[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H421-H423]
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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. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, and Ms.
Norton):
H.R. 4526. A bill to establish a program that enables
college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands to
have greater choices among institutions of higher education,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and
Labor.
By Mr. DRIEHAUS:
H.R. 4527. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 to require certain campaign-related
communications paid for by a corporation or labor
organization to include a statement identifying the chief
executive officer of the corporation or the president of the
labor organization, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on House Administration.
By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Ms. Ginny
Brown-Waite of Florida):
H.R. 4528. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to require individuals to provide their Social Security
number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child
tax credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Bartlett,
Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Campbell, Mr.
Hensarling, Mr. Nunes, and Mr. Price of Georgia):
H.R. 4529. A bill to provide for the reform of health care,
the Social Security system,
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the tax code for individuals and business, job training, and
the budget process; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and
in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce,
Education and Labor, Rules, the Budget, and 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. POLIS of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Ackerman,
Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Blumenauer,
Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano,
Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke, Mr.
Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of
California, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Ellison, Mr.
Engel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr.
Gutierrez, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Hastings of
Florida, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Israel,
Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, Ms.
Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr.
McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Meeks of
New York, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler of New
York, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pingree of
Maine, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey,
Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of
California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman,
Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Speier, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Mr.
Welch, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wu, Mr. Kucinich, and Ms.
Kilroy):
H.R. 4530. A bill to end discrimination based on actual or
perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public
schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Education and Labor.
By Mr. ADLER of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Lee of
New York):
H.R. 4531. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to
deny Federal retirement benefits to an individual convicted
of a felony which occurred in connection with such
individual's Government employment or service, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform.
By Mr. TANNER (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Sam
Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Linder):
H.R. 4532. A bill to provide for permanent extension of the
attorney fee withholding procedures under title II of the
Social Security Act to title XVI of such Act, and to provide
for permanent extension of such procedures under titles II
and XVI of such Act to qualified non-attorney
representatives; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
H.R. 4533. A bill to provide for a study and report on
access by blind consumers to certain electronic devices and
to provide for the establishment of minimum nonvisual access
standards for such devices and for the establishment of an
office within the Department of Commerce to enforce such
standards, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce.
By Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr.
Grijalva, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Lee
of California, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Cleaver,
Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Peters, Mr. Holt, Mrs. Miller of
Michigan, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Linda T.
Sanchez of California, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mrs.
Capps, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Rangel):
H.R. 4534. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to
require that restrooms in public buildings be equipped with
baby changing facilities; to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure.
By Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Ms. McCollum,
and Mr. Castle):
H.R. 4535. A bill to reduce and prevent the sale and use of
fraudulent degrees in order to protect the integrity of valid
higher education degrees that are used for Federal employment
purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in
addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government
Reform, Energy and Commerce, and 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. BOCCIERI:
H.R. 4536. A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 1332 Sharon Copley Road in
Wadsworth, Ohio, as the ``Emil Bolas Post Office''; to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut,
Ms. Pingree of Maine, and Mr. Grayson):
H.R. 4537. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 to require the express authorization of a majority of
shareholders of a public company for certain political
expenditures by that company, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi,
Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr.
Butterfield, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clay, Mr.
Delahunt, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. McDermott, Mr.
Rangel, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr.
Watt):
H.R. 4538. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to
require the inclusion of credit scores with free annual
credit reports provided to consumers, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Ms. Bean, and Mr. Tiberi):
H.R. 4539. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to modify the treatment of foreign investments in United
States real property, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. DeFazio,
Mr. Kagen, and Mrs. Lowey):
H.R. 4540. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 to extend the ban on election activity by foreign
nationals to election activity by domestic corporations which
are subsidiaries of foreign principals; to the Committee on
House Administration.
By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. Hall of
New York, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Israel, Mr. Kissell,
Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Walz, Ms. Corrine Brown of
Florida, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Buyer, Ms. Sutton, Mr.
Rooney, Mr. Massa, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Klein
of Florida, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Kagen,
Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. Buchanan):
H.R. 4541. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
exempt reimbursements of expenses related to accident, theft,
loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income
with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses
and children of veterans, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Smith of
Texas, Mr. Souder, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of
California, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. McCaul, Mr.
Dent, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mrs.
Miller of Michigan, Mr. Olson, Mr. Cao, and Mr.
Austria):
H.R. 4542. A bill to prohibit the use of funds made
available to the Department of Justice to prosecute
individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
in the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California:
H.R. 4543. A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 4285 Payne Avenue in San
Jose, California, as the ``Anthony J. Cortese Post Office
Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform.
By Mr. McMAHON:
H.R. 4544. A bill to change references in Federal law to
mental retardation to references to an intellectual
disability, and change references to a mentally retarded
individual to references to an individual with an
intellectual disability; to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, 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 Mr. MURPHY of New York:
H.R. 4545. A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of
1936 to establish an Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives in
the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, 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. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania (for himself
and Mrs. Myrick):
H.R. 4546. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965
to require certain institutions of higher education to commit
to, and provide notice of, tuition levels for students; to
the Committee on Education and Labor.
