[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H7627-H7629]
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 of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 6651. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 to decrease the period of benefit ineligibility of 
     certain adults during their unemployment; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. LATHAM (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Capps, 
             Mr. McNulty, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Kind, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             and Mr. English of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 6652. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses 
     who become nursing school faculty members; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 6653. A bill to provide energy price relief and hold 
     oil companies and other entities accountable for their 
     actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other 
     purposes; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
     Agriculture, and 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 Mr. TOWNS (for himself, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Baca, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
             Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Corrine 
             Brown of Florida, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Courtney, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hare, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, 
             Mr. Inslee, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. 
             McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Miller of 
             North Carolina, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Stark, and Ms. 
             Sutton):
       H.R. 6654. A bill to increase the recruitment and retention 
     of school counselors, school social workers, and school 
     psychologists by low-income local educational agencies; to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Clyburn, 
             Mr. Berman, Mr. Payne, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Ellison, Ms. 
             Watson, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Lee, Ms. McCollum 
             of Minnesota, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Carson, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
             Scott of Virginia, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. Israel, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Watt, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Clay, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, 
             Mrs. Christensen, and Ms. Edwards of Maryland):
       H.R. 6655. A bill to authorize assistance for Liberia; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Latham, and 
             Mr. Ehlers):
       H.R. 6656. A bill to provide for the joint appointment of 
     the Architect of the Capitol by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 
     Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
     and the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees 
     of Congress with jurisdiction over the Office of the 
     Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes; referred to 
     the Committee on House Administration, 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 Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dingell, Ms. 
             Edwards of Maryland, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. McCollum of 
             Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Sires, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. Waxman, and Ms. 
             Woolsey):
       H.R. 6657. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to allow up to 24 months of vocational 
     educational training to be counted as a work activity under 
     the temporary assistance to needy families program; referred 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. OBERSTAR (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Filner, 
             Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
             Mr. Carnahan, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Braley of Iowa, 
             Mr. Cohen, Mr. Carney, Ms. Matsui, and Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 6658. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance the Nation's 
     disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation 
     capabilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey:
       H.R. 6659. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act to provide the same treatment for covered bonds as for 
     other qualified financial contracts to which a depository 
     institution is a party when such institution is in 
     receivership or conservatorship, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Hare, Mr. Payne, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
             Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Holt, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Sarbanes, and Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California):
       H.R. 6660. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from 
     issuing, administering, or enforcing any rule, regulation, or 
     requirement derived from the proposal submitted to the Office 
     of Management and Budget entitled ``Requirements for DOL 
     Agencies' Assessment of Occupational Health Risks'' 
     (RIN:1290-AA23); to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself and Mr. Akin):
       H.R. 6661. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish an award program to honor achievements in 
     nanotechnology, and for other purposes; referred to the 
     Committee on Science and Technology, and in

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     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 Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Poe, and 
             Ms. Shea-Porter):
       H.R. 6662. A bill to require the Department of Defense to 
     grant access to accredited members of the media at military 
     commemoration ceremonies and memorial services for members of 
     the Armed Forces who have died on active duty and when the 
     remains of members of the Armed Forces arrive at military 
     installations in the United States; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, and Mr. Delahunt):
       H.R. 6663. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     provide additional clarification with regard to the 
     implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement 
     Act of 2006, and for other purposes; referred 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 Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York):
       H.R. 6664. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to impose limitations on the transfer of 
     firearms by a person who has received official notice of the 
     revocation of the Federal firearms dealer license of the 
     person, or of the denial of the application of the person to 
     renew such a license; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina:
       H.R. 6665. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit against income tax for individuals 
     who care for certain dependents with long-term care needs; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Walberg, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
             Bishop of Utah, Mr. Kingston, and Ms. Fallin):
       H.R. 6666. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide 
     that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Shadegg, Mr. Pence, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Broun of Georgia, 
             Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. 
