[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25213-25215]
[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. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Nadler of New York, 
             Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Harman, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia):

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       H.R. 3845. A bill to extend and modify authorities needed 
     to combat terrorism and protect civil liberties, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent 
     Select), and Financial 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. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Nadler of New York, 
             Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia):
       H.R. 3846. A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional civil 
     liberties protections, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on 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.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 3847. A bill to provide appropriate authority to the 
     Department of Justice Inspector General to investigate 
     attorney misconduct, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 3848. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 to provide authority for Inspectors General to subpoena 
     former agency employees, agency contractors, and employees of 
     contractors for testimony, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 3849. A bill to amend the National Security Act of 
     1947 to require notice to Congress of certain 
     declassifications of intelligence information, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent 
     Select).
           By Mr. KRATOVIL (for himself and Mr. Boustany):
       H.R. 3850. A bill to provide for the eradication and 
     control of nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, and other coastal 
     States; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GORDON of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Wamp, Mrs. 
             Bono Mack, and Mr. Kind):
       H.R. 3851. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to publish physical activity guidelines for 
     the general public, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Ms. Norton, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Oberstar, and Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 3852. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to improve and reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay 
     Program; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. KOSMAS (for herself and Mr. Posey):
       H.R. 3853. A bill to provide for the establishment of 
     Commercial Space Transportation Cooperative Research and 
     Development Centers of Excellence, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Science and Technology.
           By Mr. SCHRADER (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. 
             Halvorson, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona):
       H.R. 3854. A bill to amend the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve programs 
     providing access to capital under such Acts, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 3855. A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to 
     make clear that each decennial census, as required for the 
     apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the 
     several States, shall tabulate the total number of persons in 
     each State, and to provide that no information regarding 
     United States citizenship or immigration status may be 
     elicited in any such census; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Klein of 
             Florida, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. 
             Titus, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Ms. Schwartz, 
             Mr. Doggett, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Farr, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Gene Green 
             of Texas, Ms. Watson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Hare, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mrs. Halvorson, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Sires, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Davis 
             of Illinois, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. Matheson, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Kagen, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
             Harman, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Wexler, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Ms. Richardson, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Yarmuth, 
             Ms. Markey of Colorado, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Fudge, Mr. 
             Payne, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, and 
             Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 3856. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for osteoporosis and related bone disease education, 
     research, and surveillance, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Ms. 
             Norton, and Mr. Reyes):
       H.R. 3857. A bill to amend subchapter III of chapter 83 of 
     title 5, United States Code, to make service performed as an 
     employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality after 1965 
     and before 1987 creditable for retirement purposes; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 3858. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to alter 
     the terms and conditions applicable to members of the Board 
     of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 3859. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and expenditures by 
     multicandidate political committees controlled by foreign-
     owned corporations, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on House Administration, 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. WATT:
       H.R. 3860. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Propanenitrile, 3-[[4-[(substituted)azo]phenyl] 
     (substituted)amino]-; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3861. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-
     Anthracenedione, 1,1'-[(6-phenyl-1,3,5- triazine-2,4-
     diyl)diimino]bis[3-acetyl-4-amino-; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3862. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Benz[cd]indolium, 1-ethyl-2-[1,2,3,4- tetrahydro-1- (2-
     hydroxyethyl)-2,2,4-trimethyl-6-quinolinyl]-,chloride; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3863. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Chromate(3-), bis[3-(hydroxy-kO)-4-[[2- (hydroxy-kO)-1-
     naphthalenyl]azo-kN1]-7-nitro-1-naphthalenesu fonato(3-)]-, 
     trisodium; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3864. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     (Alkylamino-hydroxyphenyl)azo-hydroxysubstituted benzene, 
     substituted [(hydroxy-naphthalenyl) hydroxybenzene], chromium 
     complex, sodium salt; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3865. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 1-
     Propanaminium, 3,3'-[(9,10-dihydro-9,10-dioxo- 1,4-
     anthracenediyl)diimino]bis[N,N,N-triethyl-, bis(ethyl 
     sulfate); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3866. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 1H-
     Pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid, 4-[[4-[[(2,3-dichloro- 6-
     quinoxalinyl)carbonyl]amino]-2-sulfophenyl]azo]-4,5-dihydr -
     5-oxo-1-(4- sulfophenyl)-, trisodium salt; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3867. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Cuprate(4-), [2-[[3-[[substituted]-1,3,5-triazin- 2-
     yl]amino]-2-hydroxy-5-sulfophenyl](substituted)azo], sodium 
     salt; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3868. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-
     Anthracenedione, 1,5(or 1,8)-diamino-2-bromo- 4,8(or 4,5)-
     dihydroxy-; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3869. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Ethanol, 2,2'-[ [6,13-dichloro-3,10-bis[[2- (sulfooxy)ethyl] 
     amino]triphenodioxazinediyl]bis(sulfonyl)] bis-, bis(hydrogen 
     sulfate) (ester), potassium sodium salt; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3870. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-
     Anthracenedione, 1,5-diamino-4,8-dihydroxy(4- hydroxyphenyl)-
     ; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3871. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 5-[[4-(acetylamino)-2- 
     (trifluoromethyl)phenyl]azo]-6-amino-4-hydroxy-, monosodium 
     salt; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3872. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Substituted cyan acetic acid pentyl ester; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.

