[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H3440-H3441]
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. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Hare, Mr. 
             Shimkus, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Schock, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
             Costello, Ms. Bean, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Halvorson, Mr. Johnson of 
             Illinois, Mr. Roskam, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Ehlers, 
             Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Hensarling, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. 
             Platts, Ms. Kosmas, Mr. Paul, Ms. Markey of Colorado, 
             Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Minnick, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Costa, Ms. 
             Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Flake, Mr. Cantor, 
             Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. LaTourette, and Mrs. 
             Bachmann):
       H.R. 5278. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 405 West Second Street in 
     Dixon, Illinois, as the ``President Ronald W. Reagan Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Doggett):
       H.R. 5279. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for active qualified public safety employees 
     to elect to be covered under the hospital insurance tax, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. GIFFORDS:
       H.R. 5280. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     reform Department of Defense energy policy, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Smith of Texas, and Mr. Coble):
       H.R. 5281. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the 
     removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to 
     Federal courts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARROW:
       H.R. 5282. A bill to provide funds to the Army Corps of 
     Engineers to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to 
     assist the Corps with curation and historic preservation 
     activities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 5283. A bill to provide for adjustment of status for 
     certain Haitian orphans paroled into the United States after 
     the earthquake of January 12, 2010; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. BORDALLO:
       H.R. 5284. A bill to amend the Sikes Act to improve natural 
     resources management planning for State-owned facilities used 
     for the national defense, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources, 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 Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Platts, 
             Ms. Fudge, and Mr. Sestak):
       H.R. 5285. A bill to amend subtitle B of title VII of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education 
     for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. BOSWELL:
       H.R. 5286. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit against tax for qualified tuition and 
     related expenses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 5287. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
     Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore 
     drilling on the outer Continental Shelf of the Atlantic Ocean 
     and Gulf of Mexico; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
             Larsen of Washington, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut):
       H.R. 5288. A bill to amend the Dairy Production 
     Stabilization Act of 1983 to establish a dairy price 
     stabilization program; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. George Miller of 
             California):
       H.R. 5289. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     reduce lead in drinking water, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. GIFFORDS (for herself, Mr. Burgess, and Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut):
       H.R. 5290. A bill to permit physicians and suppliers a new 
     election to become Medicare participating physicians and 
     suppliers if Medicare physician fee schedule rates are 
     extended; 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. MURPHY of New York (for himself, Mr. Childers, 
             Mr. Ross, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Cardoza, Ms. Harman, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Schrader, Mr. 
             Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Tanner, Mr. 
             Carney, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Hill, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, 
             Mr. Shuler, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. McIntyre, Ms. Giffords, 
             Mr. Bright, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Costa, Mr. Arcuri, Ms. 
             Markey of Colorado, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Moore of Kansas, 
             Mr. Kratovil, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Michaud, 
             Mr. Holden, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, and 
             Mr. Donnelly of Indiana):
       H.R. 5291. A bill to require the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation to analyze each tax expenditure identified in its 
     annual tax expenditure report for equity, efficiency, and 
     ease of administration; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. PINGREE of Maine (for herself and Mr. Michaud):
       H.R. 5292. A bill to require the continuation of full-
     service operations at the commissary and exchange stores 
     serving Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Baca, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Berman, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Chu, 
             Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Garamendi, Mr. Honda, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Zoe 
             Lofgren of California, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McClintock, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             Richardson, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Speier, Ms. 
             Watson, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 5293. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3270 Firestone Boulevard in 
     South Gate, California, as the ``Henry C. Gonzalez Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H. Con. Res. 277. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that Lena Horne should be recognized as one 
     of the most outstanding American entertainers of the 20th 
     century, who broke racial barriers and created opportunities 
     for generations of African American performers who followed 
     in her footsteps; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.

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           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. McNerney, and Ms. Lee of 
             California):
       H. Res. 1351. A resolution congratulating Dallas Braden and 
     the Oakland Athletics baseball team for pitching a perfect 
     game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Mother's Day, May 9, 2010; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. WU (for himself, Mr. Honda, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
             Mr. Sherman, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Sires, Mr. Inglis, 
             Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Holt, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Kind, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
             Moore of Kansas, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Deutch, Mr. 
             Boswell, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Ms. Loretta Sanchez 
             of California, Mr. Petri, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Garamendi, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Serrano, 
             and Mr. Grayson):
       H. Res. 1352. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Taiwanese American Heritage Week and recognizing the close 
     relationship between the United States and Taiwan; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H. Res. 1353. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Student Financial Aid Awareness Month to raise awareness 
     of student financial aid; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H. Res. 1354. A resolution honoring the John G. Shedd 
     Aquarium on the occasion of its 80th anniversary and the 10th 
     anniversary of its award-winning ``Amazon Rising'' exhibit; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       H. Res. 1355. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     House of Representatives regarding the human rights crisis in 
     Papua and West Papua; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. SKELTON:
       H. Res. 1356. A resolution recognizing the 150th 
     anniversary of the birth of General John J. Pershing, an 
     American military hero; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. WATSON (for herself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Ms. Speier, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Baca, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Barrow, 
             Mr. Clay, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Lee of California, 
             Ms. Chu, Ms. Harman, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Campbell, 
             Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
             California, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
             McClintock, Mr. Issa, Ms. Waters, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
             Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Bilbray, and Mr. Rush):
       H. Res. 1357. A resolution commending and congratulating 
     the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the occasion of its 50th 
     anniversary; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.

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