[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 12, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2602-H2604]
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                      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. DUNCAN of Tennessee (for himself, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
             Bartlett, Mr. McKinley, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Graves of 
             Missouri, and Mrs. Hartzler):
       H.R. 1474. A bill to require that the Federal Government 
     procure from the private sector the goods and services 
     necessary for the operations and management of certain 
     Government agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
             Mr. Levin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Polis, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Clarke of Michigan, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
             Hanna, and Mr. Dingell):
       H.R. 1475. A bill to reform and modernize domestic refugee 
     resettlement programs, and

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     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SPEIER (for herself and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 1476. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to exclude certain advanced diagnostic imaging 
     services from the in-office ancillary services exception to 
     the prohibition on physician self-referral; 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. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, 
             Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Clay, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Welch, Ms. Speier, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Ms. Norton, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Cicilline, Ms. Moore, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, and Mr. Al Green of Texas):
       H.R. 1477. A bill to require certain mortgagees to evaluate 
     loans for modifications, to establish a grant program for 
     State and local government mediation programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. Kind):
       H.R. 1478. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for S corporation reform, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LATHAM (for himself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             Mr. Nunes, Mr. Heller, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Gerlach, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mr. Kline, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Bachus, 
             Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Courtney, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Capuano, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. 
             Norton, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Paul, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Olson, and Mr. Platts):
       H.R. 1479. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of 
     hearing aids; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GUINTA:
       H.R. 1480. A bill to delay enforcement and establishment of 
     certain water quality standards within the Great Bay Estuary, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. POLIS (for himself and Mr. Coffman of Colorado):
       H.R. 1481. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage the purchase of residential property by 
     providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 1482. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education 
     to make grants for recruiting, training, and retaining 
     individuals, with a preference for individuals from 
     underrepresented groups, as teachers at public elementary and 
     secondary schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Pallone, 
             and Ms. DeGette):
       H.R. 1483. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of drugs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 1484. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the appeals process of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs and to establish a commission to study judicial 
     review of the determination of veterans' benefits; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. McClintock, Mrs. 
             McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Chaffetz, 
             Mr. Nunes, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Coffman of 
             Colorado, and Mr. Denham):
       H.R. 1485. A bill to address the public health and safety 
     threat presented by the risk of catastrophic wildfire on 
     Federal forestlands by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture 
     and the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest 
     management projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, 
     forest restoration, forest health, and watershed restoration; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 1486. A bill to direct the Commissioner of Food and 
     Drugs to revise the Federal regulations applicable to the 
     declaration of the trans fat content of a food on the label 
     and in the labeling of the food when such content is less 
     than 0.5 gram; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 1487. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to ban the use of the arsenic compound known as 
     roxarsone as a food additive; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Andrews, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, 
             Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree of Maine, 
             Mr. Polis, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Rothman 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sutton, 
             Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Engel, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz):
       H.R. 1488. A bill to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act 
     to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation 
     or gender identity when extending credit; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Jones):
       H.R. 1489. A bill to repeal certain provisions of the 
     Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between 
     commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner 
     provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called ``Glass-
     Steagall Act'', and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Polis, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Heinrich):
       H.R. 1490. A bill to amend the Radiation Exposure 
     Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved 
     in uranium mining, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce, and 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. MATHESON:
       H.R. 1491. A bill to protect public health and safety 
     should the testing of nuclear weapons by the United States be 
     resumed; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Connolly 
             of Virginia):
       H.R. 1492. A bill to provide for mandatory training for 
     Federal Government supervisors and the assessment of 
     management competencies; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1493. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on 
     account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 1494. A bill making appropriations to provide pay and 
     allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including reserve 
     components thereof, and death gratuities on behalf of 
     deceased members and other eligible persons notwithstanding a 
     Government shutdown; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1495. A bill to provide for an audit of all gold owned 
     by the United States; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1496. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General 
     of the United States and the manner in which such audits are 
     reported, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan (for himself and Mr. 
             LoBiondo):
       H.R. 1497. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
     take whatever steps may be necessary to exhume and transfer 
     the remains of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces 
     buried in Tripoli, Libya, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 Mr. ROONEY (for himself and Mr. Andrews):
       H.R. 1498. A bill to require the lender or servicer of a 
     home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short 
     sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself and Mr. Carnahan):
       H.R. 1499. A bill to create clean energy jobs and set 
     efficiency standards for small-duct high-velocity air 
     conditioning and heat pump systems, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. TIERNEY (for himself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Keating, and 
             Ms. Tsongas):

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       H.R. 1500. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a boundary study of the lands and waters in the 
     greater Salem Sound and the city of Salem to determine the 
     suitability and feasibility for inclusion within the boundary 
     of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WALSH of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Grimm, Mr. 
             Ross of Florida, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
             McClintock, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Burton of Indiana, 
             Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Chaffetz, 
             Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Ellmers, 
             Ms. Foxx, Mr. Gohmert, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. West, Mr. 
             Canseco, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Posey, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. 
             Garrett, Mr. Long, and Mr. Kline):
       H.R. 1501. A bill to withhold United States contributions 
     to the United Nations until the United Nations formally 
     retracts the final report of the ``United Nations Fact 
     Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict''; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. King of New York, and 
             Mrs. Myrick):
       H.R. 1502. A bill to establish the Counterterrorism 
     Competitive Analysis Council; to the Committee on 
     Intelligence (Permanent Select).
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 1503. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain hydrogenated polymers of norbornene derivatives; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GARRETT (for himself, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Mulvaney, 
             and Mr. McClintock):
       H. Con. Res. 37. Concurrent resolution establishing the 
     budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 
     and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
     year 2011 and fiscal years 2013 through 2021; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself and Mr. Rahall):
       H. Con. Res. 38. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     400th anniversary of the publication of the King James 
     Version of the Bible; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H. Res. 220. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the first Saturday in October as ``National 
     Animal Rescue Day'' to create awareness, educate humans of 
     the importance of adoption, and create a humane environment 
     for any pet, including the importance of spaying and 
     neutering of animals, and the encouragement of animal 
     adoptions throughout the United States; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly of 
             Virginia, and Mr. Whitfield):
       H. Res. 221. A resolution congratulating the Government and 
     people of the Republic of Turkey as they celebrate Republic 
     Day, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Berkley, 
             Mr. Cicilline, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Filner, Mr. Holt, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Rothman of New 
             Jersey, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz):
       H. Res. 222. A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary 
     of the founding of the Religious Action Center of Reform 
     Judaism; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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