[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H2937-H2939]
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. NUNES:
       H.R. 1659. A bill to ensure regulatory equity between and 
     among all dairy farmers and handlers, including producers 
     also acting as handlers, for sales of packaged fluid milk 
     into certain non-federally regulated milk marketing areas 
     from federally regulated areas; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr. 
             McKeon):
       H.R. 1660. A bill to amend the National Apprenticeship Act 
     to provide that applications relating to apprenticeship 
     programs are processed in a fair and timely manner, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Cardin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
             Sandlin, and Mrs. Jones of Ohio):
       H.R. 1661. A bill to provide balanced taxpayer protections 
     in tax administrations, including elimination of abusive tax 
     strategies, simplification of the earned income tax credit, 
     and taxpayer protections; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
             Gibbons, Mr. Herger, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Otter, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Cannon, Mr. McInnis, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Renzi, 
             and Mr. Brady of Texas):
       H.R. 1662. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to give greater 
     weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or 
     has been field-tested or peer-reviewed, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. JONES of Ohio (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Clay, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. 
             Lee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Ryan of 
             Ohio, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Conyers, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 1663. A bill to protect home buyers from predatory 
     lending practices; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. THOMAS:
       H.R. 1664. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a special rule for

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     members of the uniformed services in determining the 
     exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and 
     to restore the tax exempt status of death gratuity payments 
     to members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BOYD:
       H.R. 1665. A bill to modify certain water resources 
     projects for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint 
     Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BOYD:
       H.R. 1666. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide that discontinuance of veterans' disability 
     compensation upon the death of a veteran shall be effective 
     as of the date of death of the veteran rather than the last 
     day of the month preceding the veteran's death; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BURNS:
       H.R. 1667. A bill to provide an additional opportunity for 
     administrative or judicial relief for socially disadvantaged 
     farmers and ranchers who were discriminated against by the 
     Department of Agriculture in farm credit and benefit 
     programs; to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. CARSON of Oklahoma:
       H.R. 1668. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 101 North Fifth Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as 
     the ``Ed Edmondson United States Courthouse``; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CRANE (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, Ms. Dunn, and 
             Mr. Souder):
       H.R. 1669. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax treatment for foreign investment through 
     a United States regulated investment company comparable to 
     the tax treatment for direct foreign investment and 
     investment through a foreign mutual fund; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GUTKNECHT (for himself, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Peterson 
             of Minnesota, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, 
             Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Kline):
       H.R. 1670. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to establish a pilot program to encourage the use of 
     medical savings accounts by public employees of the State of 
     Minnesota and political jurisdictions thereof; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. English, 
             Mr. Graves, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Ramstad, and Mr. 
             McCrery):
       H.R. 1671. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred 
     stock without reducing patronage dividends; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KOLBE (for himself and Mr. Knollenberg):
       H.R. 1672. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit for charitable contributions to 
     fight poverty; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown 
             of Ohio, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Honda, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
             Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
             Serrano, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Mr. Udall 
             of Colorado, Ms. Waters, and Ms. Watson):
       H.R. 1673. A bill to establish a Department of Peace; to 
     the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the 
     Committees on International Relations, the Judiciary, and 
     Education and the Workforce, 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. LEWIS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 1674. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that the vaccine excise tax shall apply to 
     any vaccine against hepatitis A; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Walden of Oregon, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Peterson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Berry, Mr. Kind, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Evans, Mr. Davis of Alabama, and Mr. 
             Case):
       H.R. 1675. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare 
     beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural 
     areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, 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. ROGERS of Michigan (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann 
             Davis of Virginia, and Mrs. Emerson):
       H.R. 1676. A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to exclude availability pay for Federal criminal 
     investigators from the limitation on premium pay; to modify 
     levels of special pay adjustments for Federal law enforcement 
     officers in certain areas, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Engel, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Petri, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Taylor of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Towns, Mr. Ross, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Olver, Mr. Payne, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Wynn, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Ms. Norton, Ms. Solis, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Schiff, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Goode, Mr. Baca, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Lee, Mr. Obey, Mr. Green 
             of Texas, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Michaud, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Pallone, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             Reyes, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Owens, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Ryan of 
             Ohio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
             Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Dingell, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, 
             Mr. Rush, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Berry, Mr. 
             Lampson, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Crowley, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Inslee, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Holden, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
             of California, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
             Murtha, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Case, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Berman):
       H.R. 1677. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     protect pension benefits of employees in defined benefit 
     plans and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce 
     the age discrimination requirements of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, 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. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Keller, 
             Mr. Oxley, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Ferguson):
       H.R. 1678. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to false communications about certain criminal 
     violations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. TANCREDO:
       H.R. 1679. A bill to repeal the so-called Forest Service 
     Appeals Reform Act and to authorize the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to develop an administrative appeals process for 
     the Forest Service in the same manner as other Federal land 
     management agencies; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. WATSON (for herself and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
       H.R. 1680. A bill to prohibit after 2007 the introduction 
     into interstate commerce of mercury intended for use in a 
     dental filling, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H. Con. Res. 141. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     should be fundamentally reformed to be fairer, simpler, and 
     less costly and to encourage economic growth, individual 
     liberty, and investment in American jobs; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WALSH (for himself, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             McHugh, and Mr. Hinchey):
       H. Con. Res. 142. Concurrent resolution congratulating the 
     Syracuse University men's basketball team for winning the 
     2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball national championship; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H. Res. 182. A resolution commending Private First Class 
     Jessica Lynch, United States Army, the special operations 
     forces

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     who on April 1, 2003, rescued her from captivity by Iraqi 
     forces, and all United States and coalition forces in Iraq; 
     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. FLAKE:
       H. Res. 183. A resolution commending Mohammed, an Iraqi 
     lawyer, for his fearless and courageous actions in helping to 
     save the life of an American solider; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. WYNN:
       H. Res. 184. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that a postage stamp should be issued in 
     commemoration of Diwali, a festival celebrated by people of 
     Indian origin; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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