[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 24358-24359]
[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. ISSA:
       H.R. 3736. A bill to reform the Minerals Management Service 
     by establishing it as an independent Federal agency; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ELLSWORTH:
       H.R. 3737. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     improve the Microloan Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. NYE:
       H.R. 3738. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 to establish a program for the Small Business 
     Administration to provide financing to support early-stage 
     small businesses in targeted industries, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 3739. A bill to amend title V of the Small Business 
     Investment Act of 1958 to provide for improved long-term 
     financing to small business concerns, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 3740. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 with respect to small business investment 
     companies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA:
       H.R. 3741. A bill to provide Federal matching funding for 
     State insurance expenditures for high risk pools; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 3742. A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to 
     reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to 
     take land into trust for Indian tribes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 3743. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     improve the disaster relief programs of the Small Business 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business.
           By Mr. ARCURI (for himself and Mr. Lee of New York):
       H.R. 3744. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of 
     H-2A nonimmigrants employed as dairy workers and 
     sheepherders, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor, 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. BALDWIN:
       H.R. 3745. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to provide for carriage and display of public, educational, 
     and government channels in a manner consistent with 
     commercial channels, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself and Ms. Titus):
       H.R. 3746. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax incentives for making homes more water-
     efficient, for building new water-efficient homes, for public 
     water conservation, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself and Ms. Titus):
       H.R. 3747. A bill to promote water efficiency, 
     conservation, and adaptation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural 
     Resources, 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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           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself and Ms. Titus):
       H.R. 3748. A bill to establish loan guarantee programs to 
     develop biochar technology using excess plant biomass, to 
     establish biochar demonstration projects on public land, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science 
     and Technology, 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. BOREN (for himself, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, 
             Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Dahlkemper, 
             Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Kind, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Kline of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Rogers of 
             Alabama, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Shuster, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Ross, and Ms. 
             Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida):
       H.R. 3749. A bill to recognize the heritage of recreational 
     fishing, hunting, and shooting on Federal public lands and 
     ensure continued opportunities for these activities; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. COSTA (for himself and Mr. Cardoza):
       H.R. 3750. A bill to authorize certain transfers of water 
     in the Central Valley Project, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DELAHUNT:
       H.R. 3751. A bill to authorize the Administrator of General 
     Services to convey a parcel of real property to the town of 
     Nantucket, Massachusetts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. FORBES:
       H.R. 3752. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     improve the provisions relating to the carrying of concealed 
     weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. Honda, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Hinojosa, and Ms. Clarke):
       H.R. 3753. A bill to establish dual-language education 
     programs in low-income communities; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 3754. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with regard to research on asthma, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas:
       H.R. 3755. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate the route of the Smoky Hill Trail, an overland 
     trail across the Great Plains during pioneer days in Kansas 
     and Colorado, for study for potential addition to the 
     national trails system; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Loebsack, 
             and Mr. Hodes):
       H.R. 3756. A bill to amend the Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of emergency 
     unemployment benefits; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WOLF:
       H.R. 3757. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a special resource study of the General 
     of the Army George Catlett Marshall National Historic Site at 
     Dodona Manor in Leesburg, Virginia, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H. Res. 804. A resolution providing for the concurrence by 
     the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1016, with 
     amendment; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. CARTER:
       H. Res. 805. A resolution raising a question of the 
     privileges of the House; to the Committee on Standards of 
     Official Conduct.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H. Res. 806. A resolution providing for the concurrence by 
     the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1035, with an 
     amendment; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. PENCE:
       H. Res. 807. A resolution electing a minority member to a 
     standing committee; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. OLSON:
       H. Res. 809. A resolution honoring the fact-finding 
     reporting done by Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe III in their 
     investigation in the fraudulent and illegal practices and 
     misuse of taxpayer dollars by the Association of Community 
     Organization for Reform Now (ACORN); to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Inglis, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Sires, Mr. Honda, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, and Ms. Speier):
       H. Res. 810. A resolution expressing condolences to the 
     citizens of Indonesia and support for the Government of 
     Indonesia in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that 
     struck the island of Sumatra; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. Platts, 
             Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Filner, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Matsui, and 
             Mr. Grijalva):
       H. Res. 811. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of October 2009 as ``National Principals Month''; 
     to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. LANCE (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Baca, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Brown of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Castle, Ms. Giffords, 
             Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Holden, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Nye, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Whitfield, and Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina):
       H. Res. 812. A resolution recognizing the significant 
     contributions of the Military Working Dog (MWD) Program to 
     the United States Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. SESTAK (for himself and Ms. Watson):
       H. Res. 813. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the month of October as Project Management 
     Month; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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