[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14879-14880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. McCotter, Mrs. Jo 
             Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Ms. Harris, 
             Mr. Weller, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Issa):
       H.R. 3100. A bill to authorize measures to deter arms 
     transfers by foreign countries to the People's Republic of 
     China; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. KUHL of New York (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Reynolds, and Mr. Higgins):
       H.R. 3101. A bill to authorize the United States Department 
     of Energy to remediate the Western New York Nuclear Service 
     Center in the Town of Ashford, New York, and dispose of 
     nuclear waste; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. EDWARDS (for himself and Mr. Obey):
       H.R. 3102. A bill making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
     fiscal year 2005 for veterans medical services; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. Pallone):
       H.R. 3103. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to 
     submit a report outlining the steps taken and plans made by 
     the United States to end Turkey's blockade of Armenia; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Petri, and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 3104. A bill to provide an extension of highway, 
     highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
     programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
     enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways 
     and Means, Science, and 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. BEAUPREZ:
       H.R. 3105. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain aramid chopped fiber; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. BEAUPREZ:
       H.R. 3106. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on fabric 
     woven with certain continuous filament wholly nylon type-66 
     textured yarns; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HARRIS:
       H.R. 3107. A bill to protect against child predators and 
     trafficking in persons; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mrs. Capps, and Mrs. Davis 
             of California):
       H.R. 3108. A bill to establish the Commission on Religious 
     Freedom and Respect in the Armed Forces to assess the freedom 
     of religion and respect for the diversity of spiritual values 
     in the Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Ms. Zoe 
             Lofgren of California, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mrs. Christensen, and Mr. Dicks):
       H.R. 3109. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to establish a program to award grants to 
     institutions of higher education for the establishment or 
     expansion of cybersecurity professional development programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Science, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 
     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. JINDAL:
       H.R. 3110. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to provide for treatment of distinct population segments 
     of the Eastern oyster as separate species; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. 
             Jefferson, and Mr. McCrery):
       H.R. 3111. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to improve the operation of employee stock ownership 
     plans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H.R. 3112. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain decorative plates, decorative sculptures, decorative 
     plaques, and architectural miniatures; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H.R. 3113. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain cups, with or without saucers, of porcelain or china; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H.R. 3114. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain flags; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H.R. 3115. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain clocks; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H.R. 3116. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain glass articles; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H.R. 3117. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain glass articles of lead crystal; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H.R. 3118. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain music boxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LaHOOD:
       H.R. 3119. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on carfentazone ethyl; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. LaHOOD:
       H.R. 3120. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain cores used in remanufacture; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. LaHOOD:
       H.R. 3121. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     prevent certain types of mail matter from being sent by a 
     Member of the House of Representatives as part of a mass 
     mailing; to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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 Kentucky:
       H.R. 3122. A bill to exempt the natural aging process in 
     the determination of the production period for distilled 
     spirits under section 263A of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 3123. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the 
     depreciation of certain restaurant buildings; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHERWOOD:
       H.R. 3124. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to allow the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation 
     to increase the diameter of a natural gas pipeline located in 
     the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 3125. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit 
     judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United 
     States into two circuits, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Pelosi, and Mr. Cooper):
       H.J. Res. 56. A joint resolution disapproving a rule 
     promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency to delist coal and oil-direct utility units 
     from the source category list under the Clean Air Act; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H. Con. Res. 195. Concurrent resolution commemorating the 
     Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923, urging the Government of the 
     Republic of Turkey to acknowledge the culpability of its 
     predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire, for the Armenian 
     Genocide and engage in rapprochement with the Republic of 
     Armenia and the Armenian people, and supporting the accession 
     of Turkey to the European Union if Turkey meets certain 
     criteria; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. POMBO (for himself, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
             Barton of Texas, Mr. Ney, and Mr. Hyde):
       H. Res. 344. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that a Chinese state-owned energy company 
     exercising control of critical United States energy 
     infrastructure and energy production capacity could take 
     action that would threaten to impair the national security of 
     the United States; to the Committee on Financial Services, 
     and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 
     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.

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