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Oct. 16, 2003: Congressional Record publishes “PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS”

Volume 149, No. 145 covering the 1st Session of the 108th Congress (2003 - 2004) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H9613-H9614 on Oct. 16, 2003.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

By Mrs. CAPITO:

H.R. 3305. A bill to revise the boundary of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.

By Mr. CASE (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms.

Bordallo, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Serrano, Ms.

Roybal-Allard, and Mr. Honda):

H.R. 3306. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove from an alien the initial burden of establishing that he or she is entitled to nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, in the case of certain aliens seeking to enter the United States for a temporary stay occasioned by the serious illness or death of a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. CHOCOLA (for himself, Mr. Davis of Tennessee,

Mr. Cole, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Ms. Harris, Mr.

Schrock, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Sherwood, Mr.

Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr.

Souder, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Pearce, Mr.

Porter, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Burton of

Indiana, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Renzi, Mr. McCotter, Mr.

Feeney, Mr. Carter, Mr. English, Ms. Hart, Mr.

Putnam, Mr. Otter, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland,

Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Ryun of

Kansas, Mr. Herger, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Ney,

Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Burns, Mrs.

Musgrave, Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. Nunes):

H.R. 3307. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to create the Federal crime of eco-terrorism; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. DOOLEY of California (for himself, Mr.

Gutknecht, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Ose, Mr. Janklow, Mr.

Rush, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Manzullo,

Mr. Souder, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Ford, Mr. Rodriguez,

Mr. Sessions, Mr. Kind, and Mr. Petri):

H.R. 3308. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to convert the dairy forward pricing program into a permanent program of the Department of Agriculture; to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. FILNER:

H.R. 3309. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore certain provisions relating to the definition of aggravated felony and other provisions as they were before the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr.

Nussle, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Manzullo, Ms. Velazquez,

Mr. Weller, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Davis of

Alabama, Mr. English, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Bachus, Mr.

Putnam, and Mr. McKeon):

H.R. 3310. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the depreciation recovery period for roof systems; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. McKEON (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Isakson,

Mr. Petri, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Duncan):

H.R. 3311. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to address the rising cost of postsecondary education; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr.

Nethercutt, and Mr. Walden of Oregon):

H.R. 3312. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. Pence, Mr. Smith of

Michigan, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Goode, Mr.

Akin, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr.

Forbes, and Mr. Paul):

H.R. 3313. A bill 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.

By Mr. McCOTTER:

H.R. 3314. A bill to provide criminal penalties for false information about the status of a member of the Armed Forces engaged in armed conflict; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. OWENS:

H.R. 3315. A bill to curtail the use of high-stakes tests in elementary and secondary schools; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Mr. PALLONE:

H.R. 3316. A bill to reauthorize the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.

By Mr. POMEROY:

H.R. 3317. A bill to expand the travel and transportation allowances available to members of the Armed Forces granted leave under the Rest and Recuperation Leave program, to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of reserve components, and to increase the amount of basic educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Cole, Mr.

Carter, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Paul, Mr.

Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Rogers of

Michigan, Mr. Platts, Mr. Burns, Mr. King of Iowa,

Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, and Mrs. Musgrave):

H.R. 3318. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income employer contributions to college tuition plans and education savings accounts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. REHBERG (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Case, Mr.

Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Paul, Mr. Sherwood, and Mr.

Janklow):

H.R. 3319. A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide; to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. ROSS (for himself, Mr. Pickering, and Mr.

Berry):

H.R. 3320. A bill to improve migratory bird management by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. RUPPERSBERGER:

H.R. 3321. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Baltimore, Maryland, metropolitan area; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. Waters, Mr.

Sanders, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. McGovern, Mr.

DeFazio, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Lee, Ms.

Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. Owens, Mr. Waxman, Mr.

Pallone, Ms. Woolsey, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms.

Bordallo, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. George Miller of

California, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Rush, Ms. Kaptur, Ms.

Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Bell, Mr. Green of Texas,

Mr. Honda, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, and Mrs.

Christensen):

H.R. 3322. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act, the Revised Statutes of the United States, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975, and the amendments made by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 to protect consumers from predatory lending practices, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.

By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. Radanovich):

H.R. 3323. A bill to permit States to require insurance companies to disclose insurance information; to the Committee on Financial Services.

By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. George

Miller of California, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Blumenauer,

Mr. Holt, Mr. Markey, and Mr. McDermott):

H.R. 3324. A bill to provide compensation to livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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 Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lantos, Ms.

Eshoo, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Thompson of

California, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Harman, Mr.

Berman, and Mr. Honda):

H.R. 3325. A bill to designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the State of California, and to establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.

By Mr. THOMPSON of California:

H.R. 3326. A bill to extend the King Range National Conservation Area boundary in the State of California to include the Mill Creek, Squaw Creek, and Indian Creek Forests; to the Committee on Resources.

By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Ms. Solis,

Mr. Lantos, Ms. Harman, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Stark, Mrs.

Tauscher, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Ms. Lee):

H.R. 3327. A bill to designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the northern portion of the State of California, to designate Salmon Restoration Areas, to establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.

By Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico:

H.R. 3328. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish a program to provide assistance to small communities for use in carrying out projects and activities necessary to achieve or maintain compliance with drinking water standards; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.

Hensarling, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Goode, Mrs. Myrick,

Mr. Kingston, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Barrett of South

Carolina, Mr. Paul, Mr. Platts, Mrs. Musgrave, Mrs.

Northup, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, and Mr. Putnam):

H.R. 3329. A bill to prevent abuse of Government credit cards; to the Committee on Government Reform, 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. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Sanders, and Mr.

Markey):

H.J. Res. 72. A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. ANDREWS:

H. Con. Res. 303. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to obesity in the United States; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself and Ms. Woolsey):

H. Con. Res. 304. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding oppression by the Government of the People's Republic of China of Falun Gong in the United States and in China; to the Committee on International Relations, 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. McCOTTER:

H. Res. 400. A resolution honoring the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's ascension to the papacy; to the Committee on International Relations.

By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Green of

Wisconsin, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Shays, Mr.

Hall, Mr. Petri, Mr. Kind, Mr. Herger, Ms.

Schakowsky, and Mr. Rohrabacher):

H. Res. 402. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty in the Lao People's Democratic Republic; to the Committee on International Relations.

By Mr. COOPER (for himself and Mr. Kolbe):

H. Res. 403. A resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of the founding of the National Foundation for Cancer Research; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Price of

North Carolina, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr.

Meehan, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Farr,

Mr. Berman, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Brown of

Ohio, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Watson, Mr. Gordon, Mr.

Berry, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Markey, Ms.

Schakowsky, Mr. Holt, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Strickland,

Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Bell, Ms. Lee,

Mr. Watt, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms.

McCollum, Mr. Honda, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Grijalva, Mr.

Allen, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Capuano, Ms.

Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Udall of

Colorado, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Woolsey, Ms.

Berkley, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Inslee, Ms.

Norton, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mr. Lampson, Mr.

Kleczka, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Michaud, Mr.

Owens, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Brady of

Pennsylvania, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Davis of Illinois,

Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Towns, Mr. Pallone, and Ms. Kilpatrick):

H. Res. 404. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the position of Iraqi Reconstruction Coordinator should be established within the Department of State to be accountable for all reconstruction funding in Iraq, and for other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 149, No. 145