November 19, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10843 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

9364. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 

of the Army (Civil Works), Department of 

the Army, transmitting a report entitled, 

‘‘Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration 

Plan for Oahe/Sharpe Reservoirs, South Dakota’’; to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure. 

9365. A letter from the Deputy Chief Counsel for NIST, Department of Commerce, 

transmitting the Department’s final rule — 

Technology Innovation Program (TIP) Notice of Availability of Funds and Announcement of Public Meetings (Proposers’ Conferences) [Docket No.: 080626784-8786-01] (RIN: 

0693-ZA82) received October 16, 2008, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Science and Technology. 

9366. A letter from the Deputy Assistant 

Administrator for Satellite and Information 

Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, transmitting the Administration’s final rule — Licensing of Private 

Land Remote-Sensing Space Systems [Docket No.: 050204028-6015-02] received July 22, 

2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 

Committee on Science and Technology. 

9367. A letter from the Director of Regulations Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Schedule for Rating Disabilities; Eye 

(RIN: 2900-AH43) received November 5, 2008, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 

9368. A letter from the Director of Regulations Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Grants to States for Construction and 

Acquisition of State Home Facilities (RIN: 

2900-AJ43) received October 7, 2008, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Veterans’ Affairs. 

9369. A letter from the Director of Regulations Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (RIN: 

2900-AN04) received October 29, 2008, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Veterans’ Affairs. 

9370. A letter from the Director of Regulations Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Board of Veterans’ Appeals: Expedited Claims Adjudication Initiative — Pilot 

Program (RIN: 2900-AM77) received November 5, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 

9371. A letter from the Director of Regulations Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Civilian Health and Medical Program 

of the Department of Veterans Affairs (RIN: 

2900-AM22) received November 5, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs. 

9372. A letter from the Director of Regulations Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Disclosure of Information to Organ, 

Tissue and Eye Procurement Organizations 

(RIN: 2900-AM65) received November 7, 2008, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 

9373. A letter from the Director of Regulations Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Dental Care-Provision of One-Time 

Outpatient Dental Care for Certain Veterans 

(RIN: 2900-AM95) received October 7, 2008, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 

9374. A letter from the Chairman, Social 

Security Advisory Board, transmitting the 

Board’s annual report for 2007, pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 904; to the Committee on Ways and 

Means. 

9375. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department’s report entitled, 

‘‘Assets for Independence Demonstration 

Program: Status at the Conclusion of the 

Eighth Year,’’ pursuant to Public Law 105- 

285; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

9376. A letter from the Administrator, Office of Workforse Securities, ETA, DOL, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages; Final Rule (RIN: 1205-AB51) 

received November 5, 2008, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Ways and Means. 

9377. A letter from the Director, Statutory 

Import Programs Staff, Depatment of Commerce, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Changes in the Insular Possessions 

Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry Programs 2008 [Docket No.: 080716841-81292-02] 

(RIN: 0625-AA80) Rrceived November 5, 2008, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

9378. A letter from the Chief, Publication 

and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 

Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule 

— Tier 1 Issue — Government Settlements 

Directive #3 [LMSB No: 4-0908-046 Impacted 

IRM 4.51.5] received October 6, 2008, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Ways and Means. 

9379. A letter from the Deputy Chief Counsel for Regulations, Department of Homeland 

Security, transmitting the Department’s 

‘‘Major’’ final rule — Secure Flight Program 

[Docket No. TSA-2007-28572; Amendment Nos. 

1540-9, 1544-8, and 1560-(New)] (RIN: 1652- 

AA45) received November 5, 2008, pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Homeland Security. 

9380. A letter from the Chief, Trade and 

Commercial Regulations Branch, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting 

the Department’s final rule — Advance Information on Private Aircraft Arriving and Departing the United States [Dokect No.: 

USCBP-2007-0064] (RIN: 1651 — AA41) received 

November 12, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Homeland 

Security. 

9381. A letter from the Chairman, Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, transmitting the Board’s Sixth Quarterly Report on 

the Status of Significant Unresolved Issues 

with the Department of Energy’s Design and 

Construction Projects, as required in House 

Conference Report 109-702, Section 3201; 

jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations. 

9382. A letter from the Program Manager, 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

transmitting the Department’s ‘‘Major’’ 

final rule — Medicare Program; Payment 

Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule 

and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2009; EPrescribing Exemption for Computer-Generated Facsimile Transmissions; and Payment for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies 

(DMEPOS) [[CMS-1403-FC] [CMS-1270-F2]] 

(RIN: 0938-AP18, 0938-AN14) received October 

30, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 

jointly to the Committees on Energy and 

Commerce and Ways and Means. 

