[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26447-26448]
[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. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 3978. A bill to amend the Implementing Recommendations 
     of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to authorize the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security to accept and use gifts for otherwise 
     authorized activities of the Center for Domestic Preparedness 
     that are related to preparedness for and response to 
     terrorism, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
           By Mr. BERRY:
       H.R. 3979. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional 
     expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 3980. A bill to provide for identifying and 
     eliminating redundant reporting requirements and developing 
     meaningful performance metrics for homeland security 
     preparedness grants, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. HOLDEN:
       H.R. 3981. A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to eliminate the 
     matching requirement for certain bulletproof armor vest 
     purchases under the matching grant program for bulletproof 
     armor vests; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Ms. Kilpatrick 
             of Michigan, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Kissell, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Massa, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. McGovern, 
             Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Sablan, Mr. Baca, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Hirono, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. Pierluisi, Ms. Watson, Mr.

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             Cao, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Clay, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Michaud, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Platts, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, and Mr. 
             Castle):
       H.R. 3982. A bill to prepare young people in disadvantaged 
     situations for a competitive future; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 3983. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain high-performance loudspeakers; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 3984. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty certain 
     electrical transformers rated at 40VA; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 3985. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for a second generation biofuel producer 
     credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Camp, Mr. Sam Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Nunes, and Ms. 
             Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida):
       H. Res. 883. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Members of the House receive the 
     necessary cost information regarding health care reform 
     legislation at least 72 hours before any vote on such 
     legislation; to the Committee on Rules.

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