[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21138]
[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. BURGESS:
       H.R. 3533. A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act 
     to clarify and ensure the effective implementation of certain 
     children's product safety provisions added by the Consumer 
     Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. RAHALL:
       H.R. 3534. A bill to provide greater efficiencies, 
     transparency, returns, and accountability in the 
     administration of Federal mineral and energy resources by 
     consolidating administration of various Federal energy 
     minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to 
     be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing 
     of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mrs. Lowey, 
             and Mr. Cummings):
       H.R. 3535. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     reduce the amount of Federal highway funding available to 
     States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from 
     sending or receiving text messages while operating a motor 
     vehicle; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. Kildee, 
             Ms. Fudge, Mr. Filner, Mr. Peters, Mr. Rothman of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Costello, Mr. Hare, and Mr. 
             Bishop of New York):
       H.R. 3536. A bill to provide for an increase of $150 in 
     social security benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate 
     for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for that year; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ORTIZ (for himself and Mr. Brown of South 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 3537. A bill to amend and reauthorize the Junior Duck 
     Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SIMPSON (for himself and Mr. Minnick):
       H.R. 3538. A bill to authorize the continued use of certain 
     water diversions located on National Forest System land in 
     the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the 
     Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SIRES (for himself, Mr. Lance, Mr. Rothman of 
             New Jersey, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Andrews, 
             Mr. Adler of New Jersey, Mr. Payne, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             and Mr. Garrett of New Jersey):
       H.R. 3539. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 427 Harrison Avenue in 
     Harrison, New Jersey, as the ``Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 3540. A bill to modify a land grant patent issued by 
     the Secretary of the Interior; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia:
       H. Con. Res. 179. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     joint session of Congress to receive a message from the 
     President; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Tim Murphy of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Wu, and Mr. 
             Gonzalez):
       H. Con. Res. 180. Concurrent resolution expressing support 
     for designation of the period beginning on September 21, 
     2009, and ending on September 25, 2009, as ``National Health 
     Information Technology Week''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. LEWIS of California:
       H. Res. 721. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that any major health care reform bill 
     considered on the floor of the House should be available for 
     viewing for 30 calendar days; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. HOYER (for himself and Mr. Boehner):
       H. Res. 722. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched 
     against the United States on September 11, 2001; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Homeland 
     Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

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