[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14318-14320]
[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. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Petri):
       H.R. 5782. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in 
     pipeline transportation, to provide for enhanced reliability 
     in the transportation of the Nation's energy products by 
     pipeline, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

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           By Mr. BILBRAY:
       H.R. 5783. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the security of sensitive personal data processed or 
     maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. Payne, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Towns, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. Owens, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Wynn, Mr. Berman, Mr. Engel, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Stark, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. 
             Hoyer):
       H.R. 5784. A bill to authorize assistance to the countries 
     of the Caribbean to fund educational development and exchange 
     programs; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. Wynn, Mrs. Bono, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Melancon, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. McCotter, 
             Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire):
       H.R. 5785. A bill to establish a unified national hazard 
     alert system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Campbell of 
             California, and Mr. Gary G. Miller of California):
       H.R. 5786. A bill to authorize the Secretary, in 
     cooperation with the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, 
     to participate in the design, planning, and construction of, 
     an advanced water treatment plant facility and recycled water 
     system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT (for himself, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. 
             Leach, Mr. Shays, Mr. Weller, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Walsh, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. King of New York, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Ney, 
             Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Sweeney, and Mr. 
             LaTourette):
       H.R. 5787. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 5788. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to increase awareness of accrual and long-term 
     budgeting, and to express the sense of Congress that the 
     Presidents' annual budget submissions should consider accrual 
     and long-term budgeting; to the Committee on the Budget, 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 Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. 
             Scott of Georgia):
       H.R. 5789. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     modernize cash management by allowing the use of certain 
     obligations instead of surety bonds; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. Wynn, and Ms. Pryce of 
             Ohio):
       H.R. 5790. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for demonstation projects to carry out preventive 
     health measures with respect to colorectal cancer; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Kuhl of New 
             York, and Ms. Baldwin):
       H.R. 5791. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for the consolidated coverage of home 
     infusion therapy under part B of the Medicare 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. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
             Ryan of Wisconsin, and Mr. Sensenbrenner):
       H.R. 5792. A bill to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs outpatient clinic in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the 
     ``Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient 
     Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. JINDAL:
       H.R. 5793. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
     State governments, to develop detailed operational plans 
     regarding Defense Support to Civil Authorities missions; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. JINDAL:
       H.R. 5794. A bill to make property demolition and 
     rebuilding activities eligible for assistance under the flood 
     mitigation program under section 1366 of the National Flood 
     Insurance Act of 1968; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Crowley, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, 
             Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Payne, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Owens, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Allen, Mr. Stark, Ms. Solis, 
             and Mr. Conyers):
       H.R. 5795. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to expand access to contraceptive services for women and 
     men under the Medicaid Program, help low income women and 
     couples prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce abortion, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 5796. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to exclude and defer from the pooled reimbursable costs of 
     the Central Valley Project the reimbursable capital costs of 
     the unused capacity of the Folsom South Canal, Auburn-Folsom 
     South Unit, Central Valley Project, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. McCOTTER (for himself, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, and 
             Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida):
       H.R. 5797. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration 
     Act of 1938, as amended, to prohibit a person from acting as 
     an agent of certain terrorist entities; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCRERY:
       H.R. 5798. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     modify the program for the sanctuary system for surplus 
     chimpanzees by terminating the authority for the removal of 
     chimpanzees from the system for research purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself and Ms. Ginny 
             Brown-Waite of Florida):
       H.R. 5799. A bill to provide for the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the 
     United States on certain land in the State of Florida if 
     encroachments and trespassing have occurred on that land, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 5800. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for 
     the District of Columbia, headed by a locally elected and 
     independent District Attorney, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Holt, Mr. Schwarz of 
             Michigan, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Garrett of 
             New Jersey, and Ms. DeLauro):
       H.R. 5801. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to correct and 
     prevent variances in disability compensation payments made by 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 5802. A bill to amend the National Park Service 
     Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998, to extend to 
     additional small businesses the preferential right to renew a 
     concessions contract entered into under such Act, to 
     facilitate the renewal of a commercial use authorization 
     granted under such Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. Myrick, 
             Mr. Capuano, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Walsh, 
             Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Moore of Kansas, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 5803. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a State family support grant program to end the 
     practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously 
     emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the 
     purpose of obtaining mental health services for those 
     children; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. REHBERG:
       H.R. 5804. A bill to extend the Federal relationship to the 
     Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana as a 
     distinct federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Watson, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Issa, and Mr. Berman):
       H.R. 5805. A bill to promote nuclear nonproliferation in 
     North Korea; to the Committee on International Relations, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Science, 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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           By Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Mrs. Capps, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Brown 
             of Ohio, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Kilpatrick of 
             Michigan, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Norton, 
             Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Lee, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Watson, and Ms. 
             Schakowsky):
       H.R. 5806. A bill to make grants to carry out activities to 
     prevent teen pregnancy in racial or ethnic minority or 
     immigrant communities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WEINER (for himself and Mr. Meeks of New York):
       H.R. 5807. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide middle class tax relief, impose a surtax for 
     families with incomes over $1,000,000, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H. Con. Res. 446. Concurrent resolution requiring 
     consideration of the most recent financial report of the 
     United States Government in the preparation of the budget of 
     the Government; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT (for himself and Mr. Levin):
       H. Con. Res. 447. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that States should have the flexibility 
     to design welfare programs that make sense in their 
     communities with an overall goal of helping children and 
     reducing poverty by promoting and supporting work; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Calvert, 
             and Mr. Rohrabacher):
       H. Con. Res. 448. Concurrent resolution commending the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the 
     completion of the Space Shuttle's second Return-to-Flight 
     mission; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. COLE of Oklahoma:
       H. Res. 914. A resolution condemning the use of photographs 
     of military caskets and funerals for partisan political and 
     fundraising purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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