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July 31, 2008 11:00AM Markup 2167 Rayburn House Office Building The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met on July 31, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., in room 2167 of the Rayburn House Office building to markup the following bills: H. Res. 1382, honoring the heritage of the United States Coast Guard, [Passed by voice vote] H. Res. 1376, commemorating the 80^th anniversary of the Okeechobee Hurricane of September 1928 and its associated tragic loss of life [Amended in the nature of a substitute and passed by voice vote] H. Res. 1224, commending the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 75^th anniversary, [Passed by voice vote] S. 2837, to designate the United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the “Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse”, [Passed by voice vote] S. 3009, to designate the Federal Bureau of Investigation building under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the “J. James Exon Federal Bureau of Investigation Building”, [Passed by voice vote] S. 2403, to designate the new Federal Courthouse, located in the 700 block of East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, as the “Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Federal Courthouse”, [Passed by voice vote, as amended] H.R. 4131, to designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the “Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway”, [Passed by voice vote] H.R. 6370, the “Oregon Surplus Federal Land Act of 2008”, [Passed by voice vote] 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, [Passed by a voice vote] S. J. Res. 35, to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona, [Passed by voice vote] H.R. 6627, the “Smithsonian Institution Facilities Authorization Act of 2008”, [Passed by voice vote] H.R. 5788, the “Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008”, [Amended in the nature of a substitute, and passed by voice vote] H.R. 6630, to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress, [Passed by voice vote] H.R. 6460, the “Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008”, [Amended in the nature of a substitute, and passed by voice vote] H.R. 6658, the “Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Enhancement Act of 2008”, [Passed by voice vote] Full Summary of Subject Matter Video of the Markup

July 31, 2008

11:00AM

Markup

2167 Rayburn House Office Building

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met on July 31, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., in room 2167 of the Rayburn House Office building to markup the following bills:

H. Res. 1382, honoring the heritage of the United States Coast Guard, [Passed by voice vote]
H. Res. 1376, commemorating the 80^th anniversary of the Okeechobee Hurricane of September 1928 and its associated tragic loss of life [Amended in the nature of a substitute and passed by voice vote]
H. Res. 1224, commending the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 75^th anniversary, [Passed by voice vote]
S. 2837, to designate the United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the “Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse”, [Passed by voice vote]

S. 3009, to designate the Federal Bureau of Investigation building under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the “J. James Exon Federal Bureau of Investigation Building”, [Passed by voice vote]

S. 2403, to designate the new Federal Courthouse, located in the 700 block of East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, as the “Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Federal Courthouse”, [Passed by voice vote, as amended]

H.R. 4131, to designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the “Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway”, [Passed by voice vote]

H.R. 6370, the “Oregon Surplus Federal Land Act of 2008”, [Passed by voice vote]

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, [Passed by a voice vote]

S. J. Res. 35, to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona, [Passed by voice vote]

H.R. 6627, the “Smithsonian Institution Facilities Authorization Act of 2008”, [Passed by voice vote]

H.R. 5788, the “Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008”, [Amended in the nature of a substitute, and passed by voice vote]

H.R. 6630, to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress, [Passed by voice vote]

H.R. 6460, the “Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008”, [Amended in the nature of a substitute, and passed by voice vote]

H.R. 6658, the “Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Enhancement Act of 2008”, [Passed by voice vote]

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