[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 131 (Tuesday, November 16, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H9722-H9723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT

  Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House reports that on October 12, 2004 he 
presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the 
following bills.

       H.R. 854. To provide for the promotion of democracy, human 
     rights, and rule of law in the Republic of Belarus and for 
     the consolidation and strengthening of Belarus sovereignty 
     and independence.
       H.R. 5122. To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 
     1995 to permit members of the Board of Directors of the 
     Office of Compliance to serve for 2 terms.

  Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House, also reports that on October 13, 
2004 he presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills.

       H.R. 1533. To amend the securities laws to permit church 
     pension plans to be invested in collective trusts.
       H.R. 2608. To reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards 
     Reduction Program, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2714. To reauthorize the State Justice Institute.
       H.R. 2828. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs 
     aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water 
     resources.
       H.R. 3858. To amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     increase the supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, 
     and to provide for better coordination of Federal efforts and 
     information on islet cell transplantation.
       H.R. 4175. To increase, effective as of December 1, 2004, 
     the rates of disability compensation for veterans with 
     service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-
     connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4278. To amend the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 to 
     support programs of grants to States to address the assistive 
     technology needs of individuals with disabilities, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4555. To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise 
     and extend provisions relating to mammography quality 
     standards.
       H.R. 4567. Making appropriations for the Department of 
     Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2005, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4837. Making appropriations for military construction, 
     family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
     Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
     30, 2005, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5185. To temporarily extend the programs under the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965.

  Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House, also reports that on October 19, 
2004 he presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills.

       H.J. Res. 57. Expressing the sense of the Congress in 
     recognition of the contributions of the seven Columbia 
     astronauts by supporting establishment of a Columbia Memorial 
     Space Science Learning Center.
       H.R. 712. For the relief of Richi James Lesley.
       H.R. 867. For the relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida 
     Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan.
       H.R. 2010. To protect the voting rights of members of the 
     Armed Services in elections for the Delegate representing 
     American Samoa in the United States House of Representatives, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2023. To give a preference regarding States that 
     require schools to allow students to self-administer 
     medication to treat that student's asthma or anaphylaxis, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 2400. To amend the Organic Act of Guam for the 
     purposes of clarifying the local judicial structure of Guam.
       H.R. 2984. To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     remove the requirements that processors be members of an 
     agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears.
       H.R. 3056. To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee 
     Coast Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on 
     Otherwise Protected Area P25P.
       H.R. 3217. To provide for the conveyance of several small 
     parcels of National Forest System land in the Apalachicola 
     National Forest, Florida, to resolve boundary discrepancies 
     involving the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla 
     County, Florida, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3391. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain lands and facilities of the Provo River 
     Project.
       H.R. 3478. To amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     improve the efficiency of operations by the National Archives 
     and Records Administration and to reauthorize the National 
     Historical Publications and Records Commission.
       H.R. 3479. To provide for the control and eradication of 
     the brown tree snake on the island of Guam and the prevention 
     of the introduction of the brown tree snake to other areas of 
     the United States, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3706. To adjust the boundary of the John Muir National 
     Historic Site, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3797. To authorize improvements in the operations of 
     the government of the District of Columbia, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4046. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, 
     New York, as the ``Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office''.
       H.R. 4066. To provide for the conveyance of certain land to 
     the United States and to revise the boundary of Chickasaw 
     National

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     Recreation Area, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4306. To amend section 27A of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act to improve the process for verifying an 
     individual's eligibility for employment.
       H.R. 4381. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 2811 Springdale Avenue in 
     Springdale, Arkansas, as the ``Harvey and Bernice Jones Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 4471. To clarify the loan guarantee authority under 
     title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
     Determination Act of 1996.
       H.R. 4481. To amend Public Law 86-434 establishing Wilson's 
     Creek National Battlefield in the State of Missouri to expand 
     the boundaries of the park, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4556. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 1115 South Clinton Avenue in Dunn, 
     North Carolina, as the ``General William Carey Lee Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 4579. To modify the boundary of the Harry S Truman 
     National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 4618. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 10 West Prospect Street in Nanuet, 
     New York, as the ``Anthony I. Lombardi Memorial Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4632. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 19504 Linden Boulevard in St. 
     Albans, New York, as the ``Archie Spigner Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4731. To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
     to reauthorize the National Estuary Program.
       H.R. 4827. To amend the Colorado Canyons National 
     Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 
     2000 to rename the Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
     Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.
       H.R. 4917. To amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of 
     the United States for fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 5027. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 411 Midway Avenue in Mascotte, 
     Florida, as the ``Specialist Eric Ramirez Post Office''.
       H.R. 5039. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at United States Route 1 in Ridgeway, 
     North Carolina, as the ``Eva Holtzman Post Office''.
       H.R. 5051. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 1001 Williams Street in Ignacio, 
     Colorado, as the ``Leonard C. Burch Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5107. To protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate 
     the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime 
     scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA 
     testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime 
     laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA 
     testing technologies, to develop new training programs 
     regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide 
     post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the 
     innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State 
     capital cases, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5131. To provide assistance to Special Olympics to 
     support expansion of Special Olympics and development of 
     education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 5133. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 11110 Sunset Hills Road in Reston, 
     Virginia, as the ``Martha Pennino Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 5147. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 23055 Sherman Way in West Hills, 
     California, as the ``Evan Asa Ashcraft Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5294. To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to 
     authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for 
     the Performing Arts, and for other purposes.

  Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House, also reports that on October 21, 
2004 he presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills.

       H.R. 3819. To redesignate Fort Clatsop National Memorial as 
     the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, to include in 
     the park sites in the State of Washington as well as the 
     State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4200. To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 
     for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
     military construction, and for defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for 
     such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4520. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing, 
     service, and high-technology businesses and workers more 
     competitive and productive both at home and abroad.
       H.R. 5186. To reduce certain special allowance payments and 
     provide additional teacher loan forgiveness on Federal 
     student loans.

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