[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 82 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H4021-H4023]
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. BROUN of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Shadegg):
       H.R. 5421. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education 
     Reconciliation Act of 2010, repeal the 7.5 percent threshold 
     on the deduction for medical expenses, provide for increased 
     funding for high-risk pools, allow acquiring health insurance 
     across State lines, and allow for the creation of association 
     health plans; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, 
     Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, 
     and 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. RUPPERSBERGER:
       H.R. 5422. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to make grants for the prevention of cruelty to animals to 
     States that have enacted laws prohibiting the devocalization 
     of dogs and cats for purposes of convenience; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. Bartlett, and Mr. 
             Ehlers):
       H.R. 5423. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to provide for an annual electric 
     production cost report; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Cantor, 
             Mr. Pence, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             McCarthy of California, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Camp, Mr. 
             Barton of Texas, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Linder, 
             Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Reichert, Mr. 
             Boustany, Mr. Heller, and Mr. Roskam):
       H.R. 5424. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education 
     Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the Common Sense Health 
     Care Reform and Affordability Act; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the 
     Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, and 
     Rules, 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. FLEMING:
       H.R. 5425. A bill to amend the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act to permit a State to elect not to 
     establish an American Health Benefit Exchange; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan (for herself, Mr. Lucas, Mr. 
             Graves, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. 
             Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Hoekstra, 
             Mr. Luetkemeyer, and Mr. Neugebauer):
       H.R. 5426. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule 
     to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure 
     rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy 
     industry, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 5427. A bill to ensure public access to the summit of 
     Rattlesnake Mountain in the Hanford Reach National Monument 
     for educational, recreational, historical, scientific, 
     cultural, and other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 5428. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and 
     Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. HARMAN (for herself and Mr. Dreier):
       H.R. 5429. A bill to provide a retroactive increase in 
     deposit insurance for depositors in certain institutions; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Mrs. Davis of California, and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 5430. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     award grants to eligible entities for projects that leverage 
     community resources and support student access to physical 
     activity, nutrition education, and nutritious foods during 
     the regular school calendar; to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 5431. A bill to amend section 17 of the Richard B. 
     Russell National School Lunch Act to promote health and 
     wellness in child care, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 5432. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to enter into an interagency agreement with the Corporation 
     for National and Community Service to support a Nutrition 
     Corps; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Olson, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, and 
             Mr. Burgess):
       H.R. 5433. A bill to repeal certain provisions of the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to the 
     limitation on the Medicare exception to the prohibition on 
     certain physician referrals for hospitals and to transparency 
     reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment 
     interests; 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. FARR (for himself, Mr. Gerlach, Mrs. Capps, and 
             Mr. Young of Florida):
       H.R. 5434. A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to 
     provide further protection for puppies; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 5435. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend certain renewable fuel, and energy, tax 
     incentives, and to deny the deduction for income attributable 
     to domestic production of oil, or primary products thereof; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 5436. A bill to prohibit the Minerals Management 
     Service from issuing permits or environmental or safety 
     waivers for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico 
     until the discharge of oil from the last Deepwater Horizon 
     well has stopped and a congressional committee has issued a 
     report finding the cause of the explosion on and sinking of 
     the Deepwater Horizon; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 5437. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that the treatment of tenant-stockholders in 
     cooperative housing corporations also shall apply to 
     stockholders of corporations that only own the land on which 
     the residences are located; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.

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           By Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana (for himself and Mr. 
             McCotter):
       H.R. 5438. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency to publish annually a list of vehicles that satisfy 
     requirements for certification as a low emission and energy-
     efficient vehicle, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts):
       H.R. 5439. A bill to require that United States 
     contributions to the fund established by the United States 
     and Brazil to provide technical assistance and capacity 
     building be offset by reductions in direct payments for 
     cotton producers under the Farm Bill; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Ms. Eshoo):
       H.R. 5440. A bill to secure the promise of personalized 
     medicine for all Americans by expanding and accelerating 
     genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of 
     disease diagnosis, increase the safety of drugs, and identify 
     novel treatments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. Castle, and Mrs. 
             Capps):
       H.R. 5441. A bill to authorize assistance to aid in the 
     prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula in foreign 
     countries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mrs. 
