[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23687-23688]
[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. KENNEDY of Minnesota (for himself, Mr. Ross, Mr. 
             Houghton, and Mr. Simmons):
       H.R. 3197. A bill to provide for the reimbursement of air 
     fare costs incurred by members of the United States Armed 
     Forces for domestic travel while on leave from deployment 
     overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
     Enduring Freedom; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             LaTourette, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 3198. A bill to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act 
     to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center 
     for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD:
       H.R. 3199. A bill to expand the Rest and Recuperation Leave 
     program for members of the Armed Forces serving in the Iraqi 
     theater of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 
     to include travel and transportation to the members' 
     permanent station or home; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH:
       H.R. 3200. A bill to expand the travel and transportation 
     allowances available to members of the Armed Forces granted 
     leave under the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for 
     Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to 
     cover travel and transportation to the members' permanent 
     station or home of record; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 3201. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the award of a military service medal to members 
     of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War 
     era; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3202. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require that employers of members of the National Guard and 
     the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are called to 
     active duty continue to offer health care coverage for 
     dependents of such members, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. BAKER (for himself, Mr. McCrery, Mr. John, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             and Mr. Faleomavaega):
       H.R. 3203. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize grants for education, screening, and treatment with 
     the goal of preventing diabetic foot complications and lower 
     extremity amputations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself and Mr. Hoeffel):
       H.R. 3204. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the tercentenary of the 
     birth of Benjamin Franklin, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia:
       H.R. 3205. A bill to provide for a report on the parity of 
     pay and benefits among Federal law enforcement officers and 
     to establish an exchange program between Federal law 
     enforcement employees and State and local law enforcement 
     employees; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 3206. A bill to provide for the conveyance of a small 
     parcel of Bureau of Land Management land in Coos County, 
     Oregon, to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 3207. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a study on the preservation and interpretation of 
     the historic sites of the Manhattan Project for potential 
     inclusion in the National Park System; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HENSARLING (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Porter, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Scott of Georgia, Mr. Markey, Mr. Vitter, Ms. Hooley 
             of Oregon, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Taylor of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of 
             Florida, Ms. Bordallo, and Mr. Rogers of Alabama):
       H.R. 3208. A bill to ensure that the travel and 
     transportation allowances provided in connection with rest 
     and recuperative leave granted to a member of the Armed 
     Forces serving in Iraq or Afghanistan cover travel to and 
     from the permanent duty station or home of record of the 
     member, not simply to and from a port of entry in the United 
     States; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. OSBORNE:
       H.R. 3209. A bill to amend the Reclamation Project 
     Authorization Act of 1972 to clarify the acreage for which 
     the North Loup division is authorized to provide irrigation 
     water under the Missouri River Basin project; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WALDEN of Oregon:
       H.R. 3210. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
     conduct a water resource feasibility study for the Little 
     Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins in Oregon; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Oberstar):
       H.R. 3211. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide for stable, productive, and efficient passenger rail 
     service in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 3212. A bill to provide additional funds for 
     deployment rotation and other relief for United States troops 
     serving in Iraq; to the Committee on International Relations, 
     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. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H. Res. 381. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United States Postal Service 
     should issue a postage stamp commemorating the Fisk Jubilee 
     Singers; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. 
             Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Frost, 
             Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Johnson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Schiff, Mr. Ross, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Moore, 
             Mrs. McCarthy of New York,

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             Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             Matheson, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Skelton):
       H. Res. 382. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives concerning war crimes committed by Japan 
     during World War II and the liability of Japanese companies 
     to former prisoners-of-war used by such companies as slave 
     labor during World War II; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.