[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10155-10156]
[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. RAHALL (for himself and Ms. Bordallo) (both by 
             request):
       H.R. 2010. A bill to provide the necessary authority to the 
     Secretary of Commerce for the establishment and 
     implementation of a regulatory system for offshore 
     aquaculture in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 
     Foreign 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. ROSS (for himself, Mr. Berry, Mr. Snyder, and 
             Mr. Boozman):
       H.R. 2011. A bill to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 100 East 8th Avenue in 
     Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as the ``George Howard, Jr. Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse''; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ROSS (for himself, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Boozman, 
             Mr. Hall of Texas, Mrs. Drake, and Mr. Allen):
       H.R. 2012. A bill to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens 
     Consumers Act to require contact lens sellers to provide a 
     toll-free telephone number and a dedicated email address for 
     the purpose of receiving communications from prescribers; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Lincoln 
             Davis of Tennessee, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, and 
             Mr. Gonzalez):
       H.R. 2013. A bill to provide a technical correction to the 
     Federal preemption of State or local laws concerning the 
     markings and identification of imitation or toy firearms 
     entering into interstate commerce; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. Weller):
       H.R. 2014. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for 
     the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements and to 
     modify the depreciation rules relating to such leasehold 
     improvements for purposes of computing earnings and profits; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Ms. Pryce 
             of Ohio, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Shays, Mr. Crowley, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Clay, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mr. Allen, Mr. Farr, Ms. McCollum of 
             Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Hinojosa, 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Levin, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Doyle, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Berman, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Wu, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Doggett, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Andrews, 
             Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Holt, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Nadler, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Engel, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Olver, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Sires, Mr. Ellison, and Mrs. Davis of 
             California):
       H.R. 2015. A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on 
     the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the 
     Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government 
     Reform, 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. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mrs. Bono, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Wilson 
             of New Mexico, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Doggett, 
             Mr. Gilchrest, and Mr. Kirk):
       H.R. 2016. A bill to establish the National Landscape 
     Conservation System, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Payne, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Hare, Mr. Sires, Mr. Conyers, 
             Ms. Watson, Mr. Israel, Ms. Lee, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
             California, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Rush, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Honda, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Al Green of Texas, Mr. Holden, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, and Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 2017. A bill to provide access and assistance to 
     increase college attendance and completion by part-time 
     students; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. JEFFERSON:
       H.R. 2018. A bill to provide additional authority to the 
     Administrator of the Small Business Administration with 
     respect to disaster surety bonds; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2019. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on 
     account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. PLATTS (for himself, Mr. Shays, Ms. Matsui, and 
             Mr. Price of North Carolina):
       H.R. 2020. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable 
     purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Shays, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Wynn, Ms. Norton, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Watson, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Cuellar, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
             McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Cohen, and Ms. 
             Kilpatrick):
       H.R. 2021. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the credit for employers establishing 
     workplace child care facilities, to increase the child care 
     credit to encourage greater use of quality child care 
     services, and to provide incentives for students to earn 
     child care-related degrees and to work in child care 
     facilities; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHULER (for himself, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Jones of 
             North Carolina, Ms. Foxx, and Mr. Boren):
       H.R. 2022. A bill to provide for the consideration of a 
     petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of 
     Robeson and adjoining counties, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. Holt, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Wolf):
       H.R. 2023. A bill to establish a student loan forgiveness 
     program for members of the Sudanese Diaspora to enable them 
     to return to southern Sudan and contribute to the 
     reconstruction effort of southern Sudan; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. TANNER (for himself and Mr. Castle):
       H.R. 2024. A bill to establish the Comprehensive 
     Entitlement Reform Commission; 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. CUMMINGS:
       H. Con. Res. 127. Concurrent resolution supporting home 
     ownership and responsible

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     lending; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H. Res. 333. A resolution impeaching Richard B. Cheney, 
     Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and 
     misdemeanors; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MILLER of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Wu, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Castle, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Spratt, and Mr. Cuellar):
       H. Res. 334. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of National Community College Month; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. Whitfield, and Mrs. 
             Christensen):
       H. Res. 335. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the President should declare lung 
     cancer a public health priority and should implement a 
     comprehensive interagency program to reduce the lung cancer 
     mortality rate by at least 50 percent by 2015; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H. Res. 336. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     United States House of Representatives that the United States 
     should adhere to moral and ethical principles of economic 
     justice and fairness in developing and advancing United 
     States international trade treaties, agreements, and 
     investment policies; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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.

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