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IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 396
Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and encouraging 
units of local government, States, and school districts to protect lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees 
from discrimination and harassment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2004
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 
TOWNS, and Mr. ANDREWS) submitted the following concurrent resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and 
encouraging units of local government, States, and school 
districts 
to 
protect 
lesbian, 
gay, 
bisexual, 
and 
transgender students, teachers, and school employees 
from discrimination and harassment.
Whereas the 2003 Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education 
Network National School Climate Survey illustrates the 
pervasive harassment and victimization of lesbian, gay, 
bisexual, and transgender students;
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and school employees from discrimination and har-
assment.
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United States shall be United States Government of-
ficers or employees. It is the sense of Congress that
at least one appointee each should be designated
from both the Department of State and the Depart-
ment of the Interior.
(10) The Trust Fund Committee provided for
in Article 7 of the U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement
implementing section 215 of the U.S.-FSM Compact
shall be a non-profit corporation incorporated under
the laws of the District of Columbia. To the extent
that any law, rule, regulation or ordinance of the
District of Columbia, or of any State or political
subdivision thereof in which the Trust Fund Com-
mittee is incorporated or doing business, impedes or
otherwise interferes with the performance of the
functions of the Trust Fund Committee pursuant to
this joint resolution, such law, rule, regulation, or
ordinance shall be deemed to be preempted by this
joint resolution. The Trust Fund Committee pro-
vided for in Article 7 of the U.S.-RMI Trust Fund
Agreement implementing section 216 of the U.S.-
RMI Compact shall be a non-profit corporation in-
corporated under the laws of the District of Colum-
bia. To the extent that any law, rule, regulation or
ordinance of the District of Columbia, or of any
†
HCON 398 EAS
Committee, the International Atomic Energy Agency,
other relevant international entities, and all states
party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, in-
cluding the United States, to seek consensus, no later
than the 2005 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Re-
view Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on the best
and most equitable means to limit the right of non-
nuclear weapons states to engage in those nuclear fuel
cycle activities that could contribute to the develop-
ment of nuclear weapons, while providing those states
assured and affordable access to—
(A) nuclear reactor fuel and other materials
used in peaceful nuclear activities; and
(B) spent fuel management; and
(25) urges the President to keep Congress fully
and currently informed concerning the matters ad-
dressed in this resolution.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Concurrent resolu-
tion expressing the concern of Congress over Iran’s devel-
opment of the means to produce nuclear weapons.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
•HCON 398 IH 
24, 2004, found that Iran continued to engage in decep-
tion regarding its nuclear activities, including failing to 
disclose a more sophisticated enrichment program using 
more advanced enrichment centrifuge technology im-
ported from foreign sources, and noncredible explanations 
involving experiments to create a highly toxic isotope of 
polonium that is useful as a neutron initiator in nuclear 
weapons and a firm indicator of a nuclear weapons devel-
opment program; 
Whereas these deceptions by Iran were continuing violations 
of Iran’s Safeguards Agreement and of Iran’s previous 
assurances to the IAEA and the international community 
for full transparency; 
Whereas despite Iran’s commitment to the IAEA and to 
France, Germany, and the United Kingdom that it would 
suspend uranium enrichment activities, it has repeatedly 
emphasized that this suspension is temporary and contin-
ued to import and manufacture uranium enrichment cen-
trifuge parts and equipment, allowing it to resume and 
expand its uranium enrichment activities whenever it 
chooses; 
Whereas the statements on February 25, 2004, of Hassan 
Rowhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security 
Council of Iran, that Iran was not required to reveal to 
the IAEA its research into more sophisticated ‘‘P2’’ ura-
nium enrichment centrifuges, and that Iran has other 
projects which it has no intention of declaring to the 
IAEA, are contrary to— 
(1) Iran’s commitment to the IAEA in a letter on 
October 16, 2003, by the Vice President of Iran and 
President of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization that
HCON 398 RFS 
