[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16097-16098]
[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. JONES of Ohio (for herself and Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 5889. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax certain 
     commercial cargo loaded or unloaded at United States ports in 
     the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Costa, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Kingston, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Pickering, Mr. Hall, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
             Whitfield, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. 
             Ross, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Boren, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
             Melancon, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, and 
             Mr. Murphy):
       H.R. 5890. A bill to establish the American-Made Energy 
     Trust Fund, to increase the tax credits for cellulosic 
     biomass ethanol, to extend tax incentives for solar and fuel 
     cell property, to promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities, to 
     direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and 
     implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for the 
     Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Resources, Energy and Commerce, and 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.
           By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
             Melancon, Mr. McHenry, Mrs. McCarthy, Ms. Hooley, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Israel, Mr. Bishop of New York, and Mr. 
             Crowley):
       H.R. 5891. A bill to establish a bipartisan commission on 
     insurance reform; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ADERHOLT:
       H.R. 5892. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide special rules for the exchange or installment 
     sale of certain agricultural property; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 5893. A bill to amend the Intelligence Reform and 
     Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to require the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security to provide for National Crime Information 
     Center criminal history records checks of the employees and 
     prospective employees of providers of private security 
     services and to require such providers to employ only those 
     employees whose records checks do not show a history of 
     certain offenses; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, 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 Ms. HERSETH:
       H.R. 5894. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     establish certain protections for preference eligibles 
     selected for involuntary geographic reassignment; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Snyder, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Castle):
       H.R. 5895. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route 
     National Historic Trail; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 5896. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     Housing Assistance Council; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Ms. HOOLEY:
       H.R. 5897. A bill to extend the period during which members 
     of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency operations may 
     request and receive reimbursement for helmet pads, which are 
     designed to better protect the wearer from bomb blasts than 
     military-issued pads, that are purchased by or for the use of 
     such members; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KOLBE (for himself and Mr. Grijalva):
       H.R. 5898. A bill to expand the boundary of Saguaro 
     National Park, to study additional land for potential 
     inclusion or removal from the boundary of the park, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 5899. A bill to provide additional flood control 
     storage at the Upper and Lower Baker Dams; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, and Mr. Castle):
       H.R. 5900. A bill to protect, conserve, and restore native 
     fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats at national 
     wildlife refuges through cooperative, incentive-based grants 
     to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative 
     species, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.

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           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself and Mr. Serrano):
       H.R. 5901. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to improve Federal 
     response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major 
     disaster affecting homeland security, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. MARKEY:
       H.R. 5902. A bill to prohibit the proposed sale to Pakistan 
     of F-16 aircraft and related defense articles and defense 
     services unless Pakistan has halted construction of a certain 
     plutonium production reactor; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. MARSHALL:
       H.R. 5903. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     extend the same level of increased flexibility to all rural 
     local educational agencies under part A of title I of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. MATHESON (for himself, Mr. Otter, Mr. Salazar, 
             and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       H.R. 5904. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow public school districts to receive no interest 
     loans for the purchase of renewable energy systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MEEHAN (for himself and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 5905. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reform the system of public financing for 
     Presidential elections, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on House Administration, 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. RAMSTAD (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Kennedy 
             of Minnesota):
       H.R. 5906. A bill to establish a Consortium on the Impact 
     of Technology in Aging Health Services; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD:
       H.R. 5907. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under part D of such 
     title for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual 
     eligible individuals; 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. ROGERS of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Ehlers):
       H.R. 5908. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     permit certain revenues of private vanpool contractors 
     received from providing public transportation to be used for 
     the purpose of acquiring rolling stock that is not funded, in 
     part, by Federal, State, or local government assistance, and 
     to permit certain expenditures of private vanpool contractors 
     to be credited toward the local matching share of the costs 
     of public transportation projects; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. RYUN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. 
             Moran of Kansas, and Mr. Moore of Kansas):
       H.R. 5909. A bill to promote public safety and improve the 
     welfare of captive big cats, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 5910. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to provide funding for emergency planning and management 
     and emergency response providers, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 5911. A bill to establish the United States Commission 
     to Monitor Slavery and its Eradication in Sudan; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Matheson, and Mr. 
             McIntyre):
       H.R. 5912. A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to 
     prescribe rules to prohibit deceptive conduct in the rating 
     of video and computer games; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. TANCREDO:
       H.R. 5913. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 
     2002 to require an individual to provide proof that the 
     individual is a citizen of the United States and to present a 
     government-issued photo identification as a condition of 
     casting a ballot in an election for Federal office, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. WU:
       H.R. 5914. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to reduce class size through the use of 
     fully qualified teachers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SHADEGG:
       H. Con. Res. 454. Concurrent resolution providing for an 
     adjournment or recess of the two Houses; which was considered 
     and postponed.
           By Mr. POMBO:
       H. Con. Res. 456. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     correction to the enrollment of the bill, S. 203; considered 
     and agreed to.
           By Mr. HYDE:
       H. Res. 949. A resolution commending the people and 
     Government of Romania, on the occasion of the visit of 
     Romanian President Traian Basescu to the United States, for 
     the strong relationship between Romania and the United 
     States; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Stark, 
             Ms. Norton, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Conyers, 
             Ms. Lee, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia):
       H. Res. 950. A resolution calling for the abolition of all 
     nuclear weapons; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Rahall, 
             Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Shays, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Terry, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Holden, Mr. Holt, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Watson, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr. Ney, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Spratt, Mr. 
             Foley, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
             of California, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. 
             English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Scott of Virginia, and Mr. Schiff):
       H. Res. 953. A resolution commending the Republic of Cyprus 
     and thanking the Cypriot people for their support and 
     assistance in the evacuation of Americans fleeing Lebanon; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. LEACH:
       H. Res. 954. A resolution urging the President to appoint a 
     Special Envoy for Middle East Peace; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. FARR:
       H. Res. 955. A resolution calling for sustainable peace in 
     the Middle East; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. 
             Ryun of Kansas, and Mr. Moore of Kansas):
       H. Res. 956. A resolution congratulating the Department of 
     Agronomy in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State 
     University for 100 years of excellent service to Kansas 
     agriculture; to the Committee on Agriculture.

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