[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 72 (Thursday, May 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H3482-H3483]
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. REHBERG (for himself and Ms. Herseth Sandlin):
       H.R. 5294. A bill to prevent Federal agencies from 
     regulating greenhouse gas emissions for purposes of 
     addressing climate change without express and specific 
     statutory authority, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Scott of Georgia, and 
             Mr. McDermott):
       H.R. 5295. A bill to ensure that patients receive accurate 
     health care information by prohibiting misleading and 
     deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of 
     health care services, and to require the identification of 
     the license of health care professionals; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. McNERNEY (for himself, Mr. Costa, and Mr. 
             Cardoza):
       H.R. 5296. A bill to address the health and economic 
     development impacts of nonattainment of federally mandated 
     air quality standards in the San Joaquin Valley, California, 
     by designating air quality empowerment zones; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Ms. Waters, 
             Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Watt, Mr. Moore of 
             Kansas, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
             Al Green of Texas, Ms. Bean, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Ellison, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Perlmutter, 
             Mr. Peters, Mr. Maffei, and Mrs. Dahlkemper):
       H.R. 5297. A bill to create the Small Business Lending Fund 
     Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make 
     capital investments in eligible institutions in order to 
     increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, 
             Mr. Inslee, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Moran 
             of Kansas, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Clay, Mr. Luetkemeyer, 
             Mr. Carnahan, Ms. Jenkins, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Mr. Foster, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Brown of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Calvert, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Baca, Mr. Costello, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Rush, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Hare):
       H.R. 5298. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     take illegal subsidization into account in evaluating 
     proposals for contracts for major defense acquisition 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. PENCE (for himself, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. 
             Lewis of California, Mr. Hensarling, and Ms. 
             Granger):
       H.R. 5299. A bill to temporarily prohibit United States 
     loans to the International Monetary Fund to be used to 
     provide financing for any member state of the European Union; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. LaTourette, 
             Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. LoBiondo, and 
             Mrs. Miller of Michigan):
       H.R. 5300. A bill to provide safeguards with respect to the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background checks 
     prepared for employment purposes, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LoBIONDO (for himself, Mr. Mica, Mr. Taylor, Mr. 
             Jones, Mr. Coble, and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 5301. A bill to extend the period during which the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
     States are prohibited from requiring a permit under section 
     402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for certain 
     discharges that are incidental to normal operation of 
     vessels; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Maffei, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Schauer, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Stupak, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
             Watt, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
             of California, Mr. Adler of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Kanjorski, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Michaud, Ms. 
             Sutton, Ms. Bean, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Moore of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Miller 
             of North Carolina):
       H.R. 5302. A bill to establish the State Small Business 
     Credit Initiative, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 5303. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve housing stipends for veterans receiving educational 
     assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 
     Assistance Program; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Payne, and 
             Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 5304. A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for 
     improvements under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
     Assistance Grant Program to reduce racial and ethnic 
     disparities in the criminal justice system; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Fudge, 
             Mr. Arcuri, and Mr. Harper):
       H.R. 5305. A bill to mandate the monthly formulation and 
     publication of a consumer price index specifically for senior 
     citizens to establish an accurate Social Security COLA for 
     such citizens; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.R. 5306. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require employers to sign a statement on their income 
     tax returns that they do not knowingly employ individuals in 
     the United States who are not authorized to be employed in 
     the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. GIFFORDS (for herself and Mr. Heller):

[[Page H3483]]

       H.R. 5307. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
     include ultralight aircraft under the definition of aircraft 
     for purposes of the aviation smuggling provisions under that 
     Act; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
             Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Richardson, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Towns, and Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 5308. A bill to provide for the posthumous promotion 
     of Charles Young to the grade of brigadier general in the 
     United States Army; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. Olver, Ms. Moore of 
             Wisconsin, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Farr, Mr. Moore of Kansas, 
             Mr. Tierney, Mr. Inslee, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Filner, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 5309. A bill to establish certain duties for 
     pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug 
     Administration-approved contraception, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Mr. Sestak):
       H.R. 5310. A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to 
     reauthorize and improve the Brownfields revitalization 
     program, 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. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. 
             Kanjorski):
       H.R. 5311. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the treatment of municipal bonds 
     guaranteed by Federal home loan banks as tax exempt bonds; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SCHAUER (for himself, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Ryan of 
             Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Jones, Mr. Hare, 
             Ms. Sutton, and Ms. Shea-Porter):
       H.R. 5312. A bill to limit the total value of Chinese goods 
     that may be procured by the United States Government during a 
     calendar year to not more than the total value of United 
     States goods procured by the Chinese Government if any during 
     the preceding calendar year, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. SCHOCK (for himself and Mr. Putnam):
       H.R. 5313. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to require offshore oil rigs to install acoustic control 
     systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources, 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. SMITH of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. 
             Marchant):
       H.R. 5314. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a 15-year recovery period for nonresidential 
     real property in rural areas; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 5315. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend the period of time in which a member of the Armed 
     Forces may transfer educational assistance under the Post-9/
     11 Educational Assistance Program to a dependent child; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5316. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to 
     establish an office in Anchorage, Alaska, under the Office of 
     Workers' Compensation Programs; to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5317. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association 
     located in Kotzebue, Alaska; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources, 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. SCHRADER:
       H.J. Res. 84. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power 
     to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. HALVORSON (for herself and Mr. Filner):
       H. Con. Res. 278. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that a grateful Nation supports and salutes 
     Sons and Daughters in Touch on its 20th Anniversary that is 
     being held on Father's Day, 2010, at the Vietnam Veterans 
     Memorial in Washington, the District of Columbia; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. FARR (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Matsui, 
             Ms. Woolsey, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Lee 
             of California, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. McNerney, Ms. 
             Speier, Mr. Stark, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Honda, Ms. Zoe 
             Lofgren of California, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Costa, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Chu, 
             Ms. Watson, Ms. Waters, Ms. Harman, Ms. Richardson, 
             Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Issa, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Filner, and Mrs. Davis of 
             California):
       H. Res. 1358. A resolution recognizing the contribution 
     made by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies 
     at the Monterey Institute of International Studies to combat 
     the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training the 
     next generation of nonproliferation specialists and 
     disseminating timely information and analysis; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself and Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana):
       H. Res. 1359. A resolution calling for the immediate and 
     unconditional release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit held 
     captive by Hamas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. KRATOVIL:
       H. Res. 1360. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to guarantee reasonable time prior to the 
     consideration of legislation; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Coble, 
             Ms. Fudge, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Snyder, Mr. 
             Shuler, and Mr. Watt):
       H. Res. 1361. A resolution recognizing North Carolina 
     Central University on its 100th anniversary; to the Committee 
     on Education and Labor.

                          ____________________