Whereas this statement also foresaw the provision of unspec-
ified nuclear technical cooperation once Iran had satisfied 
international concerns about its nuclear development pro-
gram; 
Whereas in a subsequent letter on October 23, 2003, Iran 
further admitted that it had tested uranium enrichment 
centrifuges at the Kalaye Electric Company between 
1998 and 2002 using its previously undeclared imported 
uranium hexafluoride from China; 
Whereas in that same letter, Iran admitted that it had a 
laser uranium enrichment program, in which it used 30 
kg of uranium not previously declared to the IAEA, an-
other violation of its Safeguards Agreement; 
Whereas in that same letter, Iran also admitted that it had 
irradiated 7 kg of uranium dioxide targets and reproc-
essed them to extract plutonium, another violation of its 
legal obligation to disclose such activities under its Safe-
guards Agreement; 
Whereas Iran told the IAEA on November 10, 2003, that it 
would sign and ratify the Additional Protocol agreement 
for further safeguards, and would act in accordance with 
the Additional Protocol pending its full entry-into-force; 
Whereas on November 10, 2003, Iran further informed the 
IAEA Director General that it had decided to suspend all 
enrichment and reprocessing activities in Iran, not to 
produce feed material for enrichment processes, and not 
to import enrichment related items; 
Whereas the IAEA, through its investigative and forensic ac-
tivities in Iran and elsewhere, has uncovered and con-
fronted Iran in numerous lies about its nuclear activities;
•HCON 398 EH
cated in assisting Iranian nuclear activities, espe-
cially Pakistan, Malaysia, the United Arab Emir-
ates, and Germany, to fully investigate such assist-
ance, to grant the IAEA full access to individuals,
sites, and all information related to the investiga-
tions, and to immediately review and rectify their ex-
port control laws, regulations, and practices in order
to prevent further assistance to countries seeking to
develop nuclear programs that could support the de-
velopment of nuclear weapons;
(13) urges the IAEA Board of Governors, at its
earliest opportunity, to report to the United Nations
Security Council that Iran is in noncompliance with
its agreements with the IAEA;
(14) urges the President of the United States
to provide whatever financial, material, or intel-
ligence resources are necessary to the IAEA to en-
able it to fully investigate Iran’s nuclear activities;
(15) urges the United Nations Security Council,
the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Zangger Com-
mittee, and other relevant international entities to
declare that non-nuclear-weapon states under the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
(NPT), who commit violations of their safeguards
agreements regarding uranium enrichment or pluto-
•HCON 398 EH
nium reprocessing, or engage in activities which
could support a military nuclear program, thereby
forfeit their right under the NPT to engage in nu-
clear fuel-cycle activities;
(16) further urges the United Nations Security
Council to consider measures necessary to support
the inspection efforts by the IAEA and to prevent
Iran from further engaging in clandestine nuclear
activities; and
(17) urges the President to keep the Congress
fully and currently informed concerning the matters
addressed in this resolution.
Passed the House of Representatives May 6, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
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(A) urges Japan to ensure that Japanese 
commercial entities not proceed with the devel-
opment of Iran’s Azadegan oil field; 
(B) urges France and Malaysia to ensure 
that French and Malaysian commercial entities 
not proceed with their agreement for further co-
operation in expanding Iran’s liquid natural gas 
production field; 
(C) calls on all countries to intercede with 
their commercial entities to ensure that these 
entities refrain from or cease all investment and 
investment-related activities that support Iran’s 
energy industry; and 
(D) calls on the President to enforce the 
provisions of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act 
of 1996 to discourage foreign commercial enti-
ties from investing in Iran’s energy industry; 
(11) deplores any effort by any country to pro-
vide any nuclear power-related assistance whatsoever 
to Iran, and calls upon Russia to suspend nuclear 
cooperation with Iran and not conclude a nuclear 
fuel supply agreement for the Bushehr reactor, until 
the conditions of paragraph (8) are satisfied; 
(12) calls upon the governments of the coun-
tries whose nationals and corporations are impli-
•HCON 398 IH 
not proceed with their agreement for further co-
operation in expanding Iran’s liquid natural gas 
production field; 
(C) calls on all countries to intercede with 
their commercial entities to ensure that these 
entities refrain from or cease all investment and 
investment-related activities that support Iran’s 
energy industry; and 
(D) calls on the President to enforce the 
provisions of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act 
