[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 69 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H3972-H3974]
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. BACHUS (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Oxley, 
             and Mr. Frank of Massachusetts):
       H.R. 2043. A bill to establish a mechanism for developing 
     uniform United States positions on issues before the Basel 
     Committee on Banking Supervision at the Bank for 
     International Settlements, to require a review on the most 
     recent recommendation of the Basel Committee for an accord on 
     capital standards, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Engel, Ms. Lee, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Wynn, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Watson, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Clay, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Owens, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Gonzalez, and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 2044. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for a deferral of tax on gain from the sale 
     of telecommunications businesses in specific circumstances

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     or a tax credit and other incentives to promote diversity of 
     ownership in telecommunications businesses; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Beauprez, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             Mr. Bonner, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Brown of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
             Chocola, Mr. Crane, Mr. DeLay, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Ms. 
             Hart, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. King of 
             Iowa, Mr. Kline, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Lucas of 
             Kentucky, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. 
             Musgrave, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Otter, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Pence, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Tiahrt, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 2045. A bill to defend the Ten Commandments; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Bell, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hill, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Oberstar, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
             Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Ryan of 
             Ohio, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Ms. Waters, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. 
             Ballance):
       H.R. 2046. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to rebuild America through job creation; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself and Mr. Rangel):
       H.R. 2047. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-
     to-work credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GILCHREST:
       H.R. 2048. A bill to extend the period for reimbursement 
     under the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967, and to 
     reauthorize the Yukon River Restoration and Enhancement Fund; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. Weldon of Florida, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Terry, Mr. Frost, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, and Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi):
       H.R. 2049. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to testing pregnant women and newborn infants 
     for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself and Mr. Wexler):
       H.R. 2050. A bill to prohibit cooperation with or 
     assistance to any investigation or prosecution under a 
     universal jurisdiction statute; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. BERRY:
       H.R. 2051. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
     designating the Wolf House, located in Norfolk, Arkansas, as 
     a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mr. Price of North Carolina, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       H.R. 2052. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to preserve localism, to foster and promote the diversity of 
     television programming, to foster and promote competition, 
     and to prevent excessive concentration of ownership of the 
     nation's television broadcast stations; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Fletcher, Ms. Norton, 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Engel, Ms. Lee, Mr. Reyes, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Simmons, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Baca):
       H.R. 2053. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to award grants to associate degree schools of 
     nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve 
     nursing education, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. JOHN:
       H.R. 2054. A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Humanitarian 
     Trust Act to provide clarification with respect to the period 
     of time for which funds may be held in the trust established 
     under that Act; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina:
       H.R. 2055. A bill to amend Public Law 89-366 to allow for 
     an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses permitted 
     in Cape Lookout National Seashore; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. McINNIS:
       H.R. 2056. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to include 
     certain specialty metals as import-sensitive articles that 
     are ineligible for duty-free treatment under the generalized 
     system of preferences program under title V of that Act; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McINNIS (for himself, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Petri, 
             and Mrs. Musgrave):
       H.R. 2057. A bill to provide for a multi-agency cooperative 
     effort to encourage further research regarding the causes of 
     chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further 
     spread of the disease in deer and elk herds, to monitor the 
     incidence of the disease, to support State efforts to control 
     the disease, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     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. MENENDEZ:
       H.R. 2058. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to provide a grant to the State of New Jersey for 
     the construction of a memorial to the New Jersey victims of 
     the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. PEARCE (for himself, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, 
             and Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico):
       H.R. 2059. A bill to designate Fort Bayard Historic 
     District in the State of New Mexico as a National Historic 
     Landmark, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H.R. 2060. A bill to amend the Law Enforcement Pay Equity 
     Act of 2000 to permit certain annuitants of the retirement 
     programs of the United States Park Police and United States 
     Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments 
     in pension benefits to which such annuitants would otherwise 
     be entitled as a result of the conversion of members of the 
     United States Park Police and United States Secret Service 
     Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule under the 
     amendments made by such Act; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Cummings):
       H.R. 2061. A bill to make improvements with respect to the 
     Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998 and to authorize such 
     Campaign through fiscal year 2008; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Ms. 
             Harman, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Baca, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Engel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank 
             of Massachusetts, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holt, Mrs. Johnson 
             of Connecticut, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Lantos, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Olver, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Shays, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Mr. Stark, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Waxman, 
             and Mr. Wexler):
       H.R. 2062. A bill to restore freedom of choice to women in 
     the uniformed services serving outside the United States; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Larsen of Washington, Mr. Spratt, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Case, 
             Ms. Watson, Mr. Brown of Ohio, and Mr. Wexler):
       H.R. 2063. A bill to authorize the use of Cooperative 
     Threat Reduction funds for projects and activities to address 
     proliferation threats outside the states of the former Soviet 
     Union, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Renzi, and 
             Mr. Garrett of New Jersey):
       H.R. 2064. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude certain severance payments from gross income 
     for employees who are laid off; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. TIBERI (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Wicker, 
             and Mr. Matheson):
       H.R. 2065. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to exempt licensed funeral directors and licensed 
     embalmers from the minimum wage and overtime compensation 
     requirements of that Act; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 2066. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the allowance for burial expenses of certain 
     veterans buried in private or State-owned cemeteries; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WU:
       H.R. 2067. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a deduction from gross income to individuals 
     who do not itemize deductions; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. Farr, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Gibbons, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Boyd, Mr. 
             DeMint, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
             Island, Ms. Harris, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Porter, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Boehlert, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Upton,

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             Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Christensen, and Mr. Case):
       H. Con. Res. 172. Concurrent resolution supporting the 20th 
     Annual National Tourism Week; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. FOLEY (for himself and Mr. Lantos):
       H. Con. Res. 173. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     historic significance of the 55th anniversary of the founding 
     of the state of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of 
     friendship and cooperation between the United States and 
     Israel; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H. Con. Res. 174. Concurrent resolution calling on the 
     President to request former President Jimmy Carter, and 
     members of the Carter Center, to assist the Office of 
     Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq 
     (ORHA); to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Ms. Ginny Brown-
             Waite of Florida, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Doyle, 
             Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Lantos, 
             Ms. Lee, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McIntyre, 
             Mr. McNulty, Mr. Markey, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mrs. Tauscher, and Ms. Watson):
       H. Con. Res. 175. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Parthenon Marbles should be 
     returned to Greece; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H. Con. Res. 176. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of Financial Planning Week, recognizing the 
     significant impact of sound financial planning on achieving 
     life's goals, and honoring American families and the 
     financial planning profession for their adherence and 
     dedication to the financial planning process; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. WU (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Wexler, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, and Mr. Chabot):
       H. Res. 228. A resolution declaring that the warm relations 
     and bilateral exchanges between the people of the United 
     States and the people of Taiwan should continue and grow 
     deeper, recognizing the important contributions of Taiwanese-
     Americans to the United States, and supporting the goals and 
     ideals of Taiwanese-American Heritage Week; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.

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