Armed Forces deployed overseas; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. ORTIZ (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Al 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Doggett, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr.

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             Serrano, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Paul, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. McCaul of 
             Texas, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Poe, Mr. Barton 
             of Texas, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Cuellar, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mrs. Boyda of 
             Kansas, Mr. Saxton, and Mr. Salazar):
       H. Res. 785. A resolution recognizing the 100th Anniversary 
     of Robstown, Texas; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.

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