October 2, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10697 

Mr. JONES, for 5 minutes, today and 

October 3. 

Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, for 5 minutes, 

today and October 3. 

Mr. BURTON of Indiana, for 5 minutes, 

today and October 3. 

Mr. MORAN of Kansas, for 5 minutes, 

today. 

(The following Member (at his request) to revise and extend his remarks 

and include extraneous material:) 

Mr. MCHENRY

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, for 5 minutes, today. 

SENATE BILLS REFERRED 

Bills of the Senate of the following 

titles were taken from the Speaker’s 

table and, under the rule, referred as 

follows: 

S. 602. An act to develop the next generation of parental control technology; to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

S. 1703. An act to prevent and reduce trafficking in persons; to the Committee on The 

Judiciary. 

S. 3013. An act to provide for retirement 

equity for Federal employees in nonforeign 

areas outside the 48 contiguous States and 

the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform; in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 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. 

S. 3073. An act to amend the Uniformed and 

Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 

improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas 

uniformed services voters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration. 

S. 3658. An act to require the accreditation 

of English language training programs, and 

for other purposes; to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

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ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED 

Ms. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the 

House, reported and found truly enrolled bills of the House of the following titles, which were thereupon 

signed by the Speaker on Monday, September 29, 2008: 

H.R. 1157. An act 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. 1777. An act to amend the Improving 

America’s Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of needbased educational aid under the antitrust 

laws. 

H.R. 5057. An act to reauthorize the Debbie 

Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for 

other purposes. 

H.R. 5571. An act 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. 6460. An act 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. An act to make a technical correction in the NET 911 Improvement Act of 

2008. 

Ms. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the 

House, further reported and found 

truly enrolled bills of the House of the 

following titles, which were thereupon 

signed by the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. 

HOYER, on Wednesday, October 1, 2008: 

H.R. 928. An act 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. 1532. An act 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. An act to reauthorize the programs for housing assistance for Native 

Americans. 

H.R. 2963. An act 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. An act 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. An act to reauthorize and amend 

the National Sea Grant College Program 

Act, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 6098. An act 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. An act 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. 

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SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED 

The Speaker announced her signature on Monday, September 29, 2008 to 

enrolled bills of the Senate of the following titles: 

S. 2162. An act to improve the treatment 

and services provided by the Department of 

Veterans Affairs to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. 

S. 2840. To establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization applications filed by 

members of the Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing such applications. 

S. 2982. An act to amend the Runaway and 

Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. 

S. 3597. An act to provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal 

year 2008 shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 

The Speaker pro tempore, Mr. HOYER, 

on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 announced his signature to enrolled bills 

of the Senate of the following titles: 

S. 431. An act to require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 906. An act to prohibit the sale, distribution, transfer, and export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes. 

S. 1276. An act to facilitate the creation of 

methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems, and for other purposes. 

S. 1492. An act to improve the quality of 

Federal and State data regarding the availability and quality of broadband services and 

to promote the deployment of affordable 

broadband services to all parts of the Nation. 

S. 1582. An act to reauthorize and amend 

the Hydrographic Services Improvement 

Act, and for other purposes. 

S. 1738. An act to require the Department 

of Justice to develop and implement a National Strategy Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to 

increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements 

to increase the ability of law enforcement 

agencies to investigate and prosecute child 

predators. 

S. 2304. An act to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided 

to offenders with mental illnesses, and for 

other purposes. 

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. 

S. 3015. An act to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

18 S. G Street, Lakeview, Oregon, as the ‘‘Dr. 

Bernard Daly Post Office Building’’. 

S. 3023. An act to amend title 38, United 

States Code, to improve and enhance compensation and pension, housing, labor and 

education, and insurance benefits for veterans, and for other purposes. 

S. 3082. An act to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ‘‘Reverend Earl Abel Post Office 

Building’’. 

S. 3128. An act to direct the Secretary of 

the Interior to provide a loan to the White 

Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, 

engineering, and designing a certain water 

system project. 

S. 3296. An act 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. 

S. 3325. An act to enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3477. To amend title 44, United States 

Code, to authorize grants for Presidential 

Centers of Historical Excellence. 

S. 3536. An act to amend section 5402 of 

title 39, United States Code, to modify the 

authority relating to United States Postal 

Service air transportation contracts, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3550. An act to designate a portion of the 

Rappahannock River in the Commonwealth 

of Virginia as the ‘‘John W. Warner Rapids’’. 

S. 3569. An act to make improvements in 

the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. 

S. 3598. An act to amend titles 46 and 18, 

United States Code, with respect to the operation of submersible vessels and semi-submersible vessels without nationality. 

S. 3605. An act to extend the pilot program 

for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 

S. 3606. An act to extend the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program 

and for other purposes. 

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BILLS PRESENTED TO THE 

PRESIDENT 

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the 

House reports that on September 29, 

2008 she presented to the President of 

the United States, for his approval, the 

following bills: 


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