[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6416-6417]
[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. WELLER:
       H.R. 1513. A bill to provide for demonstration projects to 
     help improve the Nation's unemployment compensation system; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. JONES of Ohio (for herself, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
             Emanuel, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. McIntyre, 
             and Mr. Brady of Texas):
       H.R. 1514. A bill to establish and provide for the 
     treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COSTELLO (for himself and Mr. Shimkus):
       H.R. 1515. A bill to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 to treat certain communities as 
     metropolitan cities for purposes of the community development 
     block grant program; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. Mica, Ms. Corrine 
             Brown of Florida, and Mr. Shuster) (all by request):
       H.R. 1516. A bill to authorize appropriations for 
     activities under the Federal railroad safety laws for fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2011, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Hare, Ms. Shea-Porter, and Ms. Corrine 
             Brown of Florida):
       H.R. 1517. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Act of 1970 to provide for coverage under that Act of 
     employees of State and local governments; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       H.R. 1518. A bill to allow employees of Federally-qualified 
     health centers to obtain health coverage under chapter 89 of 
     title 5, United States Code; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
           By Mr. GONZALEZ:
       H.R. 1519. A bill to prohibit offering homebuilding 
     purchase contracts that contain in a single document both a 
     mandatory arbitration agreement and other contract 
     provisions, to prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to a 
     mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition precedent to 
     entering into a homebuilding purchase contract, and to 
     provide for the Federal Trade Commission to enforce 
     violations of such prohibitions as unfair and deceptive acts 
     or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services, 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. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Welch of 
             Vermont, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Fossella, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. 
             Higgins, Mr. Israel, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kuhl 
             of New York, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. 
             Serrano, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
             Walsh of New York, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 1520. A bill to establish the Champlain 
     Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission, the Hudson-Fulton 
     400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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           By Mr. KAGEN (for himself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Ms. Castor, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. 
             Perlmutter, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Higgins, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Cohen, Mr. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
             Wexler):
       H.R. 1521. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to remove the Medicare prescription drug 
     benefit late enrollment penalty; 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. KELLER (for himself and Mr. Cuellar):
       H.R. 1522. A bill to promote the availability and use of 
     the Federal student financial aid website of the Department 
     of Education; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       H.R. 1523. A bill to provide for interregional primary 
     elections and caucuses for the selection of delegates to 
     political party Presidential nominating conventions; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, and 
             Mr. Doggett):
       H.R. 1524. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value 
     shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
     musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the 
     donor; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Smith of Texas, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 1525. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     discourage spyware, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Honda, Ms. Zoe 
             Lofgren of California, Mr. McNerney, and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 1526. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Bay 
     Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself and Mr. Latham):
       H.R. 1527. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     allow highly rural veterans enrolled in the health system of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive covered health 
     services through providers other than those of the 
     Department, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. OLVER (for himself, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Courtney, 
             and Mr. Larson of Connecticut):
       H.R. 1528. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Renzi, Mr. 
             Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia, and Mr. Pascrell):
       H. Res. 243. A resolution calling on the Government of the 
     Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and 
     unconditionally release Father Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Van Dai, 
     Le Thi Cong Nhan, and other political prisoners and prisoners 
     of conscience, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD (for herself and Mr. Ehlers):
       H. Res. 244. A resolution electing members to the Joint 
     Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on 
     the Library; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             McDermott):
       H. Res. 245. A resolution recognizing the religious and 
     historical significance of the festival of Diwali; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. GOODE:
       H. Res. 246. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that States and units of local government 
     should enact legislation to prohibit the issuance of 
     business, professional, or occupational licenses to 
     unauthorized aliens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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