[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 177 (Wednesday, December 2, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H13465-H13466]
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. RANGEL (for himself and Mr. Camp):
       H.R. 4169. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HODES:
       H.R. 4170. A bill to amend the Emergency Economic 
     Stabilization Act of 2008 to strike the authority of the 
     Secretary of the Treasury to extend the Troubled Asset Relief 
     Program after 2009, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on 
     the Budget, 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.
           By Mr. TEAGUE (for himself, Ms. Markey of Colorado, Ms. 
             Kosmas, Mr. Kissell, and Mrs. Halvorson):
       H.R. 4171. A bill to repeal the authority of the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program, 
     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. CARTER (for himself, Mr. Westmoreland, and Mr. 
             Burgess):
       H.R. 4172. A bill to provide the same penalty rate for 
     taxpayers who voluntarily disclose unreported income from 
     offshore accounts as was afforded Timothy Geithner with 
     respect to his failure to pay self-employment taxes with 
     respect to his compensation from the International Monetary 
     Fund; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 4173. A bill to provide for financial regulatory 
     reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance 
     Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the 
     over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, the 
     Judiciary, Rules, the Budget, Oversight and Government 
     Reform, and Ways and Means,

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     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. NYE:
       H.R. 4174. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide relief with respect to estate and gift taxes, 
     small businesses, and government contractors; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BOUCHER (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Carnahan, 
             Mr. Graves, Mr. Boren, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. Carter):
       H.R. 4175. A bill to protect consumers from discriminatory 
     State taxes on motor vehicle rentals; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ABERCROMBIE:
       H.R. 4176. A bill to amend the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to authorize 
     construction of an Aegis Ashore Test Facility at Pacific 
     Missile Range Facility, Hawaii; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. BERRY (for himself and Mr. Childers):
       H.R. 4177. A bill to provide emergency disaster assistance 
     to certain agricultural producers that suffered losses during 
     2009, to provide emergency disaster assistance to certain 
     livestock producers that suffered losses during 2008 or 2009, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. CLEAVER (for himself, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Watt, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McCotter, Mrs. Capito, and 
             Mr. Bachus):
       H.R. 4178. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act to provide for deposit restricted qualified tuition 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
             Ms. Lee of California, and Mr. Massa):
       H.R. 4179. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to keep Americans working by creating a refundable work-
     sharing tax credit that stimulates demand in the private 
     sector labor market and provides employers with an 
     alternative to layoffs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Stark, Ms. Watson, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Grayson, Ms. Chu, Mr. Meeks of New 
             York, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Ms. Speier, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Clarke, 
             Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, and Mr. Walz):
       H.R. 4180. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     include the disclosure of sexual orientation by a member of 
     the Armed Forces to a Member of Congress as a lawful and 
     protected communication and to prohibit retaliatory personnel 
     actions against members of the Armed Forces who make such a 
     disclosure in a Congressional hearing or who testify, for or 
     against, the policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed 
     Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 4181. A bill to provide grants to States to improve 
     high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring 
     rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective school 
     models for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve 
     State policies to raise graduation rates, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4182. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to limit the number of Urban Area Security Initiative 
     grants awarded and to clarify the risk assessment formula to 
     be used when making such grants, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Nadler of New York, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. Sires, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Capuano, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Ellison, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. 
             Langevin, and Ms. McCollum):
       H.R. 4183. A bill to amend the Assistance for Unemployed 
     Workers and Struggling Families Act and the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary 
     extension of programs providing unemployment benefits, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. POMEROY:
       H.R. 4184. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the qualified tuition deduction; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. POMEROY:
       H.R. 4185. A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain employment as 
     a member of a local governing board, commission, or committee 
     from Social Security tax coverage; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. POMEROY (for himself, Mr. Herger, Ms. Herseth 
             Sandlin, and Mr. Braley of Iowa):
       H.R. 4186. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend for 2 years the treatment of certain farming 
     business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for 
     purposes of depreciation; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Hoyer, 
             Mr. Kratovil, Mr. Castle, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, 
             Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Moran of Virginia, and Mr. Holden):
       H.R. 4187. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1996 to make modifications to the Chesapeake Bay 
     environmental restoration and protection program; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SESTAK (for himself, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. 
             Grijalva):
       H.R. 4188. A bill to authorize appropriations for 
     brownfields site assessment and cleanup, and for other 
     purposes; 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 Mr. MATHESON (for himself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Arcuri, 
             Mr. Baca, Mr. Baird, Mr. Barrow, Ms. Bean, Mr. Bishop 
             of Utah, Mr. Boren, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Boyd, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Childers, Mr. 
             Conaway, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
             Ellsworth, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gordon of 
             Tennessee, Mr. Griffith, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. 
             Hill, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Holden, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. Kind, Mr. Kratovil, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
             Minnick, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. 
             Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Murphy of New 
             York, Mr. Nye, Mr. Ross, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Scott of Georgia, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. Space, Mr. Tanner, and Mr. Upton):
       H. Res. 942. A resolution commending the Real Salt Lake 
     soccer club for winning the 2009 Major League Soccer Cup; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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