[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12844-12845]
[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. CONAWAY:
       H.R. 6289. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the maximum reduction in estate tax value 
     for farmland and other special use property, to restore and 
     increase the estate tax deduction for family-owned business 
     interests, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
             Hooley, and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 6290. A bill to designate certain land in the State of 
     Oregon as wilderness, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Wu, 
             and Ms. Hooley):
       H.R. 6291. A bill to adjust the boundary of Oregon Caves 
     National Monument, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate certain river segments in Oregon as wild or scenic 
     rivers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       H.R. 6292. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies 
     to provide to parents, on request, information regarding the 
     professional qualifications of their child's specialized 
     instructional support persons; to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
           By Mr. HAYES (for himself, Mr. McIntyre, and Mr. 
             Edwards):
       H.R. 6293. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to establish a discretionary grant 
     program for school construction for local educational 
     agencies affected by base closures and realignments, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Armed 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. BOYD of Florida:
       H.R. 6294. A bill to provide for a comprehensive study by 
     the National Research Council of the National Academies to 
     assess the water management, needs, and conservation of the 
     Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself and 
             Mr. Poe):
       H.R. 6295. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit operation by any means or embarking in any 
     submersible or semi-submersible vessel that is without 
     nationality and that is navigating or has navigated into, 
     through or from waters beyond the outer limit of the 
     territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of 
     that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, 
             and Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California):
       H.R. 6296. A bill 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; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 6297. A bill to enhance the ability of drinking water 
     utilities in the United States to develop and implement 
     climate change adaptation programs and policies, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Science and Technology.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Cantor, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. Fortenberry):
       H.R. 6298. A bill to restrict nuclear cooperation with the 
     Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. MEEKS of New York (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Sires, and Mr. Kuhl of New York):
       H.R. 6299. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of 
     Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration from conducting auctions, implementing 
     congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging 
     certain use fees at airports; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 6300. A bill to establish special preservation areas 
     and rangeland preservation areas in Dona Ana County, New 
     Mexico, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 6301. A bill to provide for exploration, development, 
     and production activities for mineral resources on the outer 
     Continental Shelf, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
     the Judiciary, Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, 
     and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. POE:
       H.R. 6302. A bill to achieve greater national energy 
     independence by terminating the effect of laws prohibiting 
     the spending of appropriated funds and Presidential 
     withdrawals and authorities to conduct oil and natural gas 
     leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer 
     Continental Shelf; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 6303. A bill to amend chapter 141 of title 10, United 
     States Code, to include disclosures made by Department of 
     Defense contract employees to their immediate employers in 
     the provisions providing protections against reprisal for 
     certain disclosures; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Buyer):
       H. Con. Res. 373. Concurrent resolution authorizing Frank 
     Woodruff Buckles to lie in honor in the rotunda of the 
     Capitol upon his death; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
       H. Res. 1282. A resolution encouraging the President to 
     revoke the Executive memorandum banning energy production on 
     America's Outer Continental Shelf; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. Latham, Mr. King of 
             Iowa, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. 
             Fortuno, Mr. Barton of Texas, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Boswell, 
             Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Burton 
             of Indiana, Mr. Fortenberry, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Walz of 
             Minnesota, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
             Culberson, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Jones of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Souder, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, 
             Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Upton, Mr. Shays, 
             Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Pence, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. 
             Conaway, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
             Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Bonner, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Manzullo, Ms. Ros-

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             Lehtinen, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. McKeon, 
             Mr. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Nunes, Mr. Turner, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Petri, Mr. Keller, 
             Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
             Duncan, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Dent, Mr. Johnson of 
             Illinois, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Reichert, 
             Mr. Pitts, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
             California, Mr. Porter, and Mr. Shuler):
       H. Res. 1283. A resolution expressing heartfelt sympathy 
     for the victims and their families following the tornado that 
     hit Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.

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