[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15488-15489]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, and Mr. Welch):
       H.R. 2908. A bill to provide for the sale of light grade 
     petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and its 
     replacement with heavy grade petroleum; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 2909. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for an improved method to measure poverty so 
     as to enable a better assessment of the effects of programs 
     under the Social Security Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. KIND (for himself, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Reichert, 
             and Mr. Herger):
       H.R. 2910. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for S corporation reform, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Levin, 
             and Mr. Pascrell):
       H.R. 2911. A bill to improve end-of-life care; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, 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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart 
             of Florida, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Ms. 
             Corrine Brown of Florida, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz):
       H.R. 2912. A bill to authorize and request the President to 
     award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to 
     Captain Felix Sosa-Camejo for his gallant and heroic actions 
     during the Vietnam War, ending with his death in combat on 
     February 13, 1968; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Mack, Mr. Rooney, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
             Florida, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Meek 
             of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Florida, and Mr. Mario 
             Diaz-Balart of Florida):
       H.R. 2913. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 301 Simonton Street in Key West, Florida, as the 
     ``Sidney M. Aronovitz United States Courthouse''; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 2914. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and 
     Energy Act of 2008 to terminate marketing assistance loans 
     and loan deficiency payments for mohair producers; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 2915. A bill to prohibit United States contributions 
     to the International Fund for Ireland; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 2916. A bill to provide that no recreation grants made 
     using funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund may be 
     used to acquire land or make improvements in State or local 
     parks; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 2917. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription 
     drugs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 2919. A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to provide Medicare physician incentive 
     payments for efficient areas; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
     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. HOYER (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Hill, Mr. Welch, Mr. Spratt, Mr. 
             Altmire, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Baird, Mr. Barrow, Ms. Bean, Mr. Berry, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Boccieri, Mr. Boren, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Bright, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Carnahan, 
             Mr. Carney, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Chandler, Mr. 
             Childers, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. 
             Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Cuellar, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. 
             Davis of Tennessee, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. 
             DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Mr. 
             Driehaus, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mr. Ellsworth, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Foster, Ms. 
             Fudge, Ms. Giffords, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gordon of 
             Tennessee, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Griffith, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mrs. Halvorson, Mr. Hare, Ms. Harman, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Herseth 
             Sandlin, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. Hodes, Mr. 
             Holden, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Kagen, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Kilroy, Mrs. Kirkpatrick of 
             Arizona, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Klein of Florida, Ms. 
             Kosmas, Mr. Kratovil, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Lipinski, 
             Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Maffei, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Ms. Markey of Colorado, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Massa, Mr. Matheson, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. McMahon, Mr. McNerney, 
             Mr. Melancon, Mr. Minnick, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Murphy of New York, Mr. Nye, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Perriello, 
             Mr. Peters, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Pomeroy, 
             Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Reyes, 
             Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Ross, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Ryan 
             of Ohio, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schauer, Mr. Schiff, 
             Mr. Schrader, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
             Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sestak, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Sires, Mr. Skelton, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Space, Ms. 
             Speier, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
             Teague, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. 
             Tsongas, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Walz, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, 
             Mr. Wu, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Visclosky):
       H.R. 2920. A bill to reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-
     Go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory 
     spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, 
     automatic sequestration; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 2921. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for an annual review by the Medicare 
     Payment Advisory Commission on geographic access to services; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means,

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     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. FLAKE:
       H.R. 2922. A bill to establish a downpayment requirement 
     for Rural Housing Service direct and guaranteed single-family 
     home loan programs, to repeal the downpayment assistance 
     initiative under subtitle E of title II of the Cranston-
     Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and to prohibit use 
     of amounts provided under certain other programs for 
     downpayment assistance; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. GORDON of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
             Carney, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Chandler, Mr. 
             Davis of Tennessee, and Mr. Donnelly of Indiana):
       H.R. 2923. A bill to enhance the ability to combat 
     methamphetamine; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committee on 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. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. Payne, and 
             Mr. Kucinich):
       H.R. 2924. A bill to establish a commission to study the 
     culture and glorification of violence in America; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Heller, 
             and Mr. Barrett of South Carolina):
       H.R. 2925. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for community projects that will reduce the number of 
     individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. NYE (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen):
       H.R. 2926. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide, without 
     expiration, hospital care, medical services, and nursing home 
     care for certain Vietnam-era veterans exposed to herbicide 
     and veterans of the Persian Gulf War; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Michaud, 
             Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Barrett of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Westmoreland, and Ms. Sutton):
       H.R. 2927. A bill to authorize the imposition of a tax on 
     imports from any country that employs indirect taxes and 
     grants rebates of the same upon export and to authorize 
     compensatory payments to eligible United States exporters to 
     neutralize the discriminatory effect of such taxes paid by 
     such exporters if United States trade negotiating objectives 
     regarding border tax treatment in World Trade Organization 
     negotiations are not met; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PERRIELLO:
       H.R. 2928. A bill to amend title 38, United State Code, to 
     provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program 
     under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself and Mr. Braley of Iowa):
       H.R. 2929. A bill to enhance the primary care workforce 
     through the establishment of a National Health Workforce 
     Advisory Board and the provision of workforce data and 
     analysis; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself and Mr. Braley of Iowa):
       H.R. 2930. A bill to enhance the primary care workforce 
     through modifications to the medical residency training 
     programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and 
     through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment 
     programs; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. TEAGUE (for himself and Mr. Murphy of New York):
       H.R. 2931. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
     adopt a program of professional and confidential screenings 
     for members of the armed forces on active duty to detect 
     mental health conditions for the purpose of reducing the 
     incidence of suicide among such members and veterans, and to 
     detect traumatic brain injuries, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Veterans' 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. CLEAVER (for himself, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Graves):
       H. Con. Res. 155. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of ``Complaint Free Wednesday''; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Inglis, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Poe of 
             Texas, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Mack, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Klein of Florida, Ms. 
             Berkley, Ms. Harman, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Rothman of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Wexler, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Engel):
       H. Con. Res. 156. Concurrent resolution condemning the 
     attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 
     Argentina, in July 1994, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Rooney, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             Sestak, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Arcuri, and Mr. Lipinski):
       H. Con. Res. 157. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     support of the Congress for a National Senior Citizens Day; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Clay, 
             Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Grayson):
       H. Res. 553. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
     Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
     System should protect and enhance consumer and business 
     access to credit by utilizing the provisions of the Federal 
     Reserve Act and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 
     2008, and reserving access to liquidity programs for those 
     financial institutions that have maintained or increased 
     lending activities since the height of our economic crisis in 
     October 2008; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. BAIRD (for himself and Mr. Culberson):
       H. Res. 554. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to require that legislation and conference 
     reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before 
     consideration by the House, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H. Res. 555. A resolution expressing concern for the well-
     being of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee and urging the 
     Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to 
     release them on humanitarian grounds; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. HIMES (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             and Mr. Kanjorski):
       H. Res. 556. A resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary 
     of the passage of the Federal Credit Union Act and the 
     vibrant Federal credit union community that was created as a 
     result of this important piece of legislation; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.

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