[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7716-7717]
[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. ROYCE:
       H.R. 5957. A bill to reduce subsidies for agricultural 
     commodity programs; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. McNERNEY (for himself and Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
             California):
       H.R. 5958. A bill to make permanent the increases made by 
     the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 in the loan limits for the 
     Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan 
     Mortgage Corporation, and the FHA; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. REYES:
       H.R. 5959. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
           By Mr. ALTMIRE (for himself and Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 5960. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide 
     for a limitation on presidential discretion with respect to 
     actions to address market disruption; 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. GINGREY (for himself, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Walden of 
             Oregon, Mr. Herger, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Price of 
             Georgia, Mr. Westmoreland, and Mr. Deal of Georgia):
       H.R. 5961. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to place a general eligibility ceiling of 250 
     percent of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility 
     for benefits under Medicaid and SCHIP; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida (for himself, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Paul, 
             Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Mr. Turner):
       H.R. 5962. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide temporary housing related tax relief for 
     individuals, and for

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     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             and Mr. Capuano):
       H.R. 5963. A bill to protect the interests of bona fide 
     tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or 
     residential real property, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. GONZALEZ (for himself and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 5964. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to extend the 
     compliance period for persons subject to the renewable fuel 
     mandate in the years 2008, 2009, and 2010; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 5965. A bill to encourage small businesses to provide 
     continuing financial education to their employees by 
     providing a credit against income tax to cover a portion of 
     the costs of providing that education and by giving such 
     businesses and corporations providing such financial 
     education preferential status when applying for Federal 
     contracts, loans, and other assistance; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small 
     Business, 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 Ms. KAPTUR (for herself and Mr. LaTourette):
       H.R. 5966. A bill to target housing counseling funding 
     based upon levels of residential mortgage foreclosures and 
     delinquencies; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 5967. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for reallocation of abandoned private 
     activity bond volume cap; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WITTMAN of Virginia:
       H.R. 5968. A bill to require assurances that certain family 
     planning service projects and programs will provide pamphlets 
     containing the contact information of adoption centers; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WITTMAN of Virginia:
       H.R. 5969. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to make 
     service-disabled veterans eligible under the 8(a) business 
     development program; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. STUPAK (for himself and Mr. Coble):
       H. Con. Res. 341. Concurrent resolution celebrating 75 
     years of effective State-based alcohol regulation and 
     recognizing State lawmakers, regulators, law enforcement 
     officers, the public health community and industry members 
     for creating a workable, legal, and successful system of 
     alcoholic beverage regulation, distribution, and sale; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Platts, and 
             Mr. Price of North Carolina):
       H. Res. 1173. A resolution recognizing AmeriCorps Week; to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor.

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