[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 50 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2533-H2534]
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. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Miller 
             of Florida):
       H.R. 1409. A bill to ensure and foster continued patient 
     safety and quality of care by clarifying the application of 
     the antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health 
     care professionals and health plans and health care insurance 
     issuers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Ms. 
             Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, and Mr. Royce):
       H.R. 1410. A bill to promote freedom and democracy in 
     Vietnam; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1411. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to ensure continuation of the Metropolitan Medical 
     Response System Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. TERRY (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Latta, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Cole, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. 
             Akin, Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Mr. Austin Scott of 
             Georgia):
       H.R. 1412. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for 
     a reduction in the number of boutique fuels, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Wu, 
             and Mr. Schrader):
       H.R. 1413. A bill to provide for the designation of the 
     Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to 
     designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the State 
     of Oregon as wild or recreation rivers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Wu, 
             and Mr. Schrader):
       H.R. 1414. A bill to modify the boundary of the Oregon 
     Caves National Monument, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. 
             Wu):
       H.R. 1415. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
     to make technical corrections to the segment designations for 
     the Chetco River, Oregon; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Poe of 
             Texas, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. Honda):
       H.R. 1416. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for 
     restitution and other State judicial debts that are past-due; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Rothman of 
             New Jersey, Mr. Critz, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Bartlett, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Kucinich):
       H.R. 1417. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Defense to use only human-based 
     methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the 
     treatment of severe combat injuries; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Peters, and Mr. 
             Carnahan):
       H.R. 1418. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to 
     provide certain credit unions with the authority to make 
     additional member business loans, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Ms. Moore, and Mr. Clarke of 
             Michigan):
       H.R. 1419. A bill to improve the calculation of, the 
     reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school 
     graduation rates; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois (for himself and Ms. Moore):
       H.R. 1420. A bill to establish a commission to commemorate 
     the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. BOREN (for himself and Mr. Cole):
       H.R. 1421. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of 
     Oklahoma with regard to the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock 
     and Dam in Oklahoma; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources, 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 (for himself, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. 
             Loebsack, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Latham, and Mr. 
             Braley of Iowa):
       H.R. 1422. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to extend the suspension of the 
     limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are 
     eligible for guaranteed assistance; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. COLE (for himself, Mr. Boren, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
             Lucas, and Mr. Lankford):
       H.R. 1423. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in 
     Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the ``Specialist Micheal E. Phillips 
     Post Office''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia:
       H.R. 1424. A bill to improve the Federal Acquisition 
     Institute; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mrs. ELLMERS (for herself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Quayle, 
             Mr. Wu, Mr. Hall, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
             Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Mr. Richmond):
       H.R. 1425. A bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and 
     STTR programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Small Business, and 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. EMERSON (for herself and Mr. Ross of Arkansas):
       H.R. 1426. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the participation of physical therapists in the 
     National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. HARPER (for himself, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Jones, 
             Mr. McKinley, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. Palazzo):
       H.R. 1427. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     reauthorize technical assistance to small public water 
     systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.

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           By Mr. HIGGINS (for himself, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Filner, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Cohen, and Ms. 
             Moore):
       H.R. 1428. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the Renewal Community program through end of 
     2012; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Connolly 
             of Virginia):
       H.R. 1429. A bill to provide for the compensation of 
     furloughed Federal employees; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
           By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. Chaffetz, and Mr. Paul):
       H.R. 1430. A bill to require regulated lending 
     institutions, Federal agency lenders, and Government-
     sponsored enterprises for housing to accept flood insurance 
     coverage provided by a private entity that otherwise meets 
     the requirements for the mandatory purchase of flood 
     insurance to accept such flood insurance coverage as 
     satisfaction of such requirements; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 1431. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to grant releases to terms and conditions 
     contained in a deed under which the United States conveyed 
     certain land to Dona Ana County, New Mexico, for airport 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself and Mr. Paul):
       H.R. 1432. A bill to require formal rulemaking procedures 
     for rules related to health care reform; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Jones, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. 
             Grimm, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Smith of 
             Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. 
             Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
             Coble, Mr. Goodlatte, and Mr. Long):
       H.R. 1433. A bill to protect private property rights; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SHULER:
       H.R. 1434. A bill to render inadmissible to the United 
     States aliens who have been convicted of a sex offense 
     against a minor, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1435. A bill to amend chapter 141 of title 10, United 
     States Code, to include disclosures made by Department of 
     Defense contract employees to their immediate employers in 
     the provisions providing protections against reprisals for 
     certain disclosures; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1436. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to 
     require a nuclear power facility licensee to notify the 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the State and county in 
     which the facility is located within 24 hours of an unplanned 
     release of radionuclides in excess of allowable limits, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 1437. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to make a technical correction relating 
     to stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. Jones):
       H.J. Res. 55. A joint resolution to amend the War Powers 
     Resolution; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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. WALSH of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Buchanan, 
             Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. 
             Stutzman, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Marino, Mr. Rehberg, 
             Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Mr. Lance, Mr. Heller, Mr. Labrador, and Mr. 
             Marchant):
       H.J. Res. 56. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing 
     the budget; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COLE (for himself, Mr. Kline, Mr. Terry, and Mr. 
             McClintock):
       H. Res. 208. A resolution directing the Secretary of 
     Defense to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of 
     any document, record, memo, correspondence, or other 
     communication of the Department of Defense, or any portion of 
     such communication, that refers or relates to any 
     consultation with Congress regarding Operation Odyssey Dawn 
     or military actions in or against Libya; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. COLE (for himself, Mr. Kline, Mr. Terry, and Mr. 
             McClintock):
       H. Res. 209. A resolution directing the Secretary of State 
     to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any 
     document, record, memo, correspondence, or other 
     communication of the Department of State, or any portion of 
     such communication, that refers or relates to any 
     consultation with Congress regarding Operation Odyssey Dawn 
     or military actions in or against Libya; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
             Mr. Stark, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, and Mr. Filner):
       H. Res. 210. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Global Youth Service Day; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GOHMERT (for himself, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, 
             Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. 
             Southerland, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Pence, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mr. Webster, Mr. Walberg, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. 
             Stutzman, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. 
             Gibbs, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Jones, Mr. Broun of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Neugebauer):
       H. Res. 211. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the first weekend of May as Ten Commandments 
     Weekend to recognize the significant contributions the Ten 
     Commandments have made in shaping the principles, 
     institutions, and national character of the United States; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois:
       H. Res. 212. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United States should not 
     intervene in the civil war in the Ivory Coast; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, and Mr. Tonko):
       H. Res. 213. A resolution honoring the memory of Poland's 
     President, national leaders, and cultural leaders who were 
     killed in the tragic plane crash at Smolensk, Russia on April 
     10, 2010; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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