[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9971-9973]
[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. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. McKeon, 
             Mr. Walden, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Camp, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Dent, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Aderholt, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Boehner, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Paulsen, Mrs. 
             Miller of Michigan, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Castle, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Rogers of 
             Alabama, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. 
             Lance, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, Mr. McCotter, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Tiberi, and Mr. Kline of 
             Minnesota):
       H.R. 5453. A bill to provide a temporary extension of 
     certain programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
     and Commerce, Appropriations, Education and Labor, Financial 
     Services, the Budget, Small Business, and 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. SPRATT (for himself, Mr. Minnick, Ms. Bean, Mr. 
             Boyd, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, 
             Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Ellsworth, Ms. Giffords, 
             Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Moore of 
             Kansas, Mr. Murphy of New York, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Ruppersberger, 
             Mr. Schrader, and Mr. Welch) (all by request):
       H.R. 5454. A bill to provide an optional fast-track 
     procedure the President may use when submitting rescission 
     requests, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. SCHOCK (for himself and Mr. Hare):
       H.R. 5455. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a special resource study of the 
     archeological site and surrounding land of the New 
     Philadelphia town site in the state of Illinois, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. McCOLLUM (for herself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
             Mr. Latham, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Kagen, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Al Green of 
             Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Moore of Kansas, 
             Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Shuler, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Courtney, Mr. Walz, Mr. Holt, Mr. Perriello, and 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia):
       H.R. 5456. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to award competitive grants to assist 
     eligible entities in implementing or expanding farm-to-school 
     programs; to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. Murphy of 
             Connecticut):
       H.R. 5457. A bill to provide supplemental payments to 
     nursing facilities serving Medicare and Medicaid patients and 
     to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure 
     adequate Medicaid payment levels for services; 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. ADLER of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mr. Cummings, and Mr. Rothman of New Jersey):
       H.R. 5458. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act and the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional 
     disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with 
     respect to student loans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services, 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 Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 5459. A bill to increase the limits on liability under 
     the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. CHU:
       H.R. 5460. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     require the Secretary of Education to establish grant 
     programs to help pregnant and parenting students stay in 
     school, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Kirk, and 
             Mr. Boren):
       H.R. 5461. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to cover screening computed tomography 
     colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under the 
     Medicare Program; 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 Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gene 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Capps, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Rush, Mr.

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             Weiner, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
             Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Markey of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Terry, and Ms. Harman):
       H.R. 5462. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish and 
     implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and 
     public awareness program; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 5463. A bill to rename the Homestead National Monument 
     of America near Beatrice, Nebraska, as the Homestead National 
     Historical Park; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. GIFFORDS (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Mr. Polis, Mr. Lujan, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Wu, and Mrs. Bono Mack):
       H.R. 5464. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that solar electric property need not be 
     located on the property with respect to which it is 
     generating electricity in order to qualify for the 
     residential energy efficient property credit; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Ms. Berkley, and Ms. 
             Titus):
       H.R. 5465. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a 5-year recovery period for computer-based 
     gambling machines; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 5466. A bill to amend titles V and XIX of the Public 
     Health Service Act to revise and extend substance use 
     disorder and mental health programs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 5467. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education 
     to award contracts to nonprofit organizations with national 
     experience that enter into partnerships with local 
     educational agencies to turn around low-performing public 
     high schools; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. McKEON:
       H.R. 5468. A bill to take certain Federal lands in Mono 
     County, California, into trust for the benefit of the 
     Bridgeport Indian Colony; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS (for herself and Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia):
       H.R. 5469. A bill to increase the mileage reimbursement 
     rate for members of the armed services during permanent 
     change of station and to authorize the transportation of 
     additional motor vehicles of members on change of permanent 
     station to or from nonforeign areas outside the continental 
     United States; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. Blunt, and Ms. 
