H10980 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 3, 2009 

State are those which were in effect on 

January 1, 2007 

On Friday, December 12, 2008: 

H.R. 7327, to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection 

Act of 2006, and for other purposes 

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RECESS 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair 

declares the House in recess subject to 

the call of the Chair. 

Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 4 minutes a.m.), the House stood in recess 

subject to the call of the Chair. 

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AFTER RECESS 

The recess having expired, the House 

was called to order by the Speaker pro 

tempore (Mr. MCNULTY) at 11 o’clock 

and 59 minutes a.m. 

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HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT 

The President notified the Clerk of 

the House that on the following dates, 

he had approved and signed bills and 

joint resolution of the following titles: 

October 2, 2008: 

H.R. 5551. An Act to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, 

in the amount of funds made available for 

the compensation of attorneys representing 

indigent defendants in the District of Columbia courts, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 5893. An Act to reauthorize the sound 

recording and film preservation programs of 

the Library of Congress, and for other purposes. 

October 3, 2008: 

H.R. 1424. An Act 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. 3986. An Act to amend the John F. 

Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the 

Performing Arts, and for other purposes. 

October 7, 2008: 

H.R. 923. An Act to provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights 

crimes, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 1199. An Act to extend the grant program for drug-endangered children. 

H.R. 5834. An Act to amend the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 to promote 

respect for the fundamental human rights of 

the people of North Korea, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 5975. An Act 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. An Act 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. 6437. An Act 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. 6889. An Act to extend the authority 

of the Secretary of Education to purchase 

guaranteed student loans for an additional 

year, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 6893. An Act to amend parts B and E 

of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, 

provide for tribal foster care and adoption 

access, improve incentives for adoption, and 

for other purposes. 

October 8, 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. 1343. An Act 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. 3068. An Act 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. An Act 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. An Act 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. An Act 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. An Act to reauthorize the Debbie 

Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for 

other purposes. 

H.R. 5265. An Act 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. 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. 5872. An Act 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. 6370. An Act to transfer excess Federal property administered by the Coast 

Guard to the Confederated Tribes of the 

Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. 

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. 6890. An Act 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, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 6894. An Act to extend and reauthorize 

the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for 

other purposes. 

H.R. 6946. An Act to make a technical correction in the NET 911 Improvement Act of 

2008. 

H.R. 7081. An Act to approve the United 

States-India Agreement for Cooperation on 

Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for 

other purposes. 

H.J. Res. 62. A joint resolution to honor 

the achievements and contributions of Native Americans to the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

October 9, 2008: 

H.R. 2851. An Act 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. 

October 10, 2008: 

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. 3480. An Act 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. 

October 13, 2008: 

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. 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. 6199. An Act 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. An Act 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. An Act 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. 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. 

H.R. 6874. An Act 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’’. 

October 14, 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 


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