of 1996 to discourage foreign commercial enti-
ties from investing in Iran’s energy industry; 
(11) deplores any effort by any country to pro-
vide any nuclear power-related assistance whatsoever 
to Iran, and calls upon Russia to suspend nuclear 
cooperation with Iran and not conclude a nuclear 
fuel supply agreement for the Bushehr reactor, until 
the conditions of paragraph (8) are satisfied; 
(12) calls upon the governments of the coun-
tries whose nationals and corporations are impli-
cated in assisting Iranian nuclear activities, espe-
cially Pakistan, Malaysia, the United Arab Emir-
ates, and Germany, to fully investigate such assist-
ance, to grant the IAEA full access to individuals, 
sites, and all information related to the investiga-
•HCON 398 IH 
tions, and to immediately review and rectify their ex-
port control laws, regulations, and practices in order 
to prevent further assistance to countries seeking to 
develop nuclear programs that could support the de-
velopment of nuclear weapons; 
(13) urges the IAEA Board of Governors, at its 
earliest opportunity, to report to the United Nations 
Security Council that Iran is in noncompliance with 
its agreements with the IAEA; 
(14) urges the President of the United States 
to provide whatever financial, material, or intel-
ligence resources are necessary to the IAEA to en-
able it to fully investigate Iran’s nuclear activities; 
(15) urges the United Nations Security Council, 
the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Zangger Com-
mittee, and other relevant international entities to 
declare that non-nuclear-weapon states under the 
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
(NPT), who commit violations of their safeguards 
agreements regarding uranium enrichment or pluto-
nium reprocessing, or engage in activities which 
could support a military nuclear program, thereby 
forfeit their right under the NPT to engage in nu-
clear fuel-cycle activities;
•HCON 398 IH 
(16) further urges the United Nations Security 
Council to consider measures necessary to support 
the inspection efforts by the IAEA and to prevent 
Iran from further engaging in clandestine nuclear 
activities; and 
(17) urges the President to keep the Congress 
fully and currently informed concerning the matters 
addressed in this resolution.
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IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 3
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
should be issued in honor of the late George Thomas ‘‘Mickey’’ Leland. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 
Mr. MARKEY, Mr. HONDA, Mr. MOORE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MEEKS of 
New York, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. RUSH, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN-
SON of Texas, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. WYNN, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CLYBURN, and Mr. JEFFER-
SON) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative 
postage stamp should be issued in honor of the late 
George Thomas ‘‘Mickey’’ Leland.
Whereas George Thomas Leland (affectionately known as 
‘‘Mickey’’), in the course of his 6 terms as a member of 
the House of Representatives from the State of Texas, 
emerged as a national spokesman regarding the problem 
of hunger in the United States and throughout the world;
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Whereas Mickey Leland was instrumental in establishing the 
Select Committee on Hunger and served as chairman of 
that committee until the time of his death; 
Whereas, in the capacity of chairman of the Select Committee 
on Hunger, Mickey Leland helped generate public aware-
ness of the complex issues relating to the alleviation of 
hunger and demonstrated strong personal moral leader-
ship; 
Whereas it was his leadership that guided the Hunger Pre-
vention Act of 1988, which required the Secretary of Ag-
riculture not only to distribute surplus food, but also to 
purchase additional food for future distributions to needy 
households; 
Whereas Mickey Leland brought together entertainment per-
sonalities, religious leaders, and private volunteer agen-
cies to generate public support for the African Famine 
Relief and Recovery Act of 1985, which provided 
$800,000,000 in food and humanitarian relief supplies; 
Whereas the various initiatives brought forth by Mickey Le-
land to eradicate world hunger undoubtedly saved thou-
sands of lives; 
Whereas 1999 marked the 10th anniversary of Mickey Le-
land’s death; 
Whereas Mickey Leland died as he lived: on a mission to 
make a positive difference in this world; and 
Whereas commemorative postage stamps have been commis-
sioned to honor other great leaders in American history: 
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
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(1) a commemorative postage stamp should be 
issued in honor of George Thomas ‘‘Mickey’’ Leland; 
and 
(2) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee of 
the United States Postal Service should recommend 
to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be 
issued.
