[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17461]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           MEASURES REFERRED

  The following bills were read the first and the second times by 
unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

       H.R. 3313. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the 
     Defense of Marriage Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       H.R. 3574. An act to require the mandatory expensing of 
     stock options granted to executive officers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       H.R. 3819. An act to redesignate Fort Clatsop National 
     Memorial as the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, to 
     include in the park sites in the State of Washington as well 
     as the State of Oregon, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       H.R. 3884. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 615 East Houston Street 
     in San Antonio, Texas, as the ``Hipolito F. Garcia Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse''; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       H.R. 3936. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the principal office of the United States Court of 
     Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in the 
     Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, rather than only in the 
     District of Columbia, and expressing the sense of Congress 
     that a dedicated Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center 
     should be provided for that Court and those it serves and 
     should be located, if feasible, at a site owned by the United 
     States that is part of or proximate to the Pentagon 
     Reservation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
       H.R. 4011. An act to promote human rights and freedom in 
     the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       H.R. 4056. An act to encourage the establishment of both 
     long-term and short-term programs to address the threat of 
     man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) to commercial 
     aviation; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       H.R. 4175. An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2004, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with 
     service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-
     connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       H.R. 4259. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     improve the financial accountability requirements applicable 
     to the Department of Homeland Security, to establish 
     requirements for the Future Years Homeland Security Program 
     of the Department, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs
       H.R. 4294. To designate the annex to the E. Barrett 
     Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse 
     located at 333 Constitution Avenue Northwest in the District 
     of Columbia as the ``William B. Bryant Annex''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       H.R. 4608. An act to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs outpatient clinic located in Peoria, Illinois, as the 
     ``Bob Michel Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient 
     Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       H.R. 4660. An act to amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 
     2003 to extend the authority to provide assistance to 
     countries seeking to become eligible countries for purposes 
     of that Act; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       H.R. 4816. An act to permit the Librarian of Congress to 
     hire Library of Congress Police employees; to the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration.
       H.R. 4840. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to simplify the taxation of businesses; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       H.R. 4841. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to simplify certain tax rules for individuals; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       H.R. 4850. An act making appropriations for the government 
     of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
     in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       H.R. 4879. An act to increase the military housing private 
     investment cap; to the Committee on Armed Services
       The following concurrent resolutions were read, and 
     referred as indicated:
       H. Con. Res. 301. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of the World Year of Physics; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       H. Con. Res. 418. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     importance in history of the 150th anniversary of the 
     establishment of diplomatic relations between the United 
     States and Japan; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       H. Con. Res. 436. Concurrent resolution celebrating 10 
     years of majority rule in the Republic of South Africa and 
     recognizing the momentous social and economic achievements of 
     South Africa since the institution of democracy in that 
     country; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       H. Con. Res. 467. Concurrent resolution declaring genocide 
     in Darfur, Sudan; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       H. Con. Res. 469. Concurrent resolution condemning the 
     attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 
     Argentina, in July 1994 and expressing the concern of the 
     United States regarding the continuing, decade-long delay in 
     the resolution of this case; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.

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