[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 53 (Monday, March 30, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H4128-H4129]
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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 1774. A bill to incorporate smart grid capability into 
     the Energy Star Program, to reduce peak electric demand, to 
     reauthorize energy efficiency public information program to 
     include Smart Grid information, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 1775. A bill to provide support to develop career and 
     technical education programs of study and facilities in the 
     areas of renewable energy; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mr. ALTMIRE:
       H.R. 1776. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to expand the development of quality measures 
     for inpatient hospital services, to implement a performance-
     based payment methodology for the provision of such services 
     under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             McKeon, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr. Guthrie):
       H.R. 1777. A bill to make technical corrections to the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor; considered and passed.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Patrick 
             J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Honda, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Carson of Indiana, 
             Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Israel, Mr. Cohen, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Tonko, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Teague, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Inslee, Mr. 
             Courtney, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Himes, Mr. 
             Perlmutter, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Massa, and Mr. Polis of 
             Colorado):
       H.R. 1778. A bill to provide for the establishment of 
     national energy and environmental building retrofit policies 
     for both residential and commercial buildings, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 1779. A bill to provide for resources for the 
     investigation and prosecution of financial crimes, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, and 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 Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 1780. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to achieve 
     greenhouse gas emissions reductions through transportation 
     efficiency; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SPACE:
       H.R. 1781. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry 
     out a sustainability workforce training and education 
     program; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 1782. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     protect consumers from certain practices in connection with 
     the origination of consumer credit transactions secured by 
     the consumer's principal dwelling, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. POLIS of Colorado:
       H.R. 1783. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage investment in certain industries by 
     providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. POLIS of Colorado:
       H.R. 1784. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage the purchase of residential property by 
     providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. McCaul, Mr. 
             Schiff, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Coble, Mr. Weiner, and 
             Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California):
       H.R. 1785. A bill to expedite adjudication of employer 
     petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. HARMAN:
       H.R. 1786. A bill to establish a Best-in-Class Appliances 
     Deployment Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. INSLEE:
       H.R. 1787. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act regarding 
     transportation fuels and establishment of a low carbon fuel 
     standard; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
             Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. 
             Cohen):
       H.R. 1788. A bill to amend the provisions of title 31, 
     United States Code, relating to false claims to clarify and 
     make technical amendments to those provisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 1789. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide incentives to encourage investment in the 
     expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to 
     enhance modal tax equity; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 1790. A bill to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions 
     resulting from land conversion and deforestation in 
     developing countries, to provide incentives for developing 
     countries to increase forest carbon stocks, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 
     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. FLAKE:
       H.R. 1791. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a Ph.D. 
     degree from a United States institution of higher education 
     in a field of science, technology, engineering, or 
     mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and to be 
     exempted from the numerical limitations on H-1B 
     nonimmigrants; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
             Crowley, and Mr. Shuler):
       H.R. 1792. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for 
     volunteer emergency service workers; 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. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself and 
             Mr. Smith of Texas):
       H.R. 1793. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to money laundering; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself and 
             Mr. Costa):
       H.R. 1794. A bill to provide incentives to reduce 
     dependence on foreign oil; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committees on Science and 
     Technology, and 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. MATHESON:
       H.R. 1795. A bill to provide for the establishment of an 
     Offsets Integrity Advisory Board, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MATHESON:
       H.R. 1796. A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act 
     to require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the 
     applicable ANSI/UL standard by treating that

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     standard as a consumer product safety rule, to encourage 
     States to require the installation of such detectors in 
     homes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. MEEKS of New York:
       H.R. 1797. A bill to reform certain provisions of section 
     404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make compliance with 
     that section more efficient, with the goal of maintaining 
     United States capital market global competitiveness; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. MEEKS of New York:
       H.R. 1798. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to eliminate the limitation on the foreign earned income 
     exclusion, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Mrs. Schmidt):
       H.R. 1799. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, 
     with respect to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the 
     Interstate System, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. NADLER of New York (for himself, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Paul, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Holt, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Farr, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Stark, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Lee of California, and Mr. Hinchey):
       H.R. 1800. A bill to establish reasonable procedural 
     protections for the use of national security letters, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. Kucinich, and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 1801. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a 70 percent tax on certain compensation 
     received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout 
     funds; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TIAHRT:
       H.R. 1802. A bill to establish a commission to conduct a 
     comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs and to 
     recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, 
     wasteful, or outdated functions, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. JACKSON-LEE of Texas:
       H. Con. Res. 86. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the 
     unveiling of a bust of Sojourner Truth; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mr. Inglis, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H. Con. Res. 87. Concurrent resolution observing the 15th 
     anniversary of the Rwandan genocide and calling on all 
     responsible nations to uphold the principles of the 
     Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of 
     Genocide; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H. Con. Res. 88. Concurrent resolution urging local tax 
     assessors, in light of the current housing market and 
     economic struggles of people in the United States, to more 
     frequently reassess the property values used to determine 
     property taxes for primary residences, and encouraging local 
     governments to provide property tax relief to those whose 
     home values have declined; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Gallegly, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, and Mr. Waxman):
       H. Con. Res. 89. Concurrent resolution supporting the goals 
     and objectives of the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era 
     Assets; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H. Res. 295. A resolution raising a question of the 
     privileges of the House.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Stupak, Ms. 
             Zoe Lofgren of California, and Mr. Rooney):
       H. Res. 297. A resolution recognizing May 25, 2009, as 
     National Missing Children's Day; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, 
             and Mr. Boren):
       H. Res. 298. A resolution congratulating the on-premise 
     sign industry for its contributions to the success of small 
     businesses; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Cummings, and Ms. Edwards 
             of Maryland):
       H. Res. 299. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that public servants should be commended 
     for their dedication and continued service to the Nation 
     during Public Service Recognition Week, May 4 through 10, 
     2009, and throughout the year; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
           By Mr. McHUGH:
       H. Res. 300. A resolution congratulating Camp Dudley YMCA 
     of Westport, New York, on the occasion of its 125th 
     anniversary; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Watt, 
             Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Kissell, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Shuler, Ms. Foxx, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. McHenry, and 
             Mr. Coble):
       H. Res. 301. A resolution honoring the life of Dr. John 
     Hope Franklin; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.

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