[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 109 (Thursday, July 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1410]
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 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND DISASTERS REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 
                                  2010

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                               speech of

                         HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 20, 2010

  Mr. OBERSTAR. Madam Speaker, I submit the attached exchange of 
letters on H.R. 5266, the ``National Commission on Children and 
Disasters Reauthorization Act of 2010'' between the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland 
Security.

                               Committee on Homeland Security,

                                    Washington, DC, July 20, 2010.
     Hon. James L. Oberstar,
     Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
         House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Oberstar: I write to you regarding H.R. 5266, 
     the ``National Commission on Children and Disasters 
     Reauthorization Act of 2010.''
       H.R. 5266 contains provisions that fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland Security. I 
     recognize and appreciate your desire to bring this 
     legislation before the House in an expeditious manner and, 
     accordingly, I will not seek a sequential referral of the 
     bill. However, agreeing to waive consideration of this bill 
     should not be construed as the Committee on Homeland Security 
     waiving, altering, or otherwise affecting its jurisdiction 
     over subject matters contained in the bill which fall within 
     its Rule X jurisdiction.
       Further, I request your support for the appointment of an 
     appropriate number of Members of the Committee on Homeland 
     Security to be named as conferees during any House-Senate 
     conference convened on H.R. 5266 or similar legislation. I 
     also ask that a copy of this letter and your response be 
     included in the Congressional Record during floor 
     consideration of this bill.
       I look forward to working with you as we prepare to pass 
     this important legislation.
           Sincerely,
                                               Bennie G. Thompson,
                                                         Chairman.
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                                       Committee on Transportation


                                           and Infrastructure,

                                    Washington, DC, July 20, 2010.
     Hon. Bennie G. Thompson,
     Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Thompson: I write to you regarding H.R. 5266, 
     the ``National Commission on Children and Disasters 
     Reauthorization Act of 2010''.
       I agree that provisions in H.R. 5266 are of jurisdictional 
     interest to the Committee on Homeland Security. I acknowledge 
     that by forgoing a sequential referral, your Committee is not 
     relinquishing its jurisdiction and I will fully support your 
     request to be represented in a House-Senate conference on 
     those provisions over which the Committee on Homeland 
     Security has jurisdiction in H.R. 5266.
       This exchange of letters will be inserted in the 
     Congressional Record as part of the consideration of H.R. 
     5266 in the House.
       I look forward to working with you as we prepare to pass 
     this important legislation.
           Sincerely,
                                          James L. Oberstar, M.C.,
     Chairman.

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