[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 141 (Monday, September 8, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H7853]
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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. FILNER (for himself and Mr. Buyer):
       H.R. 6832. A bill to authorize major medical facility 
     projects and major medical facility leases for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, to extend certain 
     authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT:
       H.R. 6833. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide church 
     pension plans the opportunity to offer automatic enrollment 
     into the plans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. 
             Shays):
       H.R. 6834. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4 South Main Street in 
     Wallingford, Connecticut, as the ``CWO Richard R. Lee Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. HALL of New York:
       H.R. 6835. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
     provide for an increased mileage rate for charitable 
     deductions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCOTTER:
       H.R. 6836. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden 
     City, Michigan, as the ``John J. Shivnen Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. PORTER:
       H.R. 6837. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7925 West Russell Road in 
     Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Private First Class Irving Joseph 
     Schwartz Post Office Building''; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself and Mr. Gohmert):
       H.R. 6838. A bill to establish and operate a National 
     Center for Campus Public Safety; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 6839. A bill to designate a previously unnamed peak in 
     the Sawtooth Wilderness of the Sawtooth National Forest in 
     the State of Idaho as ``Mount Ernie Day''; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. POE:
       H. Res. 1414. A resolution congratulating the United States 
     Olympians of the 2008 Beijing Olympics; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H. Res. 1415. A resolution expressing the condolences of 
     the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable 
     Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a Representative of the State of Ohio; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H. Res. 1416. A resolution honoring Dr. Michael DeBakey for 
     his lifetime of accomplishments; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut:
       H. Res. 1417. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     House of Representatives that all public elementary schools 
     and public secondary schools should display a copy of the 
     Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill 
     of Rights; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Gilchrest, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Ms. Norton, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
             McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Watson, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. 
             Holden, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Poe, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Carson, 
             Mr. Space, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Shays, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Udall 
             of Colorado, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Hastings of Washington, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Ms. Castor, Mr. 
             Welch of Vermont, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Sutton, Ms. 
             Matsui, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Hare, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Sires, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Perlmutter, 
             Mr. Sestak, Mr. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, and 
             Mr. George Miller of California):
       H. Res. 1418. A resolution congratulating Michael Phelps, 
     2008 Beijing Summer Olympics champion swimmer, on winning 8 
     gold medals in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and becoming 
     one of the most highly decorated athletes in Olympic history; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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