[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 27, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H601-H602]
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 Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Berman, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Costa, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Holt, Mr. Stark, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Kind, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Honda, Mr. Salazar, 
             and Ms. Tsongas):
       H.R. 699. A bill to modify the requirements applicable to 
     locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with 
     the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McNERNEY (for himself and Mrs. Tauscher):
       H.R. 700. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water 
     source projects; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. FALLIN (for herself, Mr. Cole, Mr. Lucas, Mr. 
             Boren, and Mr. Sullivan):
       H.R. 701. A bill to prohibit the use of funds to transfer 
     enemy combatants detained by the United States at Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in Oklahoma, 
     or to construct any facility for such enemy combatants in 
     Oklahoma; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Castle, Mr. Andrews, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Corrine 
             Brown of Florida, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cleaver, 
             Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, 
             Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Hare, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Loebsack, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McNerney, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Perlmutter, Mr. Polis of Colorado, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Stark, Ms. Sutton, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Welch, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wu, and 
             Mr. Yarmuth):
       H.R. 702. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to improve early education; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 703. A bill to promote bank liquidity and lending 
     through deposit insurance, the HOPE for Homeowners Program, 
     and other enhancements; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Mr. 
             Bilirakis):
       H.R. 704. A bill to provide for free mailing privileges for 
     personal correspondence and parcels sent to members of the 
     Armed Forces serving on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. EHLERS (for himself, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Gallegly, 
             Ms. Richardson, Mr. Holt, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Gordon of 
             Tennessee, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Olson, 
             Mr. Carnahan, and Mr. Lipinski):
       H.R. 705. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, 
     engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary 
     schools; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Mario 
             Diaz-Balart of Florida):
       H.R. 706. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the 
     Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
     continue to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue 
     Response System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mr. Barrow, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
             Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Boswell, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Ginny 
             Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carter, Mr. Chandler, 
             Mr. Childers, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mr. 
             Ellison, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Foster, Mr. Frank 
             of Massachusetts, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, Mr. Grayson, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Israel, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kagen, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Kirkpatrick of 
             Arizona, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Klein of Florida, Ms. 
             Kosmas, Mr. Langevin, Mr. LaTourette, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Massa, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
             Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Petri, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Ross, Mr. Rothman of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
             Sablan, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Sestak, Mr. 
             Shuster, Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Tonko, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. 
             Schwartz, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Platts, Mr. Minnick, Mr. 
             Taylor, Mr. Boccieri, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. 
             Schauer, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Berry, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Bishop of 
             New York, Mr. Carnahan, and Mr. Arcuri):
       H.R. 707. A bill to provide monthly vouchers to members of 
     the Armed Forces serving in overseas operations, or 
     hospitalized due to a disease or injury incurred as a result 
     of service in such operations, that a member may transfer to 
     another person to permit the person to mail, without charge, 
     correspondence and small parcels to members of the Armed 
     Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Mr. Stupak, and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen):
       H.R. 708. A bill to restrict assistance to foreign 
     organizations that perform or actively promote abortions; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Frank 
             of Massachusetts, and Ms. Waters):
       H.R. 709. A bill to reauthorize the programs of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing 
     assistance for Native Hawaiians; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN:
       H.R. 710. A bill to secure additional Tier I capital for 
     the United States banking system from parties other than the 
     Federal Government by providing authority to the Secretary of 
     the Treasury to guaranty certain new preferred stock 
     investments made by public pensions acting in a collective 
     fashion, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, 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. CAPUANO (for himself and Mr. Castle):
       H.R. 711. A bill to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 
     1940 to remove the registration exception for certain 
     investment advisors with less than 15 clients; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CASTLE:
       H.R. 712. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the 
     annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure 
     of plan investments in hedge funds; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. CASTLE:
       H.R. 713. A bill to require the President's Working Group 
     on Financial Markets to conduct a study on the hedge fund 
     industry; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
       H.R. 714. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 715. A bill to expand the boundary of Saguaro National 
     Park, to study additional land for future adjustments to the 
     boundary of the Park, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mrs. Myrick, and Mrs. 
