[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17184-17185]
[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. LANTOS:
       H.R. 2844. A bill to promote United States emergency and 
     non-emergency food and other assistance programs, to promote 
     United States agricultural export programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 2845. A bill to amend the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
     to enable the Secretary of State to respond to a critical 
     shortage of passport processing personnel; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 2846. A bill to improve the quality of classroom 
     learning by empowering States to develop performance-based 
     assessments that measure higher order thinking skills; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. 
             McNerney):
       H.R. 2847. A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998 to establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy 
     worker training program; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mr. CARDOZA (for himself and Mr. Ferguson):
       H.R. 2848. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to promote energy independence and self-
     sufficiency by providing for the use of net metering by 
     certain small electric energy generation systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, Financial Services, and Science and Technology, 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. COLE of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Boren, Ms. 
             Fallin, Mr. Lucas, Mrs. Musgrave, and Mr. 
             Thornberry):
       H.R. 2849. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail 
     historic cattle-drive trails for study and for potential 
     addition to the National Trails System, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GINGREY (for himself, Mr. Wu, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, and Mr. Welch of 
             Vermont):
       H.R. 2850. A bill to provide for the implementation of a 
     Green Chemistry Research and Development Program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Science and Technology.
           By Mr. HODES (for himself, Mr. Castle, Ms. Shea-Porter, 
             Mr. Nadler, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Ms. Sutton, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Stark, Ms. Castor, Ms. Clarke, Mr. 
             Cohen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. Solis, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
             Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Berry, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Ms. Harman, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Kaptur, 
             Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Barrow, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Welch of 
             Vermont,

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             Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
             Regula, and Mr. Bishop of New York):
       H.R. 2851. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent 
     students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do 
     not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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. HOYER (for himself and Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 2852. A bill to grant a Federal charter to Korean War 
     Veterans Association, Incorporated; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. PATRICK MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2853. A bill to require the Environmental Protection 
     Agency to promptly notify State and local authorities and the 
     public of certain enforcement actions under environmental 
     laws; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. PALLONE:
       H.R. 2854. A bill to restore, protect, and preserve the 
     natural, chemical, physical, and biological integrity, and 
     the economic potentialities, of the New York/New Jersey Bight 
     through designation and establishment of the New Jersey/New 
     York Clean Ocean Zone and the regulation of various 
     activities therein, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Natural 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. RODRIGUEZ:
       H.R. 2855. A bill to provide for transitional emergency 
     assistance to certain members of the Armed Forces and 
     veterans who are severely injured while serving on active 
     duty, to expand and improve programs for caregiver services 
     for those members and veterans, to require improved screening 
     and care for traumatic brain injury for returning 
     servicemembers and veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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. SCHWARTZ (for herself and Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas):
       H. Res. 513. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of National Save for Retirement Week; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means. considered and agreed to.
           By Ms. HOOLEY:
       H. Res. 515. A resolution congratulating the Oregon State 
     University Beavers baseball team for winning the 2007 
     National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I College 
     World Series; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Mr. Weller):
       H. Res. 516. A resolution expressing the serious concern of 
     the House of Representatives regarding the worsening 
     situation in Sri Lanka; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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