9383. A letter from the Program Manager, 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

transmitting the Department’s ‘‘Major’’ 

final rule — Medicare Program: Changes to 

the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates; 

Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center 

Payment System and CY 2009 Payment 

Rates; Hospital Conditions of Participation; 

Requirements for Approval and Re-Approval 

of Transplant Centers to Perform Organ 

Transplants--Clarification of Provider and 

Supplier Termination Policy Medicare and 

Medicaid Programs; Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Conditions for Coverage 

[[CMS-1404-FC]; [CMS-3887-F]; [CMS-3835-F1]] (RIN: 0938-AP17; 0938-AL80; 0938-AH17) Received October 30, 2008, pursuant to 5 jointly 

to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 

and Ways and Means. 

9384. A letter from the Program Manager, 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

transmitting the Department’s final rule — 

Medicaid Program; Multiple Source Drug 

Definition [CMS-2238-F] (RIN: 0938-AP26) received October 6, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on 

Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 

9385. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Department of Health and Human 

Services, transmitting the Department’s 

final rule — Medicare Program; Revisions to 

the Medicare Advantage and Prescription 

Drug Benefit Programs: Clarification of 

Compensation Plan [CMS-4138-IFC2] (RIN: 

0938-AP52) received November 10, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the 

Committees on Energy and Commerce and 

Ways and Means. 

9386. A letter from the Inspector General, 

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, transmitting the October 2008 

Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 3001(i) 

of Title III of the 2004 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and for 

the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan 

(Pub. L. 108-106) as amended by Pub. L. 108- 

375, Pub. L. 109-102, Pub. L. 109-364, Pub. L. 

109-440, Pub. L. 110-28, and Pub. L. 110-181; 

jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs 

and Appropriations. 

9387. A letter from the Program Manager, 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

transmitting the Department’s final rule — 

Medicare Program; Termination of Non-Random Prepayment Complex Medical Review 

[CMS-6022-F] (RIN: 0938-AN31) received October 6, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 

jointly to the Committees on Ways and 

Means and Energy and Commerce. 

9388. A letter from the Program Manager, 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

transmitting the Department’s final rule — 

Medicare Program; Home Health Prospective 

PAyment System Rate Update for Calendar 

Year 2009 [CMS-1555-N] (RIN: 0938-AP20) received October 30, 2008; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and 

Commerce. 

9389. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, 

Employee Benefits Administration, Internal 

Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s 

final rule — Final Rules for Group Health 

Plans and Health Insurance Issuers under the 

Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection 

Act [TD 9427] (RIN: 1545-BG82) received October 21, 2008, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 

jointly to the Committees on Energy and 

Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education 

and Labor. 

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON 

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of 

committees were delivered to the Clerk 

for printing and reference to the proper 

calendar, as follows: 

Mr. MARKEY: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: 

Final Staff Report for the 110th Congress 

(Rept. 110–915). Referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union. 

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PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 

Under clause 2 of rule XII, public 

bills and resolutions of the following 


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titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows: 

By Mr. BROWN of South Carolina: 

H.R. 7272. A bill to prohibit the use of funds 

to transfer individuals detained by the 

United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba, to Naval Consolidated Brig, 

Charleston, South Carolina; to the Committee on Armed Services. 

By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and 

Mr. LATOURETTE): 

H.R. 7273. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line 

deduction against individual income tax for 

interest on indebtedness and for State and 

local sales and excise taxes with respect to 

the purchase of certain motor vehicles; to 

the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. 

PLATTS, and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 

Texas): 

H.R. 7274. A bill to amend title III of the 

Public Health Service Act to provide for the 

establishment and implementation of concussion management guidelines with respect 

to student athletes, and for other purposes; 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

By Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. BURTON

of Indiana, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. SHAYS, 

Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, 

Mr. SOUDER, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. TOM

DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. AKIN): 

H.R. 7275. A bill to establish the Financial 

Oversight Commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services. 

By Mr. NEUGEBAUER (for himself, 

Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina, Mr. JONES of North 

Carolina, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. PAUL, 

Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 

LAMBORN, and Mr. MCCAUL of Texas): 

H.R. 7276. A bill to amend the Emergency 

Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to require 

prior approval by the Congress for expenditures from the third tranche, and for other 

purposes; to the Committee on Financial 

Services. 

By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (for himself 

and Mr. BACHUS): 

H.R. 7277. A bill to suspend the beginning 

date for required distributions from certain 

retirement plans, and for other purposes; to 

the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER: 

H.R. 7278. A bill to suspend the beginning 

date for required distributions from defined 

contribution plans based on attainment of 

age 70 1/2, to waive the 10 percent penalty on 

withdrawals from qualified retirement plans 

during 2008 and 2009 for financial hardship, 

and for other purposes; to the Committee on 

Ways and Means. 