By Mr. SESTAK (for himself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Fattah, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. Altmire, Mr.
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Patrick J.
Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Carney, Mr.
Kanjorski, Mr. Murtha, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Doyle, Mr.
Dent, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Holden, Mr. Tim Murphy of
Pennsylvania, and Mr. Platts):
H.R. 4547. A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 119 Station Road in Cheyney,
Pennsylvania, as the ``Captain Luther H. Smith, U.S. Army Air
Forces Post Office''; to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform.
By Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Hunter,
and Mr. Alexander):
H.R. 4548. A bill to enforce the restriction on in-State
tuition for aliens unlawfully present in the United States;
to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Mr. TONKO:
H.R. 4549. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the
Small Business Administration to make grants to small
business concerns to assist the commercialization of research
developed with funds received under the second phase of the
Small Business Innovation Research Program; to the Committee
on Small
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Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science and
Technology, 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. TSONGAS:
H.R. 4550. A bill to prohibit entities from using Federal
funds to contribute to political campaigns or participate in
lobbying activities; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart
of Florida, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Shea-Porter,
Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson
of Mississippi, Mr. Ellison, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Neal of
Massachusetts, Mr. Boswell, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Scott
of Georgia, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Moran of
Virginia, Mr. Jones, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Moore of Kansas,
Mr. Paul, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Sestak, Mr.
Kagen, Mr. Israel, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr.
DeFazio, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hare, Mr. McIntyre, and
Mr. Gordon of Tennessee):
H.R. 4551. A bill to restore health care coverage to
retired members of the uniformed services, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition
to the Committee on 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. BROUN of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. Myrick, Mr.
Franks of Arizona, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Gingrey of
Georgia, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Pitts, Ms. Granger, Mr.
Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Jones):
H.J. Res. 73. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal
budget; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mrs.
Christensen, Ms. Waters, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr.
Waxman, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cao, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Brady
of Pennsylvania, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Serrano,
Mr. Rangel, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Norton,
Mr. Berman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr.
Towns, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Ellison, Mr.
Honda, and Ms. Edwards of Maryland):
H. Con. Res. 233. Concurrent resolution supporting the
goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. MINNICK (for himself and Mr. Simpson):
H. Res. 1041. A resolution congratulating and commending
the University of Idaho's football team for winning the 2009
Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho; to the Committee on
Education and Labor.
By Mr. MINNICK (for himself and Mr. Simpson):
H. Res. 1042. A resolution commending the Boise State
University Broncos football team for winning the 2010 Fiesta
Bowl; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
By Mr. GUTHRIE:
H. Res. 1043. A resolution recognizing Brescia University
for 60 years of leadership in higher education; to the
Committee on Education and Labor.
By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Pence, Mr. Klein
of Florida, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr.
Gallegly, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Burton of
Indiana, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Manzullo, Mr.
Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, and Mr. Mack):
H. Res. 1044. A resolution commemorating the 65th
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi
concentration and extermination camp, honoring the victims of
the Holocaust, and expressing commitment to strengthen the
fight against bigotry and intolerance; to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. GERLACH:
H. Res. 1045. A resolution recognizing First Friday Main
Line and its executive director Sherry Tillman and publicist
Carla Zambelli for launching ``Operation Angel Wings''; to
the Committee on Foreign 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. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. Fattah, Ms.
Bordallo, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Clarke, Ms. Lee
of California, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs.
Napolitano, Mr. Payne, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Scott of
Virginia, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Watt, Mr.
Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi,
Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Speier, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Rush,
Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Sires, Mr.
Davis of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cuellar, Mr.
Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Bishop of
Georgia, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Eddie Bernice
Johnson of Texas, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Lewis of
Georgia, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, and Mr.
Grijalva):
H. Res. 1046. A resolution recognizing the significance of
Black History Month; to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform.
By Ms. KILROY (for herself, Mr. Driehaus, Mrs. Schmidt,
Mr. Turner, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. Latta, Mr. Wilson
of Ohio, Mr. Austria, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kucinich, Ms.
Fudge, Mr. Tiberi, Ms. Sutton, Mr. LaTourette, Mr.
Boccieri, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Space, Mr. Becerra,
Mr. Courtney, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Massa, Mr.
Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Snyder, Ms.
Titus, and Mr. Tonko):
H. Res. 1047. A resolution commending The Ohio State
University Buckeyes football team for its victory in the 2010
Rose Bowl; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
By Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
H. Res. 1048. A resolution commending the efforts and
honoring the work of the men and women of USNS Comfort and
the United States Navy in the immediate response to those
affected by the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12,
2010; to the Committee on Foreign 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.
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