[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H3408-H3409]
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. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. Cole, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 1953. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for 
     requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency 
     declaration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 1954. A bill to implement the President's request to 
     increase the statutory limit on the public debt; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TIBERI (for himself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee of California, and Mrs. 
             Maloney):
       H.R. 1955. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and 
     individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
     provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital 
     or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, burns, 
     infection, tumor, or disease; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1956. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require individuals to provide their Social Security 
     number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child 
     tax credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Ms. 
             Berkley):
       H.R. 1957. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand the tip tax credit to employers of 
     cosmetologists and to promote tax compliance in the 
     cosmetology sector; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Guthrie, and Mr. 
             Neal):
       H.R. 1958. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to modify the designation of accreditation 
     organizations for orthotics and prosthetics, to apply 
     accreditation and licensure requirements to suppliers of such 
     devices and items for purposes of payment under the Medicare 
     program, and to modify the payment rules for such devices and 
     items under such program to account for practitioner 
     qualifications and complexity of care; 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. TONKO:
       H.R. 1959. A bill to deny certain tax benefits to oil and 
     gas companies and to invest the savings in clean energy 
     programs; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and 
     Technology, and Education and the Workforce, 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. WITTMAN (for himself and Mr. Dingell):
       H.R. 1960. A bill to extend the authorization of 
     appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands 
     conservation projects under the North American Wetlands 
     Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOREN:
       H.R. 1961. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage 
     depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal 
     properties; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
             Mr. Rogers of Michigan, and Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California):
       H.R. 1962. A bill to extend expiring provisions of the USA 
     PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the 
     Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
     until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. Smith of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 1963. A bill to temporarily extend expiring provisions 
     of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 
     2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
     of 2004, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence 
     (Permanent Select), 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. GERLACH (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Andrews, 
             Mr. Austria, Mr. Baca, Mr. Bachus, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Barrow, Mr. Bartlett, Ms. Bass of California, Mr. 
             Becerra, Mr. Benishek, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Boren, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Braley 
             of Iowa, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, Mrs. Capps, 
             Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Carter, 
             Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Chandler, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
             Cicilline, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Clarke of New 
             York, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Coble, 
             Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Costa, Mr. Costello, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
             Crawford, Mr. Critz, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Davis of 
             Kentucky, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
             DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dent, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Mr. 
             Doyle, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
             Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Fitzpatrick, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Frelinghuysen, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. 
             Hanabusa, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holden, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. 
             Jenkins, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Jones, 
             Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kind, Mr. King of New 
             York, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
             Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Latta, 
             Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Loebsack, 
             Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lujan, 
             Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. 
             Lynch, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Matheson, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. McCotter, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. McHenry, Mr. McIntyre, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. 
             McNerney, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Miller of 
             North Carolina, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Murphy of Connecticut, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Neal, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pastor of 
             Arizona, Mr. Paul, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Perlmutter, Mr. Peters, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Pingree of 
             Maine, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Polis, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. 
             Renacci, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Rivera, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, 
             Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ross of 
             Florida, Mr. Ross of Arkansas, Mr. Rothman of New 
             Jersey, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr.

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             Schrader, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, 
             Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Simpson, Mr. 
             Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
             Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith 
             of Texas, Ms. Speier, Mr. Stark, Ms. Sutton, Mr. 
             Terry, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Tipton, 
             Mr. Tonko, Mr. Towns, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Visclosky, 
             Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
             Waters, Mr. Watt, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Welch, 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wu, 
             Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Gibson, Mr. 
             Garrett, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Bass of New Hampshire, Mr. 
             Wolf, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Platts, Ms. Sewell, 
             and Mr. Reichert):
       H.R. 1964. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of 
     qualified conservation contributions; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HIMES (for himself and Mr. Womack):
       H.R. 1965. A bill to amend the securities laws to establish 
     certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. Wu, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Polis, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Reyes):
       H.R. 1966. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership program in 
     foreign languages; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Olver, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. McNerney, and Mr. Pierluisi):
       H.R. 1967. A bill to encourage water efficiency; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 1968. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the award of a military service medal to members 
     of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Mr. Cleaver, and Mr. 
             Yoder):
       H.R. 1969. A bill to provide for private-sector solutions 
     to certain pension funding challenges, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     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 Ms. LEE of California (for herself and Mr. Bishop of 
             Utah):
       H.R. 1970. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     create a National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network to 
     provide grants and coordinate research with respect to the 
     causes of and risk factors associated with childhood brain 
     tumors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS (for herself and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 1971. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit 
     managers; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education 
     and the Workforce, 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 Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1972. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     authorize the National Capital Planning Commission to 
     designate and modify the boundaries of the National Mall area 
     in the District of Columbia reserved for the location of 
     commemorative works of preeminent historical and lasting 
     significance to the United States and other activities, to 
     require the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator 
     of General Services to make recommendations for the 
     termination of the authority of a person to establish a 
     commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
     environs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself and Ms. Chu):
       H.R. 1973. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit public officials from engaging in undisclosed self-
     dealing; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mr. Towns, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Lynch):
       H.R. 1974. A bill to require the Public Printer to 
     establish and maintain a website accessible to the public 
     that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of all 
     congressionally mandated reports in one place, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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. SCHIFF (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             Speier, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
             Lee of California, Mr. Costa, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
             McNerney, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Sherman, Mr. McClintock, 
             Ms. Matsui, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Farr, 
             Mrs. Capps, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Berman, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Chu, Mr. Bilbray, and Mr. 
             Nunes):
       H.R. 1975. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard 
     in Pasadena, California, as the ``First Lieutenant Oliver 
     Goodall Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Wilson 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Duncan of South 
             Carolina, and Mr. Mulvaney):
       H.R. 1976. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to clarify the applicability of such Act with respect to 
     States that have right to work laws in effect; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             and Mr. Gutierrez):
       H.R. 1977. A bill to improve the financial safety and 
     soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. BOREN:
       H.J. Res. 65. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to prohibit candidates 
     for election to Congress from accepting contributions from 
     individuals who do not reside in the State or Congressional 
     district the candidate seeks to represent; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, and Mr. Clay):
       H. Con. Res. 52. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that John Arthur ``Jack'' Johnson should receive 
     a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 
     1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic 
     significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his 
     reputation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H. Con. Res. 53. Concurrent resolution declaring that the 
     President has exceeded his authority under the War Powers 
     Resolution as it pertains to the ongoing military engagement 
     in Libya; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H. Con. Res. 54. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that the Parthenon Marbles should be returned 
     to Greece; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. FOXX:
       H. Res. 274. A resolution electing a Member to a certain 
     standing committee of the House of Representatives; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
             Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Austria, Ms. Speier, 
             Mr. Filner, and Mr. Farr):
       H. Res. 275. A resolution honoring the 113th anniversary of 
     the independence of the Philippines; to the Committee on 
     Foreign 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. CARSON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Donnelly of 
             Indiana, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Rokita, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. 
             Young of Indiana):
       H. Res. 277. A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary 
     of the inaugural Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis Motor 
     Speedway in 1911; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.

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