[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 4, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H4976-H4977]
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. EVANS (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Andrews, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Boswell, Ms. Corrine 
             Brown of Florida, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Carson of Oklahoma, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Doyle, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Holden, 
             Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. 
             Israel, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. 
             Kanjorski, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. McCollum, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
             Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Strickland, Mr. Stupak, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Udall 
             of New Mexico, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Walden of Oregon, 
             Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Towns, and Mr. Grijalva):
       H.R. 2318. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for a assured adequate level of funding for veterans 
     health care; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
             Baird, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Camp, and Mr. 
             Shadegg):
       H.R. 2319. A bill to include the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security within the order of Presidential succession which 
     applies in the absence of a qualified President and Vice 
     President, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 2320. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to require Medicaid coverage of disabled children, and 
     individuals who became disabled as children, without regard 
     to income or assets; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. Payne):
       H.R. 2321. A bill to promote and facilitate expansion of 
     coverage under group health plans, and for other purposes; 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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 2322. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to waive 
     the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage of certain 
     disabled individuals who have no health insurance coverage; 
     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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 2323. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide that the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
     be excluded from the budget of the United States Government; 
     to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Government Reform, 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. CAPITO:
       H.R. 2324. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to accelerate the increase in the child tax credit and 
     to expand the refundability of such credit, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             Emanuel, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Davis of Alabama, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Levin, Mr. Stark, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Stenholm, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Spratt, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Olver, Mr. McGovern, Mr. George Miller of California, 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Evans, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ford, 
             Mr. Engel, Mr. Tanner, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Baird, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Michaud, 
             Mr. Inslee, Mr. Markey, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Davis of 
             Florida, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Israel, Mr. Delahunt, 
             Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
             Pallone, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. 
             Solis, Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
             Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Doggett, 
             Mr. Berry, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Taylor of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Udall 
             of New Mexico, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Kaptur, 
             Mr. Doyle, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Acevedo-
             Vila, Mr. John, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Edwards, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Meehan, Ms. McCollum, 
             Mr. Case, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Holt, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Cardoza, Mr. Ruppersberger,

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             Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Obey, Mr. Boswell, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Ortiz, Mr. Becerra, and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 2325. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to accelerate the increase in the refundability of the 
     child tax credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GIBBONS:
       H.R. 2326. A bill to require the conveyance of certain 
     Bureau of Land Management lands in Nye County, Nevada, to 
     Ponderosa Dairy in Amargosa, Nevada; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GOODE (for himself and Mr. Hill):
       H.R. 2327. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to 
     include additional sites associated with the preparation or 
     return phase of the expedition, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HOEFFEL (for himself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Doyle, Mr. English, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Ms. Hart, Mr. Holden, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Shuster, Mr. 
             Toomey, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mrs. Tauscher, and Mr. Lampson):
       H.R. 2328. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert A. Borski Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mrs. Tauscher):
       H.R. 2329. A bill to provide for global pathogen 
     surveillance and response; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Hyde, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Levin, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Sherman, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Engel, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Andrews, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Olver, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Evans, and Mr. Abercrombie):
       H.R. 2330. A bill to sanction the ruling Burmese military 
     junta, to strengthen Burma's democratic forces and support 
     and recognize the National League of Democracy as the 
     legitimate representative of the Burmese people, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 
     Financial Services, and 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. MATHESON (for himself, Mr. Renzi, and Mr. Udall 
             of New Mexico):
       H.R. 2331. A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act 
     for the 21st Century to provide from the Highway Trust Fund 
     additional funding for Indian reservation roads, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 2332. A bill to amend the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief 
     Reconciliation Act of 2003 to make permanent the treatment of 
     dividend income as capital gains; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Bereuter, Mr. Osborne, Mr. McIntyre, Mrs. Emerson, 
             Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Walden of Oregon, 
             Mr. Towns, Mr. Berry, Mr. Kind, Mr. Turner of Texas, 
             Mr. Leach, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Udall of 
             New Mexico, Mr. Edwards, Mr. King of Iowa, and Mr. 
             Nunes):
       H.R. 2333. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve 
     outpatient health care for Medicare beneficiaries who reside 
     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 Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2334. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for 
     the District of Columbia, headed by a locally elected and 
     independent District Attorney, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 2335. A bill to provide for general revenue sharing 
     and assistance for education for States and their local 
     governments; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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. PETRI (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
             Wicker, and Mr. Garrett of New Jersey):
       H.R. 2336. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act to 
     establish and strengthen post-secondary programs and courses 
     in the subjects of traditional American history, free 
     institutions, and Western civilization, available to students 
     preparing to teach these subjects, and to other students; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. REYNOLDS:
       H.R. 2337. A bill to provide for the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to conduct a pilot program to determine the 
     effectiveness of contracting for the use of private memory 
     care facilities for veterans with Alzheimer's Disease; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 2338. A bill to prevent loans for Iraq from the 
     International Monetary Fund or the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development from being used to pay off 
     Iraq's creditors; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 2339. A bill to require door delivery of mail sent to 
     persons residing in senior communities; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 2340. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the required beginning date for distributions 
     from individual retirement plans and for distributions of 
     elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred 
     arrangements; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Souder, 
             Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Paul, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Gonzalez, and 
             Mr. Edwards):
       H.R. 2341. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage a strong community-based banking system; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Sandlin, and Mrs. Jones of Ohio):
       H.R. 2342. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to expand Medicare benefits to prevent, delay, 
     and minimize the progression of chronic conditions, and 
     develop national policies on effective chronic condition 
     care, and for other purposes; 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. WELDON of Florida:
       H.R. 2343. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to exclude services of certain providers from 
     the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system under 
     the Medicare Program; 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. BURGESS:
       H. Con. Res. 206. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     National Marrow Donor Program and other bone marrow donor 
     programs and encouraging Americans to learn about the 
     importance of bone marrow donation; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H. Con. Res. 207. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     efforts to establish a moderate and tolerant political system 
     in Afghanistan that is protective of the rights and dignity 
     of all communities; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H. Res. 259. A resolution calling for robust inspections in 
     Iran; to the Committee on International Relations.

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