Congressional Record, Volume 154 Issue 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)

[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H10832-H10833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House reports that on September 30,
2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his
approval, the following bills and joint resolution.

H.R. 1157. To amend the Public Health Service Act to
authorize the Director of the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the
development and operation of research centers regarding
environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of
breast cancer.
H.R. 1343. To amend the Public Health Service Act to
provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the
health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 1777. To amend the Improving America's Schools Act of
1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based
educational aid under the antitrust laws.
H.R. 2851. To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who
take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose
health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3068. To prohibit the award of contracts to provide
guard services under the contract security guard program of
the Federal Protective Service to a business concern that is
owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been
convicted of a felony.
H.R. 3229. To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint
coins in commemoration of the legacy of the United States
Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry
Museum and Soldier Center.
H.R. 4120. To amend title 18, United States Code, to
provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving
child pornography, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5001. To authorize the Administrator of General
Services to provide for the redevelopment of the Old Post
Office Building located in the District of Columbia.
H.R. 5057. To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog
Grant Program, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5265. To amend the Public Health Service Act to
provide for research with respect to various forms of
muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal,
Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle,
myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies.
H.R. 5571. To extend for 5 years the program relating to
waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with
respect to international medical graduates, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 5872. To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint
coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of
America, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5975. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 101 West Main Street in Waterville,
New York, as the ``Cpl. John P. Sigsbee Post Office''.
H.R. 6092. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen,
Georgia, as the ``Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office
Building''.
H.R. 6370. To transfer excess Federal property administered
by the Coast Guard to the Confederated Tribes of the Coos,
Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians.
H.R. 6437. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa,
Texas, as the ``Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office''.
H.R. 6460. To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in
areas of concern, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6946. To make a technical correction in the NET 911
Improvement Act of 2008.
H.J. Res. 62. To honor the achievements and contributions
of Native Americans to the United States, and for other
purposes.

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House also reports that on October
3, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his
approval, the following bills.

H.R. 928. To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to
enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to create
a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and
Efficiency, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1424. To provide authority for the Federal Government
to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for
the purposes of providing stability to and preventing
disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting
taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to
extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual
income tax relief, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1532. To amend the Public Health Service Act with
respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating
tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2786. To reauthorize the programs for housing
assistance for Native Americans.
H.R. 2963. To transfer certain land in Riverside County,
California, and San Diego County, California, from the Bureau
of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust
for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 5350. To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell
or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 5618. To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant
College Program Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6098. To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to
improve the financial assistance provided to State, local,
and tribal governments for information sharing activities,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 6849. To amend the commodity provisions of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to
aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the
prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical
payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the
sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 7081. To approve the United States-India Agreement for
Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other
purposes.

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House also reports that on October
6, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his
approval, the following bills.

H.R. 2095. To amend title 49, United States Code, to
prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous
materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety
Administration, and for other purpose.
H.R. 3480. To direct the United States Sentencing
Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for
those involved in receiving stolen property where that
property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 4544. To require the issuance of medals to recognize
the dedication and valor of Native American code talkers.
H.R. 6063. To authorize the programs of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6296. To extend through 2013 the authority of the
Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties
on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and
published by the Commission.
H.R. 6353. To amend the Controlled Substances Act to
address online pharmacies.
H.R. 6524. To authorize the Administrator of General
Services to take certain actions with respect to parcels of
real property located in Eastlake, Ohio, and Koochiching
County, Minnesota, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7082. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
permit the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose certain
prisoner return information to the Federal Bureau of Prisons,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 7177. To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to
certain foreign recipients, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 7198. To establish the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of
Life Medal for organ donors and the family of organ donors.

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House also reports that on October
7, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his
approval, the following bills.

H.R. 1714. To clarify the boundaries of Coastal Barrier
Resources System Clam Pass Unit FL-64P.
H.R. 6045. 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.
H.R. 6073. To provide that Federal employees receiving
their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be given the
option of receiving their pay stubs electronically.
H.R. 6083. To authorize funding to conduct a national
training program for State and local prosecutors.
H.R. 6199. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in New City,
New York, as the ``Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office
Building''.
H.R. 6229. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 2523 7th Avenue East in North Saint
Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Mayor William `Bill' Sandberg Post
Office Building''.
H.R. 6338. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 4233 West Hillsboro Boulevard in
Coconut Creek, Florida, as the ``Army SPC Daniel Agami Post
Office Building''.
H.R. 6531. To amend chapter 13 of title 17, United States
Code (relating to the vessel hull design protection), to
clarify the definitions of a hull and a deck.
H.R. 6874. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue in Seekonk,
Massachusetts, as the ``Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepenas
Post Office Building''.
H.R. 7084. To amend section 114 of title 17, United States
Code, to provide for agreements for the reproduction and
performance of sound recordings by webcasters.
H.R. 7222. To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and
for other purposes.

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House reports also that on October
9, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his
approval, the following bills and joint resolution.

H.R. 5159. To establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor
Center within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol,
headed by the Chief Executive Officer for Visitor Services,
to provide for the effective management and administration of
the Capitol Visitor Center, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6469. To amend the Public Health Service Act to
authorize increased Federal funding for the Organ Procurement
and Transplantation Network.
H.J. Res 100. Appointing the day for the convening of the
first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and
establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes
for President and Vice President cast by the electors in
December 2008.

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House also reports that on October
10, 2008 she presented to the President of the United States, for his
approval, the following bills.

H.R. 1594. To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs
Outpatient Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, as the Michael
A. Marzano Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.
H.R. 3511. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 2150 East Hardtner Drive in Urania,
Louisiana, as the ``Murphy A. Tannehill Post Office
Building''.
H.R. 4010. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 100 West Percy Street in Indianola,
Mississippi, as the ``Minnie Cox Post Office Building''.
H.R. 4131. To designate a portion of California State Route
91 located in Lost Angeles County, California, as the
``Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway''.
H.R. 6197. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 7095 Highway 57 in Counce,
Tennessee, as the ``Pickwick Post Office Building''.
H.R. 6558. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue in San Jose,
California, as the ``Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building''.
H.R. 6681. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in New Lenox,
Illinois, as the ``Jacob M. Lowell Post Office Building''.
H.R. 6834. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 4 South Main Street in Wallingford,
Connecticut, as the ``CWO Richard R. Lee Post Office
Building''.
H.R. 6847. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 801 Industrial Boulevard in
Ellijay, Georgia, as the ``First Lieutenant Noah Harris
Ellijay Post Office Building''.
H.R. 6902. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 513 6th Avenue in Dayton, Kentucky,
as the ``Staff Sergeant Nicholas Ray Carnes Post Office''.
H.R. 6982. To designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 210 South Ellsworth Avenue in San
Mateo, California, as the ``Leo J. Ryan Post Office
Building''.

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