[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10642-10643]
[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. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 2433. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make certain improvements in the laws relating to the 
     employment and training of veterans, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Armed 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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Paulsen):
       H.R. 2435. A bill to allow individuals to choose to opt out 
     of the Medicare part A benefit and to allow individuals 
     opting out of such benefit to be eligible for health savings 
     accounts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MANZULLO (for himself, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Royce, 
             and Mr. Bachus):
       H.R. 2436. A bill to prohibit any reduction in the rate of 
     dividends paid to the Secretary of the Treasury on the senior 
     preferred stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchased by 
     the Secretary; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Ryan 
             of Ohio):
       H.R. 2437. A bill to support evidence-based social and 
     emotional learning programming; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2438. A bill to ensure that certain Federal employees 
     cannot hide behind immunity; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. STIVERS (for himself, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. 
             Garrett):
       H.R. 2439. A bill to amend the Federal Housing Enterprises 
     Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to authorize the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency, as receiver of Fannie Mae or 
     Freddie Mac, to revoke the charters of such enterprises or 
     any limited-life regulated entity established under such 
     receivership; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. HURT (for himself, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Garrett):
       H.R. 2440. A bill to protect the taxpayers of the United 
     States by requiring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to sell or 
     dispose of the assets of such enterprises that are not 
     critical to their missions; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. 
             Garrett):
       H.R. 2441. A bill to terminate the Housing Trust Fund and 
     the requirement that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac make annual 
     allocations for such Fund; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. CRAVAACK:
       H.R. 2442. A bill to eliminate Federal mandates for traffic 
     sign retroreflectivity, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 2443. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the limitation on expensing certain 
     depreciable assets for certain businesses that hire veterans; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BOREN (for himself, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Kildee, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Sablan, and Mr. Young 
             of Alaska):
       H.R. 2444. A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act to provide further self-
     governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KLINE (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Bucshon, 
             Mr. Barletta, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Heck, and Mr. Kelly):
       H.R. 2445. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide States and local educational 
     agencies with maximum flexibility in using Federal funds 
     provided under such Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself and Mr. Clay):
       H.R. 2446. A bill to clarify the treatment of homeowner 
     warranties under current law, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida (for herself, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Ms. Clarke of New 
             York, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Jackson Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Meeks, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Fattah):
       H.R. 2447. A bill to grant the congressional gold medal to 
     the Montford Point Marines; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
       H.R. 2448. A bill to establish the St. Croix National 
     Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Filner, and Mr. Pierluisi):
       H.R. 2449. A bill to permit expungement of records of 
     certain nonviolent criminal offenses, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2450. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain high-intensity sweetener; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Inslee, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Capuano):
       H.R. 2451. A bill to restore certain provisions of the 
     Banking Act of 1933, commonly referred to as the ``Glass-
     Steagall Act'', and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Tonko, and 
             Mrs. Lowey):
       H.R. 2452. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to complete a special resource study of the Hudson 
     River Valley in the State of New York, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
             Carnahan, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Courtney, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mrs. 
             Hartzler, Mr. Himes, Mr. Long, and Mr. Murphy of 
             Connecticut):
       H.R. 2453. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. Towns, Mr. Diaz-
             Balart, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Young of 
             Alaska, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 2454. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico with one child or two 
     children eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax 
     credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 2455. A bill to prohibit any requirement of a 
     budgetary offset for emergency disaster assistance during 
     2011 and 2012; to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to 
     the Committee on the Budget, 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. RIGELL (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
             Wittman, and Mr. Forbes):
       H.R. 2456. A bill to establish the Fort Monroe National 
     Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WALSH of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Rooney, Mr. 
             Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. West, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Rogers of 
             Alabama, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Canseco, Mr. 
             Gohmert, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
             McClintock, Mr. Long, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mr. Harris, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Benishek, Mr. 
             Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Kline, and Mr. Olson):
       H.R. 2457. A bill to restrict funds for the Palestinian 
     Authority, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself, Mr. Walsh of Illinois, 
             and Mr. Duncan of South Carolina):
       H.J. Res. 71. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States limiting the number of 
     terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 in the House 
     of Representatives and 2 in the Senate; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Holt, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. 
             Sablan, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. McIntyre, and 
             Mr. Pascrell):
       H. Con. Res. 63. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     formation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission to study 
     the establishment of a National Museum of the American 
     People; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

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           By Ms. FUDGE (for herself, Ms. Granger, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Polis, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. 
             Clarke of New York, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
             Norton, Ms. Sewell, and Mr. Rangel):
       H. Res. 339. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of September as National Childhood Obesity 
     Awareness Month; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Tiberi):
       H. Res. 341. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the month of September as ``National Brain 
     Aneurysm Awareness Month''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr, Ms. Fudge, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Jackson 
             Lee of Texas, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Rangel, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Ms. Speier, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mr. 
             Young of Alaska):
       H. Res. 342. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of July 30, 2011, as National Dance Day; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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