[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2631]
[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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 650. A bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement 
     Procedures Act of 1974 to provide for homeowners to recover 
     treble damages from mortgage escrow servicers for failures by 
     such servicers to make timely payments from escrow accounts 
     for homeowners insurance, taxes, or other charges, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 651. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow married individuals who are legally separated and 
     living apart to exclude from gross income the income from 
     United States savings bonds used to pay higher education 
     tuition and fees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 652. A bill to assure that the American people have 
     large areas of land in healthy natural condition throughout 
     the country to maximize wildland recreational opportunities 
     for people, maximize habitat protection for native wildlife 
     and natural plant communities, and to contribute to a 
     preservation of water for use by downstream metropolitan 
     communities and other users, through the establishment of a 
     National Forest Ecosystem Protection Program composed of 
     lands within existing wilderness areas and adjacent primitive 
     areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 
     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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 653. A bill to establish a Fund for Environmental 
     Priorities to be funded by a portion of the consumer savings 
     resulting from retail electricity choice, 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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 654. A bill to require the head of each Federal agency 
     in the Department of the Interior to consider whether actions 
     of the agency have any disparate impact on any member of a 
     racial, ethnic, or religious minority; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 
     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. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Castle, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Ms. 
             Hart, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
             Terry, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
       H.R. 655. A bill to bar Federal agencies from accepting for 
     any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's 
     license, or other comparable identification document, unless 
     the State requires a license or comparable document issued to 
     a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration of the 
     alien's authorized period of stay in the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform, 
     and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. GRANGER:
       H.R. 656. A bill to establish the National Commission on 
     Youth Crime and School Violence; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BAKER (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Foley, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Kildee, Mr. McGovern, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             Rahall, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Hayes, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Doyle, and Mr. Goode):
       H. Res. 60. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should 
     be issued on the subject of autism awareness; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.

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