[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[House]
[Pages 28597-28598]
[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. MILLER of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Turner, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, 
             Mr. Langevin, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Moran 
             of Virginia, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             Mr. Higgins, and Ms. McCollum of Minnesota):
       H.R. 3981. A bill to authorize the Preserve America Program 
     and Save America's Treasures Program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOSWELL (for himself, Mr. Cleaver, and Mr. 
             Baird):
       H.R. 3982. A bill to continue to prohibit the hiring, 
     recruitment, or referral of unauthorized aliens, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education 
     and Labor, 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. ALTMIRE:
       H.R. 3983. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent certain tax benefits relating to 
     elementary and secondary schools; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. ALTMIRE:
       H.R. 3984. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the expensing of certain environmental 
     remediation costs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Mica, 
             and Mr. Duncan):
       H.R. 3985. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Transportation to register a person 
     providing transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor 
     carrier of passengers only if the person is willing and able 
     to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition 
     to other existing requirements, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. Mica, Ms. Norton, and 
             Mr. Graves):
       H.R. 3986. A bill to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act 
     to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center 
     for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BACA (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Harman, 
             Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Filner, Mr. Al Green of 
             Texas, and Mr. Nunes):
       H.R. 3987. A bill to provide emergency tax relief for 
     persons affected by California wildfires in October of 2007; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Poe, Mr. 
             Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. McCaul of 
             Texas, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Edwards, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Smith of 
             Texas, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Marchant, Mr. 
             Doggett, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Carter, and Mr. Sessions):
       H.R. 3988. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3701 Altamesa Boulevard in 
     Fort Worth,

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     Texas, as the ``Master Sergeant Kenneth N. Mack Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. McHUGH:
       H.R. 3989. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce 
     mercury, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide 
     emissions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural 
     Resources, Science and Technology, 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 Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Baca, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crowley, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Inslee, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Markey, Ms. 
             Matsui, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Michaud, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Poe, Ms. Loretta Sanchez 
             of California, Mr. Shays, Ms. Solis, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Wu, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Kilpatrick, 
             Mr. Rothman, Mr. Carney, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Mr. Al Green of Texas):
       H.R. 3990. A bill to reduce sexual assault and domestic 
     violence involving members of the Armed Forces and their 
     family members and partners through enhanced programs of 
     prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims 
     services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of 
     assailants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
     and Veterans' Affairs, 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. STUPAK:
       H.R. 3991. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     extend the time limit for the use of education benefits by 
     members of the Selected Reserve and certain members of the 
     reserve component, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BOYD of Florida (for himself, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. 
             Cohen, Ms. Sutton, and Mr. Wicker):
       H. Con. Res. 243. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     efforts of the Iraq Neighbors Process Ministerial meeting and 
     encouraging the ongoing engagement of the international 
     community to stabilize Iraq and achieve peace in the Middle 
     East; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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