             Biggert, Mr. McNerney, and Ms. Eshoo):
       H.R. 5442. A bill to establish programs to accelerate, 
     provide incentives for, and examine the challenges and 
     opportunities associated with the deployment of electric 
     drive vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Oversight and Government Reform, Science and Technology, 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. NYE (for himself and Mr. Garamendi):
       H.R. 5443. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the entitlement of surviving spouses of members 
     of the Armed Forces who die while serving on active duty to 
     educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational 
     Assistance Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 5444. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
     and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 
     and to replace it with provisions reforming the health care 
     system by putting patients back in charge of health care; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, House Administration, Ways and 
     Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, 
     and Rules, 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. PERLMUTTER (for himself and Mr. Coffman of 
             Colorado):
       H.R. 5445. A bill to establish a program for providing loan 
     guarantees and interest rate subsidies for successful 
     companies to establish and implement long-term United States 
     growth plans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. POSEY (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Young of Florida, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Putnam, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Boyd, 
             Mr. Mica, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Miller of Florida, 
             Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Klein of 
             Florida, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Ms. 
             Kosmas, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Ginny 
             Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Buchanan, and 
             Mr. Mack):
       H.R. 5446. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, 
     Florida, as the ``Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office''; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 5447. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide coverage for custom fabricated breast 
     prostheses following a mastectomy; 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. SPRATT (for himself, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
             Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, and Mr. George Miller of 
             California):
       H.R. 5448. A bill to amend section 466(b) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 to extend the deadline for the 
     distribution of late collections for the Federal Perkins Loan 
     program; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Ms. SUTTON (for herself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Hare, Mr. 
             Walz, Ms. Kilroy, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Boccieri):
       H.R. 5449. A bill to amend section 310 of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period of time during 
     which claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay may be 
     submitted; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. WATSON (for herself, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Berman, 
             Mr. Bilbray, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Campbell, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
             Costa, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Dreier, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
             Garamendi, Ms. Harman, Mr. Herger, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Hunter, Mr. Issa, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. 
             McKeon, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. 
             McClintock, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
             California, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Nunes, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, 
             Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Loretta 
             Sanchez of California, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Waters, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Baca, 
             Mr. Sherman, and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 5450. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in 
     Los Angeles, California, as the ``Tom Bradley Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5451. A bill to provide for the application of the 
     Recreation and Public Purposes Act to the Connell Lake area 
     of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, so that the Borough 
     may obtain that land under the basic terms and conditions of 
     that Act; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5452. A bill to establish a Native American Economic 
     Advisory Council, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. PINGREE of Maine:
       H. Con. Res. 282. Concurrent resolution providing for an 
     adjournment or recess of the two Houses; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. CARNEY (for himself, Mr. Holden, Mr. Sestak, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Schwartz, and 
             Mr. Doyle):
       H. Con. Res. 283. Concurrent resolution honoring the 28th 
     Infantry Division for serving and protecting the United 
     States; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Clay, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Fudge, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Watson, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Meek of Florida, Ms. Norton, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Sires, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Baca, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Towns, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Edwards of 
             Maryland, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Gonzalez):
       H. Res. 1405. A resolution congratulating the people of the 
     17 African nations that in 2010 are marking the 50th year of 
     their national independence; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself and Mr. 
             Bishop of Utah):
       H. Res. 1406. A resolution directing the Secretary of the 
     Interior to transmit to the House of Representatives certain 
     information relating to the potential designation of National 
     Monuments; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Kirk, 
             Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Schock, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Baird, and 
             Ms. Schwartz):
       H. Res. 1407. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of High-Performance Building Week; to the Committee on 
     Science and Technology.
           By Ms. BEAN (for herself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. McMahon, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Foster, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mr. Schock, and Mr. Pomeroy):
       H. Res. 1408. A resolution congratulating the Republic of 
     Serbia's application for European Union membership and 
     recognizing Serbia's active efforts to integrate into Europe 
     and the global community; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. Duncan):
       H. Res. 1409. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of June 20, 2010, as ``American Eagle Day'', and 
     celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, 
     the national symbol of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. Speier, Mr. Castle, 
             Mr. Sestak, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
             Shuler, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Norton,

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             Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Wu, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Barrow, 
             Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Dent):
       H. Res. 1410. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of May 2010 as National Brain Tumor Awareness 
     Month; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. SCHWARTZ:
       H. Res. 1411. A resolution honoring the service and 
     commitment of the 111th Fighter Wing, Pennsylvania Air 
     National Guard; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Ms. Granger, 
             and Mrs. Maloney):
       H. Res. 1412. A resolution congratulating the Government of 
     South Africa upon its first two successful convictions for 
     human trafficking; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. TIAHRT:
       H. Res. 1413. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     House of Representatives that the holding in Miranda v. 
     Arizona may be interpreted to provide for the admissibility 
     of a terrorist suspect's responses in an interrogation 
     without administration of the Miranda warnings, to the extent 
     that the interrogation is carried out to acquire information 
     concerning other threats to public safety; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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