[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 58 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H2490-H2491]
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. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             LoBiondo, and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 4251. A bill to amend various laws relating to 
     maritime transportation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 4252. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for the repair, 
     renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary 
     and secondary school facilities; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 4253. A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
     require the display at half-staff of the flag of the United 
     States on National Workers Memorial Day; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOSWELL:
       H.R. 4254. A bill to authorize the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 
     to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on 
     behalf of Congress, of gold medals to the Meskwaki Code 
     Talkers in recognition of their contributions to the Nation 
     during World War II, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. INSLEE:
       H.R. 4255. A bill to prevent deceptive software 
     transmission practices in order to safeguard computer 
     privacy, maintain computer control, and protect Internet 
     commerce; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to 
     be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for

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      consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Owens, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Linda 
             T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Lee, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Solis, 
             Mr. Sherman, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Baca, Ms. Watson, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Berman, Mr. Inslee, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Evans, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Dicks, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Ms. Norton, Ms. Waters, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Costello, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Weiner, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Israel, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Udall of 
             New Mexico, Mr. Olver, Mr. Obey, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Stark, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Andrews, 
             Mr. Holt, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Sabo, Mr. 
             Meehan, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Meeks of New 
             York):
       H.R. 4256. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. OTTER (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Simpson, 
             Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Marshall, 
             Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Paul, Mr. Ross, Mr. McHugh, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Bereuter, 
             and Mr. Nethercutt):
       H.R. 4257. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests 
     furnished by critical access hospitals under the Medicare 
     Program; 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. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Houghton, Ms. Watson, 
             Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cardoza, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Abercrombie, and Mr. Case):
       H. Con. Res. 410. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     25th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the 
     Republic of the Marshall Islands and recognizing the Marshall 
     Islands as a staunch ally of the United States, committed to 
     principles of democracy and freedom for the Pacific region 
     and throughout the world; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. RYUN of Kansas:
       H. Con. Res. 411. Concurrent resolution to express the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the 50th anniversary of the 
     Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of 
     Topeka; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Price 
             of North Carolina, and Mr. Wexler):
       H. Con. Res. 412. Concurrent resolution relating to the 
     reunification of Cyprus; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, Ms. Lofgren, and Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California):
       H. Res. 613. A resolution recognizing and honoring the 
     tenth anniversary of Vietnam Human Rights Day; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mrs. MUSGRAVE:
       H. Res. 614. A resolution supporting the goals of a 
     National Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             McCotter, Mr. Crowley, and Mr. Ackerman):
       H. Res. 615. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives in support of full membership of Israel in 
     the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the United 
     Nations; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Jo 
             Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. McCotter, and Mr. Blunt):
       H. Res. 616. A resolution condemning the recent increase in 
     acts of anti-Semitism in members countries of the European 
     Union, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Jo 
             Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Blunt, and Mr. Lantos):
       H. Res. 617. A resolution expressing support for the 
     accession of Israel to the Organization for Economic Co-
     operation and Development (OECD); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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