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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H327 on Feb. 7, 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. ANDREWS:
H.R. 650. A bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to provide for homeowners to recover treble damages from mortgage escrow servicers for failures by such servicers to make timely payments from escrow accounts for homeowners insurance, taxes, or other charges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. ANDREWS:
H.R. 651. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow married individuals who are legally separated and living apart to exclude from gross income the income from United States savings bonds used to pay higher education tuition and fees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. ANDREWS:
H.R. 652. A bill to assure that the American people have large areas of land in healthy natural condition throughout the country to maximize wildland recreational opportunities for people, maximize habitat protection for native wildlife and natural plant communities, and to contribute to a preservation of water for use by downstream metropolitan communities and other users, through the establishment of a National Forest Ecosystem Protection Program composed of lands within existing wilderness areas and adjacent primitive areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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. ANDREWS:
H.R. 653. A bill to establish a Fund for Environmental Priorities to be funded by a portion of the consumer savings resulting from retail electricity choice, and for other purposes; 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. ANDREWS:
H.R. 654. A bill to require the head of each Federal agency in the Department of the Interior to consider whether actions of the agency have any disparate impact on any member of a racial, ethnic, or religious minority; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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 (for himself, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr.
Castle, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Miller of
Florida, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Ms.
Hart, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bereuter, Mr.
Terry, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
H.R. 655. A bill to bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State requires a license or comparable document issued to a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration of the alien's authorized period of stay in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform, 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 Ms. GRANGER:
H.R. 656. A bill to establish the National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. BAKER (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts,
Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Foley, Mrs.
Maloney, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr.
Frost, Mr. Kildee, Mr. McGovern, Mr. LaTourette, Mr.
Rahall, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Hayes, Mr.
Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Doyle, and Mr. Goode):
H. Res. 60. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued on the subject of autism awareness; to the Committee on Government Reform.
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