             Capps):
       H.R. 716. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual 
     health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide 
     coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer 
     clinical trials; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 
     Ways and Means, 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.

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           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself and 
             Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 717. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide incentives to improve America's research 
     competitiveness, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 718. A bill to reinstate the Interim Management 
     Strategy governing off-road vehicle use in the Cape Hatteras 
     National Seashore, North Carolina, pending the issuance of a 
     final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park 
     Service; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. LEE of New York:
       H.R. 719. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend relief from the alternative minimum tax; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LEE of New York:
       H.R. 720. A bill to allow seniors to file their Federal 
     income tax on a new Form 1040S; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. MEEK of Florida (for himself and Mr. Brady of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 721. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the exception from the 10 percent penalty for early 
     withdrawals from governmental plans for qualified public 
     safety employees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself and Mr. Young of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 722. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide an option of States to cover a children's 
     program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) under the 
     Medicaid Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 723. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     eliminate the 5-month waiting period for Social Security 
     disability and the 24-month waiting period for Medicare 
     benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn 
     injuries; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PASTOR of Arizona:
       H.R. 724. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize grants to increase the number of qualified nursing 
     faculty, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. PASTOR of Arizona:
       H.R. 725. A bill to protect Indian arts and crafts through 
     the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. PETRI (for himself and Mr. Kanjorski):
       H.R. 726. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit and a deduction for small political 
     contributions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. POMEROY (for himself and Ms. Herseth Sandlin):
       H.R. 727. A bill to provide for the issuance of bonds to 
     provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau 
     of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Education and Labor, and Natural Resources, 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. PUTNAM (for himself and Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 728. A bill to allow seniors to file their Federal 
     income tax on a new Form 1040S; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey:
       H.R. 729. A bill to help keep students safe on school-run, 
     overnight, off-premises field trips; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. 
             Israel):
       H.R. 730. A bill to strengthen efforts in the Department of 
     Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities 
     to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
     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. SHADEGG (for himself, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. 
             Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Childers, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Heller, and Mr. Latta):
       H.R. 731. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     exclude individuals who have been convicted of committing 
     certain sex offenses from receiving certain burial-related 
     benefits and funeral honors which are otherwise available to 
     certain veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and related 
     individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 732. A bill to authorize the grant program under which 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security makes discretionary grants 
     for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. McGOVERN:
       H. Con. Res. 26. Concurrent resolution providing for an 
     adjournment of the House; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H. Con. Res. 27. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony in honor of the 
     bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln; to 
     the Committee on House Administration.
           By Ms. HARMAN (for herself and Mr. Turner):
       H. Con. Res. 28. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress regarding sexual assaults and rape in the 
     military; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. EHLERS:
       H. Res. 91. A resolution honoring the life and service of 
     Dr. William Spoelhof, president emeritus of Calvin College in 
     Grand Rapids, Michigan; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mr. BACA (for himself, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. 
             Calvert, Mr. Filner, Mr. Issa, Mrs. Bono Mack, and 
             Mr. Dreier):
       H. Res. 93. A resolution honoring the Armed Forces from the 
     Inland Empire in California and their families for their 
     extraordinary sacrifices serving the United States in 
     Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HALL of New York (for himself, Mr. Welch, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Rothman of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Linda 
             T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. 
             Loretta Sanchez of California):
       H. Res. 94. A resolution urging the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to take certain actions under the Emergency Economic 
     Stabilization Act of 2008 to protect the interests of the 
     taxpayer, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. SIRES (for himself, Mr. Towns, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Baca, Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Ellison, Ms. 
             Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Cardoza, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. 
             Doggett, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Higgins, Mr. 
             Altmire, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Hare, Ms. 
             Velazquez, Mr. Costa, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Carson of 
             Indiana, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Farr, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             McKeon, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Holt, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of 
             Pennsylvania, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Teague, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
             Braley of Iowa, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
             Ortiz, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Davis of 
             Tennessee, and Mr. Kennedy):
       H. Res. 95. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of 
     ``National Girls and Women in Sports Day''; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.

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