[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25707-25709]
[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. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Obey, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sabo, 
             and Ms. Velazquez):
       H.R. 4291. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 to require additional disclosure to shareholders of 
     executive compensation; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. POMBO (for himself and Mr. Rahall):
       H.R. 4292. A bill to amend Public Law 107-153 to further 
     encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal claims; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Capps, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Baca, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, 
             Mr. Chandler, Mr. Clay, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hol-
             den, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Markey, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
             Mr. Rush, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Waters, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Wynn, Ms. 
             Solis, and Mr. Holt):
       H.R. 4293. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to establish minimum requirements for 
     nurse staffing in nursing facilities receiving payments under 
     the Medicare or Medicaid Program; 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. PORTER:
       H.R. 4294. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to protect 
     natural resources of units of the National Park System 
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     collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of units of 
     the National Park System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. CANNON (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, and Mr. 
             Matheson):
       H.R. 4295. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 12760 South Park Avenue in 
     Riverton, Utah, as the ``Mont and Mark Stephensen Veterans 
     Memorial Post Office Building''; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. SODREL (for himself, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
             Tiahrt, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Franks of Arizona, 
             Mr. Pence, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Jones of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Coble, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. 
             McCaul of Texas, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Marchant, Ms. 
             Foxx, Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. Hostettler):
       H.R. 4296. A bill to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code with respect to avoidable preferences; and to amend 
     title 28 of the United States Code with respect to venue for 
     proceedings to avoid preferences under section 547 of title 
     11 of the United States Code; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. THOMAS:
       H.R. 4297. A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2006; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. BALDWIN:
       H.R. 4298. A bill to clarify the effective date of the 
     modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of 
     part-time service before April 7, 1986, of certain Department 
     of Veterans Affairs health-care professionals; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BOREN:
       H.R. 4299. A bill to authorize the President to present a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the Choctaw Code 
     Talkers in recognition of their contributions to the Nation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. FERGUSON (for himself, Mr. Brown of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Goode, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Sanders, and 
             Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       H.R. 4300. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the credit for residential energy efficient 
     property and certain expiring provisions of the energy 
     credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HERSETH:
       H.R. 4301. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt 
     Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the initial stage of 
     the Oahe Unit, James Division, South Dakota, to the 
     Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the Department of 
     Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for the 
     purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition 
     that the current preferential leaseholders shall have an 
     option to purchase the parcels from the Commission, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. JONES of Ohio:
       H.R. 4302. A bill to require, in the event of any future 
     round of base realignments and closures, the prompt release 
     of all military value data used by the Secretary of Defense 
     to prepare the recommendations of the Secretary for the 
     realignment and closure of military installations; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself and Mr. Rogers 
             of Kentucky):
       H.R. 4303. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 to reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture 
     Capital Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business.
           By Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, 
             Mr. McCotter, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Capuano, and Mr. 
             Blumenauer):
       H.R. 4304. A bill to designate the Republic of Korea as a 
     program country under the visa waiver program established 
     under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MUSGRAVE (for herself, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Gingrey, 
             Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Jindal, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Kline, Mr. Cole of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Issa, Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida, Mr. Fortenberry, and Mr. Hensarling):
       H.R. 4305. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide increased expensing for section 179 property 
     in the Gulf Opportunity Zone; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. POE (for himself, Mr. Souder, Mr. Culberson, 
             Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Pitts, 
             Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
             Gutknecht, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Barrett of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Paul, 
             and Mr. Marchant):
       H.R. 4306. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to make 
     publicly available information related to certain funding 
     provided to nongovernmental organizations by the Department 
     of State; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. McCaul of 
             Texas, and Mr. Pearce):
       H.R. 4307. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to annually compile data relating to unauthorized 
     aliens who cross the borders into the United States; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Ms. Solis, Ms. Slaughter, 
             and Mr. Pallone):
       H.R. 4308. A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act 
     to reduce the exposure of children, workers, and consumers to 
     toxic chemical substances; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. WU:
       H.R. 4309. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve services for veterans residing in rural areas; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Ms. Solis, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, and Ms. Kaptur):
       H. Con. Res. 295. Concurrent resolution providing that any 
     agreement relating trade and investment that is negotiated by 
     the executive branch with other countries must comply with 
     certain minimum standards; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H. Con. Res. 296. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that there is no honor in ``honor 
     killings''; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Ackerman, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, and Mr. Ford):
       H. Res. 545. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives on the arrest of Sanjar Umarov in 
     Uzbekistan; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Berman, Mr. Pence, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Pitts, Ms. Watson, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Poe, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. 
             Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Mack, Mr. Boozman, Ms. 
             Harris, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
             McCaul of Texas, Mr. Royce, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. 
             Tanner, Mr. King of New York, and Mr. Mario Diaz-
             Balart of Florida):
       H. Res. 546. A resolution condemning in the strongest terms 
     the terrorist attacks that occurred on November 9, 2005, in 
     Amman, Jordan; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Poe, Mr. 
             Ryun of Kansas, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. King of 
             Iowa, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Kuhl of New 
             York, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Jindal, 
             Mr. Issa, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Cho-
             cola, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
             Aderholt, Mr. Kline, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Tiahrt, 
             Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. 
             Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
             Feeney, Mr. Pence, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Hostettler, 
             Mr. Sullivan, Mr. McKeon, Ms. Hart, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             and Mr. Franks of Arizona):
       H. Res. 547. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United States Court of Appeals 
     for the Ninth Circuit deplorably infringed on parental rights 
     in Fields v. Palmdale School District; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Holt, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, 
             Mr. Chandler, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Matheson, Ms. Harris, Mr. Davis of 
             Florida, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Price of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Putnam, 
             Mr. Pallone, Ms. Lee, Ms. Watson, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
             Eng-
             lish of Pennsylvania, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Engel, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, 
             Mr. Cannon, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Berkley, and Mrs. 
             Maloney):
       H. Res. 548. A resolution recognizing the religious and 
     historical significance of the festival of Diwali; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. 
             Waxman):
       H. Res. 549. A resolution requesting the President of the 
     United States provide to the House of Representatives all 
     documents in his possession relating to his October 7, 2002, 
     speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his January 28, 2003, State 
     of the Union address; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Mr.

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             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Smith of Washington, and Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina):
       H. Res. 550. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the importance of maintaining 
     the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum as the 
     preeminent multilateral institution in the Asia-Pacific 
     region; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. PENCE (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. DeLay, Mr. 
             Cantor, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Gingrey, Mr. Kline, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Cole of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Brady of 
             Texas, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Goode, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
             Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Jindal, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, 
             Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Cannon, 
             Mr. Hensar-
             ling, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Akin, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
             Bachus, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
             Herger, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
             Neugebauer, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Stearns, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mrs. Myrick, Ms. 
             Foxx, Mr. Norwood, Mrs. Musgrave, Ms. Hart, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       H. Res. 551. A resolution honoring National Review magazine 
     on its 50th anniversary for its contribution to the national 
     political discourse; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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