[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 160 (Thursday, November 6, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H10977-H10978]
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. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, 
             Mr. Sweeney, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Bradley of New Hampshire, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Neugebauer, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Baker, Mr. Toomey, 
             Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Stenholm, 
             and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota):
       H.R. 3452. A bill to improve homeland security; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
             Mr. DeLay, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
             Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Bishop 
             of Utah, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Brown 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Carter, Mr. Cole, 
             Mr. Crane, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Everett, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
             Franks of Arizona, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Gutknecht, Ms. Hart, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Keller, 
             Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. 
             Musgrave, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Pence, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
             Stupak, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Tiahrt, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina):
       H.R. 3453. A bill to provide that the approved application 
     under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for the drug 
     commonly known as RU-486 is deemed to have been withdrawn, to 
     provide for the review by the Comptroller General of the 
     United States of the process by which the Food and Drug 
     Administration approved such drug, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BELL:
       H.R. 3454. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 11805 Chimney Rock Road in 
     Houston, Texas, as the ``Lee P. Brown Post Office Building''; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BELL:
       H.R. 3455. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a presumption of service-connection for certain 
     veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BELL:
       H.R. 3456. A bill to deter and punish terrorism and crime 
     at United States ports, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. COOPER (for himself and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 3457. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to enhance the independence of the 
     Inspectors General, create a Council of the Inspectors 
     General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 3458. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the 
     Medicare and Medicaid Programs of certain screening 
     procedures for diabetic retinopathy, and to amend the Public 
     Health Service Act to establish pilot programs to foster such 
     screening, 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. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Wu, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Solis, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Honda, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
             Hoyer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Stark, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, and Mr. Case):
       H.R. 3459. A bill to improve the health of minority 
     individuals; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 
     Resources, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and 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. FLAKE:
       H.R. 3460. A bill to prohibit assistance to be provided to 
     the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people until 
     the perpetrators, or suspected perpetrators, of the killings 
     of United States citizens in Gaza on October 15, 2003, are 
     surrendered to the United States Government; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H.R. 3461. A bill to bar Federal agencies from accepting 
     for any identification-related purpose a State-issued 
     driver's license, or other comparable identification 
     document, unless the State has in effect a policy requiring 
     presentation of acceptable forms of identification prior to 
     issuance of the license or document, and the State requires 
     the license or document, if issued to a nonimmigrant alien, 
     to expire upon the expiration of the alien's authorized 
     period of stay in the United States, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform, 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. GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. Barton of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 3462. A bill to designate the headquarters building of 
     the Department of Education in Washington, DC, as the Lyndon 
     Baines Johnson Federal Building; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Houghton, 
             Mr. Pomeroy, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. McInnis, Mr. Levin, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. 
             Sandlin):
       H.R. 3463. A bill to amend titles III and IV of the Social 
     Security Act to improve the administration of unemployment 
     taxes and benefits; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. INSLEE:
       H.R. 3464. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     provide for coverage under the Medicare Program of audiologic 
     rehabilitation services; 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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 3465. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the limitations on the deduction for interest 
     on education loans and to make the deduction, as amended, 
     permanent; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LEWIS of California:
       H.R. 3466. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Yucaipa 
     Valley Regional Water Supply Renewal Project; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Doolittle, 
             Mr. Dooley of California, and Mr. Radanovich):
       H.R. 3467. A bill to redesignate the facility of the Bureau 
     of Reclamation located at 19550 Kelso Road in Byron, 
     California as the ``C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant ''; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN:
       H.R. 3468. A bill to enable America's schools to use their 
     computer hardware to increase student achievement and prepare 
     students for the 21st century workplace, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN:
       H.R. 3469. A bill to prohibit the use of vending machines 
     to sell tobacco products in all locations other than in 
     locations in which the presence of minors is not permitted; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       H.R. 3470. A bill to amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
     Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to require that, in order 
     to determine that a democratically elected government in Cuba 
     exists, the government extradite to the United States 
     convicted felon Joanne Chesimard and all other individuals 
     who are living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or 
     confinement for criminal offenses committed in the United 
     States; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself and Mrs. Maloney):
       H.R. 3471. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a special resource study of the area at 
     or near the footprints of the former World Trade Center 
     towers for possible inclusion in the National Park System to 
     commemorate the tragic events of September 11, 2001; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, 
             Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Bereuter, 
             Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Hall, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Peterson 
             of Minnesota, Mr. Royce,

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             Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Hyde, 
             Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr. 
             Weller):
       H.R. 3472. A bill to establish a Federal interagency task 
     force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of 
     agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal 
     nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve 
     agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food 
     and the environment; to the Committee on International 
     Relations, 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. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Ms. Ginny 
             Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. 
             Janklow, Mr. Keller, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
             Weldon of Florida, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
             Florida, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. Snyder, and Mr. Strickland):
       H.R. 3473. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide that only licensed medical doctors and licensed 
     doctors of osteopathy may perform eye surgery at Department 
     of Veterans Affairs facilities or under contract with the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Miller 
             of Florida, and Mr. Cunningham):
       H.R. 3474. A bill to restore health care coverage to 
     retired members of the uniformed services, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Government Reform, Ways and Means, and 
     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. ISRAEL:
       H. Con. Res. 321. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     service and achievements of the Women Airforce Service Pilots 
     during World War II; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself and Mr. Houghton):
       H. Con. Res. 322. Concurrent resolution recognizing 
     November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month and 
     expressing the sense of Congress that Federal efforts need to 
     increase in the areas of lung cancer screening and research; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Walden of Oregon, and Mr. 
             Sweeney):
       H. Res. 435. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services should take immediate action to remove dietary 
     supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids from the market; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H. Res. 436. A resolution honoring the United States Army 
     Volunteer Reserve for its dedicated and distinguished service 
     to veterans and communities in need in the United States; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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