             Matsui):
       H.R. 5470. A bill to exclude an external power supply for 
     certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance 
     system components from the application of certain energy 
     efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. PINGREE of Maine (for herself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             Gene Green of Texas, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 5471. A bill to amend the American Recovery and 
     Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend for 6 months the increase 
     provided under that Act in the Medicaid Federal medical 
     assistance percentage (FMAP); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
             and Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 5472. A bill to establish a grant program for stipends 
     to assist in the cost of compensation paid by employers to 
     certain recent college graduates and to provide funding for 
     their further education in subjects relating to mathematics, 
     science, engineering, and technology; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 5473. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from personal holding company income 
     dividends which are received from foreign affiliates and 
     which are reinvested in the United States; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SCHAUER:
       H.R. 5474. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act with respect to reclassification of hospitals as 
     rural referral centers under the Medicare Program; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Salazar, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Costa, Mr. Farr, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Ellsworth, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Kratovil, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Kind, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Garamendi, Mr. Berry, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Herseth 
             Sandlin, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Minnick):
       H.R. 5475. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Weiner, 
             Mr. Israel, Mr. Carnahan, Ms. Bean, Mr. McNerney, and 
             Mr. Deutch):
       H.R. 5476. A bill to assist in the creation of new jobs by 
     providing financial incentives for owners of commercial 
     buildings and multifamily residential buildings to retrofit 
     their buildings with energy efficient building equipment and 
     materials, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. YARMUTH (for himself, Mr. Chandler, and Ms. 
             Shea-Porter):
       H.R. 5477. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 and the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998 to award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st 
     century workplace and to increase America's global 
     competitiveness, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Ms. Richardson, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Moore of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Foster, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mrs. Halvorson, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
             Mr. Towns, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Ms. Clarke, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Watt, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Kennedy):
       H. Res. 1414. A resolution congratulating Urban Prep 
     Charter Academy for Young Men-Englewood Campus, the Nation's 
     first all-male charter high school, for achieving a 100 
     percent college acceptance rate for all 107 members of its 
     first graduating class of 2010; to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
           By Mr. PENCE:
       H. Res. 1415. A resolution electing minority members to 
     certain standing committees; considered and agreed to.
           By Ms. FUDGE (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Clay, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Ms. Waters, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Payne, 
             Ms. Clarke, Mr. Watt, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. 
             Lee of California, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Carson of 
             Indiana):
       H. Res. 1416. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the public disclosure by the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of written reports 
     and findings of the board of the Office of Congressional 
     Ethics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules, 
     and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. BERKLEY (for herself, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, and Mr. 
             Costa):
       H. Res. 1417. A resolution recognizing the importance of 
     transatlantic relations between the United States and the 
     European Union and recognizing the growing importance of the 
     dialogue between Congress and the European Parliament; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. CANTOR (for himself and Mr. Ross):
       H. Res. 1418. A resolution expressing support for 
     increasing awareness of craniofacial anomalies; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. DRIEHAUS:
       H. Res. 1419. A resolution celebrating the 100th 
     anniversary of the Ohio Fire Chiefs' Association and 
     commending the Association on its century of service to the 
     State of Ohio; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Stark, and Mr. Conyers):
       H. Res. 1420. A resolution recognizing the Convention on 
     International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and 
     Flora on its 35th anniversary; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. 
             Olson, Mr. Culberson, Ms. Granger, and Mr. Brady of 
             Texas):
       H. Res. 1421. A resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary 
     of the Apollo 13 mission and the heroic actions of both the 
     crew and those working at mission control in Houston, Texas, 
     for bringing the three astronauts, Fred Haise, Jim Lovell, 
     and Jack Swigert, home to Earth safely; to the Committee on 
     Science and Technology.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H. Res. 1422. A resolution honoring the Department of 
     Justice on the occasion of its 140th anniversary; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Carnahan, 
             Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Baird):

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       H. Res. 1423. A resolution observing the 15th anniversary 
     of the Srebrenica genocide and expressing support for 
     ``Srebrenica Remembrance Day'' in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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