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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3776-H3777 on May 13, 2008.
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PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred, as follows:
By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS (for herself, Mr. Cantor, Ms.
Granger, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Paul,
Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Wilson of
South Carolina, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. McHenry, and
Mrs. Blackburn):
H.R. 6025. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
By Mr. LEWIS of California (for himself, Mr. Boehner,
Mr. Blunt, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Walsh of
New York, Mr. Carter, Ms. Granger, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr.
LaHood, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Bonner,
Mr. Wolf, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Kingston,
Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Kirk, Mr.
Aderholt, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Regula, Mr. Latham,
Mr. Goode, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr.
Rehberg, and Mr. Weldon of Florida):
H.R. 6026. A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. SHADEGG:
H.R. 6027. A bill to provide highest preference in the use of foreclosed housing acquired using Federal loan or grant funds made available under the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 for providing housing for disabled veterans and to prohibit the purchase or lease of such housing by any individual convicted under Federal or State law of a drug-dealing offense, a sex offense, or mortgage fraud; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Reyes, and
Mr. Cuellar):
H.R. 6028. A bill to authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Kildee,
Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Schakowsky,
Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Moore of
Wisconsin, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Maloney of New York,
Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Kucinich, and Mr. McGovern):
H.R. 6029. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits under that Act; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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. KIRK (for himself, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Roskam, and
Mr. Shays):
H.R. 6030. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a refundable credit against income tax for 50 percent of the employer's cost of providing tax-free transit passes to employees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. KIRK:
H.R. 6031. A bill to direct the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a study of the feasibility of a variety of approaches to eradicating Asian carp from the Great Lakes and their tributary and connecting waters; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. FILNER:
H.R. 6032. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's Disease; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
H.R. 6033. A bill to promote training and employment for public housing residents in home-based health services so such residents can provide Medicaid covered home-based health services to elderly and disabled persons receiving public housing assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development; to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. McGOVERN (for himself, Mr. Markey, Ms. Bordallo,
Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of
California, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Sires, Mr.
Grijalva, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Reyes, Mr.
Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr.
Gonzalez, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Serrano, and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
H.R. 6034. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. COURTNEY:
H.R. 6035. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. EMANUEL (for himself and Mr. Ramstad):
H.R. 6036. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish lifelong learning accounts to provide an incentive to save for education; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Ms. GIFFORDS (for herself, Ms. Shea-Porter, and Mr.
Johnson of Georgia):
H.R. 6037. A bill to amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to create the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Irregular Warfare, Cultural Training, and Social Science Initiatives and to authorize a new skill incentive pay and proficiency bonus to encourage members of the Armed Forces to train in critical foreign languages and foreign cultural studies; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. GRAVES (for himself and Ms. Norton):
H.R. 6038. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself, Mr.
Cannon, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Carter, Mr. George Miller of
California, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Honda, Mr. Tom Davis of
Virginia, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Kennedy, Mr.
Reichert, Mr. Capuano, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr.
Crowley, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr.
McDermott, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, and Ms.
Linda T. Sanchez of California):
H.R. 6039. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MICA (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
H.R. 6040. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Army to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by members of the Committee on Levee Safety; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. REYES (for himself, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Hall of Texas,
Mr. Edwards, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Smith of
Texas, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr.
Doggett, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Carter, Mr. Brady of Texas,
Mr. Sessions, Mr. Marchant, Ms. Granger, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Poe, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas):
H.R. 6041. A bill to redesignate the Rio Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Travis C. Johnson Canal''; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. SAXTON:
H.R. 6042. A bill to mandate price stability as the primary goal of the monetary policy of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. SKELTON:
H.R. 6043. A bill to provide for an evaluation factor for defense contractors employing or subcontracting with recipients of certain special immigrant visas; 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. TOWNS (for himself and Mr. Whitfield of
Kentucky):
H.R. 6044. A bill to authorize appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission for certain international technical assistance activities; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr.
Stupak, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Baca, Mr.
Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms.
Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Sutton, Mr.
Moran of Virginia, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr.
Holden, Mr. Holt, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ackerman, Mr.
Gerlach, Mr. King of New York, Mr. McHugh, Ms.
Schwartz, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Grijalva, Mr.
Costello, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Shays, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Farr, Mr.
Engel, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Pascrell,
Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Hill, Mr. Payne,
Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Allen, Mr. Price of
North Carolina, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Donnelly, Mr.
McNulty, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Udall of New
Mexico, Mr. Carney, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lipinski, Mr.
Saxton, Mr. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Carson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr.
Oberstar, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Turner, Mr. Hayes, Ms. DeLauro,
Mr. Filner, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Kuhl of New
York, Mr. Mica, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Cuellar, Mr.
Kucinich, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr.
Butterfield, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr.
Sires, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. Boswell, Ms.
Giffords, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Altmire, Mr.
Snyder, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Higgins,
Mr. Sestak, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Olver, Mr. Hinchey, Mr.
Tiahrt, Mr. Coble, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of
California, Mr. Berry, Mr. Lincoln Davis of
Tennessee, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Ms. McCollum of
Minnesota, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Fattah, and Mr. Mitchell):
H.R. 6045. A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico (for herself, Mr. Schiff, and Mrs. Boyda of Kansas):
H.R. 6046. A bill to extend the authorization provided in the Act titled ``An Act to preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance''; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky (for himself and Mr. Hunter):
H. Con. Res. 348. Concurrent resolution urging the President to designate a National Airborne Day in recognition of persons who are serving or have served in the airborne forces of the Armed Services; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mr. SHUSTER (for himself and Mr. Ortiz):
H. Res. 1187. A resolution promoting global energy supply security through increased cooperation among the United States, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, by diversifying sources of energy, and implementing certain oil and natural gas pipeline projects for the safe and secure transportation of Eurasian hydrocarbon resources to world markets; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. MARKEY:
H. Res. 1188. A resolution encouraging recognition, and supporting the goals and ideals, of National Aphasia Awareness Month; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. CASTOR (for herself and Mr. Reichert):
H. Res. 1191. A resolution expressing support for designation of May as ``National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Towns, Mr.
Payne, Mr. McNulty, and Mr. Dent):
H. Res. 1192. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World Hepatitis Awareness Month; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico:
H. Res. 1193. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a critical need to increase research, awareness, and education about cerebral cavernous malformations; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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