[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16246]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. HASTERT (for himself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Blunt, Ms. 
             Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Tauzin, Mrs. Johnson 
             of Connecticut, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida, Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire, Mr. Burns, Ms. 
             Dunn, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graves, Mr. 
             McCrery, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Simmons, and Mr. Sullivan):
       H.R. 1. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug 
     coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the 
     Medicare Program, and for other purposes; referred 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. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             Renzi, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico):
       H.R. 2595. A bill to restore the operation of the Native 
     American Veteran Housing Loan Program during fiscal year 2003 
     to the scope of that program as in effect on September 30, 
     2002; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. THOMAS:
       H.R. 2596. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts 
     contributed to health savings security accounts and health 
     savings accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused 
     health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending 
     arrangements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself and Mr. Case):
       H.R. 2597. A bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
     Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. 
             Cantor):
       H.R. 2598. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social 
     Security of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to 
     benefits based on disability in cases in which the 
     Commissioner determines that such waiting period would cause 
     undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DOOLITTLE (for himself and Mr. Herger):
       H.R. 2599. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to quitclaim to Yuba River Properties certain land in Yuba 
     County, California, so as to extinguish a claim of title 
     asserted by the Department of the Interior; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H.R. 2600. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to simplify the requirements for United States nationals 
     to become citizens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LOFGREN (for herself and Mr. Doolittle):
       H.R. 2601. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     allow abandoned copyrighted works to enter the public domain 
     after 50 years; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. OTTER:
       H.R. 2602. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to make the authority of the Secretary to designate 
     critical habitat discretionary instead of mandatory, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 2603. A bill to impose limitations on the authority of 
     the Secretary of the Interior to claim title or other rights 
     to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, 
     injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any 
     quantity of water; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 2604. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax incentives to encourage diversity of 
     ownership of telecommunications businesses, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Small Business, 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. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Farr, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Payne, Ms. Lee, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Case, Mr. Watt, Mr. Davis 
             of Alabama, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Clyburn, and 
             Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 2605. A bill to nullify the effect of section 4 of 
     Executive Order 13279; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, 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. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Stenholm, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Berry, 
             Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Davis of 
             Tennessee, Mr. Ford, Mr. Holden, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
             John, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
             McIntyre, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Moore, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Scott of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Alexander, and 
             Mr. Cardoza):
       H.R. 2606. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide prescription drug coverage under the 
     Medicare Program, to make improvements in Medicare payment 
     for rural providers, 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. HAYES (for himself, Mr. Hayworth, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Ballance, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Deutsch, and 
             Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin):
       H. Con. Res. 230. Concurrent resolution honoring the 10 
     communities selected to receive the 2003 All-America City 
     Award; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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