[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1102-H1103]
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. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Ms. Foxx, and Mr. 
             Rooney):
       H.R. 4735. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts 
     shall be ineligible for Federal employment; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. WILSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 4736. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to authorize student loan forgiveness for certain individuals 
     employed in advanced energy professions; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Scott 
             of Georgia, and Mr. Watt):
       H.R. 4737. A bill to reauthorize assistance for capacity 
     building for community development and affordable housing 
     under section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. McKEON (for himself, Mr. Wittman, Mrs. McMorris 
             Rodgers, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Akin, 
             Mr. Fleming, Mr. Hunter, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Coffman of 
             Colorado, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Platts, Mr. Rooney,

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             Mr. Conaway, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, and Mr. Kline of Minnesota):
       H.R. 4738. A bill to prohibit the use of Department of 
     Defense military installations in the United States, its 
     territories or possessions for the prosecution of individuals 
     involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 4739. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to reduce the limit on the amount of certain 
     contributions which may be made to a candidate with respect 
     to an election for Federal office; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. Rush, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. 
             Fudge, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 4740. A bill to provide grants to cities with high 
     unemployment rates to provide job training, public works, and 
     economic development programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. FATTAH:
       H.R. 4741. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     create the right business environment for doubling production 
     of clean nuclear energy and other clean energy and to create 
     mini-Manhattan projects for clean energy research and 
     development; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, 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. KIND (for himself and Mr. Reichert):
       H.R. 4742. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage retirement savings by modifying 
     requirements with respect to employer-established IRAs, and 
     for other purposes; 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. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, and Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 4743. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax benefits to individuals who have been 
     wrongfully incarcerated; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MARCHANT:
       H.R. 4744. A bill to require, as a condition for purchase 
     of a home mortgage loan by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and 
     insurance of a home mortgage loan under the National Housing 
     Act, that the mortgagor be verified under the E-Verify 
     program; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. MOORE of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Mr. Peters, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Moran 
             of Kansas, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. 
             Arcuri, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Jones, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Barrow, 
             Mr. Skelton, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. McGovern, 
             and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 4745. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal in 
     honor of the recipients of assistance under the Servicemen's 
     Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly referred to as the ``GI 
     Bill of Rights'') in recognition of the great contributions 
     such recipients made to the Nation in both their military and 
     civilian service and the contributions of Harry W. Colmery in 
     initiating actions which led to the enactment of that Act, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services, 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. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 4746. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prevent pending tax increases, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 4747. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Import 
     and Export Act to prevent the use of Indian reservations 
     located on the United States borders to facilitate cross-
     border drug trafficking, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, 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. OWENS (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Pascrell, and Ms. Kaptur):
       H.R. 4748. A bill to amend the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to require a 
     northern border counternarcotics strategy, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Castle, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Platts, Mr. Capuano, and 
             Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 4749. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to require personal disclosure statements in all 
     third-party communications advocating the election or defeat 
     of a candidate, to require the disclosure of identifying 
     information within communications made through the Internet, 
     to apply disclosure requirements to prerecorded telephone 
     calls, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. SCHAUER (for himself, Mr. McMahon, Ms. DeGette, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, and Ms. 
             Sutton):
       H.R. 4750. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve food safety by 
     supporting efforts by entities that purchase beef, pork, or 
     poultry products to further examine the products to ensure 
     they remain safe for human consumption and to prohibit 
     interference with such examination efforts, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and 
             Ms. Berkley):
       H.R. 4751. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage the deployment of highly efficient combined 
     heat and power property, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mrs. Emerson, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Hodes, Ms. Titus, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Moore 
             of Kansas, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Olver, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
             Wu, Mr. Klein of Florida, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Ms. Harman, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. Hall of New 
             York, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Hare, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Arcuri, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. DeFazio, 
             Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Carney, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Kagen, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Michaud, Mr. Berry, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Chandler, Mr. 
             Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Carnahan, Mr. Weiner, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Farr, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Scott of Virginia, and Ms. 
             Kilroy):
       H.R. 4752. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on 
     behalf of Medicare beneficiaries; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce, 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. HENSARLING (for himself, Mr. Pence, and Mr. 
             Campbell):
       H.J. Res. 79. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to control spending; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Towns, Mr. Gene Green 
             of Texas, and Mr. Sessions):
       H. Con. Res. 246. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of World Glaucoma Day; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
       H. Res. 1135. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to require that Members take the same 
     annual ethics training as senior staff; to the Committee on 
     Rules.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. Chaffetz, and 
             Mr. Matheson):
       H. Res. 1136. A resolution recognizing the 100th 
     anniversary of the establishment of the McKay-Dee Hospital in 
     northern Utah; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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