[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 2, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H2702-H2703]
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. ENGLISH (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
             Hoyer, Ms. Dunn, Ms. Hart, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. DeFazio, 
             Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 1553. A bill to provide for additional temporary 
     extended unemployment compensation for certain displaced 
     workers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 1554. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make certain improvements to the National Service Life 
     Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Allen, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Becerra, Mr. Crowley, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Kleczka, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 1555. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to curb tax abuses by disallowing tax benefits claimed 
     to arise from transactions without substantial economic 
     substance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Allen, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Ms. Berkley, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
             Carson of Indiana, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Lee, 
             Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Norton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Waxman, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 1556. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require greater transparency of corporate tax 
     accounting measures, to facilitate analysis of financial 
     statements, to permit inspection of true corporate tax 
     liability and understand the tax strategies undertaken by 
     corporations, to discourage abusive tax sheltering 
     activities, and to restore investor confidence in publicly 
     traded corporations; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Matsui, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sherman, Ms. 
             Slaughter, and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 1557. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose 
     taxpayer identity information through mass communications to 
     notify persons entitled to tax refunds; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Sandlin, and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 1558. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a married couple conducting an unincorporated 
     trade or business to elect out of partnership status; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Florida:
       H.R. 1559. A bill making emergency wartime supplemental 
     appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 
     and for other purposes.
           By Mr. DUNCAN (for himself and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 1560. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water 
     pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself and Mr. Berman) 
             (both by request):
       H.R. 1561. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, 
     with respect to patent fees, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BEAUPREZ (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Evans, Mr. Simmons, and Mr. Rodriguez):
       H.R. 1562. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     to recover costs of medical care furnished to veterans and 
     other persons by the Department from third parties that 
     provide health insurance coverage to such veterans and other 
     persons; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Lee, 
             Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Schiff, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Lewis of California, Mr. Wu, Mr. Israel, Ms. Berkley, 
             and Mr. Bartlett of Maryland):
       H.R. 1563. A bill to require engine coolant and antifreeze 
     to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. Michaud):
       H.R. 1564. A bill to provide for the full funding of the 
     Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the No Child 
     Left Behind Act of 2001, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee 
     on 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. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. 
             Conyers):
       H.R. 1565. A bill to establish a National Center for 
     Military Deployment Health Research in the Department of 
     Health and Human Services to provide an independent means for 
     the conduct and coordination of research into issues relating 
     to the deployment of members of the Armed Forces overseas, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' 
     Affairs, the Budget, and 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. COBLE:
       H.R. 1566. A bill to replace the existing Federal price 
     support and quota programs for flue-cured and burley tobacco 
     with a licensing program designed to assist the actual 
     producers of flue-cured and burley tobacco, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. DEAL of Georgia:
       H.R. 1567. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to deny citizenship at birth to children born in the 
     United States of parents who are not citizens or permanent 
     resident aliens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DOOLEY of California (for himself, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Kind, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Smith 
             of Washington, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Cooper, 
             Mr. Hill, Mr. Ford, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Cardoza, Mr. Case, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Moore, Ms. Harman, 
             Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Davis of Alabama, 
             Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Israel, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Matheson, and 
             Mr. Larsen of Washington):
       H.R. 1568. A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to provide for a prescription drug 
     benefit with a high deductible at no additional premium and 
     access to discount prices on drugs and to provide for the 
     operation of such benefit without a deductible for certain 
     low-income Medicare beneficiaries; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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 Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1569. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located on Kinderkamack Road in 
     Emerson, New Jersey, as the ``Gary Albero Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. JOHN:
       H.R. 1570. A bill to accelerate natural gas exploration, 
     development, and production from oil and gas wells drilled to 
     deep depths on existing lease tracts on the Outer Continental 
     Shelf, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.

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           By Mrs. MALONEY:
       H.R. 1571. A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to 
     provide that the term of office of the Director of the Census 
     shall be 5 years; to provide that the Director of the Census 
     report directly to the Secretary of Commerce, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 1572. A bill to designate the historic Federal 
     District Court Building located at 100 North Palafox Street 
     in Pensacola, Florida, as the ``Winston E. Arnow Federal 
     Building''; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Costello, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Holden, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Ms. Watson, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Lee, Mr. Olver, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Case, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, and Mr. Capuano):
       H.R. 1573. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     require credit card issuers to mail monthly statements at 
     least 30 days before the due date of the next payment, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1574. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to require, as a condition on the 
     receipt of direct payments or counter-cyclical payments under 
     such Act for rice produced by tenants and sharecroppers in 
     Texas, that the producers on the farm agree to retain the 
     rice cropland in production for the next crop year; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1575. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide assistance with elementary and secondary 
     educational costs to parents of children with disabilities; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself and Mr. Holt):
       H.R. 1576. A bill to amend the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act to establish a method to provide 
     outcome-based funding increases to States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself and Mr. Hoekstra):
       H.R. 1577. A bill to designate the visitors' center in 
     Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona as the ``Kris Eggle 
     Memorial Visitors' Center``, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       H.R. 1578. A bill to promote and coordinate global change 
     research, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Science, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 
     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. HONDA (for himself, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. 
             Lee, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Filner, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Wu, 
             Mr. Towns, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Case, Mr. Kind, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. Watson, Mr. Baca, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Solis, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Rangel, and Ms. Bordallo):
       H.J. Res. 45. A joint resolution posthumously proclaiming 
     soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be 
     honorary citizens of the United States; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H. Con. Res. 135. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that secondary schools should begin classes 
     no earlier than 8:30 in the morning; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. 
             Allen):
       H. Res. 170. A resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary 
     of the sinking of the U.S.S. Thresher; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Ramstad, 
             Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Gutknecht, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, and Mr. Kline):
       H. Res. 171. A resolution commending the University of 
     Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs for winning the NCAA 2003 National 
     Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.

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