[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26012-26013]
[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. JONES of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Coble, Mr. Delahunt, and Mr. LoBiondo):
       H.R. 3374. A bill to amend title 14, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Commandant of the Coast Guard, after informing 
     the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
     operating, to make such recommendations to the Congress 
     relating to the Coast Guard as the Commandant considers 
     appropriate; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3375. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income health care subsidy 
     payments made to employers by local governments on behalf of 
     volunteer firefighters; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BEAUPREZ:
       H.R. 3376. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Administrator of General Services to lease and 
     redevelop certain Federal property on the Denver Federal 
     Center in Lakewood, Colorado; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. Waxman, 
             and Mr. Dingell):
       H.R. 3377. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to dietary supplements; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. GILCHREST:
       H.R. 3378. A bill to assist in the conservation of marine 
     turtles and the nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign 
     countries; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HILL (for himself, Mr. Hostettler, Ms. Carson of 
             Indiana, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. 
             Pence, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Souder, and Mr. Buyer):
       H.R. 3379. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3210 East 10th Street in 
     Bloomington, Indiana, as the ``Francis X. McCloskey Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina:
       H.R. 3380. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act concerning the use of 
     Federal disaster assistance for hazard mitigation measures; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 3381. A bill to enhance the rights of crime victims, 
     to establish grants for local governments to assist crime 
     victims, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, 
     and Rules, 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. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 3382. A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to waive certain waiting periods for 
     Social Security disability and Medicare benefits in the case 
     of a terminally ill, disabled individual; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, 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. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Ackerman, 
             Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mr. Fossella, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. King of New York, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reynolds, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
             Walsh, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 3383. A bill to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs medical center in the Bronx, New York, as the ``James 
     J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WU:
       H.R. 3384. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the limitations on the maximum amount of the 
     deduction of interest on education loans; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Florida:
       H.J. Res. 75. A joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. 
             Nadler):
       H. Con. Res. 311. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the international community should 
     recognize the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries 
     and that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
     Palestine Refugees in the Near East should establish a 
     program for resettling Palestinian refugees; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H. Con. Res. 312. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     valuable contributions of higher education faculty in the 
     education of our Nation's students; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
             Mr. Ferguson, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Ballenger, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Burr, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. Shaw, Ms. Hart, Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Obey, Mr. Leach, Ms. Ginny 
             Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
             Murphy, Ms.

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             Bordallo, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, and Mr. Renzi):
       H. Con. Res. 313. Concurrent resolution to urge the 
     President, on behalf of the United States, to present the 
     Presidential Medal of Freedom to His Holiness, Pope John Paul 
     II, in recognition of his significant, enduring, and historic 
     contributions to the causes of freedom, human dignity, and 
     peace and to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Holiness' 
     inauguration of his ministry as Bishop of Rome and Supreme 
     Pastor of the Catholic Church; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. ENGLISH (for himself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Ballenger, 
             Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan, Mr. Stenholm, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. 
             Collins, Mr. Baker, Mr. Gillmor, Mrs. Biggert, Ms. 
             Hart, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Hill, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Everett, Mr. Platts, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Burr, 
             Mr. Norwood, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Lipinski, Mrs. Myrick, 
             Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Otter, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Ryan of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. McInnis, and Mr. Goodlatte):
       H. Res. 414. A resolution to encourage the People's 
     Republic of China to fulfill its commitments under 
     international trade agreements, support the United States 
     manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial 
     market reforms; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MEEK of Florida (for himself, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-
             Balart of Florida, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Hastings 
             of Florida, Mr. Keller, Mr. Foley, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. 
             Mica, Ms. Harris, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, 
             Mr. Shaw, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Mario 
             Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Feeney, Mr. 
             Miller of Florida, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Stearns, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Goss, Mr. Boyd, Mr. 
             Weldon of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, and Mr. Young of 
             Florida):
       H. Res. 415. A resolution congratulating the Florida 
     Marlins for winning the 2003 World Series; to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Wexler, 
             Mr. McDermott, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Waters, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Honda, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Watson, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. 
             Meehan):
       H. Res. 419. A resolution condemning religiously intolerant 
     remarks and calling on the President to clearly censure and 
     reassign Lieutenant General Boykin for his religiously 
     intolerant remarks; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. HINCHEY:
       H. Res. 420. A resolution unequivocally condemning the 
     damaging rhetoric of Lieutenant General William G. Boykin, 
     United States Army, which has promoted hateful stereotypes of 
     the religion of Islam; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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