[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H421-H423]
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. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, and Ms. 
             Norton):
       H.R. 4526. A bill to establish a program that enables 
     college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands to 
     have greater choices among institutions of higher education, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mr. DRIEHAUS:
       H.R. 4527. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to require certain campaign-related 
     communications paid for by a corporation or labor 
     organization to include a statement identifying the chief 
     executive officer of the corporation or the president of the 
     labor organization, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on House Administration.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Ms. Ginny 
             Brown-Waite of Florida):
       H.R. 4528. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require individuals to provide their Social Security 
     number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child 
     tax credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Bartlett, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Mr. Nunes, and Mr. Price of Georgia):
       H.R. 4529. A bill to provide for the reform of health care, 
     the Social Security system,

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     the tax code for individuals and business, job training, and 
     the budget process; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
     Education and Labor, Rules, the Budget, and 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. POLIS of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, 
             Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke, Mr. 
             Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
             Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler of New 
             York, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pingree of 
             Maine, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, 
             Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Speier, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Welch, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wu, Mr. Kucinich, and Ms. 
             Kilroy):
       H.R. 4530. A bill to end discrimination based on actual or 
     perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public 
     schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. ADLER of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Lee of 
             New York):
       H.R. 4531. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     deny Federal retirement benefits to an individual convicted 
     of a felony which occurred in connection with such 
     individual's Government employment or service, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. TANNER (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Linder):
       H.R. 4532. A bill to provide for permanent extension of the 
     attorney fee withholding procedures under title II of the 
     Social Security Act to title XVI of such Act, and to provide 
     for permanent extension of such procedures under titles II 
     and XVI of such Act to qualified non-attorney 
     representatives; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 4533. A bill to provide for a study and report on 
     access by blind consumers to certain electronic devices and 
     to provide for the establishment of minimum nonvisual access 
     standards for such devices and for the establishment of an 
     office within the Department of Commerce to enforce such 
     standards, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Lee 
             of California, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Cleaver, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Peters, Mr. Holt, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mrs. 
             Capps, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Rangel):
       H.R. 4534. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     require that restrooms in public buildings be equipped with 
     baby changing facilities; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Ms. McCollum, 
             and Mr. Castle):
       H.R. 4535. A bill to reduce and prevent the sale and use of 
     fraudulent degrees in order to protect the integrity of valid 
     higher education degrees that are used for Federal employment 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, Energy and Commerce, and 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. BOCCIERI:
       H.R. 4536. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1332 Sharon Copley Road in 
     Wadsworth, Ohio, as the ``Emil Bolas Post Office''; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Ms. Pingree of Maine, and Mr. Grayson):
       H.R. 4537. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 to require the express authorization of a majority of 
     shareholders of a public company for certain political 
     expenditures by that company, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. 
             Watt):
       H.R. 4538. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to 
     require the inclusion of credit scores with free annual 
     credit reports provided to consumers, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Ms. Bean, and Mr. Tiberi):
       H.R. 4539. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to modify the treatment of foreign investments in United 
     States real property, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. DeFazio, 
             Mr. Kagen, and Mrs. Lowey):
       H.R. 4540. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to extend the ban on election activity by foreign 
     nationals to election activity by domestic corporations which 
     are subsidiaries of foreign principals; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. Hall of 
             New York, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Israel, Mr. Kissell, 
             Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Walz, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
             Florida, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Buyer, Ms. Sutton, Mr. 
             Rooney, Mr. Massa, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Klein 
             of Florida, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Kagen, 
             Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. Buchanan):
       H.R. 4541. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     exempt reimbursements of expenses related to accident, theft, 
     loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income 
     with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses 
     and children of veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Smith of 
             Texas, Mr. Souder, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. McCaul, Mr. 
             Dent, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mrs. 
             Miller of Michigan, Mr. Olson, Mr. Cao, and Mr. 
             Austria):
       H.R. 4542. A bill to prohibit the use of funds made 
     available to the Department of Justice to prosecute 
     individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
     in the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California:
       H.R. 4543. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4285 Payne Avenue in San 
     Jose, California, as the ``Anthony J. Cortese Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. McMAHON:
       H.R. 4544. A bill to change references in Federal law to 
     mental retardation to references to an intellectual 
     disability, and change references to a mentally retarded 
     individual to references to an individual with an 
     intellectual disability; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, 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. MURPHY of New York:
       H.R. 4545. A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 to establish an Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives in 
     the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania (for himself 
             and Mrs. Myrick):
       H.R. 4546. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require certain institutions of higher education to commit 
     to, and provide notice of, tuition levels for students; to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SESTAK (for himself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Fattah, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. Altmire, Mr. 
             Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Patrick J. 
             Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Carney, Mr. 
             Kanjorski, Mr. Murtha, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
             Dent, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Holden, Mr. Tim Murphy of 
             Pennsylvania, and Mr. Platts):
       H.R. 4547. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 119 Station Road in Cheyney, 
     Pennsylvania, as the ``Captain Luther H. Smith, U.S. Army Air 
     Forces Post Office''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Hunter, 
             and Mr. Alexander):
       H.R. 4548. A bill to enforce the restriction on in-State 
     tuition for aliens unlawfully present in the United States; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. TONKO:
       H.R. 4549. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Small Business Administration to make grants to small 
     business concerns to assist the commercialization of research 
     developed with funds received under the second phase of the 
     Small Business Innovation Research Program; to the Committee 
     on Small

