[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19054-19055]
[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. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Goode, Mr. Pence, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Keller):
       H.R. 2813. A bill to provide small businesses certain 
     protections from litigation excesses and to limit the product 
     liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on 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. NUSSLE:
       H.R. 2814. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify that qualified personal service corporations 
     may continue to use the cash method of accounting, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. Becerra, and Mrs. 
             Johnson of Connecticut):
       H.R. 2815. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand the expensing of environmental remediation 
     costs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself and Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York):
       H.R. 2816. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the management 
     of health care services for veterans to place certain low-
     income veterans in a higher health-care priority category; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GOODE (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 2817. A bill to provide that the actuarial value of 
     the prescription drug benefits of Members of Congress under 
     the Federal employees health benefits program may not exceed 
     the actuarial value of any prescription drug benefit under 
     the Medicare Program; to the Committee on House 
     Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined 
     by the Speaker, in

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     each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
     the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Frost, Mr. Berman, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
             Waters, Mr. Towns, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Lipinski, 
             Mr. Becerra, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pastor, 
             Ms. Solis, Ms. Lee, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Loretta 
             Sanchez of California, Mr. Baca, Mr. Meeks of New 
             York, and Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California):
       H.R. 2818. A bill to award a congressional gold medal to 
     the family of the late Raul Julia; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. HOEFFEL (for himself, Mr. Houghton, and Mr. 
             McDermott):
       H.R. 2819. A bill to establish a program to provide 
     assistance for developing countries of Eurasia and the Middle 
     East; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2820. A bill to extend to the Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia the same authority with respect to the National 
     Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the 
     several States exercise with respect to the National Guard of 
     those States; to the Committee on Government Reform, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. RYUN of Kansas (for himself and Mrs. Capps):
       H.R. 2821. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for direct access to audiologists for 
     Medicare beneficiaries, 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. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2822. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude working capital in applying the accumulated 
     earnings tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Holt, 
             Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Bell, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. McNulty, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Lee, Mr. Berman, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Engel, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cooper, Mr. 
             Walsh, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Filner):
       H. Con. Res. 248. Concurrent resolution honoring former 
     Congressman Dalip Singh Saund and remembering his 
     achievements as the only Indian American to serve in 
     Congress; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H. Con. Res. 249. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the United States should remain 
     engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, 
     unified Iraq with a representative government, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.

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