[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 24149-24150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT

  Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House reports that on September 30, 
2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills and joint resolution.

       H.R. 1157. To amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the Director of the National Institute of 
     Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
     development and operation of research centers regarding 
     environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of 
     breast cancer.
       H.R. 1343. To amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the 
     health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 1777. To amend the Improving America's Schools Act of 
     1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based 
     educational aid under the antitrust laws.
       H.R. 2851. To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who 
     take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose 
     health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3068. To prohibit the award of contracts to provide 
     guard services under the contract security guard program of 
     the Federal Protective Service to a business concern that is 
     owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been 
     convicted of a felony.
       H.R. 3229. To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
     coins in commemoration of the legacy of the United States 
     Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry 
     Museum and Soldier Center.
       H.R. 4120. To amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving 
     child pornography, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5001. To authorize the Administrator of General 
     Services to provide for the redevelopment of the Old Post 
     Office Building located in the District of Columbia.
       H.R. 5057. To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog 
     Grant Program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5265. To amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for research with respect to various forms of 
     muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, 
     Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, 
     myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.
       H.R. 5571. To extend for 5 years the program relating to 
     waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with 
     respect to international medical graduates, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 5872. To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
     coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of 
     America, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5975. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 101 West Main Street in Waterville, 
     New York, as the ``Cpl. John P. Sigsbee Post Office''.
       H.R. 6092. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen, 
     Georgia, as the ``Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6370. To transfer excess Federal property administered 
     by the Coast Guard to the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, 
     Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians.
       H.R. 6437. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa, 
     Texas, as the ``Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office''.
       H.R. 6460. To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
     to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in 
     areas of concern, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6946. To make a technical correction in the NET 911 
     Improvement Act of 2008.
       H.J. Res. 62. To honor the achievements and contributions 
     of Native Americans to the United States, and for other 
     purposes.

  Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House also reports that on October 
3, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills.

       H.R. 928. To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to 
     enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to create 
     a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
     Efficiency, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1424. To provide authority for the Federal Government 
     to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for 
     the purposes of providing stability to and preventing 
     disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting 
     taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to 
     extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual 
     income tax relief, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1532. To amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating 
     tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2786. To reauthorize the programs for housing 
     assistance for Native Americans.
       H.R. 2963. To transfer certain land in Riverside County, 
     California, and San Diego County, California, from the Bureau 
     of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust 
     for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5350. To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell 
     or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5618. To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant 
     College Program Act, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6098. To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
     improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, 
     and tribal governments for information sharing activities, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6849. To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, 
     Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to 
     aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the 
     prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical 
     payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the 
     sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 7081. To approve the United States-India Agreement for 
     Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other 
     purposes.

  Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House also reports that on October 
6, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills.

       H.R. 2095. To amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous 
     materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety 
     Administration, and for other purpose.
       H.R. 3480. To direct the United States Sentencing 
     Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for 
     those involved in receiving stolen property where that 
     property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4544. To require the issuance of medals to recognize 
     the dedication and valor of Native American code talkers.
       H.R. 6063. To authorize the programs of the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6296. To extend through 2013 the authority of the 
     Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties 
     on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and 
     published by the Commission.
       H.R. 6353. To amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     address online pharmacies.
       H.R. 6524. To authorize the Administrator of General 
     Services to take certain actions with respect to parcels of 
     real property located in Eastlake, Ohio, and Koochiching 
     County, Minnesota, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7082. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     permit the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose certain 
     prisoner return information to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7177. To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to 
     certain foreign recipients, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7198. To establish the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of 
     Life Medal for organ donors and the family of organ donors.

  Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House also reports that on October 
7, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills.

       H.R. 1714. To clarify the boundaries of Coastal Barrier 
     Resources System Clam Pass Unit FL-64P.
       H.R. 6045. To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of 
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     Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012.
       H.R. 6073. To provide that Federal employees receiving 
     their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be given the 
     option of receiving their pay stubs electronically.
       H.R. 6083. To authorize funding to conduct a national 
     training program for State and local prosecutors.
       H.R. 6199. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in New City, 
     New York, as the ``Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6229. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 2523 7th Avenue East in North Saint 
     Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Mayor William `Bill' Sandberg Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 6338. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 4233 West Hillsboro Boulevard in 
     Coconut Creek, Florida, as the ``Army SPC Daniel Agami Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 6531. To amend chapter 13 of title 17, United States 
     Code (relating to the vessel hull design protection), to 
     clarify the definitions of a hull and a deck.
       H.R. 6874. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue in Seekonk, 
     Massachusetts, as the ``Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepenas 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 7084. To amend section 114 of title 17, United States 
     Code, to provide for agreements for the reproduction and 
     performance of sound recordings by webcasters.
       H.R. 7222. To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and 
     for other purposes.

  Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House reports also that on October 
9, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills and joint resolution.

       H.R. 5159. To establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor 
     Center within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
     headed by the Chief Executive Officer for Visitor Services, 
     to provide for the effective management and administration of 
     the Capitol Visitor Center, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6469. To amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize increased Federal funding for the Organ Procurement 
     and Transplantation Network.
       H.J. Res 100. Appointing the day for the convening of the 
     first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and 
     establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes 
     for President and Vice President cast by the electors in 
     December 2008.

  Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House also reports that on October 
10, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills.

       H.R. 1594. To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     Outpatient Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, as the Michael 
     A. Marzano Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.
       H.R. 3511. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 2150 East Hardtner Drive in Urania, 
     Louisiana, as the ``Murphy A. Tannehill Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4010. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 100 West Percy Street in Indianola, 
     Mississippi, as the ``Minnie Cox Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 4131. To designate a portion of California State Route 
     91 located in Lost Angeles County, California, as the 
     ``Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway''.
       H.R. 6197. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 7095 Highway 57 in Counce, 
     Tennessee, as the ``Pickwick Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6558. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue in San Jose, 
     California, as the ``Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6681. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in New Lenox, 
     Illinois, as the ``Jacob M. Lowell Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6834. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 4 South Main Street in Wallingford, 
     Connecticut, as the ``CWO Richard R. Lee Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6847. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 801 Industrial Boulevard in 
     Ellijay, Georgia, as the ``First Lieutenant Noah Harris 
     Ellijay Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6902. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 513 6th Avenue in Dayton, Kentucky, 
     as the ``Staff Sergeant Nicholas Ray Carnes Post Office''.
       H.R. 6982. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 210 South Ellsworth Avenue in San 
     Mateo, California, as the ``Leo J. Ryan Post Office 
     Building''.

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