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PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 5 of Rule X and clause 4 of Rule XXII, public bills and
resolutions were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Hoyer,
Mr. Andrews, Mr. Pappas, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Reyes, Mr.
Pitts, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. McNulty, Mr.
Fox of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Castle):
H.R. 3764. A bill to establish a Commission to assess
weapons of mass destruction domestic response capabilities;
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. SMITH of Oregon:
H.R. 3765. A bill to gradually increase the fees paid by
current holders of Forest Service special use permits that
authorize the construction and occupancy of private
recreation houses or cabins; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. CANADY of Florida:
H.R. 3766. A bill to streamline, modernize, and enhance the
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to plant
protection and quarantine, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees
on the Judiciary, Resources, and Ways and Means, 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. BARRETT of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr.
Kleczka):
H.R. 3767. A bill to nullify a certain regulation regarding
the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. Snyder):
H.R. 3768. A bill to increase the availability,
affordability, and quality of school-based child care
programs for children aged 0 through 6 years; to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce, 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. BAESLER (for himself and Ms. Slaughter):
H.R. 3769. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 to allow compensatory and punitive damages for
violations of the anti-discrimination provision of such Act
and to provide additional resources to the Secretary of Labor
to do studies and outreach on pay disparities; to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. BROWN of California (for himself and Mr. Lewis
of California):
H.R. 3770. A bill to amend the Act of June 15, 1938, to
extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to
purchase lands within the boundaries of certain National
Forests in the State of California to include the Angeles
National Forest and to expand the purposes for which such
purchases may be made; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. DEUTSCH (for himself and Mr. Foley):
H.R. 3771. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture
from implementing a rule that would allow the importation of
papayas that are the product of Brazil into the continental
United States, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of
the United States until certain conditions are met, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr.
Houghton, and Mrs. Thurman):
H.R. 3772. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to allow the work opportunity credit against the
alternative minimum tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Coyne,
and Mr. Houghton):
H.R. 3773. A bill to make permanent certain authority
relating to self-employment assistance programs; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Mr.
McDermott, Ms. Furse, Mr. Towns, Mr. Faleomavaega,
Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, and Mr. Brown of
California):
H.R. 3774. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide that housing assistance provided under the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 shall be treated for purposes of the low-income
housing credit in the same manner as comparable assistance;
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. HOBSON (for himself, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr.
Murtha, Mr. McDade, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Hefner,
Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Dixon, and
Mr. Visclosky):
H.R. 3775. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to
require that military physicians possess unrestricted
licenses, and to require the establishment of a system for
monitoring completion by military physicians of applicable
Continuing Medical Education requirements; to the Committee
on National Security.
By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr.
Cunningham, Mr. Petri, Mr. Kolbe, and Mr. Sanford):
H.R. 3776. A bill to require the Federal government to
disclose to Federal employees on each paycheck the
government's share of taxes for old-age, survivors, and
disability insurance and for hospital insurance of the
employee, and the government's total payroll allocation for
the employee; to the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight.
By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Gingrich, Mr.
Sessions, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Sanford, and
Mr. Coburn):
H.R. 3777. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to require that each employer show on the W-2 form of
each employee the employer's share of taxes for old-age,
survivors, and disability insurance and for hospital
insurance for the employee as well as the total amount of
such taxes for such employee; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself and Mr. Meehan):
H.R. 3778. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to
revise the filing deadline for certain claims under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; to the
Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. LAZIO of New York (for himself and Mrs. Kennelly
of Connecticut):
H.R. 3779. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security
Act to provide medical assistance for breast and cervical
cancer-related treatment services to certain women screened
and found to have breast or cervical cancer under a Federally
funded screening program; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. MCCRERY (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
H.R. 3780. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to provide for a prospective payment system for
services furnished by psychiatric hospitals under the
Medicare Program; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. MCDADE:
H.R. 3781. A bill to establish the Lackawanna Valley
Heritage Area; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. MILLER of California (by request):
H.R. 3782. A bill to compensate certain Indian tribes for
known errors in their tribal trust fund accounts, to
establish a process for settling other disputes regarding
tribal trust fund accounts, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Resources.
By Mr. OXLEY (for himself, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Manton,
Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Whitfield, Mr.
Norwood, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, and
Mr. Upton):
H.R. 3783. A bill to amend section 223 of the
Communications Act of 1934 to require persons who are engaged
in the business of selling or transferring, by means of the
World Wide Web, material that is harmful to minors to
restrict access to such material by minors, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.

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By Mr. PALLONE:
H.R. 3784. A bill to provide health benefits for workers
and their families; to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce,
Ways and Means, Government Reform and Oversight, and National
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. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Paxon, Mr.
Campbell, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Herger, Mr. Sessions, Mr.
Nethercutt, Mr. Rogan, and Mr. Sanford):
H.R. 3785. A bill to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act
to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the
United States Director of the International Monetary Fund to
present to the Fund's Executive Board a proposal to amend the
Fund's bylaws to eliminate the Fund's policy of providing de
facto tax-free salaries to certain Fund employees; to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York,
and Ms. Slaughter):
H.R. 3786. A bill to restrict the sale of cigarettes in
packages of less than 15 cigarettes; to the Committee on
Commerce.
By Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Portman,
Mr. Coble, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Barr of
Georgia, Mr. Hutchinson, and Mr. Gekas):
H.J. Res. 117. A joint resolution expressing the sense of
Congress that marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and
should not be legalized for medicinal use; to the Committee
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
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 Ms. HARMAN:
H. Con. Res. 268. Concurrent resolution honoring the
international corps of volunteers, known as Machal, who
served Israel in its War of Independence; to the Committee on
International Relations.
By Ms. SANCHEZ:
H. Con. Res. 269. Concurrent resolution expressing the
sense of the Congress regarding the heroism, sacrifice, and
service of former South Vietnamese commandos in connection
with United States armed forces during the Vietnam conflict;
to the Committee on National Security.
By Mr. SOLOMON (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr.
Cox of California):
H. Con. Res. 270. Concurrent resolution acknowledging the
positive role of Taiwan in the current Asian financial crisis
and affirming the support of the American people for peace
and stability on the Taiwan Strait and security for Taiwan's
democracy; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Rogan, Mr.
McIntyre, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. DeLay, Mr.
Boehner, Mr. Gephardt, and Mr. Bonior):
H. Res. 417. A resolution regarding the importance of
fathers in the raising and development of their children; to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Barrett of
Wisconsin, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Johnson of
Wisconsin, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Oberstar, Mr.
Kucinich, Ms. Rivers, and Mr. Quinn):
H. Res. 418. A resolution expressing the sense of House of
Representatives that the President and the Senate should take
the necessary actions to prohibit the sale or diversion of
Great Lakes water to foreign countries, businesses,
corporations, and individuals; to the Committee on
International Relations.

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