[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 20, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H2198-H2199]
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. POMBO (by request):
       H.R. 4170. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to recruit volunteers to assist with, or facilitate, 
     the activities of various agencies and offices of the 
     Department of the Interior; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself and Ms. Hooley of Oregon):
       H.R. 4171. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to ensure that soldiers serving in a combat zone do not 
     lose eligibility for the refundable child tax credit by 
     reason of receiving nontaxable combat pay; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. EVANS (for himself and Mr. Michaud):
       H.R. 4172. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     codify certain additional diseases as establishing a 
     presumption of service-connection when occurring in veterans 
     exposed to ionizing radiation during active military, naval, 
     or air service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MICHAUD (for himself, Mr. Brown of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. Evans):
       H.R. 4173. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to contract for a report on employment placement, 
     retention, and advancement of recently separated 
     servicemembers; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GINGREY (for himself, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Tancredo):
       H.R. 4174. A bill to amend the National Voter Registration 
     Act of 1993 to require an individual to provide proof that 
     the individual is a citizen of the United States as a 
     condition of registering to vote in elections for Federal 
     office, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             Brown of South Carolina, and Mr. Michaud):
       H.R. 4175. A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2004, the rates of disablity compensation for veterans with 
     service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-
     connected disabled

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     veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HAYES:
       H.R. 4176. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 122 West Elwood Avenue in 
     Raeford, North Carolina, as the ``Bobby Marshall Gentry Post 
     Office Building``; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Holden, and Mr. 
             Brady of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 4177. A bill to establish a Manufacturing and 
     Technology Administration to promote and assist American 
     manufacturers, to provide incentives to American 
     manufactures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Science, 
     Financial Services, International Relations, Government 
     Reform, and Rules, 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. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Castle, Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, and Mr. Wolf):
       H.R. 4178. A bill to award posthumously a congressional 
     gold medal to Thurgood Marshall; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota:
       H.R. 4179. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a presumption of service connection for certain 
     specified diseases and disabilities in the case of veterans 
     who were exposed during military service to carbon 
     tetrachloride; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HAYES:
       H. Res. 598. A resolution recognizing the valuable 
     contributions of military impacted schools, teachers, 
     administration, and staff for their ongoing contributions to 
     the education of military children; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee 
     on 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 Mr. SIMMONS (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Shays, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             and Ms. DeLauro):
       H. Res. 599. A resolution congratulating the University of 
     Connecticut Huskies for winning the 2004 National Collegiate 
     Athletic Association Division I men and women's basketball 
     championships; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.

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