[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 44 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H1770-H1771]
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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 Mrs. SCHMIDT (for herself and Mr. Oberstar):
       H.R. 5640. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to provide services for birthparents who have 
     placed a child for adoption, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. McCOTTER (for himself and Mr. Paul):
       H.R. 5641. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit hardship loans from certain individual 
     retirement plans; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, and Mr. Feeney):
       H.R. 5642. A bill to increase the numerical limitation with 
     respect to H-1B nonimmigrants for fiscal years 2008 and 2009; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Carnahan, Ms. Giffords, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, and Ms. Bordallo):
       H.R. 5643. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a refundable credit against income tax for the 
     purchase of a principal residence by a first-time homebuyer; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MICA (for himself, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Costa, Mr. 
             Salazar, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Boustany, Mr. 
             Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. Capito, 
             Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mrs. Drake, Mr. 
             Duncan, Mr. Ehlers, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. 
             Graves, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Mack, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 5644. A bill to provide for competitive development 
     and operation of high-speed rail corridor projects; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Stark, Mr. Honda, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Mr. Costa, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. Sires, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
             McDermott, and Ms. Clarke):
       H.R. 5645. A bill to exclude assistance payments under 
     certain post-foster care guardianship assistance programs 
     from consideration as income for purposes of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. BROUN of Georgia (for himself, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Burton 
             of Indiana, Mr. King of Iowa, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Miller 
             of Florida, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mrs. 
             Musgrave, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Goode, and Mr. Garrett of 
             New Jersey):
       H.R. 5646. A bill to protect the second amendment rights of 
     individuals to carry firearms and ammunition in units of the 
     National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System 
     and to require that hunting activities be a land use in all 
     management plans for Federal land to the extent that such use 
     is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the 
     Federal land is managed; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. EMANUEL:
       H.R. 5647. A bill to provide public charter school options 
     for those students that attend schools that are in need of 
     improvement and have been identified for restructuring and 
     those schools with a graduation rate of less than 60 percent, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and

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     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. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Bishop of Utah, 
             Mr. Salazar, Mr. Sali, and Mr. Baca):
       H.R. 5648. A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry 
     Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a Federal wildland fire 
     emergency suppression fund to facilitate accountable fire 
     suppression activities by the Secretary of Agriculture and 
     the Secretary of the Interior to unanticipated large fire 
     events, to encourage enhanced management efficiencies and 
     cost controls of wildland fire suppression, and to reduce the 
     risk of catastrophic wildfire to communities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. KIRK:
       H.R. 5649. A bill to establish the Home Owners' Loan 
     Corporation to provide emergency home mortgage relief; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 5650. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to limit the repair, 
     restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of certain 
     property and to discontinue large in-lieu contributions; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MITCHELL:
       H.R. 5651. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a program of educational assistance for members of 
     the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after 
     September 11, 2001, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs, 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. PEARCE:
       H.R. 5652. A bill to direct the United States Sentencing 
     Commission to make certain changes in the Sentencing 
     Guidelines as they affect certain human trafficking offenses; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PEARCE (for himself, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, 
             and Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico):
       H.R. 5653. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain 
     isotopic separation machinery and apparatus, and parts 
     thereof, for use in the construction of an isotopic 
     separation facility in southern New Mexico; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Davis 
             of Illinois, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Cohen, 
             Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Watson, Mrs. Capps, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Ms. Harman, Mr. Clay, Ms. Clarke, Mr. 
             Ruppersberger, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. 
             DeLauro, and Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 5654. A bill to authorize a program to provide grants 
     to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent 
     visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents; 
     to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 5655. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand and improve the dependent care tax credit; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. Berman, and Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen):
       H. Con. Res. 317. Concurrent resolution condemning the 
     Burmese regime's undemocratic constitution and scheduled 
     referendum; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Shays, Mr. Blumenauer, and 
             Mr. Grijalva):
       H. Con. Res. 318. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of the International Year of Sanitation; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. WEXLER:
       H. Con. Res. 319. Concurrent resolution recognizing March 
     19, 2008, as the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war and urging 
     President George W. Bush to begin an immediate and safe 
     redeployment of United States Armed Forces 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. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Boucher, 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Tom 
             Davis of Virginia, Mr. Goode, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Forbes, 
             Mrs. Drake, and Mr. Wittman of Virginia):
       H. Res. 1051. A resolution congratulating James Madison 
     University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, for 100 years of 
     service and leadership to the United States; to the Committee 
     on Education and Labor.
           By Ms. BEAN (for herself, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana):
       H. Res. 1052. A resolution recognizing the importance of 
     the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. COSTA (for himself and Mr. Poe):
       H. Res. 1053. A resolution supporting the mission and goals 
     of National Crime Victims' Rights week in order to increase 
     public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of 
     victims and survivors of crime in the United States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Ms. Fallin, 
             Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Harman, Mrs. 
             Capps, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico, Ms. Ginny Brown-
             Waite of Florida, Mrs. Tauscher, Mrs. Musgrave, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Shea-
             Porter, Mr. Snyder, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
             Loebsack, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Giffords, Ms. 
             Castor, Mrs. Drake, and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers):
       H. Res. 1054. A resolution honoring the service and 
     achievements of women in the Armed Forces and female 
     veterans; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
     to the Committee on 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. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Solis, and Mr. 
             Butterfield):
       H. Res. 1055. A resolution recognizing the enduring value 
     of the International Convention on the Elimination of All 
     Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) as a cornerstone of 
     global efforts to combat racial discrimination and uphold 
     human rights, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, 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 Ms. HOOLEY (for herself, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. 
             Matheson, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Solis, Mr. Courtney, Ms. 
             Lee, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
             Mitchell, Mr. Holt, Mr. Wu, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Inslee, and Mr. Lipinski):
       H. Res. 1056. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of April 28, 2008, as ``National Healthy Schools 
     Day''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. LAMBORN (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. King 
             of Iowa, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Goode, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Broun 
             of Georgia, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Kingston, and 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina):
       H. Res. 1057. A resolution commemorating the 25th 
     anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense 
     Initiative speech; 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. ROSS:
       H. Res. 1058. A resolution supporting the designation of 
     Destination ImagiNation Week; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
           By Mr. WALBERG (for himself and Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan):
       H. Res. 1059. A resolution congratulating the Adrian 
     College Bulldogs men's hockey team for winning the Midwest 
     Collegiate Hockey Association regular season title and 
     postseason tournament and for having the best first year win-
     loss record in Division III history; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H. Res. 1060. A resolution expressing condolences to the 
     families of the eight people killed and nine people wounded 
     in the library of the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem's 
     Kiryat Moshe quarter on March 6, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.

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