[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 169 (Thursday, November 20, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H11700-H11702]
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. SMITH of Michigan (for himself and Ms. Baldwin):
       H.R. 3540. A bill to extend for an additional year the 
     period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
     Code is reenacted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LANTOS:
       H.R. 3541. A bill to provide authority to prevent human 
     rights violations by controlling certain exports, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Smith of Michigan, and 
             Mr. Holden):
       H.R. 3542. A bill to extend for 6 months the period for 
     which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is 
     reenacted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. 
             Lynch):
       H.R. 3543. A bill to limit liability under the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 for service station dealers with 
     respect to the release or threatened release of recycled oil; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. CASE:
       H.R. 3544. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to study the suitability and feasibility of designating 
     certain lands along the southern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a 
     unit of the National Park System; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. FARR:
       H.R. 3545. A bill to establish a program of research and 
     other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern 
     sea otter; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Stark, and Mr. English):
       H.R. 3546. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety 
     of meat and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and 
     location of a meat or poultry product through a recordkeeping 
     and audit system or registered identification, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Stark, and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 3547. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 
     the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health 
     and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. DICKS (for himself and Mr. Inslee):
       H.R. 3548. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     exclude civilian personnel at naval shipyards from the 
     national security personnel system; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. HILL (for himself, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             McIntyre, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Tanner, Mr. 
             Wu, and Ms. Pelosi):
       H.R. 3549. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to improve payments to providers of 
     services and physicians furnishing services to Medicare and 
     Medicaid beneficiaries, 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 Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Petri, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Coble, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Gilchrest, Ms. Norton, Mr. Mica, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Quinn, Ms. Corrine Brown 
             of Florida, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Filner, Mr. Bachus, Ms.

