[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H2400-H2401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Garrett of 
             New Jersey, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Frost, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Berman, and Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland):
       H.R. 1440. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide that aliens who commit acts of torture, 
     extrajudicial killings, or other specified atrocities abroad 
     are inadmissible and removable and to establish within the 
     Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office of 
     Special Investigations having responsibilities under that Act 
     with respect to all alien participants in war crimes, 
     genocide, and the commission of acts of torture and 
     extrajudicial killings abroad; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 1441. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development and the 
     Secretary of Defense to give a preference for American 
     companies in the award of contracts to provide assistance for 
     Iraq, and to require the use of CDMA technology in any such 
     contract for the provision of commercial mobile wireless 
     communication service; to the Committee on International 
     Relations, 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. POMBO (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Gibbons, and 
             Mr. Murtha):
       H.R. 1442. A bill to authorize the design and construction 
     of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Israel, and Mr. 
             Feeney):
       H.R. 1443. A bill to amend section 251 of the National 
     Housing Act to enable homebuyers to make use of the authority 
     of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure 
     hybrid adjustable rate mortgages; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 1444. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for garnishment of military retired pay to satisfy a 
     judgment against a retired member of the uniformed services 
     for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 1445. A bill to designate the western breakwater for 
     the project for navigation, New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, as 
     the ``Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater``; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. FARR (for himself, Mr. Baca, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
             Berman, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cardoza, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. Dooley of California, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Filner, Ms. Harman, Mr. Honda, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, 
             Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Matsui, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Schiff, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Watson, Mr. 
             Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
             McKeon, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Ose, Mr. Issa, Mr. Calvert,

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              Mr. Cox, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Hunter, Mrs. 
             Bono, Mr. Gallegly, Ms. Waters, and Mr. Gary G. 
             Miller of California):
       H.R. 1446. A bill to support the efforts of the California 
     Missions Foundation to restore and repair the Spanish 
     colonial and mission-era missions in the State of California 
     and to preserve the artworks and artifacts of these missions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 1447. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide incentives to increase the sale and use of 
     certain ethanol and biodiesel fuels; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. LoBIONDO (for himself, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, Mr. Payne, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Frost, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Wynn, 
             Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             Baca, Mrs. Capps, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Oberstar, and Mrs. 
             Maloney):
       H.R. 1448. A bill to require that health plans provide 
     coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies and 
     lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and 
     coverage for secondary consultations; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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 Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H.R. 1449. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to establish a program to provide assistance to enhance 
     the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of 
     terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass 
     destruction, and to improve security of infrastructure, and 
     for other purposes including emergency preparedness; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Homeland Security (Select), 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 Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1450. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act to permit the Council of the District of Columbia to 
     impose a tax on the income of professional baseball players 
     which is earned within the District of Columbia; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. OSBORNE (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Shays, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Smith of Texas, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Wicker, 
             Mr. DeMint, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Linder, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
             Latham, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ehlers, 
             and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina):
       H.R. 1451. A bill to prohibit high school and college 
     sports gambling in all States including States where such 
     gambling was permitted prior to 1991; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Brady 
             of Texas, and Mr. Sullivan):
       H.R. 1452. A bill to provide that the language of the text 
     of United States passports is written in English and Spanish; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       H.R. 1453. A bill to declare the policy of the United 
     States with respect to design and deployment of a missile 
     defense system capable of defending the national territory of 
     the United States against ballistic missile attack; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       H.R. 1454. A bill to establish the policy of the United 
     States with respect to deployment of missile defense systems 
     capable of defending allies of the United States against 
     ballistic missile attack; to the Committee on Armed Services, 
     and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 
     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. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Schiff, and 
             Mr. Sherman):
       H.R. 1455. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to make private, 
     nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific 
     clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster 
     assistance; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       H.J. Res. 43. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of 
     terms that a Member of Congress may serve; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Hyde, 
             Mr. McHugh, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Cunningham, 
             Mr. Pearce, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Pryce of 
             Ohio, Mr. Cox, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
             Ballenger, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
             Akin, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Kline, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Brady of 
             Texas, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Portman, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Jones 
             of North Carolina, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. 
             Bereuter, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Ginny Brown-
             Waite of Florida, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Dreier):
       H. Con. Res. 118. Concurrent resolution concerning the 
     treatment of members of the Armed Forces held as prisoner of 
     war by Iraqi authorities; to the Committee on International 
     Relations, 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. CRANE (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Pence, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Ose, and Mr. 
             Crowley):
       H. Con. Res. 119. Concurrent resolution condemning attacks 
     on United States citizens by Palestinian terrorists, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H. Con. Res. 120. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the need to protect post 
     offices; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H. Con. Res. 121. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress concerning United States and allied Armed 
     Forces personnel killed or wounded or taken captive while 
     engaged in the war on terrorism and the war with Iraq and 
     offering deepest sympathy to the families of those killed in 
     action; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
     to the Committee on International Relations, 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 Mrs. TAUSCHER:
       H. Con. Res. 122. Concurrent resolution urging the United 
     Nations to put in place broad United Nations Security Council 
     authority to help the people of Iraq; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       H. Con. Res. 123. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of St. Tammany Day on May 1, 2003, as a 
     national day of recognition for Tamanend and the values he 
     represented; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself and Mr. Larson of Connecticut):
       H. Res. 163. A resolution providing amounts from the 
     applicable accounts of the House of Representatives for 
     continuing expenses of standing and select committees of the 
     House from April 1, 2003, through April 11, 2003; considered 
     and agreed to.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H. Res. 164. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the human rights situation in 
     Cuba, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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