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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Suspensions (45 Bills):

1)      H.Res. 1224 - Commending the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 75th anniversary (Rep. Cramer - Transportation and Infrastructure)

2)      H.R. 3068 - Federal Protective Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of 2007 (Del. Holmes Norton - Transportation and Infrastructure)

3)      S. 2482 - To repeal the provision of title 46, United States Code, requiring a license for employment in the business of salvaging on the coast of Florida (Sen. Nelson – Transportation and Infrastructure)

4)      H.R. 4131 - To designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the "Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway (Rep. Richardson – Transportation and Infrastructure)

5)      H.R. 6999 Integrated Deepwater Program Reform Act of 2008 (Rep. Cummings – Transportation and Infrastructure)

6)      H.R. 6460 - Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Rep. Ehlers – Transportation and Infrastructure)

7)      H.R. 6707   - Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act (Rep. Oberstar – Transportation and Infrastructure)

8)      H.R. 1283 - Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2007 (Rep. Eshoo – Energy and Commerce)

9)      S. 3560 - A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security (Sen. Baucus – Energy and Commerce)

10)   S. 906 - Mercury Market Minimization Act of 2007 (Sen. Obama – Energy and Commerce) 

11)   H.R. 5265  - Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008”, as amended (Rep. Engel – Energy and Commerce)

12)   H.R. 6063  - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008 (Rep. Udall (NM) – Science and Technology)

13)   H.R. 7083 - Charity Enhancement Act of 2008 (Rep. Lewis – Ways and Means)

14)   H.R. 7082  - The Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act (Rep. Ramstad– Ways and Means)

15)   H.R. 6600 - Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 (Rep. Doggett – Ways and Means)

16)   S. 3477 - Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 (Sen. Warner – Oversight and Government Reform)

17)   S. 3350   - To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (Sen. Schumer – Oversight and Government Reform)

18)   H.R. 2786 - Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act (Rep. Kildee – Financial Services)

19)   H.R. 7175 - Small Business Lending Improvements Act of 2008 (Rep. Velazquez – Small Business)

 20)   S. 3325 - The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act of 2008 (Sen.  Leahy – Judiciary)

21)   S. 1738  - Combating Child Exploitation Act of 2008 (Sen. Biden – Judiciary)

22)   H.R. 7084 Webcaster Settlement Act (Rep. Inslee – Judiciary)

23)   S. 3598The Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008 (Rep. Lungren – Judiciary)

24)   S. 3296  - A bill to extend the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice. (Sen. Leahy – Judiciary)

25)   H.R. 5057  – Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Rep. Maloney - Judiciary)

26)   S. 2840  - Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act (Sen. Schumer – Judiciary)

27)   H.R. 6146To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments (Rep. Cohen - Judiciary)

28)   H.R. 3174 - Equal Justice For Our Military Act (Rep. Davis (CA) - Judiciary)

29)   H.R. 1777 - Need -Based Educational Aid Act of 2008 (Rep. Delahunt – Judiciary)

30)   S. 431 - The KIDS Act (Sen. Schumer - Judiciary)

31)   S. 3606 - The Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act (Sen. Hatch - Judiciary)

32)   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 (Rep. Lofgren - Judiciary)

33)   H.R. 6838 - CAMPUS Safety Act of 2008 (Rep. Scott (VA) - Judiciary)

34)   S. 2304 - Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Sen. Domenici - Judiciary)

35)   S. 3569 - To make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes (Sen. Schumer - Judiciary) 

36)   S. 2816  - to provide for the appointment of the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Sen. Voinovich – Homeland Security)

37)   H.Res. 1429 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the employees of the Department of Homeland Security, their partners at all levels of government, and the millions of emergency response providers and law enforcement agents nationwide should be commended for their dedicated service on the Nation's front lines in the war against acts of terrorism (Rep. Clarke – Homeland Security)

38)   S. 3477 - Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 (Sen. Warner – Oversight and Government Reform)

 

39)   H.R. 6669 - To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances (Rep. Gillibrand – Oversight and Government Reform)

40)   S. 3536 - Air Carriage of International Mail Act (Sen. Carper – Oversight and Government Reform)

41)   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 (Rep. Etheridge – Agriculture)

***Note: More information on this bill will be posted on www.GOP.gov on September 27, 2008.

42)   S. 3597 - To provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain available until September 30, 2009 (Sen. Harkin – Agriculture)

44)   H.R. __ - To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients, and for other purposes (Rep. Berman – Foreign Affairs)

***Note: More information on this bill will be posted on www.GOP.gov on September 27, 2008.

45)   H.Res. 875 - Honoring and supporting the Hadley School for the Blind, as amended (Rep. Kirk – Education and Labor)