[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2664-H2665]
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. McNERNEY (for himself, Mr. Cardoza, and Mr. 
             Garamendi):
       H.R. 1504. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to make grants for engineering, final design, 
     and construction of the Altamont Corridor Rail Project, 
     California, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. King of New 
             York, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
             and Mr. Carter):
       H.R. 1505. A bill to prohibit the Secretaries of the 
     Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands 
     which impede border security on such lands, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Holt, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Engel, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Chu, and Mr. 
             Lance):
       H.R. 1506. A bill to increase public safety by permitting 
     the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the 
     issuance of firearms or explosives licenses to a known or 
     suspected dangerous terrorist; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H.R. 1507. A bill to implement a comprehensive border 
     security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien 
     smuggling, and violent activity in the southwest border of 
     the United States; to the Committee on Homeland Security, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural 
     Resources, Armed Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, 
     Energy and Commerce, Appropriations, and Foreign Affairs, 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. POSEY:
       H.R. 1508. A bill making appropriations to ensure that 
     members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 
     Department of Defense and the Coast Guard are paid during any 
     period of lapsed appropriations; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Doggett):
       H.R. 1509. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account 
     numbers on Medicare cards; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 1510. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     prohibit a pat down search of minor for purposes of air 
     transportation security without the consent and presence of a 
     parent of the minor, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. PETRI (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of Texas):
       H.R. 1511. A bill to authorize the Department of Labor's 
     voluntary protection program and to expand the program to 
     include more small businesses; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 1512. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to 
     remove the representatives of the Federal Reserve banks from 
     membership on the Federal Open Market Committee; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. BARTLETT (for himself, Mr. Israel, Mr. Langevin, 
             Mr. Reichert, Mr. Towns, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, 
             Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Quigley, 
             Mr. Sherman, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. Courtney, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Lujan, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Stark, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Young of 
             Florida, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ellison, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Peters, Mr. Filner, Ms. 
             Sutton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, 
             Ms. McCollum, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Richardson, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Moran, Mr. Gerlach, and 
             Mr. Hinchey):
       H.R. 1513. A bill to prohibit the conducting of invasive 
     research on great apes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself and Mr. Engel):
       H.R. 1514. A bill to limit United States assistance to 
     Egypt unless Egypt is honoring its commitments under the 1979 
     peace treaty between Egypt and Israel; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. Hultgren, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Holden, Mr. Honda, Mr. Israel, 
             Ms. Speier, Mrs. Capps, and Mr. Davis of Illinois):
       H.R. 1515. A bill to provide driver safety grants to States 
     with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain 
     minimum requirements; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BOSWELL (for himself and Mr. Terry):
       H.R. 1516. A bill to authorize loan guarantees for projects 
     to construct renewable fuel pipelines; 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. BRALEY of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Poe of Texas, 
             Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Filner, Ms. Pingree of Maine, and 
             Ms. Speier):
       H.R. 1517. A bill to amend titles 10 and 28, United States 
     Code, to provide for military sexual assault and domestic 
     violence accountability, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, 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. CRITZ (for himself and Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California):
       H.R. 1518. A bill to amend section 310 of the Trade Act of 
     1974 to strengthen provisions relating to the identification 
     of United States trade expansion priorities; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr.

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             Olver, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
             Moore, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Wu, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
             Langevin, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Hanabusa, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Rush, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Moran, Mr. Visclosky, Ms. Sutton, Mr. 
             Yarmuth, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Speier, Ms. Waters, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Holt, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Israel, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Sires, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Cooper, Mr. 
             Scott of Virginia, Ms. Chu, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Ms. 
             Clarke of New York, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Pallone, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Rothman 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Filner, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Al Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Bass of California, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Hirono, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Boswell, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Polis, Mr. Farr, 
             Mr. Reyes, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Tierney, 
             Mr. Ellison, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Butterfield, 
             Mr. Baca, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Sewell, Mr. 
             Michaud, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Stark, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. Berman, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Himes, Mr. Hoyer, 
             Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
             Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Costello, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
             Carnahan, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Becerra, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Richmond, 
             Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Welch, Mr. Markey, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
             Tonko, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Neal, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Boren, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. Watt, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Pastor of Arizona, Mr. Payne, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Weiner, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Clay, 
             Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Keating, Ms. Pingree of 
             Maine, Mr. Garamendi, and Ms. Edwards):
       H.R. 1519. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
     discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. Reichert, and Mr. Young 
             of Florida):
       H.R. 1520. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
     Lands Act to require that oil and gas drilling and production 
     operations on the outer Continental Shelf must have in place 
     the best available technology for blowout preventers and 
     emergency shutoff equipment, and for other purposes; 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. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 1521. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street 
     Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MACK:
       H.R. 1522. A bill to repeal the Energy Independence and 
     Security Act of 2007; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Small 
     Business, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, 
     and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial 
     Services, House Administration, Natural Resources, Foreign 
     Affairs, Education and the Workforce, and 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 Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Costa, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Richardson, Ms. 
             Moore, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
             Rooney, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Latham, and Mrs. Emerson):
       H.R. 1523. A bill to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog 
     Elimination Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith grants 
     for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and to 
     establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 1524. A bill to build capacity and provide support at 
     the leadership level for successful school turnaround 
     efforts; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. POLIS (for himself, Mr. Holt, Ms. DeGette, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Himes, and Mr. Coffman of 
             Colorado):
       H.R. 1525. A bill to provide high-quality public charter 
     school options for students by enabling such public charter 
     schools to expand and replicate; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 1526. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to except from the early distribution penalty certain 
     qualified retirement plan distributions used to purchase a 
     residence that has been in foreclosure for a year or more; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Platts, 
             Mr. Schock, and Mr. Reichert):
       H.R. 1527. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide each 
     individual taxpayer a receipt for an income tax payment which 
     itemizes the portion of the payment which is allocable to 
     various Government spending categories; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Bilbray, 
             and Mr. Manzullo):
       H.R. 1528. A bill to protect and enhance consumer privacy, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. TSONGAS (for herself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Towns, Mr. Conaway, Mrs. 
             McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. 
             Speier, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and 
             Ms. Pingree of Maine):
       H.R. 1529. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
     and the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2011 to provide for implementation of additional 
     recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault 
     in the Military Services; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WOLF (for himself and Mr. Hunter):
       H.R. 1530. A bill to establish the Afghanistan-Pakistan 
     Study Group; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 1531. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum 
     development; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. Garrett):
       H. Con. Res. 39. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress regarding the freedom, security, and stability of 
     Taiwan; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, 
             Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cicilline, Mrs. Davis 
             of California, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Al Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Markey, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Polis, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Sherman, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wu):
       H. Con. Res. 40. Concurrent resolution supporting the goals 
     and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing 
     attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender 
     name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals 
     in schools; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. LONG (for himself and Mr. Duncan of South 
             Carolina):
       H. Con. Res. 41. Concurrent resolution expressing support 
     for designation of the third Saturday in April as ``National 
     Auctioneers Day''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.

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