[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 17, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H3525-H3527]
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 (for herself, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. 
             Griffith, and Mr. Sestak):
       H.R. 1541. A bill to provide for an additional temporary 
     extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business. considered and 
     passed. considered and passed.
           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Engel, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Higgins, and Mr. Space):
       H.R. 1542. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a 100 percent tax on bonuses paid by 
     businesses that receive TARP assistance and are majority 
     owned by the Federal Government; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. DINGELL:
       H.R. 1543. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a tax on bonuses received from companies 
     receiving TARP funds; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DRIEHAUS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. 
             Kilpatrick of Michigan):
       H.R. 1544. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for unlimited eligibility for health care for mental 
     illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain 
     periods of hostilities and war; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BOCCIERI (for himself and Mr. Lee of New York):
       H.R. 1545. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make the credit for research activities permanent and 
     to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose 
     gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production 
     activities; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McNERNEY (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       H.R. 1546. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the 
     Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Paul, Mr. Akin, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Graves, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Olver, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
             Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Holt, 
             Ms. Fudge, Mr. Lamborn, Ms. Watson, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Sires, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Ms. Sutton, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mrs. 
             Biggert, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Cleaver, and Mr. 
             Hinchey):
       H.R. 1547. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure 
     grants; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Barton of 
             Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Capuano, Mrs. Davis of California, 
             Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Herger, Mr. Dent, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. Honda, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Scalise, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Issa, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy 
             of Pennsylvania, Ms. Bean, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, 
             Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Lance, Mr. Holt, Mr. Nunes, 
             and Mr. Kind):
       H.R. 1548. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar 
     biological products, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce, 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 Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Honda, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
             Hirono, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Ms. Lee of California, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Farr, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Sherman, 
             Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Maloney, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
             and Ms. Kilroy):
       H.R. 1549. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically 
     important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and 
     animal diseases; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committee on 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 Ms. SUTTON (for herself, Mr. Braley of Iowa, and 
             Mrs. Miller of Michigan):
       H.R. 1550. A bill to accelerate motor fuel savings 
     nationwide and provide incentives to registered owners of 
     high polluting automobiles to replace such automobiles with 
     new fuel efficient and less polluting automobiles or public 
     transportation; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Berman, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Crowley, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Doyle, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Davis of California):
       H.R. 1551. A bill to provide for the reduction of 
     adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually 
     transmitted diseases, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KRATOVIL (for himself and Mr. Lee of New York):
       H.R. 1552. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the amount allowed as a deduction for start-
     up expenditures; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN:
       H.R. 1553. A bill to amend the Home Owners' Loan Act to 
     provide equitable remedies to mutual savings institutions to 
     defend against individuals acting as a de facto corporation 
     attempting to implement a hostile

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     takeover of the institution, and for other purposes; 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. BOREN:
       H.R. 1554. A bill to take certain property in McIntosh 
     County, Oklahoma, into trust for the benefit of the Muscogee 
     (Creek) Nation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida:
       H.R. 1555. A bill to debar or suspend contractors from 
     Federal contracting for unlawful employment of aliens, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, 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. CLAY:
       H.R. 1556. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Historical Publications and Records Commission 
     through fiscal year 2014; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Boyd, Mr. 
             Moore of Kansas, Mr. Ross, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Gordon 
             of Tennessee, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Shuler, Ms. Bean, Mr. 
             Donnelly of Indiana, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Ms. 
             Giffords, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Costa, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Childers, Mr. Minnick, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. 
             Griffith, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Kratovil, Mr. 
             Castle, Mr. Jones, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
             Wamp, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Latham, Mr. Inglis, Mr. 
             Culberson, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Heller, 
             Mr. Flake, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Goodlatte, 
             Mr. Campbell, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Carter, Mr. Cole, 
             Mr. Putnam, Mr. Stearns, and Mr. Kirk):
       H.R. 1557. A bill to establish a commission to develop 
     legislation designed to reform tax policy and entitlement 
     benefit programs and ensure a sound fiscal future for the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on 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. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Capps, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Langevin, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Massa, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Pingree of Maine, and Mrs. Davis of 
             California):
       H.R. 1558. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the 
     Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions in group 
     health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and 
     individual markets; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida:
       H.R. 1559. A bill to provide for the resolution of several 
     land ownership and related issues with respect to parcels of 
     land located within the Everglades National Park; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 1560. A bill to make the moratorium on Internet access 
     taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic 
     commerce permanent; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 1561. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a standard deduction for the business use of 
     a home; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN:
       H.R. 1562. A bill to provide compensation to the Lower 
     Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage 
     to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the 
     Missouri River; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois:
       H.R. 1563. A bill to authorize the conveyance of a portion 
     of the campus of the Illiana Health Care System of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs to Danville Area Community 
     College of Vermilion County, Illinois; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1564. A bill to designate the headquarters building of 
     the Embassy of the United States in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as 
     the ``Mickey Leland United States Embassy Building``; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 1565. A bill to provide for the issuance of a 
     semipostal in order to afford a convenient means by which 
     members of the public may contribute towards the acquisition 
     of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government 
     service; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
     and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. KLINE of Minnesota (for himself and Mrs. 
