[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 175 (Monday, December 8, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H12751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, Speaker pro 
tempore Thornberry signed the following enrolled bills and joint 
resolution on Monday, December 1, 2003:
  H.R. 1437, to improve the United States Code;
  H.R. 1813, to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to 
authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign 
centers and programs for the treatment of victims of torture, and for 
other purposes;
  H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent 
identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the 
accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and 
consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes;
  H.R. 3287, to award Congressional Gold Medals posthumously on behalf 
of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson 
in recognition of their contributions to the Nation as pioneers in the 
effort to desegregate public schools that led directly to the landmark 
desegregation case of Brown et al. v. The Board of Education of Topeka 
et al;
  H.R. 3348, to reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms;
  H.J. Res. 80, appointing the day for the convening of the second 
session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress;
  S. 459, to ensure that a public safety officer who suffers a fatal 
heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in 
the line of duty for purposes of public safety officer survivor 
benefits;
  and the following enrolled bill and joint resolution on Wednesday, 
December 3, 2003:
  H.R. 2297, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits 
under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes;
  H.J. Res. 63, to approve the Compact of Free Association, as amended, 
between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Compact of 
Free Association, as amended, between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and to appropriate funds to carry out the amended compacts;
  and the Speaker signed the following enrolled bill on Saturday, 
December 6, 2003:
  H.R. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under the 
Medicare program, to modernize the Medicare program, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for 
amounts contributed to health savings security accounts and health 
savings accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused health 
benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and for 
other purposes.

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