[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 62 (Thursday, May 6, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H2726-H2728]
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. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Frost, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
             Bell, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. 
             Doggett, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Hall, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Carter, Mr. Smith of Texas, Ms. 
             Granger, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Neugebauer, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Bonilla, and 
             Mr. Burgess):

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       H.R. 4299. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 410 South Jackson Road in 
     Edinburg, Texas, as the ``Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mrs. Bono, and Mr. Calvert):
       H.R. 4300. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Eastern 
     Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization 
     and Expansion Project; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. Bereuter, and Mr. 
             Osborne):
       H.R. 4301. A bill to authorize an additional district 
     judgeship for the district of Nebraska; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself and Ms. 
             Norton):
       H.R. 4302. A bill to amend title 21, District of Columbia 
     Official Code, to enact the provisions of the Mental Health 
     Civil Commitment Act of 2002 which affect the Commission on 
     Mental Health and require action by Congress in order to take 
     effect; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BERMAN (for himself and Mr. Knollenberg):
       H.R. 4303. A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to 
     make grants to American-sponsored schools in Arab and other 
     predominantly Muslim countries to provide full or partial 
     merit-based scholarships for children from lower- and middle-
     income families of such countries to attend such schools, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BOSWELL (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Berry, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Stark, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Doggett, Mr. Allen, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Solis, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Hoeffel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             Weiner, Mr. Farr, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Olver, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Tierney, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Clay, 
             Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. Waters, Mr. Jackson 
             of Illinois, Mr. Honda, Ms. Watson, Mr. Rodriguez, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Oberstar, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Lofgren, 
             and Ms. Slaughter):
       H.R. 4304. A bill to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
     Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to eliminate 
     overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other 
     private plans under part C of title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act; 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. BRADY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4305. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     increase protections for children from obscene material on 
     the Internet; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CANNON (for himself and Mr. Andrews):
       H.R. 4306. A bill to amend section 274A of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act to improve the process for verifying an 
     individual's eligibility for employment; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CHOCOLA (for himself, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, 
             Mr. Cole, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Hostettler, Mrs. Wilson 
             of New Mexico, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Feeney, Mr. 
             Chabot, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Myrick, 
             Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. 
             Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Kline, Mr. 
             Franks of Arizona, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, 
             Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Pence, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             Pearce, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Sensenbrenner, Ms. Hart, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
             Cannon, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Souder, Mr. Quinn, 
             and Mr. Gerlach):
       H.R. 4307. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax for 
     increasing employment; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Mr. Acevedo-Vila):
       H.R. 4308. A bill to ensure consultation with the 
     governments of the territories of the United States with 
     respect to trade policy and trade agreements; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 4309. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide 
     needed flexibility to States regarding the designation of 
     certain counties as nonattainment areas for ozone under the 
     8-hour ozone standard, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LaHOOD (for himself, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Jefferson, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Shimkus, and Mrs. Jones of Ohio):
       H.R. 4310. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     make noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments 
     solely for the purpose of funding capital projects, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 4311. A bill to reinstate the Federal Communications 
     Commission's rules for the description of video programming; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. 
             Israel, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Dicks, 
             Ms. Harman, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Lowey, 
             Ms. Norton, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Lucas 
             of Kentucky, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Stark, and Mr. Green of Texas):
       H.R. 4312. A bill to enhance aviation security; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, 
             Ms. Kaptur, Mr. McGovern, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mr. Rush, and Ms. Baldwin):
       H.R. 4313. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     provide grants to States to establish and carry out or 
     continue to carry out antiharassment programs; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD:
       H.R. 4314. A bill to ensure that the total amount of funds 
     awarded to a State under part A of title I of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal year 2004 is 
     not less than the total amount of funds awarded to the State 
     under such part for fiscal year 2003; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. REHBERG:
       H.R. 4315. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Army 
     from releasing water from Fort Peck Dam if the water level of 
     Fort Peck Lake is 20 feet or more below the reservoir's full 
     pool, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Conyers, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Holden, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Meek 
             of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, and Mr. 
             Visclosky):
       H.R. 4316. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing 
     ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes; 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. TURNER of Texas (for himself, Mr. Barton of 
             Texas, Mr. Bell, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
             Culberson, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Frost, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
             Lampson, Mr. Paul, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. 
             Stenholm, and Mr. DeLay):
       H.R. 4317. A bill to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs outpatient clinic located in Lufkin, Texas, as the 
     ``Charles Wilson Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient 
     Clinic``; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 4318. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require institutions of higher education to widely 
     distribute information describing their procedures for 
     receiving and responding to complaints concerning harassment; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Ballance, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Upton, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Cox, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Scott of Georgia, Mr. Baird, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Rogers 
             of Alabama, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, 
             Mr. Simmons, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Isakson, 
             and Mr. Capuano):
       H. Con. Res. 417. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     Tuskegee Airmen and their contribution in creating an 
     integrated United States Air Force, the world's foremost Air 
     and Space Supremacy Force; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, and Mr. Hyde):
       H. Con. Res. 418. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     importance in history of the 150th anniversary of the 
     establishment of diplomatic relations between the United 
     States and Japan; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H. Con. Res. 419. Concurrent resolution recognizing 
     National Transportation Week and applauding the men and women 
     who keep

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     America moving; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H. Res. 629. A resolution impeaching Donald Rumsfeld, 
     Secretary of Defense; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SABO (for himself, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Kline, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Peterson of Minnesota, and Mr. Ramstad):
       H. Res. 630. A resolution commending the University of 
     Minnesota Golden Gophers for winning the 2003-2004 National 
     Collegiate Athletic Association Division I National 
     Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. STEARNS:
       H. Res. 631. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that there should be established an 
     ``Electrical Safety Month''; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Ms. Kaptur):
       H. Res. 632. A resolution urging the Government of Romania 
     to provide equitable, prompt, and fair restitution to the 
     Romanian Greek Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church, 
     the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Unitarian Church, the 
     Hungarian Reformed Church, the Jewish community, and other 
     affected religious communities for property confiscated by 
     the former Communist government in Romania; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico:
       H. Res. 633. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that there is a critical need to increase 
     awareness and education about hepatitis C; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.

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