             Bachmann):
       H.R. 1566. A bill to prohibit the use of funds to transfer 
     individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
     to facilities in Minnesota or to house such individuals at 
     such facilities; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MEEK of Florida:
       H.R. 1567. A bill to amend the Haitian Refugee Immigration 
     Fairness Act of 1998; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.R. 1568. A bill to reauthorize the Community Oriented 
     Policing Services (COPS) program, to reauthorize and rename 
     the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
     (JJDPA) as the KIDS Act, to provide for funding parity 
     between COPS and the KIDS Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor, 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. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Payne, Mr. Meeks of New 
             York, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Polis of 
             Colorado, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Honda, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Ortiz, 
             Ms. Fudge, Ms. Lee of California, and Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi):
       H.R. 1569. A bill to improve the calculation of, the 
     reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school 
     graduation rates; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SPACE (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 1570. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     coordinate Federal congenital heart disease research efforts 
     and to improve public education and awareness of congenital 
     heart disease, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself and Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan):
       H.R. 1571. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     permit certain revenues of private providers of public 
     transportation by vanpool received from providing public 
     transportation to be used for the purpose of acquiring 
     rolling stock, and to permit certain expenditures of private 
     vanpool contractors to be credited toward the local matching 
     share of the costs of public transportation projects; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 1572. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a 90 percent tax on bonuses paid by business 
     that receive TARP assistance; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Ms. Giffords, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Grijalva, 
             and Ms. Bordallo):
       H.R. 1573. A bill to establish the National Home Energy 
     Savings Revolving Fund within the Department of Energy to 
     provide amounts to units of general local government to make 
     loans to homeowners for qualified home energy audits and 
     certified energy savings improvements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself and Mr. Donnelly of 
             Indiana):
       H.R. 1574. A bill to amend the Act titled ``An Act to 
     provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National 
     Lakeshore, and for other purposes`` to allow the acquisition 
     of lands by payment of delinquent taxes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Nadler of 
             New York, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Pierluisi, Ms. Fudge, and Mr. Tonko):
       H.R. 1575. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to 
     limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by 
     entities that have received Federal financial assistance on 
     or after September 1, 2008; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CLAY:
       H. Con. Res. 75. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be 
     issued to honor America's barbers; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H. Res. 249. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     should take full responsibility for financing the health care 
     benefits earned by veterans with service-connected 
     disabilities; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LaTOURETTE (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
             Cantor, Mr. Pence, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Petri, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Walden, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
             Gerlach, Mr. Dent, Mr. Bartlett, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Austria, Mr.

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             Platts, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
             Duncan, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Bilbray, and 
             Mr. Ehlers):
       H. Res. 251. A resolution directing the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to transmit to the House of Representatives all 
     information in his possession relating to specific 
     communications with American International Group, Inc. (AIG); 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Berman, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Royce, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Watson, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Payne, Mr. Sherman, 
             Mr. Wu, Mr. Sires, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Ms. Eshoo, 
             Mr. Capuano, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Honda, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
             Langevin, Mr. Walz, Mr. Peters, Ms. Sutton, Mr. 
             Costa, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
             Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Abercrombie, Mrs. 
             Capps, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Levin, Mr. Himes, Mr. 
             Baca, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Fattah, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Space, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Calvert, Mr. Polis of Colorado, Mr. Lance, Ms. 
             Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Titus, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. 
             Tsongas, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
             Nunes, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Tierney):
       H. Res. 252. A resolution calling upon the President to 
     ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects 
     appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues 
     related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide 
     documented in the United States record relating to the 
     Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BOREN:
       H. Res. 253. A resolution honoring Ms. Lois Burton for 
     setting an example for all women through her influence and 
     dedication to the Choctaw Nation and to improved health care 
     and education in honor of Women's History Month; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. King of 
             New York, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Maloney, 
             Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
             Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Holden, Ms. Kilroy, Mr. 
             Murtha, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. 
             Sestak, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Israel, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
             Brown of South Carolina):
       H. Res. 254. A resolution recognizing the designation of 
     March 2009 as Irish American Heritage Month and honoring the 
     significance of Irish Americans in the history and progress 
     of the United States; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER (for himself and Ms. Granger):
       H. Res. 255. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the month of September as ``National Atrial 
     Fibrillation Awareness Month'' and supporting efforts to 
     educate the public about atrial fibrillation; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WAMP (for himself and Mr. Edwards of Texas):
       H. Res. 256. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that all Americans should participate in a 
     moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice 
     of members of the United States Armed Forces both at home and 
     abroad; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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