[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18] [House] [Pages 23447-23448] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred, as follows: By Mr. THOMAS: H.R. 6420. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on certain medical care providers that fail to provide a minimum level of charity medical care, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. GILLMOR (for himself, Mr. Barton of Texas, and Mr. Boehlert): H.R. 6421. A bill to implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Ms. McKINNEY: H.R. 6422. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1) to reflect the actual costs of living in various regions of the country and to bring the minimum to a fair wage that can support federal workers and contractors and their families; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. By Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Thompson of California, and Mr. Hastings of Washington): H.R. 6423. A bill to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and to offset the cost of payments to States and counties under such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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. GARY G. MILLER of California (for himself and Mr. Frank of Massachusetts): H.R. 6424. A bill to increase the Federal Housing Administration mortgage commitment level for fiscal year 2007 to carry out the purposes of sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services. By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Kildee, and Mrs. Schmidt): H.R. 6425. A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to improve the health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers through the creation of a National Court Teams Resource Center, to assist local Court Teams, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself and Mr. Terry): H.R. 6426. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for a sequestration on December 31, 2009, to eliminate the actual budget deficit for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Budget. By Mr. LATHAM: H.R. 6427. A bill to increase the amount in certain funding agreements relating to patents and nonprofit organizations to be used for scientific research, development, and education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. considered and passed. By Mr. BAKER (for himself and Mr. Melancon): H.R. 6428. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain elements of the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. considered and passed. By Mrs. BONO (for herself, Mr. Lewis of California, and Mr. Calvert): H.R. 6429. A bill to treat payments by charitable organizations with respect to certain firefighters as exempt payments; to the Committee on Ways and Means. considered and passed. By Mr. MANZULLO (for himself and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota): H.R. 6430. A bill to amend section 7209 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. NUNES: H.R. 6431. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve the Change In Scope Request submitted by Family HealthCare Network to the Bureau of Primary Health Care on December 8, 2005; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Mrs. EMERSON (for herself, Mr. Berry, Mr. Ross, and Mr. Skelton): H.R. 6432. A bill to provide a clarification with respect to the Mississippi River and Tributaries project; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. By Mr. FARR: H.R. 6433. A bill to authorize assistance for the reconstruction and stabilization of Lebanon; to the Committee on International Relations. By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan: H.R. 6434. A bill to amend the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 to authorize the establishment of Integrated Border Inspection Areas at the Blue Water Bridge connecting Port Huron, Michigan, and Point Edward, Ontario, Canada; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Weller, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico): H.R. 6435. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico: H.R. 6436. A bill to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87-483, to authorize the construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in Northwestern New Mexico, to authorize the use of the reclamation fund to fund the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund, to authorize the conveyance of certain Reclamation land and infrastructure, to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to provide for the delivery of water, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources. By Mr. ROYCE: H. Con. Res. 502. Concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of the bill H. R. 5682; considered and agreed to. By Mr. GUTKNECHT: H. Con. Res. 503. Concurrent resolution providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Ninth Congress; considered and agreed to. By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Watson, Mr. Payne, Ms. Schwartz of Pennsylvania, Mr. Serrano, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Carson, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Holt, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Waters, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Stark, Mr. Berman, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Engel, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Harman, Mr. Costa, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mrs. Jones of [[Page 23448]] Ohio, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Farr, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Olver): H. Con. Res. 504. Concurrent resolution calling on the League of Arab States to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur; to the Committee on International Relations. By Mr. EHLERS (for himself and Ms. Millender-McDonald): H. Res. 1104. A resolution providing for a severance payment for employees of leadership offices and committees of the House of Representatives who are separated from employment solely and directly as a result of a change in the party holding the majority of the membership of the House; to the Committee on House Administration. By Ms. McKINNEY: H. Res. 1106. A resolution Articles of Impeachment against George Walker Bush, President of the United States of America, and other officials, for high crimes and misdemeanors; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. GUTKNECHT: H. Res. 1107. A resolution providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress; considered and agreed to. By Mr. BOEHNER: H. Res. 1108. A resolution appointing a committee to inform the President; considered and agreed to. By Mr. BURTON of Indiana: H. Res. 1109. A resolution honoring Physicians for Peace for its efforts to foster peace and diplomacy throughout the world, and paying tribute to the life and achievements of its founder, Dr. Charles E. Horton, on the occasion of his death; to the Committee on International Relations. By Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Owens, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Watson, Mr. McGovern, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Solis, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Waters, Mr. Michaud, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Farr, Mr. Stark, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Holt, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mr. Filner): H. Res. 1110. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should express public support for the workers' rights and protection provisions of China's ``Draft Labor Contract Law'' and repudiate efforts by some United States corporations and their representatives in China to diminish such rights and protection provisions; to the Committee on International Relations. ____________________