[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H7955]
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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 Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 6842. A bill to require the District of Columbia to 
     revise its laws regarding the use and possession of firearms 
     as necessary to comply with the requirements of the decision 
     of the Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. 
     Heller, in a manner that protects the security interests of 
     the Federal government and the people who work in, reside in, 
     or visit the District of Columbia and does not undermine the 
     efforts of law enforcement, homeland security, and military 
     officials to protect the Nation's Capital from crime and 
     terrorism; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. MAHONEY of Florida:
       H.R. 6843. A bill to strengthen procedures regarding 
     detention and removal of aliens; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. McHUGH (for himself, Mr. Kuhl of New York, and 
             Mr. Paul):
       H.R. 6844. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to suspend the taxation of unemployment compensation for 
     2 years; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Wexler, and 
             Mr. Feeney):
       H.R. 6845. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, 
     with respect to works connected to certain funding 
     agreements; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. McDermott, 
             Ms. Matsui, Mr. Filner, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Carson, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 6846. A bill to ensure that any agreement with Iraq 
     containing a security commitment or arrangement is concluded 
     as a treaty or is approved by Congress; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed 
     Services, 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 Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
             Linder, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Broun 
             of Georgia):
       H.R. 6847. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 801 Industrial Boulevard in 
     Ellijay, Georgia, as the ``First Lieutenant Noah Harris 
     Ellijay Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
           By Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, 
             Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, and Mr. Ramstad):
       H.R. 6848. A bill to extend through April 1, 2009, the 
     MinnesotaCare Medicaid demonstration project; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ETHERIDGE (for himself and Mr. Moran of Kansas):
       H.R. 6849. A bill to amend the commodity provisions of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit 
     producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to 
     avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-
     cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments 
     when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 6850. A bill to allow veterans to elect to use, with 
     the approval of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, certain 
     financial educational assistance to establish and operate 
     certain business, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 6851. A bill to authorize assistance to facilitate 
     trade with, reconstruction efforts, and economic recovery in 
     the Republic of Georgia, which are necessitated by the 
     destruction of critical infrastructure and disruption of 
     domestic and regional commerce during the August 2008 war 
     between Georgia and the Russian Federation; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs, 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 Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. 
             Serrano):
       H.R. 6852. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to improve Federal 
     response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major 
     disaster affecting homeland security, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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. MEEK of Florida:
       H.R. 6853. A bill to establish in the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force to 
     address mortgage fraud in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself and Mr. Tanner):
       H. Con. Res. 409. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     awarding of a Membership Action Plan to the Republic of 
     Georgia and Ukraine at the meeting of the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministers in December 
     2008; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. HOYER:
       H. Res. 1420. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks 
     launched against the United States on September 11, 2001; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed 
     Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Homeland 
     Security, the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 
     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:
       H. Res. 1421. A resolution solemnly commemorating the 25th 
     anniversary of the tragic October 1983 terrorist bombing of 
     the United States Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon 
     and remembering those who lost their lives and those who were 
     injured; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KANJORSKI:
       H. Res. 1422. A resolution recognizing and promoting 
     awareness of Chiari malformation and expressing support for 
     designation of a ``National Chiari Malformation Month''; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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