[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 12, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H2917-H2918]
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. McHUGH (for himself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Schrock, Mr. 
             Shays, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
             Cannon, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
             Ms. Watson, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Norton, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
             Turner of Ohio, Mr. Carter, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
             Tiberi, and Ms. Harris):
       H.R. 4341. A bill to reform the postal laws of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Shadegg, and 
             Mr. Brady of Texas):
       H.R. 4342. A bill to protect crime victims' rights; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NORWOOD (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
             Mr. Ballenger, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Isakson, Mrs. Biggert, 
             Mr. Keller, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Kline, 
             Mr. Carter, Mrs. Musgrave, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
             Boehner, Mr. Akin, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Coble, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
             Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. King 
             of Iowa, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Linder, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Otter, Mr. Pence, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Brown of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Garrett of 
             New Jersey, and Mr. Burns):
       H.R. 4343. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election 
     conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, and 
             Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida):
       H.R. 4344. A bill to authorize water resources projects for 
     Indian River Lagoon-South and Southern Golden Gates Estates, 
     Collier County, in the State of Florida; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida (for herself and 
             Mrs. Davis of California):
       H.R. 4345. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the maximum amount of home loan guaranty available 
     under the home loan guaranty program of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Edwards, and Mr. Murtha):
       H.R. 4346. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     clarify requirements relating to predeployment and 
     postdeployment medical exams of certain members of the Armed 
     Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Chabot, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Houghton, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
             Wolf, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Ms. Harris, Mr. Foley, 
             Mr. King of New York, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Turner of Texas, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Moran of Virginia, and Mr. Cardoza):
       H.R. 4347. A bill to amend the International Child 
     Abduction Remedies Act to provide that the National Center 
     for Missing and Exploited Children and its employees, when 
     carrying out activities delegated by the United States 
     Central Authority under that Act, have the protections under 
     the Federal Tort Claims Act, to amend title 28, United States 
     Code, to give district courts of the United States 
     jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committees on International Relations, 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. BACA:
       H.R. 4348. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to 
     allow greater access to international remittance services, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself and Mr. Israel):
       H.R. 4349. A bill to reinstate Department of Energy Order 
     No. 202-03-2; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Stark, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mr. Allen, Mr. Baca, Mr. Boucher, Mrs. Capps, Ms. 
             Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Davis of Florida, Ms. DeGette, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. 
             Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Gonzalez, 
             Mr. Gordon, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Hoeffel, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kind, 
             Ms. Lee, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Moore, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mr. 
             Strickland, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
             Wynn, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Kleczka, Ms. Waters, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Ms. Woolsey, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Ryan 
             of Ohio, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Honda, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
             Alexander, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Clay, Mr. Hoyer, and 
             Mr. Kucinich):
       H.R. 4350. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for FamilyCare coverage for parents 
     of enrolled children, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. EMANUEL:
       H.R. 4351. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restrict the use of abusive tax shelters; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Israel, Mr. Stark, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Grijalva, 
             and Ms. DeLauro):
       H.R. 4352. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to deny a deduction for the portion of employer-provided 
     vacation flights in excess of the amount of such flights 
     which is treated as employee compensation; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LaTOURETTE:
       H.R. 4353. A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to provide tenant-based rental housing 
     vouchers for certain residents of federally assisted housing; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Carson 
             of Indiana, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Ms. Norton, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             Ms. Berkley, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gonzalez, 
             Mr. Kildee, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Ms. Lee, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
             of California, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. Conyers, Ms. Waters, Mr. Towns, Ms. Bordallo, and 
             Ms. Solis):
       H.R. 4354. A bill to improve the health of women through 
     the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the 
     Department of Health and Human Services; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Turner of Texas, Mr. Markey, Mr. Dicks, Ms. Harman, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Andrews, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas,

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             Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Meek of Florida, 
             and Mr. Chandler):
       H.R. 4355. A bill to strengthen port security by 
     establishing an improved container security regime, to expand 
     on the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, to 
     strengthen the Coast Guard port security mission, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. SANDLIN (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. Dingell, Mr. Stark, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Berry, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Ross, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             Stenholm, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Hoeffel, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ruppersberger, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Towns, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Lynch, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Conyers, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Serrano, 
             Ms. Lee, Mr. Evans, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Israel, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Alexander, Ms. Woolsey, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Linda 
             T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Moore, Ms. 
             Carson of Indiana, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Mr. Case, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
             Solis, Mr. Frost, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Holt, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Engel, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Honda, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Clay, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Reyes, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Capuano, 
             and Mr. Allen):
       H.R. 4356. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax subsidies to encourage small employers to 
     offer affordable health coverage to their employees through 
     qualified health pooling arrangements, to encourage the 
     establishment and operation of these arrangements, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 
     Education and the Workforce, 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. STARK (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Allen, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Berry, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Boucher, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clay, 
             Mr. Crowley, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Gordon, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Holt, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, 
             Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Lynch, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Markey, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Ms. Waters, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Wexler, and 
             Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 4357. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974 to provide access to Medicare benefits for 
     individuals ages 55 to 65, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 to allow a refundable and advanceable credit against 
     income tax for payment of such premiums, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and 
     the Workforce, 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. McCARTHY of Missouri (for herself, Mr. Skelton, 
             Mr. Blunt, Mr. Moore, Mr. Clay, Mr. Graves, Mrs. 
             Emerson, Mr. Gephardt, and Mr. Akin):
       H. Con. Res. 421. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     Liberty Memorial Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as 
     ``America's National World War I Museum'', and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. McCOLLUM:
       H. Res. 639. A resolution condemning the abuse of Iraqi 
     prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, urging a full and complete 
     investigation to ensure justice is served, and expressing 
     support for all Americans serving nobly in Iraq; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee 
     on International Relations, 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. BELL (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Stark, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Hoeffel, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Oberstar, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Payne, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Lantos, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Olver, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Strickland, 
             Ms. Watson, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
             Ms. Majette, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Conyers):
       H. Res. 640. A resolution of inquiry requesting that the 
     Secretary of Defense transmit to the House of Representatives 
     before the expiration of the 14-day period beginning on the 
     date of the adoption of this resolution any picture, 
     photograph, video, communication, or report produced in 
     conjunction with any completed Department of Defense 
     investigation conducted by Major General Antonio M. Taguba 
     relating to allegations of torture or allegations of 
     violations of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 at Abu Ghraib 
     prison in Iraq or any completed Department of Defense 
     investigation relating to the abuse or alleged abuse of a 
     prisoner of war or detainee by any civilian contractor 
     working in Iraq who is employed on behalf of the Department 
     of Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H. Res. 641. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.

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