[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4092-4094]
[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. WAXMAN (for himself, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Pallone, 
             Mr. Emanuel, and Ms. Hirono):
       H.R. 1038. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the licensing of comparable and interchangeable 
     biological products, and for other purposes; to

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     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. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Lucas, Ms. Fallin, 
             and Mr. Boren):
       H.R. 1039. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resources study regarding the 
     suitability and feasibility of designating the John Hope 
     Franklin Greenwood Memorial/Museum of Reconciliation and 
     other sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, relating to the 1921 Tulsa 
     race riot as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mrs. Drake, and Mrs. 
             Myrick):
       H.R. 1040. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the 
     current income tax system; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Saxton, 
             Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. McCaul of Texas, and Mr. Delahunt):
       H.R. 1041. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide an enhanced funding process to ensure an adequate 
     level of funding for veterans health care programs of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish standards of 
     access to care for veterans seeking health care from the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HENSARLING:
       H.R. 1042. A bill to extend trade promotion authority; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Rules, 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. JONES of Ohio (for herself, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Emanuel, 
             Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Davis 
             of Alabama, Mr. Turner, Mr. Holt, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Paul, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Langevin, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, 
             Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Ross, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Ms. Herseth, Ms. Carson, and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 1043. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income 
     housing credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BAKER (for himself, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Boustany, 
             Mr. Alexander, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. McCrery, and Mr. 
             Jindal):
       H.R. 1044. A bill to improve the disaster loan program of 
     the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. BOSWELL (for himself and Mr. Regula):
       H.R. 1045. A bill to designate the Federal building located 
     at 210 Walnut Street in Des Moines, Iowa, as the ``Neal Smith 
     Federal Building''; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1046. A bill to amend titles XI and XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to modernize the quality improvement 
     organization (QIO) 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. CLAY:
       H.R. 1047. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and 
     feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial Military 
     Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the 
     National Park System; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FERGUSON:
       H.R. 1048. A bill to establish a program to transfer 
     surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools, nonprofit 
     community-based educational organizations, and families of 
     members of the Armed Forces who are deployed, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. 
             Hensarling, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
             Paul, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
             Goode, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. 
             Flake, Mr. Akin, Mr. Royce, and Mr. Neugebauer):
       H.R. 1049. A bill to reduce the unintended costs and 
     burdens that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 imposes on United 
     States businesses, while maintaining that Act's goals of 
     bolstering confidence in the integrity of publicly held 
     companies; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 1050. A bill to establish a living wage, jobs for all 
     policy for all peoples in the United States and its 
     territories, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Budget, Armed Services, and Rules, 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. HOLT (for himself, Mr. Regula, Mr. Hinojosa, 
             Mrs. Biggert, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Allen, Mr. Berman, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Gene Green 
             of Texas, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Stark, and Ms. 
             Sutton):
       H.R. 1051. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     establish and maintain a public website through which 
     individuals may find a complete database of available 
     scholarships, fellowships, and other programs of financial 
     assistance in the study of science, technology, engineering, 
     and mathematics; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. JEFFERSON (for himself, Mr. Melancon, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Lee, Mr. Clay, 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Watt, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Butterfield, and Mrs. Christensen):
       H.R. 1052. A bill to provide an option to proceed with an 
     action in any Federal court to recover actual damages for 
     physical or property damage in a major disaster that 
     proximately results from the failure or negligence of the 
     Army Corps of Engineers in the design, construction, or 
     maintenance of a project for which the Corps is legally 
     responsible; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. GARY G. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Campbell of California, and Mr. Calvert):
       H.R. 1053. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to carry out certain transportation projects 
     in the State of California to relieve congestion on State 
     Route 91; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1054. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act to eliminate Congressional review of newly-passed 
     District laws; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 (for himself, Ms. Solis, Mr. DeFazio, 
             Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Matsui, 
             Mr. McGovern, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Berkley, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Linda 
             T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Payne, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Castor, Mr. Ackerman, 
             Mr. Holt, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sires, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Honda, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Ellison, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Olver, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Doyle, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Farr):
       H.R. 1055. A bill to amend the Emergency Planning and 
     Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision 
     relating to modifications in reporting frequency; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Rush, and Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner):
       H.R. 1056. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for 
     tuition and related expenses for public and nonpublic 
     elementary and secondary education; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Garrett of New Jersey, and Mr. Sensenbrenner):
       H.R. 1057. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts 
     contributed to charitable organizations which provide 
     elementary or secondary school scholarships and for

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     contributions of, and for, instructional materials and 
     materials for extracurricular activities; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. McCotter):
       H.R. 1058. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow the Hope Scholarship Credit to be used for 
     elementary and secondary expenses; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1059. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a tax credit for elementary and secondary 
     school teachers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1060. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a tax credit for professional school 
     personnel in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 
     through 12; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Peterson 
             of Minnesota, and Mr. Manzullo):
       H.R. 1061. A bill to implement the Western Hemisphere 
     Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs of 
     the Department of Homeland Security; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Foreign Affairs, and 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. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H. Con. Res. 65. Concurrent resolution disagreeing with the 
     plan announced by the President on January 10, 2007, to 
     increase by more than 20,000 the number of United States 
     combat troops in Iraq, and urging the President instead to 
     consider options and alternatives for achieving success in 
     Iraq; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to 
     the Committee on 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 Mr. DEAL of Georgia:
       H. Res. 159. A resolution expressing the condolences of the 
     House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable 
     Charlie Norwood, a Representative of the State of Georgia; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. GORDON (for himself and Mr. Hall of Texas):
       H. Res. 160. A resolution providing amounts for the 
     expenses of the Committee on Science and Technology in the 
     One Hundred Tenth Congress; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Moore of Kansas, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
             Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Davis 
             of Illinois, Mr. Levin, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Maloney of 
             New York, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Smith of Washington, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Ms. Carson, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Doyle, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
             Mr. Hare, and Mr. Holden):
       H. Res. 162. A resolution recognizing the contributions of 
     the Negro Baseball Leagues and their players; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Olver, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mrs. Maloney of New York, and Mr. 
             Fattah):
       H. Res. 163. A resolution urging the collective judgment of 
     both Congress and the President regarding the use of military 
     force by the United States; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. TANCREDO:
       H. Res. 164. A resolution encouraging the Federal 
     Government and State and municipal governments, universities, 
     companies, and other institutions in the United States, and 
     all Americans to divest from companies that do business with 
     Sudan; to the Committee on Financial Services.

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