[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11090-11091]
[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. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Weller, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Foley, Mr. Linder, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr.

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             Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Tiberi, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. Drake, Mr. 
             Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Gillmor, Ms. Ginny Brown-
             Waite of Florida, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Kingston, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Westmoreland, 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. 
             Simmons, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Kelly, 
             Mr. Kline, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Murphy, and 
             Mrs. Biggert):
       H.R. 5590. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide individuals relief from the alternative 
     minimum tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself and Mr. George Miller of 
             California):
       H.R. 5591. A bill to name the national cemetery being 
     constructed in Dixon, California, as the ``Solano National 
     Cemetery''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WELLER:
       H.R. 5592. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to 
     direct the head of each Federal agency to ensure that, in 
     areas in which ethanol-blended gasoline is reasonably 
     available at a generally competitive price, the Federal 
     agency purchases ethanol-blended gasoline containing at least 
     10 percent ethanol rather than nonethanol-blended gasoline, 
     for use in vehicles used by the agency that use gasoline; to 
     the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Berman, and Mr. 
             Conyers):
       H.R. 5593. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     provide for the partial distribution of royalty fees in 
     certain circumstances; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Simmons, 
             Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Bass, Mr. Hay-
             worth, and Mr. Butterfield):
       H.R. 5594. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a photovoltaic demonstration program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself, Mr. Crowley, and Mr. 
             Reynolds):
       H.R. 5595. A bill to authorize the Urban Areas Security 
     Initiative Grants Program of the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
           By Mr. GILLMOR:
       H.R. 5596. A bill to provide for a special enrollment 
     period in 2006 for enrollment under the Medicare prescription 
     drug 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:
       H.R. 5597. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to render deportable all aliens convicted of a criminal 
     offense resulting in a sentence of incarceration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Farr, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Wexler, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mrs. Capps, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Stark, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Nadler, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Jefferson, and Mr. Larsen of Washington):
       H.R. 5598. A bill to prohibit departments, agencies, and 
     other instrumentalities of the Federal Government from 
     providing assistance to an entity for the development of 
     course material or the provision of instruction on human 
     development and sexuality, if such material or instruction 
     will include medically inaccurate information, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     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 Ms. HERSETH:
       H.R. 5599. A bill to require the Government Accountability 
     Office to submit a report to Congress on the compliance of 
     the United States Postal Service with procedural requirements 
     in the closing of the postal sorting facility in Aberdeen, 
     South Dakota, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Cleaver, and Mr. Wynn):
       H.R. 5600. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the earned income threshold applicable to the 
     refundable portion of the child tax credit, to increase the 
     age limit for such credit, and to impose an individual income 
     tax surcharge; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Cleaver, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Wynn):
       H.R. 5601. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Kline, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Weller, Mr. Herger, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Case, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Dicks, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
             Leach, Mrs. Biggert, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
             McCrery, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Kolbe, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Cramer, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Dreier, 
             Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Kind, Ms. Hooley, and Mr. 
             Gilchrest):
       H.R. 5602. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Vietnam; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BUYER:
       H. Con. Res. 427. Concurrent resolution permitting the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate 
     the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. McCOTTER (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart 
             of Florida, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Mack, Mr. Flake, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
             Royce, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Gallegly, and Mr. Foley):
       H. Con. Res. 428. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress in support of United States diplomatic 
     personnel stationed at the United States Interests Section in 
     Havana, Cuba; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. MEEKS of New York (for himself, Mr. Owens, Ms. 
             Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
             Hino-
             josa, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Clay, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Davis of 
             Alabama, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
             Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Watt, Mr. Ford, Mrs. Jones 
             of Ohio, Ms. Watson, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Meek of Florida, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Al Green of Texas, Mr. Towns, Ms. Lee, Ms. Corrine 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Payne, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Pastor, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Israel, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Engel, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Wu, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Gonzalez, 
             Ms. Solis, Mr. Filner, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Ms. Carson, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
             Higgins, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
             Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. 
             Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             Reyes, Mr. Becerra, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, and 
             Mr. Cuellar):
       H. Con. Res. 429. Concurrent resolution recognizing the low 
     presence of minorities in the financial services industry and 
     minorities and women in upper level positions of management, 
     and expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures 
     should be taken to increase the demographic diversity of the 
     financial services industry; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services, 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. GILLMOR:
       H. Res. 866. A resolution recognizing Sam Hornish, Jr. for 
     winning the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.

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