[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 21, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H88-H89]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD:
       H.R. 3712. A bill to improve seaport security; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. COSTELLO (for himself, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Johnson 
             of Illinois, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Emanuel, and Mr. Kirk):
       H.R. 3713. A bill to designate the Federal building located 
     at 250 West Cherry Street in Carbondale, Illinois the 
     ``Senator Paul Simon Federal Building``; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself and Ms. Lee):
       H.R. 3714. A bill to provide better protection against 
     bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other prion diseases; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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 Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 3715. A bill to facilitate efficient investments and 
     financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation 
     through the establishment of a National Infrastructure 
     Development Corporation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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. ENGLISH (for himself, Mr. Davis of Alabama, and 
             Ms. Hart):
       H.R. 3716. A bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 
     1930 to provide that the provisions relating to 
     countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. UPTON (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
             Stearns, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Bass, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. 
             Burr, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Terry, Mr. Weldon 
             of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico, Mr. 
             Gordon, Mr. Whitfield, Mrs. Bono, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Mr. Wynn, Mrs. Cubin, and Mr. Pitts):
       H.R. 3717. A bill to increase the penalties for violations 
     by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions 
     against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane 
     language; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. GOODE:
       H.R. 3718. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow State government employers to contribute to 
     section 403(b) pension plans; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Greenwood, Ms. 
             Slaughter, and Ms. DeGette):
       H.R. 3719. A bill to prohibit, consistent with Roe v. Wade, 
     the interference by the government with a woman's right to 
     choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Osborne, and Mr. Souder):
       H.R. 3720. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education 
     to make grants to local educational agencies and private 
     schools to establish drug-free school demonstration programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Berry, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Case, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. 
             Pearce, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Latham, 
             Mr. Boozman, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Cannon, Mrs. 
             Emerson, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Davis of 
             Tennessee, Mr. Ross, Mrs. Capito, and Mrs. Cubin):
       H.R. 3721. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     repeal the essential air service local participation program; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 3722. A bill to amend section 1011 of the Medicare 
     Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
     to impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency 
     health services furnished to undocumented aliens; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 3723. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, 
     Texas, as the ``Vaughn Gross Post Office Building''; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, and Mr. 
             Simmons):
       H.R. 3724. A bill to amend section 220 of the National 
     Housing Act to make a technical correction to restore 
     allowable increases in the maximum mortgage limits for FHA-
     insured mortgages for multifamily housing projects to cover 
     increased costs of installing a solar energy system or 
     residential energy conservation measures; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 3725. A bill to prohibit United States military 
     assistance for Egypt and to express the sense of Congress 
     that the amount of military assistance that would have been 
     provided for Egypt for a fiscal year should be provided in 
     the form of economic support fund assistance; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 3726. A bill to authorize the grant program under 
     which the Secretary of Homeland Security makes discretionary 
     grants for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas, 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. JENKINS:
       H.J. Res. 86. A joint resolution proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       H. Res. 495. A resolution electing a Member to a certain 
     standing committee of the House of Representatives; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. BAKER (for himself, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
             John, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Vitter):
       H. Res. 496. A resolution commending the Louisiana State 
     University Tigers football team for winning the 2003 Bowl 
     Championship Series national championship game, and 
     commending the Southern University Jaguars football team for 
     winning the 2003 SBN Black College National Football 
     Championship; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Taylor of North 
             Carolina):
       H. Res. 497. A resolution commending the Wake Forest 
     University Demon Deacons field hockey team for winning the 
     2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I 
     Field Hockey Championship; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Upton, 
             Mr. Dingell, Mr. Camp, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Knollenberg, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Ms. Kilpatrick, and Mr. 
             McCotter):
       H. Res. 498. A resolution congratulating the Grand Valley 
     State University Lakers football team for winning the 2003 
     National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Football 
     National Championship; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Reyes, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Turner of Texas, 
             and Mr. Moran of Virginia):
       H. Res. 499. A resolution requesting the President and 
     directing the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, 
     and the Attorney General to transmit to the House of 
     Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the 
     adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of 
     the President and those officials relating to the disclosure 
     of the identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame; to the 
     Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition 
     to the Committees on Armed Services, International Relations, 
     and 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. PICKERING (for himself, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. Wilson 
             of New Mexico, Mr. Terry, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Istook, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
             Whitfield, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Akin, and Mrs. Bono):
       H. Res. 500. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission 
     should vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws 
     pursuant to the intent of Congress in order to protect 
     children in the United States from indecent and profane 
     programming on broadcast television and radio; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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