[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16062-16063]
[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 Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Ms. Solis, Mr. Serrano, 
             and Mr. Fortuno):
       H.R. 2736. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize grants to provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS services 
     to racial and ethnic minorities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BOSWELL (for himself and Mr. Bishop of Georgia):
       H.R. 2737. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow previously uninsured individuals a refundable 
     credit for health insurance costs and to provide tax 
     incentives to encourage small business health plans; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. 
             Shuler, and Mr. Aderholt):
       H.R. 2738. A bill to empower parents to protect children 
     from increasing depictions of indecent material on 
     television; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. HAYES:
       H.R. 2739. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
     relating to payment of mental health counselors under 
     TRICARE; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 2740. A bill to require accountability for contractors 
     and contract personnel under Federal contracts, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
       H.R. 2741. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide a wage index

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     floor for hospitals and home health agencies located in 
     certain areas under the Medicare Program; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, 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. ARCURI (for himself and Mr. McHugh):
       H.R. 2742. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide rate parity for open-loop and closed-loop 
     biomass facilities under the renewable fuels tax credit; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland:
       H.R. 2743. A bill to provide for the continuance of 
     volunteer communications capability within the United States 
     and its territories; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Ms. Woolsey, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. 
             Hooley, Mr. Baird, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Hare, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Cohen, 
             Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Ellison, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Pastor, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Hirono, 
             Ms. Sutton, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Berkley, 
             Mr. McNerney, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr. Payne, Mr. Al Green of Texas, and Mr. 
             Wynn):
       H.R. 2744. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect 
     to airline flight crews; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 
     Government Reform, and House Administration, 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. COOPER:
       H.R. 2745. A bill to refund passport processing fees and 
     international travel costs as a result of unreasonable delays 
     in passport application processing times, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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 Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 2746. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to provide States with the option to expand or 
     add coverage of pregnant women under the Medicaid and State 
     children's health insurance programs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Carnahan, 
             Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Oberstar, 
             and Mr. Walz of Minnesota):
       H.R. 2747. A bill to establish a grant program to 
     facilitate the creation of methamphetamine precursor 
     electronic logbook systems, 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. FRELINGHUYSEN:
       H.R. 2748. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow the alternative motor vehicle personal credit 
     against the alternative minimum tax; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. GORDON (for himself and Mr. Shadegg):
       H.R. 2749. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for a transition to a new voluntary 
     quality reporting program for physicians and other health 
     professionals; 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 Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself and Mr. 
             Culberson):
       H.R. 2750. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 
     establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. HARMAN (for herself, Mr. Upton, Mr. Wynn, and 
             Mr. Hastert):
       H.R. 2751. A bill to prohibit the sale of certain 
     inefficient light bulbs, and require the development of a 
     plan for increasing the use of more efficient light bulbs by 
     consumers and businesses; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. LAMPSON:
       H.R. 2752. A bill to amend provisions of title IX of the 
     Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 relating to 
     Federal procurement of biobased products and labeling of such 
     products; to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. NORTON:
       H.R. 2753. A bill to amend title III of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 to include law school and other 
     graduate schools of the University of the District of 
     Columbia as eligible professional and graduate institutions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Gutierrez, and Mr. Jones 
             of North Carolina):
       H.R. 2754. A bill to require the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System to continue to make available to the 
     public on a weekly basis information on the measure of the M3 
     monetary aggregate, and its components, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2755. A bill to abolish the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to 
     repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2756. A bill to repeal section 5103 of title 31, 
     United States Code; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself and Mr. 
             Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 2757. A bill to amend the Acts popularly known as the 
     Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize 
     appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory 
     waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of 
     important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to 
     the preservation of such waterfowl, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 2758. A bill to permanently prohibit oil and gas 
     leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte 
     Counties in the State of California, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VISCLOSKY:
       H.R. 2759. A bill to prohibit business enterprises that 
     lay-off a greater percentage of their United States workers 
     than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, and Mr. McCotter):
       H. Con. Res. 170. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the International Olympic Committee 
     should allow Taiwan (Republic of China) to participate in the 
     2008 Summer Olympics under the national name, flag, and 
     anthem of its own choosing; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H. Res. 489. A resolution commemorating the Work of United 
     Nations Peacekeepers on International Day of United Nations 
     Peacekeeping; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, and Mr. Gonzalez):
       H. Res. 490. A resolution honoring the 2007 NBA Champion 
     San Antonio Spurs; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.

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