[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 82 (Tuesday, June 15, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H4170-H4171]
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. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
             Thomas, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
             Norwood, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Majette, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Nunes, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Farr, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Gary 
             G. Miller of California, Mr. Ose, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, and Mrs. Capps):
       H.R. 4569. A bill to provide for the development of a 
     national plan for the control and management of Sudden Oak 
     Death, a tree disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen 
     Phytophthora ramorum, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. PUTNAM (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 4570. A bill to amend provisions of law originally 
     enacted in the Clinger-Cohen Act to enhance agency planning 
     for information security needs; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, 
             Mr. Forbes, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
             Chabot, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. King of Iowa, 
             Mr. DeLay, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
             Keller, Mr. Carter, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Calvert, and Mr. 
             Goodlatte):
       H.R. 4571. A bill to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of 
     Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi:
       H.R. 4572. A bill to condition United States military 
     cooperation with the government of Bulgaria within the 
     territory of Bulgaria on the certification by the Secretary 
     of Defense that United States citizens and corporations are 
     afforded full due process of law in Bulgaria and that certain 
     United States legal decisions against Bulgarian nationals 
     have been satisfied; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. LaHood, 
             Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Holt):
       H.R. 4573. A bill to amend the National Security Act of 
     1947 to provide for enhanced language education and training 
     for members of the intelligence community, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent 
     Select).
           By Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. LaHood, 
             Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Holt):
       H.R. 4574. A bill to amend title VIII of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1992, as amended, to revise 
     the funding mechanism for scholarships, fellowships, and 
     grants to institutions under the National Security Education 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the 
     Committees on Armed Services, 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. DeLAURO (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Solis, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Owens, Ms. Norton, Mr. Towns, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
             Oberstar, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Baca, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks of New 
             York, Ms. Waters, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee, 
             Mr. Evans, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. 
             McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Stark, 
             Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut):
       H.R. 4575. A bill to provide for paid sick leave to ensure 
     that Americans can address their own health needs and the 
     health needs of their families; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Government Reform, and House Administration, 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. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. 
             Neugebauer, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Smith of 
             Michigan, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Farr, Mr. Chocola, Mr. 
             Berry, and Mr. Acevedo-Vila):
       H.R. 4576. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act 
     of 1946 to establish a voluntary program for the provision of 
     country of origin information with respect to certain 
     agricultural products, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 4577. A bill to allow binding arbitration clauses to 
     be included in all contracts affecting the land within the 
     Gila River Indian Community Reservation; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Ms. Pryce 
             of Ohio, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Burr, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Bono, Mr. McInnis, 
             Mr. Shays, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Camp, Ms. Dunn, and Mr. 
             Waxman):
       H.R. 4578. A bill to reauthorize the Children's Hospitals 
     Graduate Medical Education Program; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. McCARTHY of Missouri (for herself, Mr. Skelton, 
             and Mr. Blunt):
       H.R. 4579. A bill to modify the boundary of the Harry S 
     Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. McKEON:
       H.R. 4580. A bill to remove certain restrictions on the 
     Mammoth Community Water District's ability to use certain 
     property acquired by that District from the United States; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. Radanovich, and Mr. 
             Dooley of California):
       H.R. 4581. A bill to provide for the conveyance of the 
     former Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research 
     Service laboratory in Fresno, California, to the City of 
     Fresno; to the Committee on Government Reform.

[[Page H4171]]

           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H.R. 4582. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to suspend the running of periods of limitation for 
     credit or refund of overpayment of Federal income tax by 
     veterans while their service-connected compensation 
     determinations are pending with the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. REHBERG (for himself and Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota):
       H.R. 4583. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to base the counter-cyclical payment 
     rate for the 2003 crop year for producers whose farming 
     operations are located in certain declared disaster areas on 
     the total of the partial payments for that crop year; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. Scott of Georgia):
       H. Con. Res. 449. Concurrent resolution honoring the life 
     and accomplishments of Ray Charles, recognizing his 
     contributions to the Nation, and extending condolences to his 
     family on his death; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Berry, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
             Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Carson 
             of Indiana, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Clay, Mr. Clyburn, 
             Mr. Capuano, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Cooper, 
             Mr. Crowley, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Engel, Mr. Everett, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Ford, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lantos, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. Majette, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Smith of Washington, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Taylor of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. 
             Watt, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. 
             Wynn):
       H. Con. Res. 450. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     40th anniversary of the day civil rights organizers Andrew 
     Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner gave their lives 
     in the struggle to guarantee the right to vote for every 
     citizen of the United States and encouraging all Americans to 
     observe the anniversary of the deaths of the 3 men by 
     committing themselves to ensuring equal rights, equal 
     opportunities, and equal justice for all people; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. 
             Majette, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Rush, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
             Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. Watt, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Carson of 
             Indiana, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Clay, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
             Davis of Alabama, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Fattah, 
             Mr. Ford, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Ms. Kilpatrick, and Ms. Lee):
       H. Res. 676. A resolution recognizing and honoring the 40th 
     anniversary of congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committee on 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.

                          ____________________