[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 120 (Thursday, September 4, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H7948-H7949]
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. JONES of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina):
       H.R. 2999. A bill to ensure by law the ability of the 
     military service academies to include the offering of a 
     voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their 
     activities; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Conyers, and Ms. Carson of Indiana):
       H.R. 3000. A bill to establish a United States Health 
     Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for 
     all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present 
     system of health care delivery; 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 Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3001. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder 
     shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BEAUPREZ:
       H.R. 3002. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to suspend the tax exempt status of designated foreign 
     terrorist groups, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BROWN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Spratt, and Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 3003. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to 
     establish a priority for the payment of claims for duties 
     paid to the United States by licensed customs brokers and 
     sureties on behalf of a debtor; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Boucher, Mr. Towns, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Rush, Ms. Eshoo, 
             Mr. Stupak, Mr. Engel, Mr. Wynn, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Mr. Strickland, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Capps, 
             Mr. Doyle, Mr. Allen, Mr. Davis of Florida, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, and Ms. Solis):
       H.R. 3004. A bill to improve the reliability of the 
     Nation's electric transmission system; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Kildee, 
             Mr. Tierney, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Rush, Mr. Wu, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Lampson, Ms. Solis, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Baird, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mr. Farr, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, and Mr. 
             Strickland):
       H.R. 3005. A bill to amend title IV of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve disclosure 
     of the funding status of single-employer pension plans; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH:
       H.R. 3006. A bill to improve the safety of houseboat 
     generator exhaust systems; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Owens, 
             Mr. Serrano, Ms. Lee, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Michaud, 
             Mr. Deutsch, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Wexler, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Payne, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Olver, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Andrews, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Rush, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and 
             Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 3007. A bill to assist States in establishing a 
     universal prekindergarten program to ensure that all children 
     3, 4, and 5 years old have access to a high-quality full-day, 
     full-calendar-year prekindergarten education; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. Towns, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Etheridge, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
             of California, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Frost, and Mr. 
             Skelton):
       H.R. 3008. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     establish a competitive demonstration grant program to 
     provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment 
     with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Baca, Mr. Foley, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Acevedo-Vila, Ms. Harman, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
             Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Ortiz, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mr. Reyes, Ms. Norton, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, 
             Ms. Solis, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Weller, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. McCollum, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. English, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Frost, and Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida):
       H.R. 3009. A bill to posthumously award a Congressional 
     gold medal to Celia Cruz; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California):
       H.R. 3010. A bill to provide for the payment or 
     reimbursement by the Federal Government of special 
     unemployment assistance paid by States to individuals 
     participating in qualified worker training programs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. Berman):
       H.R. 3011. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 135 East Olive Avenue in 
     Burbank, California, as the ``Bob Hope Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. TOWNS (for himself and Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 3012. A bill to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service, located at 315 Empire Boulevard in 
     Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``James E. Davis 
     Post Office Building``; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. WAMP:
       H.R. 3013. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to conduct a public hearing before establishing or 
     relocating any Quick Response Team that works with State and 
     local law enforcement officers to take illegal and criminal 
     aliens into custody and remove them from the United States; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Ms. Berkley, and Mrs. Maloney):
       H.R. 3014. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, chapter 
     89 of title 5, United States Code, and title 10, United 
     States Code, to require coverage for the treatment of 
     infertility; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 
     Government Reform, 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. WHITFIELD (for himself and Mr. Pallone):
       H.R. 3015. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of 
     the dispensing of any schedule II, III, or IV controlled 
     substance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland:
       H. Con. Res. 271. Concurrent resolution congratulating Fort 
     Detrick on 60 years of service to the United States; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MORAN of Virginia:
       H. Con. Res. 272. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the 75th anniversary of the 
     Water Environment Federation; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Foley, and 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H. Con. Res. 273. Concurrent resolution recognizing and 
     congratulating the East Boynton Beach, Florida, Little League 
     team as the 2003 United States Little League Champions; to 
     the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Bereuter, and Mrs. Tauscher):
       H. Res. 355. A resolution commemorating the 100th 
     anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States 
     and Bulgaria; to the Committee on International Relations.

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