[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4182-4184]
[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:


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           By Mr. JINDAL:
       H.R. 5013. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the 
     confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mrs. Biggert):
       H.R. 5014. A bill to provide for fairness for the Federal 
     judiciary; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAIRD (for himself and Ms. Slaughter):
       H.R. 5015. A bill to prohibit securities trading based on 
     nonpublic information relating to Congress, and to require 
     additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of 
     securities transaction, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
     Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, and 
     Agriculture, 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. KOLBE:
       H.R. 5016. A bill to provide for the exchange of certain 
     Bureau of Land Management land in Pima County, Arizona, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself and Mrs. Maloney):
       H.R. 5017. A bill to ensure the implementation of the 
     recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist 
     Attacks Upon the United States; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence 
     (Permanent Select), Government Reform, Armed Services, the 
     Judiciary, International Relations, Financial Services, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Energy and 
     Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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. POMBO (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 5018. A bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens 
     Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WALDEN of Oregon:
       H.R. 5019. A bill to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in 
     Oregon, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA:
       H.R. 5020. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2007 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
           By Ms. BERKLEY:
       H.R. 5021. A bill to amend the Energy Employees 
     Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to 
     provide for certain nuclear weapons program workers to be 
     included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the 
     compensation program established by that Act; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, 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. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mrs. 
             Wilson of New Mexico, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Ms. 
             Lee, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Crowley, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Waxman, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Andrews, 
             and Mr. Holt):
       H.R. 5022. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to provide increased assistance for the prevention, 
     treatment, and control of tuberculosis, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on International Relations, 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 Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Owens, Ms. Lee, Ms. Solis, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Meeks of New York, and Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia):
       H.R. 5023. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to repeal the amendments made by the Deficit Reduction 
     Act of 2005 requiring documentation evidencing citizenship or 
     nationality as a condition for receipt of medical assistance 
     under the Medicaid Program; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky (for himself, Mr. Scott of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Israel):
       H.R. 5024. A bill to require annual oral testimony before 
     the Financial Services Committee of the Chairperson or a 
     designee of the Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the 
     Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, relating to their 
     efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Ms. Hooley, and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 5025. A bill to protect for future generations the 
     recreational opportunities, forests, timber, clean water, 
     wilderness and scenic values, and diverse habitat of Mount 
     Hood National Forest, Oregon, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, 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. FORTUNO:
       H.R. 5026. A bill to designate the Investigations Building 
     of the Food and Drug Administration located at 466 Fernandez 
     Juncos Avenue in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ``Andres Toro 
     Building''; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. JINDAL:
       H.R. 5027. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit against tax proportional to the 
     number of million British thermal units of natural gas 
     produced by a high Btu fuel facility; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LINDER (for himself, Mr. Langevin, Mr. McCaul of 
             Texas, Mr. Shays, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Dent, and Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas):
       H.R. 5028. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve and expedite the assessment and determination of 
     chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material 
     threats by the Secretary of Homeland Security under the 
     Project BioShield program; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security, 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. LINDER (for himself, Mr. Langevin, Mr. King of 
             New York, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             Simmons, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Dicks, Mr. 
             Dent, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, and Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 5029. A bill to establish in the Department of 
     Homeland Security a Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to 
     improve the ability of the United States to detect and 
     prevent acts of nuclear and radiological terrorism and to 
     enhance coordination of such efforts across Federal agencies, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 5030. A bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic 
     Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to establish 
     vessel ballast water management requirements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. MOLLOHAN:
       H.R. 5031. A bill to extend Corridor O of the Appalachian 
     Development Highway System from its current southern terminus 
     at I-68 near Cumberland to Corridor H, which stretches from 
     Weston, West Virginia, to Strasburg, Virginia; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself, Mr. McNulty, and Mr. Crowley):
       H.R. 5032. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand the income tax forgiveness for members of the 
     Armed Forces who die as a result of wounds, disease, or 
     injury incurred while serving in a combat zone to include 
     forgiveness for the last taxable year ending before the 
     wounds, disease, or injury are incurred; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN:
       H.R. 5033. A bill to permit access to certain information 
     in the Firearms Trace System database; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       H.R. 5034. A bill to redesignate the White Rocks National 
     Recreation Area in the State of Vermont as the ``Robert T. 
     Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area''; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 5035. A bill to provide discretionary authority to an 
     immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a 
     United States citizen child should not be ordered removed 
     from the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota (for himself, Mr. Cardoza, 
             Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. Grijalva):
       H. Con. Res. 365. Concurrent resolution urging the 
     Government of China to reinstate all licenses of Gao Zhisheng 
     and his law firm, remove all legal and political obstacles 
     for lawyers attempting to defend criminal cases

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     in China, including politically sensitive cases, and revise 
     law and practice in China so that it conforms to 
     international standards; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. PENCE (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Lantos, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Fitzpatrick of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H. Res. 736. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that legal action in Afghanistan against 
     citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to 
     other religions is deplorable and unjust; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Pryce 
             of Ohio, Mr. Bass, Mr. Dreier, Ms. Moore of 
             Wisconsin, Ms. Lee, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, Mr. Shays, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Mr. Feeney, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, 
             Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mr. Holt, Mr. Owens, 
             Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Baker, Mr. Reichert, Ms. 
             Millen-
             der-McDonald, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Ms. Harris, 
             Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
             Oxley, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Honda, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
             Castle, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Moore of Kansas, 
             Ms. Bean, Ms. Waters, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Ney, Mr. Baca, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
             California, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Campbell of 
             California, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Dent, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Kanjorski, and Mr. Israel):
       H. Res. 737. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. Cardin):
       H. Res. 738. A resolution congratulating Jason Kamras for 
     his exceptional dedication to the students of John Philip 
     Sousa Middle School in Washington, D.C., resulting in his 
     selection as National Teacher of the Year, 2005-2006, in 
     recognition of his work; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. SHAW:
       H. Res. 739. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the President should declare lung 
     cancer a public health priority and should implement a 
     comprehensive inter-agency program that will reduce lung 
     cancer mortality by at least 50 percent by 2015; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. King of 
             New York, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mrs. McCarthy, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Walsh, 
             Mr. McNulty, and Mr. Engel):
       H. Res. 740. A resolution calling on the Government of the 
     United Kingdom to immediately establish a full, independent, 
     public judicial inquiry into the murder of Northern Ireland 
     defense attorney Pat Finucane, as recommended by 
     international Judge Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park 
     agreement and a way forward for the Northern Ireland Peace 
     Process; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H. Res. 741. A resolution providing for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 609) to amend and extend the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965.

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