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H.R. 4131. An act to designate a portion of 

California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the ‘‘Juanita 

Millender-McDonald Highway’’. 

H.R. 5159. An act 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. 6197. An act 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. 6469. An act to amend the Public 

Health Service Act to authorize increased 

Federal funding for the Organ Procurement 

and Transplantation Network. 

H.R. 6558. An act 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. 6834. An act 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. 6902. An act 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. An act 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’’. 

H.R. 7222. An act to extend the Andean 

Trade Preference Act, and for the other purposes. 

H.J. Res. 100. Joint resolution 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. 

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SENATE ENROLLED BILL SIGNED 

The Speaker pro tempore, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, announced his signature to an 

enrolled bill of the Senate of the following title: 

S. 3197. An act to amend title 11, United 

States Code, to exempt for a limited period, 

from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the 

Armed Forces and members of the National 

Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are 

called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 

days. 

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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 StatesIndia 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, 

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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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ADJOURNMENT 

Mr. WELCH of Vermont. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 3 o’clock and 5 minutes p.m.), 

the House adjourned until tomorrow, 

Thursday, November 20, 2008, at 10 a.m. 

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OATH OF OFFICE MEMBERS, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, AND DELEGATES 

The oath of office required by the 

sixth article of the Constitution of the 

United States, and as provided by section 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 

Stat. 22), to be administered to Members, Resident Commissioner, and Delegates of the House of Representatives, 

the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. 

3331: 

‘‘I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend 

the Constitution of the United 

States against all enemies, foreign 

and domestic; that I will bear true 

faith and allegiance to the same; 

that I take this obligation freely, 

without any mental reservation or 

purpose of evasion; and that I will 

well and faithfully discharge the 

duties of the office on which I am 

about to enter. So help me God.’’ 

has been subscribed to in person and 

filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the 

House of Representatives by the following Member of the 110th Congress, 

pursuant to the provisions of 2 U.S.C. 

25: 

MARCIA L. F

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UDGE, Ohio, 11th. 

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 

ETC. 

Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive 

communications were taken from the 

Speaker’s table and referred as follows: 

9084. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Addition of Russia and Azerbaijan to 

the List of Regions Where African Swine 

Fever Exists [Docket No.: APHIS-2008-0107] 

received November 5, 2008, pursuant to 5 

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

9085. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia; Interstate Movement and Import Restrictions on 

Certain Live Fish [Docket No.: APHIS-2007- 

0038] (RIN: 0579-AC74) received November 5, 

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

Committee on Agriculture. 

9086. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s final 

rule — Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection 

Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List 

[Docekt No.: APHIS-2007-0033] (RIN: 0579- 

AC53) received October 20, 2008, pursuant to 5 

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

9087. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, transmitting a report 

of a violation of the Antideficiency Act by 

the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to 

the Committee on Appropriations. 

9088. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting 

a report of a violation of the Antideficiency 

Act by the Department of the Army, Case 

Number 05-17, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); 

to the Committee on Appropriations. 

9089. A letter from the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of the Air Force, Department of 

the Air Force, transmitting a proposal from 

the Department of the Air Force to dispose 

by lease renewal to the Lompoc Unified 

School District, 15.48 acres of land at Vandenberg Air Force Base, pursuant to 10 

U.S.C. 2667(a); to the Committee on Armed 

Services. 

9090. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting letter on the 

approved retirement of General Robert W. 

Wagner, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general 

on the retired list; to the Committee on 

Armed Services. 

9091. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting letter 

on the approved retirement of Lieutenant 

General Henry A. Obering III, United States 

Air Force, and his advancement to the grade 

of lieutenant general on the retired list; to 

the Committee on Armed Services. 

9092. A letter from the Assistant Deputy 

Under Secretary of Defense Environment, 

Safety and Occupational Health, Department 

of Defense, transmitting the fiscal year 2007 

report entitled, ‘‘Operation and Financial 

Support of Military Museums’’; to the Committee on Armed Services. 

9093. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting letter 

on the approved retirement of General William S. Wallace, United States Army, and 


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