[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9964-9965]
[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. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Gibbons, 
             and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 1835. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to limit designation as critical habitat of areas owned 
     or controlled by the Department of Defense, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources, 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. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself and Mr. 
             Hunter):
       H.R. 1836. A bill to make changes to certain areas of the 
     Federal civil service in order to improve the flexibility and 
     competitiveness of Federal human resources management; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Armed Services, and Science, 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. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself and Mr. 
             Hunter):
       H.R. 1837. A bill to improve the Federal acquisition 
     workforce and the process for the acquisition of services by 
     the Federal Government, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform, 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. EVANS:
       H.R. 1838. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise the presumptions of service-connection relating to 
     diseases and disabilities of former prisoners of war; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. Pence):
       H.R. 1839. A bill to amend the Act of October 19, 1949, 
     entitled ``An Act to assist States in collecting sales and 
     use taxes on cigarettes''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1840. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for the repair, 
     renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary 
     and secondary school facilities; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. NEY (by request):
       H.R. 1841. A bill to better assist lower income families to 
     obtain decent, safe, and affordable housing through the 
     conversion of the section 8 housing choice voucher program 
     into a State-administered block grant; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1842. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require persons who 
     are plan administrators of employee pension benefit plans or 
     provide administrative services to such plans, and who also 
     provide automobile insurance coverage or provide persons 
     offering such coverage identifying information relating to 
     plan participants or beneficiaries, to submit to the Federal 
     Trade Commission certain information relating to such 
     automobile insurance coverage; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1843. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require institutions of higher education to notify parents 
     concerning missing person reports about their children, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1844. A bill to establish State revolving funds for 
     school construction; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1845. A bill to provide grants to States to establish, 
     expand, or enhance prekindergarten programs for children who 
     are not yet enrolled in kindergarten; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1846. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to provide for the 
     collection of data on the availability of credit for women-
     owned business; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1847. A bill concerning denial of passports to 
     noncustodial parents subject to State arrest warrants in 
     cases of nonpayment of child support; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1848. A bill to afford students and parents with 
     private civil remedies for the violation of their privacy 
     rights under the General Education Provisions Act; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. Rangel):
       H.R. 1849. A bill to require the establishment of programs 
     by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
     the Director of the National Institute for Occupational 
     Safety and Health, and the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to improve indoor air quality in schools and other 
     buildings; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. GUTIERREZ:
       H.R. 1850. A bill to provide for automatic naturalization 
     for noncitizen members of the Armed Forces ordered to serve 
     in a combat zone, and to extend immigration benefits to 
     surviving spouses, children, and parents of persons granted 
     posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty 
     service in the Armed Forces; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1851. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     require that group and individual health insurance coverage 
     and group health plans provide coverage for annual screening 
     mammography for any class of covered individuals if the 
     coverage or plans include coverage for diagnostic mammography 
     for such class and to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for coverage of annual screening mammography 
     under the Medicaid Program; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce, 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. 1852. A bill to assure equitable treatment of 
     fertility and impotence in health care coverage under group 
     health plans, health insurance coverage, and health plans 
     under the Federal employees' health benefits program; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Government 
     Reform, 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. 1853. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require the preparation of audit reports 
     based upon the financial auditing of Medicare+Choice 
     organizations and to make such reports available to the 
     public; 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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1854. A bill to amend part C of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to reimburse Medicare+Choice plans 
     located in the same metropolitan statistical area the same 
     payment rate; to the Committee on Ways

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     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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1855. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require home health agencies participating in 
     the Medicare Program to conduct criminal background checks 
     for all applicants for employment as patient care providers; 
     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. EHLERS:
       H.R. 1856. A bill to reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom 
     and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Science, 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. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 1857. A bill to authorize assistance to combat the 
     growing HIV/AIDS problem in countries in sub-Saharan Africa 
     and the Caribbean; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. Levin, 
             and Mr. Matsui):
       H.R. 1858. A bill to provide a permanent funding level for 
     the Social Services Block Grant, and to authorize States to 
     use 10 percent of their TANF funds to carry out Social 
     Services Block Grant programs; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Weldon 
             of Pennsylvania, Mr. Simmons, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. 
             Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Shays, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             English, Mr. Petri, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Platts, and Mr. Ford):
       H.R. 1859. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from income and employment taxes and wage 
     withholding property tax rebates and other benefits provided 
     to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Foley):
       H.R. 1860. A bill to promote primary and secondary health 
     promotion and disease prevention services and activities 
     among the elderly, to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to add preventive health benefits, 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. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Holt, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 1861. A bill to help protect the public against the 
     threat of chemical attacks; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. English, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
             Kanjorski, Mr. Murtha, Ms. Hart, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
             Hoeffel, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Holden, and Mr. Sherwood):
       H.R. 1862. A bill to establish the Oil Region National 
     Heritage Area; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 1863. A bill to declare adequate pain care research, 
     education, and treatment as national public health 
     priorities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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. ROHRABACHER (for himself and Mr. Honda):
       H.R. 1864. A bill to preserve certain actions in Federal 
     court brought by members of the United States Armed Forces 
     held as prisoners of war by Japan during World War II against 
     Japanese nationals seeking compensation for mistreatment or 
     failure to pay wages in connection with labor performed in 
     Japan to the benefit of the Japanese nationals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committees on International Relations, and Government 
     Reform, 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. SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 1865. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to make grants to States, units of general 
     local government, and nonprofit organizations for counseling 
     and education programs for the prevention of predatory 
     lending and to establish a toll-free telephone number for 
     complaints regarding predatory lending, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SWEENEY (for himself and Mr. McNulty):
       H.R. 1866. A bill to reinstate and transfer a hydroelectric 
     license under the Federal Power Act to permit the 
     redevelopment of a hydroelectric project located in the State 
     of New York, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       H.R. 1867. A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     provide for the suspension of fines under certain 
     circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by small 
     business concerns; to the Committee on Government Reform, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. 
             Lee, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Udall 
             of New Mexico, Mr. Abercrombie, and Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 1868. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for 
     cancer to minority and other populations served by health 
     centers under section 330 of such Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WATT (for himself, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Ross, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Solis, 
             Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Hinchey):
       H.R. 1869. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
     designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, 
     located in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a unit of the 
     National Park System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 1870. A bill to amend section 1951 of title 18, United 
     States Code (commonly known as the Hobbs Act), and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WU:
       H.R. 1871. A bill to encourage partnerships between 
     community colleges and four-year colleges and universities; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself and Mr. Larson of Connecticut):
       H. Con. Res. 156. Concurrent resolution extending 
     congratulations to the United States Capitol Police on the 
     occasion of its 175th anniversary and expressing gratitude to 
     the men and women of the United States Capitol Police and 
     their families for their devotion to duty and service in 
     safeguarding the freedoms of the American people; to the 
     Committee on House Administration. considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H. Con. Res. 157. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress supporting education to reduce childhood 
     injuries; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. McKeon, 
             Mr. Castle, Mr. DeMint, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Keller, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, and Mr. Rehberg):
       H. Res. 204. A resolution congratulating charter schools 
     across the United States, and the students, parents, 
     teachers, and administrators of such schools, for their 
     ongoing contributions to education, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. considered 
     and agreed to.
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H. Res. 205: A resolution designating majority membership 
     on certain standing committees of the House.
           By Mr. FROST:
       H. Res. 207. A resolution honoring the life and 
     achievements of Dallas Morning News Reporter Sam Attlesey and 
     expressing sorrow on the occasion of his death; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.

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