[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 3, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H2879-H2880]
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. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Bishop 
             of Utah, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Dent, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Leach, Mr. Moore of 
             Kansas, Mr. Platts, Mr. Porter, Mr. Shays, and Mr. 
             Simmons):
       H.R. 2043. A bill to establish the District of Columbia as 
     a Congressional district for purposes of representation in 
     the House of Representatives, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Government Reform, 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. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 2044. A bill to improve air cargo security; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. PENCE (for himself and Ms. Baldwin):
       H.R. 2045. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to provide producers on a farm with 
     greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on 
     the base acres of the farm; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. BUYER (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Boozman, and 
             Ms. Herseth):
       H.R. 2046. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to limit premium increases on reinstated health insurance 
     on servicemembers who are released from active military 
     service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BAKER (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. Boustany, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, 
             Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Berry, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Melancon, Mr. Pomeroy, and Ms. Herseth):
       H.R. 2047. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     Surface Transportation Board, to enhance rail transportation 
     competition, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself and Mr. Towns):
       H.R. 2048. A bill to protect the rights of consumers to 
     diagnose, service, and repair motor vehicles in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Calvert, and Mr. 
             Culberson):
       H.R. 2049. A bill to require certain Federal service 
     contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment 
     eligibility confirmation; 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.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. 
             Bass):
       H.R. 2050. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the legacy of the Old Man 
     of the Mountain, the symbol of New Hampshire that passed on 
     to its granite roots in the dawn of May, 2003; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CAMP (for himself and Mr. Strickland):
       H.R. 2051. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for 
     immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the 
     Medicare Program that have received an organ transplant and 
     whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, 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. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Gilchrest):
       H.R. 2052. A bill to establish the Star-Spangled Banner and 
     War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Gilchrest):
       H.R. 2053. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of 
     Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a 
     National Historic Trail; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 2054. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide that consensual sexual activity between adults shall 
     not be a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 2055. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to permit certain long-term permanent resident aliens to 
     seek cancellation of removal under such Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GILLMOR:
       H.R. 2056. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on palm 
     fatty acid distillate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LaTOURETTE (for himself and Ms. Corrine Brown of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 2057. A bill to prevent the Terrorism Prevention in 
     Hazardous Materials Transportation Emergency Act of 2005 and 
     the Terrorism Prevention in Hazardous Materials 
     Transportation Temporary Act of 2005, as passed by the 
     Council of the District of Columbia, from taking effect; to 
     the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mr. Case, Mr. Castle, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cummings, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Engel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Holden, Mr. Kildee, 
             Mr. Kind, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. George Miller of California, 
             Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Ross, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
             Snyder, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 2058. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act and title III of the Public Health 
     Service Act to improve access to information about 
     individuals' health care options and legal rights for care 
     near the end of life, to promote advance care planning and 
     decisionmaking so that individuals' wishes are known should 
     they become unable to speak for themselves, to engage health 
     care providers in disseminating information about and 
     assisting in the preparation of advance directives, which 
     include living wills and durable powers of attorney for 
     health care, 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. PALLONE:
       H.R. 2059. A bill to prohibit the commercial harvesting of 
     Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters and the exclusive 
     economic zone; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, and Mr. McKeon):
       H.R. 2060. A bill to amend the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention 
     and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to exempt from the means 
     test in bankruptcy cases, for a limited period, qualifying 
     reserve-component members who, after September 11, 2001, are 
     called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense 
     activity for not less than 60 days; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. RYUN of Kansas (for himself and Mr. Cannon):
       H.R. 2061. A bill to enhance the ability of community banks 
     to foster economic growth and serve their communities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services, 
     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. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. Platts, Mr. Holden, 
             Mr. Dent, and Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 2062. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 57 West Street in Newville, 
     Pennsylvania, as the ``Randall D. Shughart Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 2063. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit one-time, tax-free distributions from 
     retirement plans to fund health savings accounts; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       H.R. 2064. A bill to assure that development of certain 
     Federal oil and gas resources will occur in ways that protect 
     water resources and respect the rights of the surface owners, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
     the Speaker, in each case for

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     consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Florida:
       H.R. 2065. A bill to establish formally the United States 
     Military Cancer Institute, to require the Institute to 
     promote the health of members of the Armed Forces and their 
     dependents by enhancing cancer research and treatment, to 
     provide for a study of the epidemiological causes of cancer 
     among various ethnic groups for cancer prevention and early 
     detection efforts, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McCotter, Mr. 
             Wolf, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Ms. Watson, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
             and Mr. Cannon):
       H. Con. Res. 143. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the continued participation of the 
     Russian Federation in the Group of 8 nations should be 
     conditioned on the Russian Government voluntarily accepting 
     and adhering to the norms and standards of democracy; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H. Res. 253. A resolution raising a question of the 
     privileges of the House.
           By Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Akin, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mr. Marshall, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Hefley, Mr. 
             Kline, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. 
             McIntyre):
       H. Res. 256. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives in remembrance of the brave servicemen who 
     perished in the disastrous April 24, 1980, rescue attempt of 
     the American hostages in Iran; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.

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