[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10810-10811]
[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. DINGELL (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 2482. A bill to establish the sense of Congress that 
     Congress should enact, and the President should sign, 
     bipartisan legislation to strengthen public safety and to 
     enhance wireless communications, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and 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. GRIMM (for himself, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Stivers, 
             and Mr. Campbell):
       H.R. 2483. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to modify certain 
     provisions relating to whistleblower incentives and 
     protection; to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. HARRIS (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Michaud, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Pingree of Maine, and Mr. 
             Mack):
       H.R. 2484. A bill to reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom 
     and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to include a 
     comprehensive and integrated strategy to address harmful 
     algal blooms and hypoxia, to provide for the development and 
     implementation of a comprehensive research plan and action 
     strategy to reduce harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Petri, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
             Hanna, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Ross of 
             Arkansas, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Boren):
       H.R. 2485. A bill to amend, for certain fiscal years, the 
     weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts 
     and education finance incentive grant amounts for local 
     educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
             Sablan, Mrs.

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             Christensen, Mr. Honda, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms. Hirono, Ms. 
             Lee, and Ms. Chu):
       H.R. 2486. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other 
     Pacific Islanders; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H.R. 2487. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and 
     Energy Act of 2008 to terminate direct payments for the 2012 
     crop year; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Critz, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
             Peterson, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
             Filner, and Mr. Grijalva):
       H.R. 2488. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a $1,000 refundable credit for individuals who 
     are bona fide volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and 
     emergency medical service organizations; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Fortenberry, 
             Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, and Mr. Welch):
       H.R. 2489. A bill to authorize the acquisition and 
     protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
     associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 
     under the American Battlefield Protection Program; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. McDermott, 
             and Mr. Bass of New Hampshire):
       H.R. 2490. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself and Mrs. Myrick):
       H.R. 2491. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on 
     fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MARINO (for himself and Ms. Sutton):
       H.R. 2492. A bill to prohibit attendance of an animal 
     fighting venture, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, 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. McDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia):
       H.R. 2493. A bill to amend the African Growth and 
     Opportunity Act to extend the third country fabric program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 2494. A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of 
     State and the Commissioner of Social Security to continue to 
     work with the governments of the states of the former Soviet 
     Union to encourage such states to adopt policies that would 
     allow receipt of pensions for individuals who worked in any 
     such state and earned a pension and currently reside in the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. TIERNEY (for himself, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, and Ms. McCollum):
       H.R. 2495. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to eliminate certain tax expenditures; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.

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