[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15290-15291]
[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. JOHN:
       H.R. 4819. A bill to provide funding for the operations and 
     maintenance by the Corps of Engineers of essential waterways; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Platts, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Meehan, Mr. Stark, Mr. Levin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Becerra, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Andrews, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bell, Mr. Berman, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. 
             Davis of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hoeffel, 
             Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kind, 
             Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lantos, 
             Ms. Lee, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Markey, Mr. Matheson, Mrs. McCarthy of 
             New York, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, 
             Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, 
             Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Snyder, Ms. Solis, 
             Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Visclosky, Ms. 
             Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. 
             Wu):
       H.R. 4820. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to deter the smuggling of tobacco products into the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, 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. GORDON:
       H.R. 4821. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow certain agricultural employers a credit against 
     income tax for a portion of wages paid to nonimmigrant H-2A 
     workers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. Norwood, 
             and Mr. Crane):
       H.R. 4822. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to clarify the right of Medicare beneficiaries 
     to enter into private contracts with physicians and other 
     health care professionals for the provision of health 
     services for which no payment is sought under the Medicare 
     Program; 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 Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 4823. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to permit foreign media representatives to gain admission 
     as visitors coming temporarily to the United States for 
     business; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Case, Mr. Owens, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Tierney, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mr. Gonzalez):
       H.R. 4824. A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to issue regulations concerning the shipping of 
     extremely hazardous materials; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 4825. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose an additional tax on taxable income 
     attributable to contracts with the United States for goods 
     and services for the war in Iraq; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and 
             Mr. Tanner):
       H.R. 4826. A bill to assist in the conservation of rare 
     felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial 
     resources for the conservation programs of nations within

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     the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and 
     projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the 
     conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself and Mr. Pombo):
       H.R. 4827. A bill to amend the Colorado Canyons National 
     Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 
     2000 to rename the Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
     Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. WATSON (for herself and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
       H.R. 4828. A bill to direct the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to issue a rule banning children's toys containing 
     mercury; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PENCE (for himself, Ms. Berkley, and Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen):
       H. Res. 713. A resolution deploring the misuse of the 
     International Court of Justice by a majority of the United 
     Nations General Assembly for a narrow political purpose, the 
     willingness of the International Court of Justice to 
     acquiesce in an effort likely to undermine its reputation and 
     interfere with a resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli 
     conflict, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Peterson of Minnesota, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mr. Owens, Mr. Frost, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mr. Waxman, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Farr, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Wu, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mrs. Maloney, and Mr. Ryan of Ohio):
       H. Res. 714. A resolution honoring Sandra Feldman on the 
     occasion of her retirement from the presidency of the 
     American Federation of Teachers for her tireless efforts to 
     improve the quality of teaching and learning; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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