[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H2393-H2394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      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 and Mr. Oberstar) 
             (both by request):
       H.R. 1713. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide for stable, productive, and efficient passenger rail 
     service in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Carter, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. DeLay, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
             Shaw, Mr. Shays, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Simmons, Mrs. 
             Davis of California, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Michaud, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, and Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin):
       H.R. 1714. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect 
     the retirement of public servants; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. McINTYRE:
       H.R. 1715. A bill to reduce until December 31, 2008, the 
     duty on PDCB (p-Dichlorobenzene); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1716. A bill to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 
     to prohibit any operator of an automated teller machine that 
     displays any paid advertising from imposing any fee on a 
     consumer for the use of that machine, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Crowley, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Farr, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Ms. Harman, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Watson, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 1717. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of 
     the beginning of Korean immigration into the United States; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1718. A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require 
     public availability of an accounting of all funds used, or 
     required to be used, for response to a release of a hazardous 
     substance or pollutant or contaminant; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. BAKER (for himself, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
             Florida, Mr. Ford, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Terry, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mr. Alexander, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Fossella, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida, Mr. Renzi, and Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 1719. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment with 
     the goal of preventing diabetic foot complications and lower 
     extremity amputations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 1720. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor 
     for and report discharges of raw sewage, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. Simmons, 
             and Mr. Pallone):
       H.R. 1721. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality of 
     coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire:
       H.R. 1722. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     revise regulations to increase the percentage of proficient 
     and advanced level scores based on alternate assessments and 
     alternate achievement standards for purposes of calculating 
     adequate yearly progress, to amend the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 to decrease the percentage of 
     students who meet or exceed the proficient level of academic 
     achievement on State assessments required to calculate 
     adequate yearly progress, to direct the Secretary of 
     Education to expand to two years the exclusion for second 
     year limited English proficiency students from adequate 
     yearly progress calculations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire:
       H.R. 1723. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit against income tax for recycling or 
     remanufacturing equipment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 1724. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on Asulam sodium salt; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 1725. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Chloral; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 1726. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Imidacloprid Technical; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 1727. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Triadimefon; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CARNAHAN (for himself and Mrs. Emerson):
       H.R. 1728. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
     designating the French Colonial Heritage Area in the State of 
     Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FORTUNO (for himself, Mr. Weller, Mr. Young of 
             Alaska, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Dent, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Owens, 
             Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 1729. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to increase inpatient hospital payments under 
     the Medicare Program to Puerto Rico hospitals; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 1730. A bill to reinstate the authority of the Federal 
     Communications Commission and local franchising authorities 
     to regulate the rates for cable television service; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. HARMAN:
       H.R. 1731. A bill to improve the security of the Nation's 
     ports by providing Federal grants to support Area Maritime 
     Transportation Security Plans and to address vulnerabilities 
     in port areas identified in approved vulnerability 
     assessments or by the Secretary of Homeland Security; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Ms. HART (for herself and Mr. Murphy):
       H.R. 1732. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Liquid 
     Crystal Device (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD 
     projection type televisions; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. HART (for herself and Mr. Murphy):
       H.R. 1733. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     electron guns for high definition cathode ray tubes (CRTs); 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HART (for herself and Mr. Murphy):
       H.R. 1734. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Liquid 
     Crystal Device (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD direct 
     view televisions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HOOLEY:
       H.R. 1735. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide that an officer of the Army or Air Force on the 
     active-duty list may not be promoted to brigadier general 
     unless the officer has had a duty assignment of at least one 
     year involving the administration of the National Guard or 
     Reserves; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Levin, Mr. Herger, Mr. Camp, 
             Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Weller, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Foley, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Cantor, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Chocola, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Hart, Mr. 
             Beauprez, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Kuhl 
             of New York, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. McHenry, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Ferguson, Miss McMorris, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
             Sweeney, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Goodlatte, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Cannon, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. Moran of Virginia):
       H.R. 1736. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permanently extend the research credit, to increase 
     the rates of the alternative incremental credit, and to 
     provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified 
     research expenses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MEEK of Florida (for himself, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
             Conyers, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Rush, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Weiner, 
             Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Meeks of New 
             York, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Engel, Ms. Lee, and 
             Mrs. Christensen):

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       H.R. 1737. A bill to amend the Haitian Refugee Immigration 
     Fairness Act of 1998 to benefit individuals who were children 
     when such Act was enacted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Owens, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Van 
             Hollen):
       H.R. 1738. A bill to assure the safety of American children 
     in foreign-based and domestic institutions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     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. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Wolf):
       H.R. 1739. A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to allow individuals who return to Government 
     service after receiving a refund of retirement contributions 
     to recapture credit for the service covered by that refund by 
     repaying the amount that was so received, with interest; to 
     the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. OBEY:
       H.R. 1740. A bill to require labeling of raw agricultural 
     forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. OSBORNE (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Moore of 
             Kansas, Mr. Ross, Mr. Paul, Mr. Otter, Mr. Case, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Peterson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Porter, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Wamp, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             Hastings of Washington, Mr. Norwood, Mrs. Emerson, 
             and Mrs. Musgrave):
       H.R. 1741. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to conduct a pilot program to improve access to 
     health care for rural veterans, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 1742. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and 
     renovation of public schools; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, 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.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Chabot, and Mr. Ackerman):
       H.R. 1743. A bill to encourage divestiture of current 
     investments in Iran and discourage future investments in Iran 
     and to require disclosure to investors of information 
     relating to such investments; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services, and in addition to the Committees on Government 
     Reform, 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. RUPPERSBERGER:
       H.R. 1744. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide incentives for alternative fuels and 
     alternative fuel vehicles; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sam Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Levin, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
             Becerra, Mr. Reynolds, Ms. Hart, Mr. Wolf, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Kolbe, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hastings of Washington, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Miller of Florida, and 
             Mr. Sullivan):
       H.R. 1745. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     enhance Social Security account number privacy protections, 
     to prevent fraudulent misuse of the Social Security account 
     number, and to otherwise enhance protection against identity 
     theft, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial 
     Services, and 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. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 1746. A bill to require a quadrennial review of the 
     diplomatic strategy and structure of the Department of State 
     and its related agencies to determine how the Department can 
     best fulfill its mission in the 21st century and meet the 
     challenges of a changing world; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H. Res. 223. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that a postage stamp should be issued in 
     commemoration of Diwali, a festival celebrated by people of 
     Indian origin; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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