[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 60 (Wednesday, April 16, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H2441-H2443]
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. PETERSON of Minnesota:
       H.R. 5813. A bill to amend Public Law 110-196 to provide 
     for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm 
     Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond April 18, 
     2008; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. KING of New York:
       H.R. 5814. A bill to create a Federal cause of action to 
     determine whether defamation exists under United States law 
     in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in 
     foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of 
     publications or speech in the United States; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 5815. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a comprehensive national system for skilled 
     construction workers to assist first responders in disasters; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. KNOLLENBERG (for himself and Mr. Boehner):
       H.R. 5816. A bill to prohibit assistance for the Carter 
     Center located in Atlanta, Georgia; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Appropriations, 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. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H.R. 5817. A bill to establish a new nonimmigrant category 
     for Korean aliens seeking to enter the United States 
     temporarily to perform services in a specialty occupation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Watt, Mr. Mahoney of 
             Florida, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Carson, Mr. Ellison, and 
             Mr. Clay):
       H.R. 5818. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to make

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     loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make 
     grants to States for related costs; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. Graves, and Mr. 
             Sestak):
       H.R. 5819. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program 
     and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business, 
     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. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. Michaud):
       H.R. 5820. A bill to authorize the Forest Service to 
     provide financial assistance to States for the acquisition of 
     land to preserve and maintain such land for traditional use 
     by the public, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BROUN of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
             Chabot, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Goode, Mrs. 
             Musgrave, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Sali, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Roskam, Mr. King of Iowa, 
             Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Pence, and Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey):
       H.R. 5821. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     close loopholes in the prohibition on the sale or rental of 
     sexually explicit material on military installations; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CARDOZA:
       H.R. 5822. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to waive the 10 percent penalty on withdrawals from 
     qualified retirement plans upon receipt of notice of 
     foreclosure on a principal residence; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Bishop of New York, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       H.R. 5823. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their 
     income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless 
     veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, 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. KAGEN:
       H.R. 5824. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     establish a mortgage foreclosure counseling program for 
     members of the Armed Forces returning from service abroad; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
             Alexander, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Bartlett 
             of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Ms. Bean, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Berry, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bonner, 
             Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Boren, Mr. Boswell, 
             Mr. Boustany, Mr. Boyd of Florida, Mrs. Boyda of 
             Kansas, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. 
             Brown of South Carolina, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp of 
             Michigan, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
             Cantor, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Carney, Mr. 
             Carter, Mr. Castle, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Chandler, Mr. 
             Coble, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Cooper, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Lincoln Davis of 
             Tennessee, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mr. Dent, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, 
             Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Everett, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Flake, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. 
             Fossella, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Goode, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Graves, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. 
             Hall of Texas, Mr. Hare, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Heller, Mr. Herger, Ms. 
             Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
             Holden, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Issa, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Keller, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             Lewis of California, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Linder, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, 
             Mr. Lucas, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. 
             Lynch, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Matheson, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. McCaul of 
             Texas, Mr. McCotter, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             McHenry, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McKeon, Mrs. McMorris 
             Rodgers, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Melancon, Mr. Mica, Mr. Michaud, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. 
             Miller of Florida, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Moore of Kansas, 
             Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Patrick Murphy of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
             Musgrave, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Neugebauer, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Pearce, Mr. Pence, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, Mr. Porter, Mr. Price of Georgia, Ms. Pryce 
             of Ohio, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Rehberg, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Roskam, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ross, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Royce, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Salazar, Mr. Sali, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. 
             Scott of Georgia, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. Shays, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Shuster, Mr. 
             Simpson, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. 
             Snyder, Ms. Solis, Mr. Souder, Mr. Space, Mr. Spratt, 
             Mr. Stearns, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Mr. Taylor, Mr. Terry, Mr. Thompson of California, 
             Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Turner, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. Upton, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Walberg, Mr. 
             Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Wamp, Ms. Watson, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Weller, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Whitfield of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mrs. Wilson of New 
             Mexico, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wittman of 
             Virginia, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Young of Alaska, 
             and Mr. McNulty):
       H.R. 5825. A bill to amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United 
     States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the 
     Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the 
     request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense 
     policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the 
     only surviving child in a family in which the father or 
     mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces 
     and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, 
     died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a 
     captured or missing in action status, or is permanently 
     disabled, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' 
     Affairs, 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. RODRIGUEZ (for himself, Mr. Filner, Ms. Berkley, 
             and Mr. Hall of New York):
       H.R. 5826. A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2008, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with 
     service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-
     connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ROSKAM (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       H.R. 5827. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to improve food safety; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota:
       H.J. Res. 80. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the penalty 
     of death; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H. Con. Res. 329. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that former Presidents and high-ranking 
     political figures should refrain from freelance diplomacy 
     against the wishes of the current Government and stated 
     United States foreign policy; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
             Blunt, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Cantor, Mr. McCotter, 
             Mr. Engel, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Weiner, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Souder, Mr. Kagen, 
             Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Fossella, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. 
             Shays, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Porter, Mr. 
             Ramstad, and Mr. Poe):
       H. Res. 1110. A resolution condemning Hamas as a foreign 
     terrorist organization responsible for the murders of 26 
     United States citizens; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. KLEIN of Florida:
       H. Res. 1111. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     House of Representatives that any funding provided by the 
     United States to the Government of Iraq for reconstruction, 
     training for Iraqi security forces, and fuel for United 
     States operations in Iraq should be provided in the form of 
     loans; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, and Mr. Saxton):

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       H. Res. 1112. A resolution recognizing 2008 as the 
     International Year of the Reef; to the Committee on Science 
     and Technology.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H. Res. 1113. A resolution celebrating the role of mothers 
     in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of 
     Mother's Day; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H. Res. 1114. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of the Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor Day; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. KLEIN of Florida (for himself, Mr. Mica, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Farr, Mr. Porter, 
             Mr. Sires, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Coble, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. Walsh of New York):
       H. Res. 1115. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of April 16, 2008, as ``National Golf Day''; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Mack, Mr. Mario Diaz-
             Balart of Florida, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Mica, 
             Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart 
             of Florida, Mr. Keller, Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Boyd of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
             Crenshaw, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. 
             Stearns, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Young of Florida, 
             Ms. Castor, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, and Mr. Feeney):
       H. Res. 1116. A resolution honoring the life of Claude 
     Denson Pepper, distinguished former Senator and 
     Representative from Florida; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.

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