[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4161-4162]
[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 Mrs. CUBIN:
       H.R. 1181. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to set 
     forth procedures for the reinstatement of leases terminated 
     due to unforeseeable circumstances; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. MILLER of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Watt, 
             and Mr. Frank of Massachusetts):
       H.R. 1182. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     impose restrictions and limitations on high-cost mortgages, 
     to revise the permissible fees and charges on certain loans 
     made, to prohibit unfair or deceptive lending practices, and 
     to provide for public education and counseling about 
     predatory lenders, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. RAHALL:
       H.R. 1183. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to provide public access to Navassa National Wildlife Refuge 
     and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Owens, Mr. Markey, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cummings, Ms. 
             Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Filner, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Farr, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. McDermott, 
             Ms. Watson, Mr. Olver, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Wexler, 
             Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Capuano, Ms. Carson, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Israel, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Allen, Mr. Towns, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Watt, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Ms. 
             Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. Berman, Mr. Nadler, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 1184. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to repeal the provisions prohibiting persons convicted of 
     drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BACHUS (for himself, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Kanjorski, 
             Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Leach, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Jones 
             of North Carolina, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas, Mr. Israel, Mr. Ney, Mr. Tiberi, Mrs. 
             Biggert, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Ford, 
             Mr. Towns, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Clay, Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
             California, Mr. McHenry, and Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland):
       H.R. 1185. A bill to reform the Federal deposit insurance 
     system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             McCrery, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Simmons, Mr. 
             McCaul of Texas, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. King of 
             New York, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Baker, 
             Mr. Paul, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Norwood, Ms. Hart, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 1186. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the alternative minimum tax; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H.R. 1187. A bill to authorize the extension of the 
     supplemental security income program to American Samoa; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 1188. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     support disabled veterans by extending military commissary 
     and exchange store privileges to such veterans and their 
     dependents and by authorizing space-available travel on 
     military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin:
       H.R. 1189. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     punish the placing of sexual explicit photographs on the 
     Internet without the permission of the persons photographed; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 1190. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a feasibility study to design and construct a four 
     reservoir intertie system for the purposes of improving the 
     water storage opportunities, water supply reliability, and 
     water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland 
     Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation 
     and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater 
     Authority, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Boehlert, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
             Allen):
       H.R. 1191. A bill to establish a National Marine 
     Scholarship Program to recruit and prepare graduate students 
     for careers in the fields of marine science, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. LaHOOD (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Hastert, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Issa, Mr. Souder, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Evans, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Weller, Mr. Costello, Mrs. 
             Biggert, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Rush, and Ms. Bean):
       H.R. 1192. A bill to establish the Abraham Lincoln National 
     Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Cummings, 
             Ms. Lee, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Linda 
             T. Sanchez of California):
       H.R. 1193. A bill to amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to 
     require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes 
     that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MATHESON (for himself, Ms. Berkley, and Mr. 
             Spratt):
       H.R. 1194. A bill to protect public health and safety, 
     should the testing of nuclear weapons by the United States be 
     resumed; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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 Mrs. McCARTHY:
       H.R. 1195. A bill to increase public safety and reduce the 
     threat to domestic security by including persons who may be 
     prevented from boarding an aircraft in the National Instant 
     Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ORTIZ (for himself, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Hinojosa, 
             Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Doggett, and Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 1196. A bill to improve the security clearance process 
     along the United States-Mexico border, to increase the number 
     of detention beds, and for other purposes; 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. OSBORNE:
       H.R. 1197. A bill to extend the water service contract for 
     the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri 
     Basin Program, Nebraska; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota:
       H.R. 1198. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a presumption of service connection for certain 
     specified diseases and disabilities in the case of veterans 
     who were exposed during military service to carbon 
     tetrachloride; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. RENZI:
       H.R. 1199. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study 
     of certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National 
     Monument in the State of Arizona; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Hinchey, Mr.

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             Dicks, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Farr, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Rush, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Pallone, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Lee, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Carson, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. Olver, Mr. Payne, Mr. Berman, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
             Sanders, and Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California):
       H.R. 1200. A bill to provide for health care for every 
     American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of 
     the health care system; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, 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. BOUCHER (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, and Mr. 
             Barton of Texas):
       H.R. 1201. A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act 
     to provide that the advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-
     protected music disc is an unfair method of competition and 
     an unfair and deceptive act or practice, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. RYAN of Wisconsin:
       H.R. 1202. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     unidirectional (cardioid) electret condenser microphone 
     modules for use in motor vehicles; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 1203. A bill to amend chapter 47 of title 10, United 
     States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), to define 
     and punish stalking by persons subject to that chapter; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Case, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Berman, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mr. Honda, Mr. Clay, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Chandler, Mr. 
             Gilchrest, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Capps, Ms. 
             Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez 
             of California, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Holden, 
             Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Stark, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ferguson, 
             Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Ney, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Becerra, and Mr. Thompson of 
             California):
       H.R. 1204. A bill to designate as wilderness, wild and 
     scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild 
     land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors 
     certain public lands in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, 
     Washington, and Wyoming, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SIMMONS (for himself and Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts):
       H.R. 1205. A bill to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket 
     Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to 
     extend the authorization for that corridor, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 1206. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to exclude veterans education benefits under the Montgomery 
     GI Bill for purposes of determining need analysis for grants 
     to students in attendance at institutions of higher learning; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 1207. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide additional work-study opportunities for eligible 
     veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. Duncan):
       H.R. 1208. A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection 
     Act to prevent credit card issuers from taking unfair 
     advantage of full-time, traditional-aged, college students, 
     to protect parents of traditional college student credit card 
     holders, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. TOWNS:
       H.R. 1209. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1915 Fulton Street in 
     Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Congresswoman Shirley A. 
     Chisholm Post Office Building''; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. WEINER (for himself, Ms. Carson, Mr. Case, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Strickland, and Mr. Wexler):
       H.R. 1210. A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy 
     Assistance Act of 1981 to extend energy assistance to 
     households headed by certain senior citizens; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committee on 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. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
             Ms. Carson, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Owens, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
             Florida, Ms. Watson, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Evans, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, and Mr. Brown of Ohio):
       H. Con. Res. 88. Concurrent resolution remembering the 
     victims of the genocide that occurred in 1994 in Rwanda and 
     pledging to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not 
     take place again; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
             Inslee, Mr. Ford, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. McCollum of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Towns, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Tiberi, 
             Mr. Lantos, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Gillmor, 
             Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Payne, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, and 
             Mr. Strickland):
       H. Con. Res. 89. Concurrent resolution honoring the life of 
     Sister Dorothy Stang; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ramstad, 
             Mr. Reyes, and Mr. Lantos):
       H. Con. Res. 90. Concurrent resolution conveying the 
     sympathy of Congress to the families of the young women 
     murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encouraging 
     increased United States involvement in bringing an end to 
     these crimes; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. OSBORNE (for himself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Case, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland):
       H. Res. 145. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the National Collegiate Athletic 
     Association (NCAA) should affirm its commitment to a policy 
     of discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending 
     all alcohol advertising during radio and television 
     broadcasts of collegiate sporting events; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.

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