[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 973-974]
[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:
       H.R. 5137. A bill to ensure that hunting remains a purpose 
     of the New River Gorge National River; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
       H.R. 5138. A bill to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to 
     restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing 
     economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family 
     members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose 
     financial problems were caused by serious medical problems; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. BERKLEY:
       H.R. 5139. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a theme study to identify sites and resources to 
     commemorate and interpret the Cold War; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
             Blunt, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
             Obey, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Emanuel, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Granger, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. George Miller of California, and Mr. 
             Becerra):
       H.R. 5140. A bill to provide economic stimulus through 
     recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business 
     investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan 
     limits; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Financial 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. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5141. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage investment in high productivity property, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5142. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an economic stimulus for individuals; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself and Mr. Castle):
       H.R. 5143. A bill to encourage model programs to support 
     veteran student success in postsecondary education by 
     coordinating services to address the academic, financial, 
     physical, and social needs of veteran students; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5144. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     lightweight digital camera lenses; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5145. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     digital zoom camera lenses; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. LAMPSON (for himself and Mr. Edwards):
       H.R. 5146. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     require the Secretary of Energy to acquire petroleum in 
     quantities sufficient to fill the available capacity of the 
     Strategic Petroleum Reserve, subject to certain limitations, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 5147. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     gaiters of textile materials; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 5148. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting 
     certain debts owed to the United States by members of the 
     Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result of an injury 
     incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5149. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on dry 
     adhesive copolyamide pellets; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 5150. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the child tax credit for taxable years 
     beginning in 2008 and provide for the advance payment 
     thereof; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. Levin, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Spratt, Mr. 
             Doggett, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Ortiz, Mr. Honda, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. 
             Richardson, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Payne,

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             Ms. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Scott of Georgia, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Cummings, 
             Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. 
             Wynn, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York, Mr. Wu, Mr. Towns, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Bachus, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Watt):
       H. Res. 942. A resolution recognizing the significance of 
     Black History Month; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. HODES (for himself, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Ms. Bean, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Carnahan, 
             Mr. Michaud, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Klein of Florida, 
             Ms. Berkley, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Shuler, 
             Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             Mr. Arcuri, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Sires, Ms. 
             Sutton, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Carney, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Wu, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Allen, 
             Ms. Hooley, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Hall of New 
             York, Mr. Hill, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Higgins, Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
             Wexler, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
             Braley of Iowa, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mr. 
             Donnelly, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Gordon, 
             Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, and Mr. 
             Kucinich):
       H. Res. 943. A resolution remembering the space shuttle 
     Challenger disaster and honoring its crew members, who lost 
     their lives on January 28, 1986; to the Committee on Science 
     and Technology.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. Boustany, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Linder, Mr. Towns, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. McCrery, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Ms. Lee, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clay, Mr. Clyburn, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Watson, Ms. Richardson, Ms. 
             Clarke, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Engel, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Weller, Mr. Payne, Ms. Hooley, Mr. 
             Pascrell, and Mr. McGovern):
       H. Res. 944. A resolution honoring the service and 
     accomplishments of Lieutenant General Russell L. Honore, 
     United States Army, for his 37 years of service on behalf of 
     the United States; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. POE (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Holden, and Mr. 
             Moore of Kansas):
       H. Res. 945. A resolution raising awareness and promoting 
     education on the criminal justice system by establishing 
     March 2008 as ``National Criminal Justice Month''; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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