             Bachmann, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. David Davis 
             of Tennessee, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Kuhl of 
             New York, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Goode, 
             Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mrs. Musgrave, 
             Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Latta, Mr. Poe, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, Mr. McHenry, and Mr. Daniel E. Lungren 
             of California):
       H.R. 6667. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a deduction for the cost of fuel used for 
     commuting to and from work whether or not the taxpayer 
     itemizes other deductions; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. FATTAH:
       H.R. 6668. A bill to establish the Centennial Historic 
     District in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       H.R. 6669. A bill to provide that claims of the United 
     States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano 
     Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in 
     certain circumstances; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, 
             Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Boren, Mr. Costa, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Cazayoux, Mr. Foster, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Melancon, and Mr. Childers):
       H.R. 6670. A bill to open areas of the Outer Continental 
     Shelf to oil and gas leasing, to direct the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission to utilize its authority to curb 
     immediately the role of excessive speculation in energy 
     markets, to require sales of light grade petroleum from the 
     Strategic Petroleum Reserve and acquisitions of equivalent 
     volumes of heavy grade petroleum, and for other purposes; 
     referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science 
     and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education 
     and Labor, 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 Ms. HARMAN (for herself and Mr. Rogers of Michigan):
       H.R. 6671. A bill to reauthorize the Select Agent Program 
     by amending the Public Health Service Act and the 
     Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to 
     improve oversight of high containment laboratories; referred 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Agriculture, and 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. HERSETH SANDLIN (for herself and Mr. 
             Fortenberry):
       H.R. 6672. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an exception to the reduction of renewable 
     energy credit for certain authority under the Farm Security 
     and Rural Investment Act of 2002; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. INSLEE (for himself and Mr. Simpson):
       H.R. 6673. A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 
     to authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas 
     adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or 
     individual holds a preexisting legal right to develop 
     geothermal resources, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JEFFERSON:
       H.R. 6674. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide incentives for building homeless shelters in 
     areas warranting assistance due to incidents of national 
     significance; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 6675. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for 
     delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk 
     individuals; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. Kirk, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Castle, Mr. Rothman, and Mr. Kennedy):
       H.R. 6676. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to require background checks for employees 
     authorized to possess or transfer firearms or ammunition in 
     the course of a licensed firearms business; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H.R. 6677. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for an inflation adjustment of the base 
     amounts used to determine the amount of Social Security 
     benefits included in gross income; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. POMEROY:
       H.R. 6678. A bill to establish the Northern Plains National 
     Heritage Area in the State of North Dakota; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RODRIGUEZ (for himself, Mr. Gonzalez, and Mr. 
             Smith of Texas):
       H.R. 6679. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 2007 to provide for reimbursement for costs incurred 
     by the non-Federal interest in the flood control project in 
     San Antonio, Texas, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Honda, Mr. Jackson 
             of Illinois, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Lee, Ms. McCollum of 
             Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Paul, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Towns, Mr. Waxman, 
             Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 6680. A bill to permit the use of Federal funds for 
     syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the 
     transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral 
     hepatitis; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Manzullo, 
             Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Foster, Mr. Hare, Mr. 
             Kirk, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Costello, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Mr. Rush, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Johnson of Illinois, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
             Bean, Mr. Gutierrez, and Mrs. Biggert):
       H.R. 6681. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in New 
     Lenox, Illinois, as the ``Jacob M. Lowell Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 6682. A bill to allow the State of Alaska to fulfill a 
     portion of its remaining Statehood land entitlement by 
     selecting certain lands from within the Tongass National 
     Forest and for those lands to be managed and operated by the 
     Department of Natural Resources of the State as State Timber 
     Management Areas and for other purposes under the laws of the 
     State, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 6683. A bill to clarify the provisions of the Western 
     Alaska Community Development Quota Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H. Con. Res. 398. Concurrent resolution providing for an 
     adjournment or recess of the two Houses; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H. Con. Res. 399. Concurrent resolution honoring and 
     recognizing Howard E. LeFevre for his lifetime of 
     accomplishments; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. CARDOZA (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Bordallo, 
             Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. McNulty, Mr.

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             Salazar, Mr. Etheridge, and Mr. McNerney):
       H. Res. 1390. Resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of a 4-H National Youth Science Day; to the 
     Committee on Science and Technology.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY (for himself, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Aderholt, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Boehner, Mr. McCaul of 
             Texas, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
             Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
             LaHood, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Poe, Mr. Putnam, 
             Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
             Shuster, Mr. Dent, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Young 
             of Florida, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. Keller, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Smith of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McCarthy of 
             California, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Tim Murphy of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Goode, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
             Thornberry, Ms. Granger, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Tiberi, 
             Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Heller, Mr. 
             Chabot, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Scalise, and 
             Mr. Davis of Kentucky):
       H. Res. 1391. Resolution prohibiting the House of 
     Representatives from adjourning until it has approved a bill 
     to establish a comprehensive national energy plan that 
     addresses energy conservation and the expansion of renewable 
     and conventional energy sources; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. KANJORSKI (for himself, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. 
             Bachus, and Mr. Hinojosa):
       H. Res. 1392. Resolution supporting the goals and ideals of 
     ``National Life Insurance Awareness Month''; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H. Res. 1393. Resolution expressing support for designation 
     of January 29, 2009, as ``National Data Privacy Day''; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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