[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 24071-24072]
[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. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, and Mr. 
             Gordon):
       H.R. 5382. A bill to promote the development of the 
     emerging commercial human space flight industry, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. Costello, Mr. Boucher, 
             and Mr. Strickland):
       H.R. 5383. A bill to clarify that certain coal industry 
     health benefits may not be modified or terminated; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
             Barton of Texas, Mr. Bell, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Boyd, Ms. 
             Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
             Carter, Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
             Davis of Tennessee, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Duncan, 
             Ms. Dunn, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ford, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             Gibbons, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gordon, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
             Hall, Ms. Harris, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
             Paul, Mr. Porter, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Sandlin, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
             Stearns, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 5384. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make the allowance of the deduction of State and 
     local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income 
     taxes permanent; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT:
       H.R. 5385. A bill to authorize the establishment of a 
     Centennial Challenge Prize Program at the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration; to the Committee on 
     Science.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 5386. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     reform Federal Prison Industries, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H.R. 5387. A bill to direct the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to provide remedial actions 
     and other assistance to affected residents near the Wauconda 
     Sand and Gravel Superfund Site; 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. EHLERS:
       H.R. 5388. A bill to establish an interagency aerospace 
     revitalization task force to develop a national strategy for 
     aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GRAVES:
       H.R. 5389. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     establish requirements for

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     the operation of high occupancy vehicle facilities on 
     highways; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SHERMAN:
       H.R. 5390. A bill to amend title 3, United States Code, to 
     revise the procedures for Presidential succession in the case 
     of the death, resignation, removal from office, inability, or 
     failure to qualify of the President, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 5391. A bill to reduce sexual assault and domestic 
     violence involving members of the Armed Forces and their 
     family members and partners through enhanced programs of 
     prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims 
     services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of 
     assailants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
     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. STUPAK:
       H.R. 5392. A bill to authorize the use of a covered grant 
     to provide a reasonable stipend to paid-on-call or volunteer 
     first responders for travel to or participation in training 
     to prevent, prepare for, respond to, or mitigate terrorist 
     attacks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. LOFGREN:
       H.J. Res. 112. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to abolish the 
     Electoral College and to provide for the direct election of 
     the President and Vice President of the United States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SHERMAN:
       H.J. Res. 113. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to the process 
     by which the House of Representatives chooses the President 
     of the United States in the event no candidate receives a 
     majority of the electoral votes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Aderholt, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Feeney, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Herger, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Minnesota, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. 
             Skelton, Mr. Sherwood, and Mr. Rohrabacher):
       H. Con. Res. 522. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense should 
     continue to exercise its statutory authority to support the 
     activities of the Boy Scouts of America, in particular the 
     periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H. Con. Res. 523. Concurrent resolution strongly denouncing 
     the danger of international terrorism inspired by an apostate 
     vision of Islam, one of the historic religions of the world; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia (for herself, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
       H. Res. 862. A resolution urging the European Council to 
     continue to maintain its embargo on the sales of arms to the 
     People's Republic of China; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.

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