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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2937-H2939 on April 8, 2003.
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PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred, as follows:
By Mr. NUNES:
H.R. 1659. A bill to ensure regulatory equity between and among all dairy farmers and handlers, including producers also acting as handlers, for sales of packaged fluid milk into certain non-federally regulated milk marketing areas from federally regulated areas; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr.
McKeon):
H.R. 1660. A bill to amend the National Apprenticeship Act to provide that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Matsui, Mr.
Levin, Mr. Cardin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Kleczka, Mr.
Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr.
McNulty, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Doggett, Mr.
Sandlin, and Mrs. Jones of Ohio):
H.R. 1661. A bill to provide balanced taxpayer protections in tax administrations, including elimination of abusive tax strategies, simplification of the earned income tax credit, and taxpayer protections; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr.
Gibbons, Mr. Herger, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Hastings of
Washington, Mr. Otter, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Paul, Mr.
Cannon, Mr. McInnis, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Stenholm, Mr.
Nethercutt, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Renzi, and Mr. Brady of Texas):
H.R. 1662. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mrs. JONES of Ohio (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Cummings, Mr. Clay, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Christensen, Ms.
Millender-McDonald, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Towns,
Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Clyburn, Ms.
Lee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Kaptur, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Ryan of
Ohio, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr.
Conyers, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
H.R. 1663. A bill to protect home buyers from predatory lending practices; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. THOMAS:
H.R. 1664. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special rule for members of the uniformed services in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and to restore the tax exempt status of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. BOYD:
H.R. 1665. A bill to modify certain water resources projects for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. BOYD:
H.R. 1666. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that discontinuance of veterans' disability compensation upon the death of a veteran shall be effective as of the date of death of the veteran rather than the last day of the month preceding the veteran's death; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. BURNS:
H.R. 1667. A bill to provide an additional opportunity for administrative or judicial relief for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers who were discriminated against by the Department of Agriculture in farm credit and benefit programs; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. CARSON of Oklahoma:
H.R. 1668. A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 101 North Fifth Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the ``Ed Edmondson United States Courthouse``; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. CRANE (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, Ms. Dunn, and
Mr. Souder):
H.R. 1669. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax treatment for foreign investment through a United States regulated investment company comparable to the tax treatment for direct foreign investment and investment through a foreign mutual fund; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. GUTKNECHT (for himself, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota,
Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Kline):
H.R. 1670. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a pilot program to encourage the use of medical savings accounts by public employees of the State of Minnesota and political jurisdictions thereof; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. English,
Mr. Graves, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Ramstad, and Mr.
McCrery):
H.R. 1671. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. KOLBE (for himself and Mr. Knollenberg):
H.R. 1672. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Conyers,
Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clay, Mr.
Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Mr.
Evans, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Mr.
Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Honda, Mr. Jackson of
Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice
Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Lee, Mr.
Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McDermott, Mr.
McGovern, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. George Miller of
California, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr.
Payne, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr.
Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr.
Serrano, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Waters, and Ms. Watson):
H.R. 1673. A bill to establish a Department of Peace; to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, the Judiciary, and Education and the Workforce, 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. LEWIS of Kentucky:
H.R. 1674. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the vaccine excise tax shall apply to any vaccine against hepatitis A; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr.
Walden of Oregon, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Peterson of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Berry, Mr. Kind, Mr. McHugh, Mr.
Sandlin, Mr. Evans, Mr. Davis of Alabama, and Mr.
Case):
H.R. 1675. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. ROGERS of Michigan (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann
Davis of Virginia, and Mrs. Emerson):
H.R. 1676. A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, to exclude availability pay for Federal criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay; to modify levels of special pay adjustments for Federal law enforcement officers in certain areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. George Miller of
California, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Serrano,
Mr. Engel, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Brown of
Ohio, Mr. Petri, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Taylor of
Mississippi, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Towns, Mr. Ross, Mr.
Delahunt, Mr. Olver, Mr. Payne, Mr. Andrews, Mr.
Wynn, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Gutierrez,
Ms. Norton, Ms. Solis, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Schiff, Ms.
Slaughter, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Rahall, Mr.
Goode, Mr. Baca, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Costello, Mr.
Markey, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Lee, Mr. Obey, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Michaud, Mrs. Jones of
Ohio, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Weiner, Mr.
DeFazio, Mr. Pallone, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Napolitano,
Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Jefferson, Mr.
Reyes, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Owens, Ms. Hooley of Oregon,
Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Woolsey, Mr.
Pascrell, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Ryan of
Ohio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr.
Abercrombie, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas,
Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr.
Filner, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lynch, Mr.
Hastings of Florida, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr.
Capuano, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Dingell, Ms.
McCollum, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island,
Mr. Rush, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Berry, Mr.
Lampson, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr.
Crowley, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Udall of
Colorado, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Inslee, Mr.
Conyers, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Holt, Mr.
Blumenauer, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Boehlert, Mr.
Farr, Mr. Holden, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Rothman, Mr.
Murtha, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mrs. Davis of
California, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Doyle, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. Case, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Berman):
H.R. 1677. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect pension benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the age discrimination requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mr.
Brady of Texas, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Keller,
Mr. Oxley, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Ferguson):
H.R. 1678. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to false communications about certain criminal violations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. TANCREDO:
H.R. 1679. A bill to repeal the so-called Forest Service Appeals Reform Act and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to develop an administrative appeals process for the Forest Service in the same manner as other Federal land management agencies; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Ms. WATSON (for herself and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
H.R. 1680. A bill to prohibit after 2007 the introduction into interstate commerce of mercury intended for use in a dental filling, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. KINGSTON:
H. Con. Res. 141. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 should be fundamentally reformed to be fairer, simpler, and less costly and to encourage economic growth, individual liberty, and investment in American jobs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. WALSH (for himself, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Boehlert, Mr.
McHugh, and Mr. Hinchey):
H. Con. Res. 142. Concurrent resolution congratulating the Syracuse University men's basketball team for winning the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball national championship; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mrs. CAPITO:
H. Res. 182. A resolution commending Private First Class Jessica Lynch, United States Army, the special operations forces who on April 1, 2003, rescued her from captivity by Iraqi forces, and all United States and coalition forces in Iraq; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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. FLAKE:
H. Res. 183. A resolution commending Mohammed, an Iraqi lawyer, for his fearless and courageous actions in helping to save the life of an American solider; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. WYNN:
H. Res. 184. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a postage stamp should be issued in commemoration of Diwali, a festival celebrated by people of Indian origin; to the Committee on Government Reform.
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