[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25373]
[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. RUSH:
       H.R. 4248. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil 
     and to use the proceeds to carry out the Low-Income Home 
     Energy Assistance Act of 1981; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce, 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. OBERSTAR (for himself and Mr. Ramstad):
       H.R. 4249. A bill to provide for programs within the 
     Department of Health and Human Services and Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for patients with fatal chronic illness, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 
     Veterans' 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. MICA (for himself and Mr. Manzullo):
       H.R. 4250. A bill to eliminate fees for assistance provided 
     by the Department of Commerce and agencies thereof under 
     export promotion programs, to authorize appropriations for 
     such purpose, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to take 
     certain steps to expand export promotion activities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. POMBO (for himself, Mr. Ford, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Case, and 
             Mr. Bass):
       H.R. 4251. A bill to help relieve the shortage in the 
     supply of firewood for home heating use by making additional 
     quantities of free firewood available to individuals from 
     National Forest System lands; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. Barton of 
             Texas, Mr. Poe, Mr. Culberson, Mr. McCaul of Texas, 
             Mr. Marchant, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Cuellar, 
             Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Conaway, 
             Ms. Granger, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Ortiz):
       H.R. 4252. A bill to designate the headquarters building of 
     the Department of Education in Washington, DC, as the Lyndon 
     Baines Johnson Federal Building; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida (for herself and 
             Mr. Jones of North Carolina):
       H.R. 4253. A bill to expand the authority of the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security to transport and remove aliens 
     unlawfully present in the United States; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, 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. COOPER (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
             Davis of Tennessee, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz):
       H.R. 4254. A bill to establish a commission on corporate 
     entitlement reform; to the Committee on Government Reform, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 
     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. FLAKE (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Fortuno, 
             Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Faleomavaega):
       H.R. 4255. A bill to convey certain submerged lands to the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give 
     that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as 
     Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their 
     submerged lands; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 4256. A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to assure comprehensive, 
     affordable health insurance coverage for all Americans 
     through an American Health Benefits Program; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means, 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. POMEROY (for himself, Mrs. Cubin, and Ms. 
             Herseth):
       H.R. 4257. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-competitive forward 
     contracts; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself and Mr. Lantos):
       H.R. 4258. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that evacuation 
     procedures are included as a part of State and local 
     emergency preparedness operational plans; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Rehberg, Mr. Filner, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Matheson, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Holt, 
             and Mr. Strickland):
       H.R. 4259. A bill to establish the Veterans' Right to Know 
     Commission; to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Mr. Honda, and Ms. 
             Bordallo):
       H. Con. Res. 293. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     observance of a Campaign to End AIDS Advocacy Day, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. 
             Gordon, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Wu, and Mr. 
             Holt):
       H. Res. 541. A resolution honoring Drs. Roy J. Glauber, 
     John L. Hall, and Theodor W. Hansch for being awarded the 
     Nobel Prize in Physics for 2005, and Drs. Yves Chauvin, 
     Robert H. Grubbs, and Richard R. Schrock for being awarded 
     the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2005, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Science.

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