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     Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science and 
     Technology, 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. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 4550. A bill to prohibit entities from using Federal 
     funds to contribute to political campaigns or participate in 
     lobbying activities; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart 
             of Florida, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Shea-Porter, 
             Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson 
             of Mississippi, Mr. Ellison, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Boswell, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Scott 
             of Georgia, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Jones, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Moore of Kansas, 
             Mr. Paul, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Sestak, Mr. 
             Kagen, Mr. Israel, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hare, Mr. McIntyre, and 
             Mr. Gordon of Tennessee):
       H.R. 4551. A bill to restore health care coverage to 
     retired members of the uniformed services, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. BROUN of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
             Franks of Arizona, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Gingrey of 
             Georgia, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Pitts, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Jones):
       H.J. Res. 73. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal 
     budget; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Ms. Waters, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cao, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Berman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
             Honda, and Ms. Edwards of Maryland):
       H. Con. Res. 233. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MINNICK (for himself and Mr. Simpson):
       H. Res. 1041. A resolution congratulating and commending 
     the University of Idaho's football team for winning the 2009 
     Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. MINNICK (for himself and Mr. Simpson):
       H. Res. 1042. A resolution commending the Boise State 
     University Broncos football team for winning the 2010 Fiesta 
     Bowl; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H. Res. 1043. A resolution recognizing Brescia University 
     for 60 years of leadership in higher education; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Pence, Mr. Klein 
             of Florida, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, and Mr. Mack):
       H. Res. 1044. A resolution commemorating the 65th 
     anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi 
     concentration and extermination camp, honoring the victims of 
     the Holocaust, and expressing commitment to strengthen the 
     fight against bigotry and intolerance; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. GERLACH:
       H. Res. 1045. A resolution recognizing First Friday Main 
     Line and its executive director Sherry Tillman and publicist 
     Carla Zambelli for launching ``Operation Angel Wings''; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Armed 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. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. Fattah, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Clarke, Ms. Lee 
             of California, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Payne, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Watt, Mr. 
             Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Speier, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Rush, 
             Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Sires, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, and Mr. 
             Grijalva):
       H. Res. 1046. A resolution recognizing the significance of 
     Black History Month; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. KILROY (for herself, Mr. Driehaus, Mrs. Schmidt, 
             Mr. Turner, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. Latta, Mr. Wilson 
             of Ohio, Mr. Austria, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. 
             Fudge, Mr. Tiberi, Ms. Sutton, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             Boccieri, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Space, Mr. Becerra, 
             Mr. Courtney, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Massa, Mr. 
             Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Snyder, Ms. 
             Titus, and Mr. Tonko):
       H. Res. 1047. A resolution commending The Ohio State 
     University Buckeyes football team for its victory in the 2010 
     Rose Bowl; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
       H. Res. 1048. A resolution commending the efforts and 
     honoring the work of the men and women of USNS Comfort and 
     the United States Navy in the immediate response to those 
     affected by the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 
     2010; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Armed 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.

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