[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19275-19276]
[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 Mrs. KELLY:
       H.R. 2823. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became 
     disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the 
     United States; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Meehan, Ms. 
             Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Pence, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Shuster, Mr. Carter, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       H.R. 2824. A bill to revise and reform the Act commonly 
     called the Jenkins Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Shimkus, Mr. Engel, Mr. Otter, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mr. Bass, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, and Mrs. Cubin):
       H.R. 2825. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to take actions necessary to ensure expeditious 
     access by consumers to terrestrial digital television 
     services; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA (for himself, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Ms. Solis, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Pastor, Ms. 
             Hart, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fattah, 
             Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
             Platts, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Loretta Sanchez 
             of California, Mr. Baca, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Watson, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Frost, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Sabo, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Ney, Ms. Lee, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 2826. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1000 Avenida Sanchez Osorio 
     in Carolina, Puerto Rico, as the ``Roberto Clemente Walker 
     Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 2827. A bill to phase out the incineration of solid 
     waste, and for other purposes; 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. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Dooley of California, 
             Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Cardoza, 
             Mr. Osborne, Mr. Baca, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
             Lewis of California, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
             Hunter, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Cox, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Gary 
             G. Miller of California, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Issa, Mr. Ose, and 
             Mr. Pombo):
       H.R. 2828. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to implement water supply technology and 
     infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying 
     domestic water resources; 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 consideration of such 
     provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
     concerned.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Jackson-
             Lee of Texas, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Owens, 
             Mr. Frost, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Wexler, Ms. 
             Lee, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Watson, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Schiff, 
             and Mr. Evans):
       H.R. 2829. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases 
     of impairment of vision involving both eyes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself and Mr. 
             Houghton):
       H.R. 2830. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify that installment sales treatment shall not 
     fail to apply to property acquired for conservation purposes 
     by a State or local government or certain tax-exempt 
     organizations merely because purchase funds are held in a 
     sinking or similar fund pursuant to State law; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GIBBONS:
       H.R. 2831. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and 
     Maintenance Yard

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     Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Otter, Mr. 
             Larsen of Washington, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Osborne, Mr. Farr, Mr. Ross, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. 
             Nunes):
       H.R. 2832. A bill to promote improved nutrition for 
     students by expanding the Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program 
     under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. KILPATRICK (for herself, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Ford, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Waters, Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Frost, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Wynn, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. Owens, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Payne, Ms. Lee, 
             Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
             Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Carson of Indiana, 
             Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Davis of 
             Alabama, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Ballance, and Mr. Bishop of Georgia):
       H.R. 2833. A bill to posthumously award a congressional 
     gold medal to Wilma G. Rudolph; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. LATHAM:
       H.R. 2834. A bill to provide for a pilot program to be 
     conducted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs through the 
     establishment of an electronic database to enable healthcare 
     facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Iowa to 
     share patient information with the State of Iowa Veterans 
     Home on patients of both those facilities and that home; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. McINNIS (for himself, Mr. Tancredo, and Mr. 
             Hefley):
       H.R. 2835. A bill to provide for the remediation of 
     abandoned and inactive hardrock mines in the Upper Animas 
     River Basin in southwestern Colorado; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MEEKS of New York:
       H.R. 2836. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce corporate refunds by fines and penalties 
     imposed by reason of improper accounting or reporting 
     practices or misstatements of its financial position; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Deal of Georgia):
       H.R. 2837. A bill to provide for compassionate payments 
     with regard to individuals who contracted human 
     immunodeficiency virus due to the provision of a contaminated 
     blood transfusion, 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. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Cardoza, 
             Mr. Ose, and Mr. Dooley of California):
       H.R. 2838. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit for qualifying clean technology 
     engines; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHAW:
       H.R. 2839. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
     restore equity and complete the transfer of motor fuel excise 
     taxes attributable to motorboat and small engine fuels into 
     the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Murtha, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. McGovern, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
             Hoyer, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Lantos, and 
             Mr. Rush):
       H.R. 2840. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     remove the limitation on the period of Medicare eligibility 
     for disabled workers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELDON of Florida:
       H.R. 2841. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to eliminate the waiver authority relating to the 
     implementation of machine readable passports and to expand 
     the definition of terrorist activities for purposes of 
     deportation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio:
       H. Con. Res. 250. Concurrent resolution recognizing 
     community organization of public access defibrillation 
     programs; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H. Con. Res. 251. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress with respect to the right of all 
     Americans to keep and bear arms in defense of life or liberty 
     and in the pursuit of all other legitimate endeavors; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. PELOSI:
       H. Res. 330. A resolution relating to a question of the 
     privileges of the House.
           By Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             and Mr. Shays):
       H. Res. 331. A resolution recognizing Igor I. Sikorsky, a 
     national aviation pioneer; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       H. Res. 332. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to apply the layover requirements for 
     conference reports during the last six days of a session of 
     Congress, to require that certain matter be included in joint 
     explanatory statements accompanying conference reports, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Evans):
       H. Res. 333. A resolution providing amounts for further 
     expenses of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the One 
     Hundred Eighth Congress; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.

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