[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10264-10265]
[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. ISSA:
       H.R. 4389. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to construct facilities to provide water for 
     irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses 
     from the Santa Margarita River, California, 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. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Shays):
       H.R. 4390. A bill to extend the Military Extraterritorial 
     Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) to provide for the arrest and 
     commitment of contractor personnel who commit Federal 
     offenses or war crimes while supporting the mission of the 
     Department of Defense overseas; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, 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. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, and Mr. 
             Michaud):
       H.R. 4391. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect 
     the retirement of public servants; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Tom Davis 
             of Virginia, Mr. Honda, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, 
             and Mr. Manzullo):
       H.R. 4392. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit against

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     income for certain education and training expenses, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CASE:
       H.R. 4393. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to study the suitability and feasibility of designating 
     certain lands along the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a 
     unit of the National Park System; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Ms. DeLauro, and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 4394. A bill to make ineligible for Federal contract 
     awards any expatriated corporations and any companies that do 
     business with, or own foreign subsidiaries that do business 
     with, state sponsors of terrorism or foreign terrorist 
     organizations; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma (for himself and Mr. 
             Sullivan):
       H.R. 4395. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act 
     with respect to the regulation of ephedrine alkaloids, 
     including ephedrine and pseudoesphedrine; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, 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. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Norwood, and Mrs. 
             Musgrave):
       H.R. 4396. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and 
     overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain 
     construction engineering and design professionals; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ENGLISH:
       H.R. 4397. A bill to temporarily exempt scrapping of naval 
     vessels and Maritime Administration vessels from certain 
     environmental statutes governing handling of hazardous 
     materials; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 
     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. HONDA (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Cardoza):
       H.R. 4398. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to provide that the calculation of the 
     duty imposed on imported cherries that are provisionally 
     preserved does not include the weight of the preservative 
     materials of the cherries; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. KELLY:
       H.R. 4399. A bill to establish certain conditions on the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs implementing any recommendation 
     of the CARES Commission that would have the effect of 
     eliminating or severely reducing any medical service provided 
     to veterans throughout the United States at Department of 
     Veterans Affairs medical facilities; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Turner of Texas, Ms. 
             Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Dicks, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
             McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mr. Towns, Ms. Lee, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
             Cardoza, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Case, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Skelton, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Moore, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
             Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Wynn, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, and Mr. 
             Lucas of Kentucky):
       H.R. 4400. A bill to establish the Office of Wireless 
     Public Safety Interoperable Communications, to provide grants 
     and other support to achieve communications interoperability 
     in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security (Select), 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 Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 4401. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-
     Anthracenedione, 1,8-dihydroxy-4-nitro-5-(phenylamino)-; 
     9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-dihydroxy-4-nitro-8-(phenylamino)-; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 4402. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 6-[(2,4-diaminophenyl)azo]-3-[[4-
     [[4-[[7-[(2,4-diaminophenyl azo]-1-hydroxy-3-sulfo-2-
     naphthalenyl]azo]phenyl]amino]-3- sulfophenyl]azo]-4-hydroxy-
     , trisodium salt; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 4403. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Bis-
     Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenol Triazine; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 4404. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Benzamide, 3-amino-N-[2-[[2-(sulfooxy)ethyl]sulfonyl]ethyl]-; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 4405. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. Hostettler):
       H.R. 4406. A bill to reform the judicial review process of 
     orders of removal for purposes of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       H.R. 4407. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal 
     years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. COLLINS:
       H. Con. Res. 431. Concurrent resolution urging the 
     Government of Vietnam to provide to the United States all 
     information in the possession of Vietnam regarding Americans 
     unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       H. Res. 650. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     with respect to the life and work of Tony Randall; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.

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