[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26406-26407]
[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. KELLER (for himself, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Putnam, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. 
             Crenshaw):
       H.R. 3385. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to prevent sex offenders subject to involuntary civil 
     commitments from receiving Federal student financial aid; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Wynn, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Jackson-
             Lee of Texas, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
             Mr. Wexler, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Owens, and Ms. Corrine 
             Brown of Florida):
       H.R. 3386. A bill to provide assistance to combat 
     infectious diseases in Haiti and to establish a comprehensive 
     health infrastructure in Haiti, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. EVANS (for himself and Mr. Rodriguez):
       H.R. 3387. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve health care programs of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs and to extend certain expiring authorities; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Moran 
             of Virginia):
       H.R. 3388. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the issuance of a military service medal to each 
     member of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the 
     Cold War, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. MILLER of North Carolina (for himself and Ms. 
             Hart):
       H.R. 3389. A bill to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
     Innovation Act of 1980 to permit Malcolm Baldrige National 
     Quality Awards to be made to nonprofit organizations; to the 
     Committee on Science.
           By Mr. SCHROCK (for himself, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
             Florida, Mr. Simmons, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
             Miller of Florida, Mr. Hayes, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, and Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico):
       H.R. 3390. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
     relating to prescription drug benefits for Medicare-eligible 
     enrollees under defense health care plans; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CANNON (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, and Mr. 
             Matheson):
       H.R. 3391. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey certain lands and facilities of the Provo 
     River Project; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. EVANS (for himself and Mr. Michaud):
       H.R. 3392. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make certain improvements in the procedures for adjudication 
     of claims for benefits under laws administered by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BALLENGER:
       H.R. 3393. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     add Catawba and Cleveland Counties, North Carolina to the 
     Appalachian region; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT (for himself, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Johnson 
             of Illinois, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Kelly, and Mr. Sweeney):
       H.R. 3394. A bill to clarify the lands over which Indian 
     tribes shall have jurisdiction or exercise governmental 
     power; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself and Mr. Matsui):
       H.R. 3395. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify the definition of contribution in aid of 
     construction; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 3396. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to establish a process under which a provider 
     of services or other health care provider under the Medicare 
     Program may petition the Secretary for an adjustment of the 
     rate of payment made to that provider under the Medicare 
     Program based on a significant inequity between the rate of 
     payment applicable to that provider, and for other purposes; 
     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. McCRERY:
       H.R. 3397. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a deduction for contributions to individual 
     investment accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H.R. 3398. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     establish a goods movement program to improve the 
     productivity, security, and safety of freight transportation 
     gateways; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MURTHA:
       H.R. 3399. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     electron guns for certain cathode ray tubes, liquid crystal 
     display panel assemblies for use in liquid crystal display 
     projection type televisions, and plasma display panel 
     assemblies for use in plasma flat panel screen televisions; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. OTTER (for himself, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Simpson, Mr. 
             Nunes, Mr. Ose, and Mr. Pearce):
       H.R. 3400. A bill to amend the reclamation laws to clarify 
     that certain man-made facilities that receive water from a 
     Bureau of Reclamation Project are not navigable waters; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 3401. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to establish therapeutic equivalence 
     requirements for generic drugs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota (for himself, Mr. Janklow, 
             and Mr. McIntyre):
       H.R. 3402. A bill to establish permanent authority for the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to quickly assist agricultural 
     producers who incur crop losses as a result of damaging 
     weather or related condition in federally declared disaster 
     areas, to provide emergency disaster assistance to 
     agricultural producers for qualifying crop losses for the 
     2001, 2002, or 2003 crops, to continue the livestock 
     assistance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cantor, 
             Mr. Cardoza, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Doolittle, Mrs. Emerson, 
             Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. McCotter, Mr. 
             Ose, Mr. Otter, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Stearns, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Whitfield):
       H.R. 3403. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify 
     certain provisions regarding methyl bromide, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. REGULA:
       H.R. 3404. A bill to authorize the conveyance of the former 
     Army Reserve Training Center in Wooster, Ohio; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WEINER (for himself and Mr. King of New York):
       H.R. 3405. A bill to amend section 4002 of the Emergency 
     Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 to provide that 
     the same temporary extended unemployment benefits which are 
     available to certain former employees of domestic air 
     carriers be extended to former employees of foreign air 
     carriers who are similarly situated, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself, Ms. Norton, 
             Ms. Carson of

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             Indiana, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Ms. Lee, and Mrs. Christensen):
       H. Con. Res. 314. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding women with bleeding disorders; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania:
       H. Con. Res. 315. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that construction by the Russian Federation 
     of a dam in the Kerch Strait region raises major concerns for 
     the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Green of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
             Mr. Towns, Mr. Bell, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Foley, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Baker, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
             Island, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             McGovern, and Mr. DeMint):
       H. Res. 423. A resolution recognizing the 5th anniversary 
     of the signing of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
     1998 and urging a renewed commitment to eliminating 
     violations of the internationally recognized right to freedom 
     of religion and protecting fundamental human rights; to the 
     Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial 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.

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