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The Whip Notice - 9/22/08

Washington, Sep 22 -

Floor Information: 57430

Legislative Program: 52020

1) H.Res. 1287 - Commending the Honor Flight
Network, its volunteers, and donors, for enabling World War II veterans
to travel to our Nation's capital to see the World War II Memorial
created in their honor (Sponsored by Rep. Moran (KS) / Veterans’ Affairs Committee)



2) H.R. 6897 - Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Filner / Veterans’ Affairs Committee)



3) S. 1315 - Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007, as amended (Sponsored by Sen. Akaka / Veterans’ Affairs Committee)



4) H.R. 160 - Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act (Sponsored by Rep. Holt / Natural Resources Committee)



5) H.R. 2933 - Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Gary Miller (CA) / Natural Resources Committee)



6) H.R. 4828 - Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Ortiz / Natural Resources Committee)



7) H.R. 5853 - Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act (Sponsored by Rep. Tsongas / Natural Resources Committee)



8) H.R. 6176 - To authorize the expansion of the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas (Sponsored by Rep. Rodriguez / Natural Resources Committee)



9) H.R. 6159 - Deafy Glade Land Exchange Act (Sponsored by Rep. George Miller (CA) / Natural Resources Committee)



10) H.R. 5335 - To amend the National Trails System Act to
provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and
campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail (Sponsored by Rep. Wamp / Natural Resources Committee)



11) H.R. 3336 - Camp Hale Study Act (Sponsored by Rep. Lamborn / Natural Resources Committee)



12) H.R. 3849 - Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act (Sponsored by Rep Bishop (UT) / Natural Resources Committee)



13) H.R. 3299 - To provide for a boundary adjustment and land
conveyances involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct
the effects of an erroneous land survey that resulted in approximately
7 acres of the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on
National Forest System land (Sponsored by Rep. Musgrave / Natural Resources Committee)



14) H.Res. 1374 - Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the
Grand Coulee Dam and recognizing its critical role in the national and
economic security of the United States and the contributions of
hydroelectric power to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Sponsored by Rep. McMorris Rodgers / Natural Resources Committee)



15) H.R. 6685 - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program
for Native Americans (Sponsored by Rep. Lynch / Natural Resources Committee)



16) H.R. 1907 - Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act (Sponsored by Rep. Saxton / Natural Resources Committee)



17) S.J.Res. 45 - Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (Sponsored by Sen. Levin / Judiciary Committee)




18) H.R. 5352 - Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Sestak / Judiciary Committee)



19) H.R. 6853 - Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Meek / Judiciary Committee)



20) H.Res. 1438 - Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the
Azorean Refugee Act of 1958 and celebrating the extensive contributions
of Portuguese-American communities to the United States

(Sponsored by Rep. Nunes / Judiciary Committee)



21) H.Res. 1464 - Recognizing and honoring the 50th anniversary of the founding of AARP (Sponsored by Rep. George Miller (CA) / Education and Labor Committee)



22) H.R. 6890 - To extend the waiver authority for the
Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of
division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary
education hurricane recovery relief (Sponsored by Rep. Melancon / Education and Labor Committee)



23) H.Res. __ - Recognizing the benefits of service-learning as
a teaching strategy to effectively engage youth in the community and
classroom, and supporting the goals of the National Learn and Serve
Challenge (Sponsored by Rep. Platts / Education and Labor Committee)



24) H.R. 642 - Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act (Sponsored by Reps. Tubbs Jones (OH) / Education and Labor Committee)



25) H.R. 6370 - The Oregon Surplus Federal Land Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. DeFazio / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)



26) 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 (Sponsored by Rep. LaTourette / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)



27) H.Res. 1466 - Honoring Dr. Guion S. “Guy” Bluford, Jr. and
the 25th Anniversary of his Historic Flight as the First African
American in Space (Sponsored by Rep. Edwards (MD) / Science and Technology Committee)



28) S. 2606 - To reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes (Sponsored by Sen. Dodd / Science and Technology Committee)



29) H.Res. 1390 - Expressing support for the designation of a 4-H National Youth Science Day (Sponsored by Rep. Cardoza / Science and Technology Committee)



30) H.R. 6323 - To establish a research, development,
demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research
of appropriate technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles, and
for other purposes (Sponsored by Rep. Sensenbrenner / Science and Technology Committee)



31) H.Res. __ - Honoring the 50th anniversary of the successful
demonstration of the first integrated circuit and its impact on the
electronics industry (Sponsored by Rep. Hall (TX) / Science and Technology Committee)

1) H.Res. __ - Recognizing the 150th anniversary
year of the founding of Macy’s, Inc. as an American entrepreneurial
success story and the role Macy’s Inc. plays in supporting America’s
small businesses and vendors (Sponsored by Rep. Chabot / Small Business Committee)



2) H.R. 5443 - United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2008

(Sponsored by Rep. Royce / Foreign Affairs Committee)



3) H.R. 6646 - To require the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to provide detailed
briefings to Congress on any recent discussions conducted between
United States Government and the Government of Taiwan and any potential
transfer of defense articles or defense services to the Government of
Taiwan (Sponsored by Rep. Ros-Lehtinen / Foreign Affairs Committee)