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           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3873. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     Anthracenesulfonic acid, 1-amino-9, 10-dihydro-4-[ [4-
     [[methyl[(4-methylphenyl) sulfony]amino]methyl]pheny] amino]-
     9, 10-dioxo-, sodium salt (1:1); to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3874. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     Anilino-5-cyano-(3-(substituted)-6- (substituted))-4-
     methylpyridine; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3875. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 100 
     percent cotton woven color wall fabric, dyed; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3876. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 100 
     percent cotton narrow woven fabric; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3877. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 100 
     percent cotton dyed knit fabric; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3878. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-
     Anthracenedione, 1-amino-2-[4- [(hexahydro-2-oxo-1H-azepin-1-
     yl)methyl]phenoxy]-4-hydroxy-; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3879. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 100 
     percent dyed cotton single knit fabric; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3880. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on b-
     Alanine, N-[3-(acetylamino)-4-[(2,4- 
     dinitrophenyl)azo]phenyl]-N-(3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)-, methyl 
     ester; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3881. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 7H-
     Benzimidazo[2,1-a]benz[de]isoquinolin-7- one, 9(or 10)-
     methoxy-; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3882. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 1H-
     Indene-1,3(2H)-dione, 2-(4-bromo-3-hydroxy-2- quinolinyl)-; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3883. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Ethanol, 2,2'-[[4-[(3,5-dinitro-2-thienyl)azo] 
     phenyl]imino]bis-, diacetate (ester); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WATT:
       H.R. 3884. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 9, 10-
     Anthracenedione, 1-amino-4-hydroxy-2-phenoxy-; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H. Res. 844. A resolution honoring Dr. Earnestine Thomas-
     Robertson for 31 years of service in Academia at Los Angeles 
     Southwest College (LASC), in the Los Angeles Community 
     College District, the largest community college district in 
     the Nation; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H. Res. 845. A resolution recognizing the United States Air 
     Force and Dyess Air Force Base for their success in achieving 
     energy savings and developing energy-saving innovations 
     during Energy Awareness Month; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself, Mr. Lance, Mr. Roe of 
             Tennessee, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. McCarthy of 
             California, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Mack, 
             Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Lucas, 
             Mr. Cole, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Buyer, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. 
             Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Wittman, Mr. 
             Issa, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Jones, Mr. Paul, Mr. Latta, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Blunt, 
             Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Jordan 
             of Ohio, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Shuster, Mrs. 
             Emerson, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Young of 
             Florida, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Herger, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Camp, and Mr. Hoekstra):
       H. Res. 847. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that any conference committee or other 
     meetings held to determine the content of national health 
     care legislation be conducted in public under the watchful 
     eye of the people of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Rules.
           By Mr. GRAVES (for himself, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Schock, and Mr. Blunt):
       H. Res. 848. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Congress should support repairing and 
     rehabilitating United States national transportation 
     infrastructure, including bridges not located on a Federal-
     aid highway; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H. Res. 849. A resolution recognizing the 16th anniversary 
     of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program, a program 
     funded by the Government of the United States to provide an 
     opportunity for high school students from the countries of 
     the former Soviet Union to study and live in the United 
     States in order to promote democratic values and institutions 
     in Eurasia, and supporting the mission, goals, and 
     accomplishments of the FLEX program; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H. Res. 850. A resolution supporting the establishment and 
     full funding of a staff exchange program between the House of 
     Representatives and the Parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna 
     Rada, as soon as possible; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. MATSUI:
       H. Res. 851. A resolution recognizing and honoring the 40th 
     anniversary of SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice 
     Information and Statistics, headquartered in Sacramento, 
     California; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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