[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 57 (Thursday, April 10, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H2223-H2224]
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. KIND (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Cooper, Mr. 
             Gilchrest, Ms. Bean, Mr. Udall of Colorado, and Mr. 
             Walz of Minnesota):
       H.R. 5755. A bill to establish the Bipartisan Earmark 
     Reform Commission; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform, 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. KIND (for himself and Mr. Gilchrest):
       H.R. 5756. A bill to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory 
     Bird Conservation Act; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Hall of Texas, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Upton, and Mr. 
             Gingrey):
       H.R. 5757. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to require asset verification through access to 
     information held by financial institutions, to reduce fraud 
     and abuse in State Medicaid programs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 5758. A bill to prohibit authorized lenders of home 
     equity conversion mortgages from requiring seniors to 
     purchase an annuity with the proceeds of a reverse mortgage, 
     and to provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage 
     borrowers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. BROUN of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Akin, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Pitts, 
             Mr. Goode, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Walberg, 
             Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Franks 
             of Arizona, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. 
             Deal of Georgia, Mr. Linder, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Wamp, 
             Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Coble, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Poe, and Mrs. 
             Myrick):
       H.R. 5759. A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
     declare English as the national language of the Government of 
     the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Education and Labor.
           By Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida (for herself, Mr. 
             Poe, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Lampson):
       H.R. 5760. A bill to reauthorize the Adam Walsh Child 
     Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself and Mr. Dent):
       H.R. 5761. A bill to withhold Federal financial assistance 
     from each country that denies or unreasonably delays the 
     acceptance of nationals of such country who have been ordered 
     removed from the United States and to prohibit the issuance 
     of visas to nationals of such country; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary, and 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 Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Waxman, 
             Ms. Sutton, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Welch of 
             Vermont):
       H.R. 5762. A bill to prohibit the use of nonambulatory 
     livestock for human food and to require the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to publish the names of retailers and school 
     districts that have purchased meat, poultry, or egg products 
     subject to voluntary recall; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Oberstar, 
             and Mr. Walz of Minnesota):
       H.R. 5763. A bill to temporarily delay application of 
     proposed changes to the Departmental Appeals Board within the 
     Department of Health and Human Services; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means, and 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. EMANUEL (for himself and Mr. Ramstad):
       H.R. 5764. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a continuous levy on payments to Medicaid 
     providers and suppliers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Tanner, 
             Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Camp of 
             Michigan, and Mr. Linder):
       H.R. 5765. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to cover remote patient management services for 
     certain chronic health conditions under the Medicare Program; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. ETHERIDGE (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Hare, 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Clarke, 
             Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mrs. Capps, and Mr. 
             Honda):
       H.R. 5766. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security the 
     Office of National School Preparedness and Response, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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 (for himself and Mr. 
             Paul):
       H.R. 5767. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury 
     and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 
     proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulation under 
     subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN:
       H.R. 5768. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     provide the Commodity Futures Trading Commission authority 
     over off-exchange retail foreign currency transactions, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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. GINGREY (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Akin, 
             Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. 
             Campbell of California, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. 
             Foxx, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Goode, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
             King of Iowa, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, 
             Mr. Linder, Mr. McCotter, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Roskam, 
             Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Westmoreland, and 
             Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 5769. A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to 
     revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit 
     the sending of a text message containing an unsolicited 
     advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the 
     national do-not-call registry; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.

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           By Mr. HALL of New York (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
             and Ms. Lee):
       H.R. 5770. A bill to provide for a study by the National 
     Academy of Sciences of potential impacts of climate change on 
     water resources and water quality; to the Committee on 
     Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. McCAUL of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             Mr. Broun of Georgia, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Feeney, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Hensarling, 
             Mr. Issa, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
             Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Latta, Mr. McCotter, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
             Sali, Mr. Reichert, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Poe, and Mr. Mack):
       H.R. 5771. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for 
     a project or program named for an individual then serving as 
     a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator of the 
     United States Congress; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut (for himself and Mrs. 
             Biggert):
       H.R. 5772. A bill to amend section 811 of the Cranston-
     Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the 
     program under such section for supportive housing for persons 
     with disabilities; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. Clay):
       H.R. 5773. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to enter into a long-term ground lease for the 
     operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East 
     Potomac as golf courses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Jackson-
             Lee of Texas, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney of 
             New York, Mr. Payne, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
             Watson, and Mr. Welch of Vermont):
       H.R. 5774. A bill to provide effective employment, 
     training, and career and technical education programs and to 
     address barriers that result from family responsibilities, 
     and to encourage and support individuals to enter 
     nontraditional occupational fields; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. King of Iowa, Ms. Fallin, 
             Mr. Boustany, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. 
             Conaway, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Souder, and Mr. 
             Flake):
       H.R. 5775. A bill to amend the Labor-Management Reporting 
     and Disclosure Act to provide for specified civil penalties 
     for violations of that Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SHADEGG (for himself, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Marchant, 
             Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, Mr. Goode, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
             Mr. Gohmert, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Franks of Arizona, 
             Mr. Akin, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
             Price of Georgia, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. 
             Hoekstra):
       H.R. 5776. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income certain distributions from 
     qualified retirement plans used for mortgage payments; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TANCREDO:
       H.R. 5777. A bill to impose certain restrictions on trade 
     with and investment in the People's Republic of China, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, the 
     Judiciary, 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. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 5778. A bill to preserve the independence of the 
     District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. WEXLER:
       H.R. 5779. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a tax on the amount of wages in excess of the 
     contribution and benefit base, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico (for herself, Mr. 
             Etheridge, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico):
       H.R. 5780. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage of clinical pharmacist 
     practitioner services under part B of the Medicare Program; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. COURTNEY (for himself and Mr. George Miller of 
             California):
       H. Res. 1097. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of the month of April 2008, as National Child 
     Abuse Prevention Month to provide attention to the tragic 
     circumstances that face some of our Nation's children on a 
     daily basis and to underscore our commitment to preventing 
     child abuse and neglect so that all children can live in 
     safety and security; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. FILNER (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H. Res. 1098. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of the Year of the American Veteran; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself and 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H. Res. 1099. A resolution honoring the life of Arbella 
     Perkins Ewings; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Braley 
             of Iowa, Mr. Latham, and Mr. King of Iowa):
       H. Res. 1100. A resolution congratulating the University of 
     Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling Team on Winning the 2008 NCAA 
     Division I National Wrestling Championships; to the Committee 
     on Education and Labor.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H. Res. 1101. A resolution honoring and commending The 
     George Washington University in Washington, D.C., for hosting 
     the 2008 Science Olympiad National Tournament; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.

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