By Mrs. BIGGERT: 

H.R. 7279. A bill to provide for a 3-year suspension of the minimum distribution requirements for defined contribution plans; to 

the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mrs. GILLIBRAND: 

H.R. 7280. A bill to amend part D of title IV 

of the Social Security Act to prohibit States 

from charging child support recipients for 

the collection of child support; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida: 

H.R. 7281. A bill to direct the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to 

States to carry out election administration 

improvement plans; to the Committee on 

House Administration. 

By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Ms. 

BERKLEY): 

H.R. 7282. A bill to promote conservation 

and provide for sensible development in Carson City, Nevada, and for other purposes; to 

the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 

addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. KING of New York: 

H.R. 7283. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age at 

which distributions from qualified retirement plans are required to begin from 70 1/2 

to 75, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia: 

H.R. 7284. A bill to amend the Clean Air 

Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 

transportation fuel sold in the United 

States; to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. 

By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia: 

H.R. 7285. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase 

in the maximum level of fees authorized to 

be charged by representatives with respect 

to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits 

and to require cost-of-living adjustments to 

such level of authorized fees; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for 

herself, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. WEINER, 

Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 

WALSH of New York, Mr. SERRANO, 

Mr. REYNOLDS, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 

New York, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KING of 

New York, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. NADLER, 

Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. 

MCNULTY, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. BISHOP of New 

York, Mr. MCHUGH, and Mr. ARCURI): 

H.R. 7286. A bill to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, New 

York, as the ‘‘Geraldine Ferraro Post Office 

Building’’; to the Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform. 

By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD): 

H.R. 7287. A bill to amend the Public 

Health Service Act to establish a Wellness 

Trust; to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce. 

By Ms. MATSUI: 

H.R. 7288. A bill to allow flood insurance 

coverage under the national flood insurance 

program for new structures designed to protect public safety that are located in special 

flood hazard zones, and for other purposes; to 

the Committee on Financial Services. 

By Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York: 

H.R. 7289. A bill to provide grants to promote financial literacy; to the Committee on 

Education and Labor. 

By Mr. MICHAUD: 

H.R. 7290. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include 

electricity produced from biomass for on-site 

use; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Ms. NORTON: 

H.R. 7291. A bill to direct the Secretary of 

Homeland Security to develop and construct 

a facility on the campus of Saint Elizabeths 

Hospital in the District of Columbia to serve 

as the headquarters for the United States 

Coast Guard; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

By Mr. ROHRABACHER: 

H.R. 7292. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income compensation received by employees 

consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock; to the Committee on Ways and 

Means. 

By Mr. SESTAK: 

H.R. 7293. A bill to suspend for 2008 and 2009 

the required minimum distribution requirements with respect to certain defined contribution plans to the extent the interest of 

an individual in such plans does not exceed 

$300,000; to the Committee on Ways and 

Means. 

By Mr. SMITH of Washington: 

H.R. 7294. A bill to amend title 10, United 

States Code, to expand the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay 

from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability under any 

law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have 

a combat-related disability, as defined under 

section 1413a of such title; to the Committee 

on Armed Services. 

By Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. 

LAMBORN, Mr. POE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 

LATTA, Mr. PAUL, Mr. BARTLETT of 

Maryland, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. CONAWAY, 

and Mr. MCCAUL of Texas): 

H.J. Res. 101. A joint resolution relating to 

the disapproval of obligations under the 

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 

2008; to the Committee on Financial Services. 

By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. 

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. MALONEY of 

New York, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. TOWNS, 

Ms. CLARKE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 

STARK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. CARSON, Ms. RICHARDSON, 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. MEEKS of 

New York, Ms. CASTOR, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. 

HOLDEN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 

WATSON, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. HINCHEY, 

Mr. ELLISON, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. MEEK of Florida, 

Mr. FATTAH, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. 

RUSH, and Ms. MATSUI): 

H. Res. 1529. A resolution acknowledging 

the 40th anniversary of the election of Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, the first African-American woman in Congress; to the 

Committee on House Administration. 

By Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey): 

H. Res. 1530. A resolution calling on the 

State Department to list the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as a ‘‘Country of Particular Concern’’ with respect to religious 

freedom; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

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MEMORIALS 

Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials 

were presented and referred as follows: 

374. The SPEAKER presented a memorial 

of the Senate of Pennsylvania, relative to 

Senate Resolution No. 406 establishing ‘‘Hydrocephalus Awareness Month’’; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

375. Also, a memorial of the Senate of 

Pennsylvania, relative to Senate Resolution 

No. 375 dealing with natural gas markets; to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

376. Also, a memorial of the Senate of California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution 

No. 17 relating to the ecumenical patriarchate; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

377. Also, a memorial of the Senate of 

Michigan, relative to Senate Resolution No. 

222, memorializing the Congress of the 

United States to enact legislation to help revitalize the economy in states with exceptionally high rates of unemployment by the 


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