[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17603-17604]
[From the U.S. 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. SMITH of Michigan (for himself and Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 2692. A bill to authorize appropriations for 
     activities under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
     of 1974 for fiscal years 2004 through 2006, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. GILCHREST (for himself and Mr. Pombo):
       H.R. 2693. A bill to reauthorize the Marine Mammal 
     Protection Act of 1972, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FERGUSON (for himself, Mr. Towns, and Mr. 
             Souder):
       H.R. 2694. A bill to establish a program to transfer 
     surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and 
     nonprofit community-based educational organizations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. HART:
       H.R. 2695. A bill to designate Pennsylvania State Route 60 
     and United States Routes 22 and 30 as part of the Dwight D. 
     Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense 
     Highways, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. RENZI (for himself, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. McInnis, 
             Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Tancredo):
       H.R. 2696. A bill to establish Institutes to demonstrate 
     and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to 
     reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-
     adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West; 
     to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. BARRETT of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2697. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an additional personal exemption for certain 
     dependents with long-term care needs; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. Towns, Mr. Fletcher, 
             and Mr. Walden of Oregon):
       H.R. 2698. A bill to provide for a system of health 
     insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans 
     with health insurance coverage; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Gillmor, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Mr. Otter, Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire, 
             Ms. Dunn, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Terry, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Shuster, Mr. 
             Kolbe, and Mr. Crenshaw):
       H.R. 2699. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning 
     notification requirements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Berman, and Mr. Pomeroy):
       H.R. 2700. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to revise the methodology by which payment for 
     orphan drugs and biologicals is made under program 
     prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department 
     services under the Medicare Program; 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 Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia:
       H.R. 2701. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     extend to additional military retirees with service-connected 
     disabilities the special compensation authority provided for 
     certain retirees with combat-related disabilities; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Shays, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Owens, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and 
             Mr. Green of Texas):
       H.R. 2702. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act with respect to the admission of L-1 intra-company 
     transferree nonimmigrants; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GERLACH (for himself and Mr. English):
       H.R. 2703. A bill to reserve a small percentage of the 
     amounts made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for 
     the farmland protection program to fund challenge grants to 
     encourage the purchase of conservation easements and other 
     interests in land to be held by a State agency, county, or 
     other eligible entity, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. Coble, 
             Mr. Dicks, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Israel, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Inslee, Mr. 
             McIntyre, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Lee, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. 
             Honda):
       H.R. 2704. A bill to extend the authorization for the ferry 
     boat discretionary program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 2705. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     provide for free mailing privileges for personal 
     correspondence and certain parcels sent from within the 
     United States to members of the Armed Forces serving on 
     active duty abroad who are engaged in military operations 
     involving armed conflict against a hostile foreign force, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. McCRERY (for himself, Mr. McInnis, and Mr. 
             Matsui):
       H.R. 2706. A bill to clarify the treatment of tax 
     attributes under section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 for taxpayers which file consolidated returns; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PEARCE (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. McInnis, 
             Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Bonilla, 
             Mr. Renzi, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Thornberry, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Moran of Kansas, 
             and Mr. Osborne):

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       H.R. 2707. A bill to direct the Secretaries of the Interior 
     and Agriculture, acting through the U. S. Forest Service, to 
     carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water 
     savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive on 
     forests and public lands administered by the Department of 
     the Interior and the U. S. Forest Service; to the Committee 
     on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, 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. SAXTON:
       H.R. 2708. A bill to provide for the security of commercial 
     nuclear power plants and facilities designated by the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
     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. SHAYS (for himself and Mr. Meehan):
       H.R. 2709. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with 
     the Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina:
       H.R. 2710. A bill to ensure that a flag is furnished to 
     drape the casket of each public safety officer killed in the 
     line of duty; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WU (for himself, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
             Petri, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Holden, 
             Mr. McGovern, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Goode, Mr. Boucher, 
             Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Lee, Mr. Owens, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Shays, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Rothman, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Rush, 
             Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Israel, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Doyle, 
             Mr. Ross, Ms. Watson, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Grijalva):
       H.R. 2711. A bill to permit refinancing of Federal student 
     consolidation loans, and to permit students freedom to select 
     a student loan consolidator; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Quinn):
       H.R. 2712. A bill to authorize the Surface Transportation 
     Board to direct the continued operation of certain commuter 
     rail passenger transportation operations in emergency 
     situations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.

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