[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 138 (Thursday, October 2, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H9213-H9214]
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. SHAYS (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Turner of 
             Ohio, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. 
             Ruppersberger):
       H.R. 3227. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
     establish clearly defined standards and guidelines for 
     Federal, State, and local government emergency preparedness 
     and response capability, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Homeland Security (Select), 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. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Goode, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Michaud, 
             Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Filner, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Taylor of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Evans, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mr. Costello, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Coble, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Towns, and Mr. Baca):
       H.R. 3228. A bill to withdraw normal trade relations 
     treatment from the products of the People's Republic of 
     China; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself and Mr. Larson of Connecticut):
       H.R. 3229. A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     transfer to the Public Printer the authority over the 
     individuals responsible for preparing indexes of the 
     Congressional Record, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire:
       H.R. 3230. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a lump sum contribution to Coverdell education 
     savings accounts whenever the contribution limit is 
     increased; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 3231. A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     bring underground storage tanks into compliance with subtitle 
     I of that Act, to promote cleanup of leaking underground 
     storage tanks, to provide sufficient resources for such 
     compliance and cleanup, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 3232. A bill to reauthorize certain school lunch and 
     child nutrition programs for fiscal year 2004; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ:
       H.R. 3233. A bill to require financial institutions and 
     financial service providers to notify customers of the 
     unauthorized use of personal information, to amend the Fair 
     Credit Reporting Act to require fraud alerts to be included 
     in consumer credit files in such cases, and to provide 
     customers with enhanced access to credit reports in such 
     cases; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Bishop 
             of New York, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Fossella, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Kelly, 
             Mr. King of New York, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Owens, Mr. Quinn, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Walsh, and 
             Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 3234. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 14 Chestnut Street in 
     Liberty, New York, as the ``Ben R. Gerow Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 3235. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     withhold highway funds from States that issue drivers' 
     licenses to illegal aliens; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. KLECZKA (for himself and Mr. Etheridge):
       H.R. 3236. A bill to prohibit price gouging of products and 
     services that are widely needed during a designated disaster; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. Dingell, 
             Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Bereuter, 
             Mr. Stupak, Mr. Shays, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
             King of New York, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Cunningham, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Foley, 
             Mr. Souder, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Frost, Ms. Norton, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Watt, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. Meehan, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Delahunt, 
             Mr. Wexler, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Emanuel, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. 
             Case):
       H.R. 3237. A bill to improve the National Instant Criminal 
     Background Check System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MEEK of Florida:
       H.R. 3238. A bill to amend the Haitian Refugee Immigration 
     Fairness Act of 1998; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MICHAUD (for himself, Mr. Rodriguez, and Mr. 
             Reyes):
       H.R. 3239. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     delay the termination of the Advisory Committee on Minority 
     Veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 3240. A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the La 
     Entrada al Pacifico Corridor in the State of Texas as a high 
     priority corridor on the National Highway System; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. OSBORNE:
       H.R. 3241. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of 
     implementing a water supply and conservation project to 
     improve water supply reliability, increase the capacity of 
     water storage, and improve water management efficiency in the 
     Republican River Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska 
     and Milford Lake in Kansas; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. OSE (for himself, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. 
             Acevedo-Vila, Mr. English, Mr. Filner, Mrs. Kelly, 
             Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
             Nunes, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Cardoza, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Wu, Mr. Hinojosa, and 
             Mr. Farr):
       H.R. 3242. A bill to ensure an abundant and affordable 
     supply of highly nutritious fruits, vegetables, and other 
     specialty crops for American consumers and international 
     markets by enhancing the competitiveness of United States-
     grown specialty crops, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. RAMSTAD (for himself, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Bachus, 
             Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
             Pickering, Mr. Castle, and Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut):
       H.R. 3243. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a State family support grant program to end the 
     practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously 
     emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the 
     purpose of obtaining mental health services for those 
     children; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
             Hoyer, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. Levin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Neal of Massachusetts):
       H.R. 3244. A bill to provide extended unemployment benefits 
     to displaced workers, and to make other improvements in the 
     unemployment insurance system; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. Gordon, and Mr. 
             Hall):
       H.R. 3245. A bill to promote the development of the 
     commercial space transportation industry, to authorize 
     appropriations for the Office of the Associate Administrator 
     for Commercial Space Transportation, to authorize 
     appropriations for the Office of Space Commerce, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Camp, Mr. Crane, Ms. Dunn, Mr. English, Mr. Foley, 
             Mr. Herger, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Turner of 
             Texas, Mr. Terry, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Goode, 
             Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wu, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Green of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Walden of 
             Oregon, Mr. Otter, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Stupak, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Souder, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
             Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas,

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             Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. McHugh, 
             Mr. Upton, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Shays, Mr. Lucas of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Berry, Mr. Tiberi, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Burr, Mr. Paul, Mr. Pearce, 
             Mr. Simpson, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Istook, Ms. Velazquez, 
             Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. 
             Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
             Boehner, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Tom Davis of Virginia, Ms. Hart, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. 
             LaHood, Mr. Ross, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Carter, Mr. Wilson 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
             Bass, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Michaud, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Akin):
       H.R. 3246. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that certain mobile machinery not be treated 
     as highway vehicles; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. McInnis, and Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado):
       H.R. 3247. A bill to provide consistent enforcement 
     authority to the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park 
     Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 
     Forest Service to respond to violations of regulations 
     regarding the management, use, and protection of public lands 
     under the jurisdiction of these agencies, to clarify the 
     purposes for which collected fines may be used, 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 Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico:
       H.R. 3248. A bill to amend the National Foundation on the 
     Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to make available 
     additional funds to increase access to the arts through the 
     support of education; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. HAYES (for himself and Mr. McHugh):
       H. Con. Res. 291. Concurrent resolution expressing deep 
     gratitude for the valor and commitment of the members of the 
     United States Armed Forces who were deployed in Operation 
     Restore Hope to provide humanitarian assistance to the people 
     of Somalia in 1993; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. NAPOLITANO:
       H. Con. Res. 292. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that Congress should adopt and implement 
     the goals and recommendations provided by the President's New 
     Freedom Commission on Mental Health through legislation or 
     other appropriate action to help ensure affordable, 
     accessible, and high quality mental health care for all 
     Americans; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CUNNINGHAM:
       H. Con. Res. 293. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of God Bless America Week; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DEUTSCH:
       H. Con. Res. 294. Concurrent resolution addressing the 
     decision by OPEC countries to decrease oil production; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. Bachus):
       H. Res. 389. A resolution honoring the young victims of the 
     Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, recognizing the 
     historical significance of the tragic event, and commending 
     the efforts of law enforcement personnel to bring the 
     perpetrators of this crime to justice on the occasion of its 
     40th anniversary; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Wexler, 
             and Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia):
       H. Res. 390. A resolution recognizing the continued 
     importance of the transatlantic relationship and promoting 
     stronger relations with Europe by reaffirming the need for a 
     continued and meaningful dialogue between the United States 
     and Europe; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois:
       H. Res. 391. A resolution congratulating the University of 
     Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis team for its successful 
     season; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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