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             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             Taylor of Mississippi, Mrs. Kelly, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Baker, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. LoBiondo, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Moran of 
             Kansas, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
             California, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Holden, 
             Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
             Simmons, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Larsen of Washington, 
             Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Rehberg, 
             Mr. Weiner, Mr. Platts, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
             Graves, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Bishop of 
             New York, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Chocola, Mr. 
             Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
             Burns, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart 
             of Florida, Mr. Porter, Mr. Matheson, and Mr. Carson 
             of Oklahoma):
       H.R. 3550. A bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
     highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. EHLERS:
       H.R. 3551. A bill to authorize appropriations to the 
     Department of Transportation for surface transportation 
     research and development, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. KING of New York:
       H.R. 3552. A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 to cover individuals, other than 
     United States persons, who engage in international terrorism 
     without affiliation with an international terrorist group; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Intelligence (Permanent 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. LaHOOD (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Emanuel, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Crane, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Weller, Mr. Costello, 
             Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Manzullo, 
             Mr. Evans, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Issa, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Rahall, Mr. Waxman, and Ms. Slaughter):
       H.R. 3553. A bill to establish the Abraham Lincoln National 
     Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Wu, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Inslee, Ms. Kilpatrick, and Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington):
       H.R. 3554. A bill to amend the Temporary Extended 
     Unemployment Compensation Act and the Federal-State Extended 
     Unemployment Compensation Act to temporarily allow States to 
     disregard the look-back requirement of these Acts for 
     purposes of determining unemployment insurance eligibility; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MORAN of Virginia:
       H.R. 3555. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit 
     stationary sources located in ozone nonattainment areas from 
     purchasing nitrogen oxide emission credits under the 
     Environmental Protection Agency's nitrogen oxide trading 
     program without the consent of the State in which such source 
     is located, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mr. Houghton, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mr. Engel, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Weiner, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Slaughter, and 
             Mrs. Lowey):
       H.R. 3556. A bill to provide for income tax treatment 
     relating to certain losses arising from, and grants made as a 
     result of, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New 
     York City; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. Cox, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
             Dooley of California, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lofgren, and 
             Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 3557. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 95 Seventh Street in San Francisco, California, as 
     the ``James R. Browning United States Courthouse``; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PITTS (for himself and Mr. Markey):
       H.R. 3558. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to protect the privacy rights of subscribers to wireless 
     communications services; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H.R. 3559. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     allow faculty members at Department of Defense service 
     academies and schools of professional military education to 
     secure copyrights for certain scholarly works that they 
     produce as part of their official duties in order to submit 
     such works for publication, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. Towns, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Ms. Lee, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Pallone, 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, and Mr. 
             Cummings):
       H.R. 3560. A bill to amend the temporary assistance to 
     needy families program under part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to provide grants for transitional jobs 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce, 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. SHAW:
       H.R. 3561. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the 
     depreciation of certain improvements to retail space; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 3562. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow businesses a credit for security devices, 
     assessments, and other security-related expenses; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 3563. A bill to coordinate cargo theft crime data 
     collection and to amend title 18, United States Code, to make 
     improvements relating to cargo theft prevention, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. STRICKLAND:
       H.R. 3564. A bill to remove United States fair trade laws 
     from the World Trade Organization dispute settlement system 
     process; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 3565. A bill to provide that a grantee may not receive 
     the full amount of a block grant under the Local Law 
     Enforcement Block Grant program unless that grantee adopts a 
     health standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, 
     lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for 
     public safety officers and to provide that such diseases are 
     presumed to be sustained in the performance of duty, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. WALDEN of Oregon:
       H.R. 3566. A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry 
     Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program using 
     geospatial and information management technologies to 
     inventory, monitor, characterize, assess, and identify forest 
     stands and potential forest stands, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Resources, 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. WU:
       H.R. 3567. A bill to require the General Accounting Office 
     to conduct an investigation of the high price of college 
     textbooks; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Harman, 
             Mr. Kirk, Mr. Berman, Mr. Souder, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Nunes, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Case, Mr. Deutsch, and Mr. Shaw):
       H. Con. Res. 332. Concurrent resolution expressing the deep 
     concern of Congress regarding the failure of the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran to adhere to its obligations under a 
     safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy 
     Agency and the engagement by Iran in activities that appear 
     to be designed to develop nuclear weapons; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD (for herself and Mr. Tom 
             Davis of Virginia):
       H. Con. Res. 333. Concurrent resolution expressing support 
     and appreciation for the longstanding alliance between the 
     United States and the Republic of Korea, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. 
             Woolsey, and Mr. Meeks of New York):
       H. Con. Res. 334. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that ``Kids Love a Mystery Month`` should 
     be established; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Cooper, 
             Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Moran

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             of Virginia, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, 
             Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Watson, Mr. Evans, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Lantos, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Bell, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Case, 
             Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Matheson, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. McCarthy 
             of Missouri, Mr. Frost, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Farr, 
             Mr. Honda, Mrs. Capps, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Delahunt, 
             Ms. Solis, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mr. 
             Serrano):
       H. Con. Res. 335. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     sacrifices made by members of the regular and reserve 
     components of the Armed Forces, expressing concern about 
     their safety and security, and urging the Secretary of 
     Defense to take immediate steps to ensure that the reserve 
     components are provided with the same equipment as the 
     regular component; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. JONES of Ohio (for herself, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, 
             Mr. Dingell, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. 
             Oxley, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Strickland, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Ryan 
             of Ohio, Mr. Ney, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Miller 
             of Michigan, Mr. Portman, Mr. Levin, Ms. Kilpatrick, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Hobson, and Mr. Ford):
       H. Res. 460. A resolution congratulating The Ohio State 
     University and the University of Michigan on the 100th 
     football game between the two teams and recognizing their 
     rivalry as the greatest sports rivalry in history; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Woolsey, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Clay, and Ms. Norton):
       H. Res. 461. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with respect to the American Association 
     of Retired Persons and the Republican Medicare prescription 
     drug bill; 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.

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