4) H.Con.Res. 255 - Expressing the sense of Congress regarding
the U.S. commitment to preservation of religious and cultural sites and
condemning instances where sites are desecrated (Sponsored by Rep. Ferguson / Foreign Affairs Committee)



5) H.Res. 1227 - Condemning sexual violence in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and calling on the international community to
take immediate actions to respond to the violence (Sponsored by Rep. Maloney / Foreign Affairs Committee)



6) H.Res. 1314 - Remembering the 75th anniversary of the
Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 and extending the deepest sympathies of
the House of Representatives to the victims, survivors, and families of
this tragedy (Sponsored by Rep. Levin / Foreign Affairs Committee)



7) H.Res. 1402 - Supporting a transition to democracy through free, fair, credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in Bangladesh (Sponsored by Rep. Crowley / Foreign Affairs Committee)



8) H.Res. 1435 - Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1938 occurrence of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass (Sponsored by Rep. Hodes / Foreign Affairs Committee)



9) H.Res. 1451 - Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Establishment Resolution (Sponsored by Rep. McGovern / Foreign Affairs Committee)



10) H.Res. 1461 - Recognizing the Tenth Anniversary of the
terrorist bombings of the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya,
and Dares Salaam, Tanzania, and the memorializing of the citizens and
families of the United States, Kenya and Tanzania whose lives were lost
or who were injured as a result of these attacks (Sponsored by Rep. Scott (GA) / Foreign Affairs Committee)



11) H.Con.Res. 371 - Strongly supporting and immediate and just
restitution of, or compensation for, property illegally confiscated
during the last century by Nazi and Communist regimes (Sponsored by Rep. Wexler / Foreign Affairs Committee)



12) H.Res. 1361 - Expressing the sense of the House of
Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level
diplomatic effort to defeat the campaign by some members of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United Nation's
Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and
other countries by attacking Israel, promoting anti-Semitism, and
undermining the Universal Charter of Human Rights and to ensure that
the Durban Review Conference serves as a forum to review commitments to
combat all forms of racism

(Sponsored by Rep. Berman / Foreign Affairs Committee)




13) H.Res. 1369 - Recognizing nongovernmental organizations working to bring just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians (Sponsored by Rep. Lee / Foreign Affairs Committee)



14) H.Con.Res. 374 - Supporting the spirit of peace and desire
for unity displayed in the letter from 138 leading Muslim scholars, and
in the Pope's response (Sponsored by Rep. Wamp / Foreign Affairs Committee)



15) H.R. 758 - The Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 (Sponsored by Rep. DeLauro / Energy and Commerce Committee)



16) H.R. 6908 - The Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Burgess / Energy and Commerce Committee)



17) H.R. 6469 - The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. DeGette / Energy and Commerce Committee)



18) S. 1760 - The Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007 (Sponsored by Sen. Brown / Energy and Commerce Committee)



19) H.R. 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 (Sponsored by Rep. Gene Green (TX) / Energy and Commerce Committee)



20) H.R. 2994 - National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 (Sponsored by Rep. Capps / Energy and Commerce Committee)



21) H.R. 5265 - Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Engel / Energy and Commerce Committee)



22) H.R. 6901 - Meth Free Families and Communities Act (Sponsored by Rep. Hooley / Energy and Commerce Committee)



23) H.R. 2583 - Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007

(Sponsored by Rep. Burgess / Energy and Commerce Committee)



24) H.Res. 1042 - Supporting the We Don’t Serve Teens Campaign (Sponsored by Rep. Bono Mack / Energy and Commerce Committee)



25) H.Con.Res. 393 - Supporting the Goals and Ideals of National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month (Sponsored by Rep. Pickering / Energy and Commerce Committee)



26) H.Res. 988 - Designating the month of March 2008 as "MRSA Awareness Month" (Sponsored by Rep. Matheson / Energy and Commerce Committee)



27) H.Res. 1381 - Expressing the sense of the House that there
should be an increased Federal commitment prioritizing prevention and
public health for all people in the United States (Sponsored by Rep. Roybal-Allard / Energy and Commerce Committee)



28) H.R. 4544 - Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Boren / Financial Services Committee)



29) H.R. 6950 - Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Stark / Financial Services Committee)



30) H.R. 3018 - Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 2007 (Sponsored by Rep. Biggert / Financial Services Committee)



31) H.R. 6894 - Defense Production Act Extension and Reauthorization of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Gutierrez / Financial Services Committee)



32) H.R. 928 - Improving Government Accountability Act (Sponsored by Rep. Cooper (TN) / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)



33) H.R. 6406 - To elevate the Inspector General of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission to an Inspector General appointed
pursuant to section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Sponsored by Rep. Larson / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)



34) 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 (Sponsored by Rep. Deal / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)



35) H.R. __ - The Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Oberstar / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)



36) H.R. 2095 - Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 bill (Sponsored by Rep. Oberstar / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)



37) H.R. __ - The Integrated Deepwater Program Reform Act (Sponsored by Rep. Cummings / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)



38) H.R. __ - The Hazardous Materials Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Sponsored by Rep. Oberstar / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)