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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3723 on June 9, 2006.
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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 Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Gene Green of
Texas, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Markey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Brown of Ohio, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Shimkus, Mr.
Burgess, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Bass, Mrs. Capps, Mr.
Murphy, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Gillmor, Mrs. Bono, Mr.
Upton, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Hall, Mr. Pickering,
Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wynn, and Mrs. Myrick):
H.R. 5573. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio,
Mr. Markey, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Pitts, Mr. Rush, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Shimkus, Mr.
Burgess, Mr. Bass, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Inslee, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Gillmor, Mrs. Bono, Mr.
Upton, Mr. Hall, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. Wynn):
H.R. 5574. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr.
Sensenbrenner, Mr. Bachus, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas,
Mr. Watt, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi):
H.R. 5575. A bill to provide a mechanism for the determination on the merits of the claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relating to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture but who were denied that determination; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. CAPITO:
H.R. 5577. A bill to enhance protection of records of the Department of Veterans Affairs containing personal identifying information that is required by law to be confidential and privileged from disclosure except as authorized by law; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself and Mr. Gillmor):
H.R. 5578. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the protection of human subjects in research; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Grijalva,
Ms. Lee, Mr. Stark, Mr. Oberstar, Mrs. Capps, Mr.
McGovern, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Delahunt,
Mr. Sanders, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Olver, Mr. Moran of
Virginia, Mr. Farr, and Mr. George Miller of
California):
H.R. 5579. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include heavier vehicles and sport utility vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles and to impose the gas guzzler tax on such vehicles; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
H.R. 5580. A bill to promote global energy security through increased cooperation between the United States and India in diversifying sources of energy, stimulating development of alternative fuels, developing and deploying technologies that promote the clean and efficient use of coal, and improving energy efficiency; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
H.R. 5581. A bill to prevent abuse of Government credit cards; to the Committee on Government Reform, 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. HIGGINS (for himself, Mr. Pence, Mr. Lantos, Mr.
Waxman, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Hastings of
Florida, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Souder, Mr.
Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Norwood, Mr.
McNulty, Mr. Crowley, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. McCarthy,
Mr. Rothman, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Engel, Mr.
Sessions, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Nadler, Mr.
Israel, Mr. Berman, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Kirk):
H. Res. 858. A resolution condemning the recent vote by the British National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) to boycott Israeli academia; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Ms. Corrine Brown of
Florida, Mr. Towns, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson-Lee of
Texas, Ms. Lee, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Owens,
Mr. Payne, and Mr. Davis of Alabama):
H. Res. 859. A resolution honoring the life and accomplishments of Katherine Dunham and extending condolences to her family on her death; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
H. Res. 860. A resolution calling on the Government of Germany to take immediate action to combat sex trafficking in connection with the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and for other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.
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