[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9786]
[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. GIBBONS (for himself and Mrs. Cubin):
       H.R. 2362. A bill to reauthorize and amend the National 
     Geologic Mapping Act of 1992; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. DREIER (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. McKeon, and 
             Mrs. Bono):
       H.R. 2363. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     increase the penalty on persons who are convicted of killing 
     peace officers and who flee the country; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 2364. A bill to establish a Science and Technology 
     Scholarship Program to award scholarships to recruit and 
     prepare students for careers in the National Weather Service 
     and in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine 
     research, atmospheric research, and satellite programs; to 
     the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 2365. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend the time limitation for use of eligibility and 
     entitlement for educational assistance under the Montgomery 
     GI Bill; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. FILNER (for himself, Mr. Petri, Mr. Shays, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Mr. 
             Strickland):
       H.R. 2366. A bill to extend the current Department of 
     Defense telecommunications benefit program through the end of 
     Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and to 
     provide for the application of the program to other 
     contingency operations; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. FILNER (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gonzalez, 
             Mr. Reyes, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mrs. Napolitano):
       H.R. 2367. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to permit certain Mexican children, and accompanying 
     adults, to obtain a waiver of the documentation requirements 
     otherwise required to enter the United States as a temporary 
     visitor; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 2368. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for immediate implementation of full concurrent 
     receipt for retired members of the Armed Forces who have a 
     service-connected disability of both military retired pay 
     paid by reason of their years of military service and 
     disability compensation from the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs paid by reason of their disability; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
     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. FILNER (for himself and Mr. McNulty):
       H.R. 2369. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the Purple Heart to be awarded to prisoners of 
     war who die in captivity under circumstances not otherwise 
     establishing eligibility for the Purple Heart; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 2370. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
     issue a medal to certain veterans who died after their 
     service in the Vietnam War as a direct result of that 
     service, or who were presumptively exposed to ionizing 
     radiation, herbicide agents, or chemical agents during their 
     service in the Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire:
       H.R. 2371. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 2372. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzylsulfonamide; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 2373. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     chlorobenzenesulfonamide; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 2374. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on ESPI; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 2375. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on CMBSI; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CASE:
       H.R. 2376. A bill to designate the Northwestern Hawaiian 
     Islands National Marine Refuge, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Resources, 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. KLINE (for himself, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. 
             Souder):
       H.R. 2377. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain 
     automotive catalytic converter mats; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky (for himself and Mr. Boucher):
       H.R. 2378. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit interest on Federally guaranteed water, 
     wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be 
     tax exempt; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 2379. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Department of Veterans Affairs to fill 
     prescriptions for drugs and medicines written by private 
     physicians; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 2380. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     gemifloxacin, gemifloxacin mesylate, and gemifloxacin 
     mesylate sesquihydrate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2381. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on PHBA; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2382. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Butralin; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Costa, and Mr. Cardoza):
       H.R. 2383. A bill to redesignate the facility of the Bureau 
     of Reclamation located at 19550 Kelso Road in Byron, 
     California, as the ``C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant''; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SWEENEY:
       H.R. 2384. A bill to adjust the boundary of Martin Van 
     Buren National Historic Site, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SIMMONS:
       H. Con. Res. 152. Concurrent resolution commemorating 
     Mystic Seaport: the Museum of America and the Sea in 
     recognition of its 75th year; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Schiff, 
             Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Pence, Mr. McCotter, 
             and Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida):
       H. Con. Res. 153. Concurrent resolution welcoming His 
     Excellency Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, on the 
     occasion of his visit to the United States in May 2005 and 
     expressing support for a strong and enduring strategic 
     partnership between the United States and Afghanistan; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. HIGGINS (for himself, Mr. Pence, Mr. Crowley, 
             Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Israel, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Mr. Souder, Mr. Akin, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Rothman, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Sessions, and Mr. Garrett of New Jersey):
       H. Res. 279. A resolution condemning the recent vote by the 
     British Association of University Teachers to boycott Bar-
     Ilan University and Haifa University; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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