[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 92 (Thursday, June 5, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H5043-H5044]
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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. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H.R. 6191. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to waive certain requirements for naturalization for 
     American Samoan United States nationals to become United 
     States citizens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina:
       H.R. 6192. A bill to make payments by the Department of 
     Homeland Security to a State contingent on a State providing 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation with certain statistics, 
     to require Federal agencies, departments, and courts to 
     provide such statistics to the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, and to require the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation to publish such statistics; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security, 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. HARMAN (for herself, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Thompson 
             of Mississippi, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Carney, 
             Mr. Dicks, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 6193. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and 
     programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled 
     Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified 
     information that is homeland security information, terrorism 
     information, weapons of mass destruction information and 
     other information within the scope of the information sharing 
     environment established under section 1016 of the 
     Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 
     U.S.C. 485), and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
           By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 6194. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that the volume cap for private activity 
     bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the 
     furnishing of water and sewage facilities; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ALTMIRE:
       H.R. 6195. A bill to authorize the Korean War Veterans 
     Association to establish a commemorative work on Federal land 
     in the District of Columbia near the Korean War Memorial on 
     the Mall to honor members of the Armed Forces who have served 
     in Korea since July 28, 1953; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BERRY:
       H.R. 6196. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for Medicare coverage of individuals receiving 
     a heart transplant; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 6197. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7095 Highway 57 in Counce, 
     Tennessee, as the ``Pickwick Post Office Building''; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. CLEAVER:
       H.R. 6198. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in 
     Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``Reverend Earl Abel Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 6199. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in New 
     City, New York, as the ``Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Engel, and Mr. 
             Rothman):
       H.R. 6200. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to provide for a study of the Long Path Trail, a system of 
     trails and potential trails running from Fort Lee, New 
     Jersey, to the Adirondacks in New York, to determine whether 
     to add the trail to the National Trails System, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself and Mrs. 
             Capps):
       H.R. 6201. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make 
     grants to eligible States for the purpose of reducing the 
     student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, 
     elementary schools, and kindergarten; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             Payne, and Mr. Tierney):
       H.R. 6202. A bill to promote the well-being of animals held 
     for commercial use by providing such animals protection from 
     cruelty and abuse; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
             Bishop of New York, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Courtney, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Hare, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Inslee, Mr. Israel, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Markey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Loretta Sanchez 
             of California, Mr. Sires, Ms. Solis, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Watt, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 6203. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research 
     at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's 
     disease, to authorize an education and outreach program to 
     promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to 
     Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education 
     and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. McCotter, and Mr. 
             Kildee):
       H.R. 6204. A bill to expand the boundaries of the Thunder 
     Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SUTTON (for herself, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Kagen, Mr. 
             Arcuri, Mr. Hare, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Braley of 
             Iowa, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. 
             Shea-Porter, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Richardson, Ms. 
             Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Yarmuth):
       H.R. 6205. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to 
     require the payment of monthly special pay for members of the 
     uniformed services whose service on active duty is extended 
     by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. McGOVERN (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. 
             Allen):
       H.J. Res. 91. A joint resolution expressing the sense of 
     Congress that the United States should sign the Declaration 
     of the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions and future 
     instruments banning cluster munitions that cause unacceptable 
     harm to civilians; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Berman, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Watson, Mr. Manzullo, 
             Mr. Holt, and Mr. Pitts):
       H.J. Res. 93. A joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SNYDER (for himself, Mr. Holt, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
             Cohen, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Kildee, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Hastings 
             of Florida, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Inslee, Mr. Hill, Mr. Ross, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Welch 
             of Vermont, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Larsen of Washington, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Lampson, Mr. Payne, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Michaud, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
             Berry, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Price of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Foster, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Akin, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Mr.

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             Rahall, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Allen, Mr. Pastor, 
             Mr. Doggett, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Hare, 
             Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Moore of Kansas, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mrs. Davis of California, and Mrs. Bono 
             Mack):
       H. Res. 1242. A resolution honoring the life, musical 
     accomplishments, and contributions of Louis Jordan on the 
     100th anniversary of his birth; to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Lucas, Mr. McIntyre, 
             Mr. Fossella, Mr. Issa, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Aderholt, 
             Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Boren, Mr. Herger, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. Pence, 
             Mr. Keller, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Lamborn, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Garrett of New Jersey, and Mr. McCaul of Texas):
       H. Res. 1243. A resolution recognizing the immeasurable 
     contributions of fathers in the healthy development of 
     children, supporting responsible fatherhood, and encouraging 
     greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their 
     children, especially on Father's Day; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. Kind, and Mr. 
             Porter):
       H. Res. 1244. A resolution resolving to address the costly 
     obesity epidemic by identifying opportunities to increase 
     access to and promotion of nutrition, physical activity, and 
     health care in all of Congress's work; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Payne, 
             and Mr. Wolf):
       H. Res. 1245. A resolution urging the international 
     community to provide the United Nations-African Union Mission 
     in Darfur with essential tactical and utility helicopters; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Camp of Michigan, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Levin, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Ehlers, and Mr. Dingell):
       H. Res. 1246. A resolution congratulating the Detroit Red 
     Wings for winning the 2008 Stanley Cup Hockey Championship; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee:
       H. Res. 1247. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of ``American Eagle Day'', and celebrating the recovery and 
     restoration of the American bald eagle, the national symbol 
     of the United States; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ELLSWORTH (for himself, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. 
             Chandler, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Altmire, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Berry, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, 
             Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. LaHood, 
             Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Renzi, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Visclosky, 
             Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Mr. McCarthy of California, 
             Mr. Stupak, Mr. Flake, Mr. Ross, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
             Terry, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Latta, Mr. Shuler, Mr. 
             Donnelly, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. McNerney, and Mr. Honda):
       H. Res. 1248. A resolution recognizing the service of the 
     USS Farenholt and her men who served our Nation with valor 
     and bravery in the South Pacific during World War II; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Ms. Berkley, 
             Mr. Crowley, and Mr. Hare):
       H. Res. 1249. A resolution urging the Government of the 
     Republic of Iraq to recognize the right of the State of 
     Israel to exist and to establish diplomatic relations with 
     Israel, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Reyes, 
             Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Carter, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Marchant, Mr. 
             Smith of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. 
             Thornberry, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Poe, Mr. 
             Conaway, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Paul, Mr. Brady of 
             Texas, Ms. Granger, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Gohmert, 
             and Mr. Burgess):
       H. Res. 1250. A resolution honoring the Texas Air National 
     Guard 147th Fighter Wing at Ellington Field for protecting 
     the ports, industries, and people of Southeast Texas upon the 
     retirement of its F-16s and its redesignation as the 147th 
     Reconnaissance Wing; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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