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IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 400
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States flag flown 
over the United States Capitol should be lowered to half-mast one day 
each month in honor of the brave men and women from the United 
States who have lost their lives in military conflicts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2004
Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN) submitted the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States 
flag flown over the United States Capitol should be low-
ered to half-mast one day each month in honor of the 
brave men and women from the United States who have 
lost their lives in military conflicts.
Whereas more than 1,000,000 brave men and women from 
the United States have died in military conflicts from the 
time of the Revolutionary War through Operation Iraqi 
Freedom; 
Whereas the people of the United States mourn the loss of 
the brave men and women who have given their lives for 
this country;
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Whereas the United States has not forgotten the sacrifices 
that brave men and women have made to protect our Na-
tion and our freedom; and 
Whereas paying tribute to the brave men and women from 
the United States who gave their lives for this Nation 
demonstrates the spirit of patriotism that is the founda-
tion of our great country: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the 
United States flag flown over the United States Capitol 
should be lowered to half-mast one day each month in 
honor of the brave men and women from the United States 
who have lost their lives in military conflicts.
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IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 401
Revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2004
Mr. OBEY (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FATTAH, 
Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HOEFFEL, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. OLVER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TIERNEY, 
and Mr. UDALL of New Mexico) submitted the following concurrent reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2005.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. BUDGET RESOLUTION REVISIONS. 
The concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2005 is amended as follows: 
(1) In the section entitled ‘‘RECOMMENDED 
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.’’: 
(A) In the paragraph with the side heading 
‘‘DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET)’’, the amount of the
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Whereas Sudan gave sanctuary to Osama bin Laden from 
1991 to 1996, allowing him to build his terror network 
worldwide; 
Whereas Sudan has refused to disassociate itself from ter-
rorist groups, such as Hamas and Hezbollah that openly 
maintain offices in Khartoum, and Sudan has refused to 
close these offices; 
Whereas Sheikh Abdel Rahman, the leader of the 1993 World 
Trade Center bombing, received his visa in Khartoum 
and reportedly was a guest of a senior Sudanese Govern-
ment official for several weeks; 
Whereas of the 15 men indicted for the 1993 World Trade 
Center bombing, five were Sudanese nationals who had 
strong ties with Sudanese diplomats stationed in New 
York at the Mission of the Government of the Republic 
of Sudan to the United Nations; 
Whereas in 1995, members of the terrorist group Gama’a 
Islamiya tried to assassinate President Hosni Mubarak of 
Egypt while he was in Ethiopia for a summit meeting of 
the Organization of African Unity (now referred to as the 
African Union); 
Whereas the 11-man assassination team was given safe haven 
in Sudan to prepare for its mission to assassinate Presi-
dent Mubarak; 
Whereas, according to a United Nations report, the weapons 
used in the assassination attempt were reportedly flown 
to Ethiopia by Sudan Airways, and the passports used by 
the assassins were prepared in Khartoum; 
Whereas one of the assassins escaped on Sudan Airways to 
Sudan, where he joined two other members of the assas-
sination team;
IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 402
Recognizing the involvement in or support for acts of international terrorism 
by senior officials of the Government of the Republic of the Sudan 
and calling on Sudan to cease its involvement in acts of international 
terrorism and to prosecute and punish any Sudanese officials who have 
supported or have been involved in acts of international terrorism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2004
Mr. TANCREDO (for himself and Mr. PAYNE) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Re-
lations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the involvement in or support for acts of inter-
national terrorism by senior officials of the Government 
of the Republic of the Sudan and calling on Sudan 
to cease its involvement in acts of international terrorism 
and to prosecute and punish any Sudanese officials who 
have supported or have been involved in acts of inter-
national terrorism.
Whereas the Government of the Republic of the Sudan came 
to power through a military coup in 1989 and, since 
1993, has been included by the Department of State on 
its list of countries that sponsor terrorism;
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the effective date of the Constitution of the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia;
(3) an immediate relative of a person referred
to in paragraphs (1) or (2) of this section, provided
that such immediate relative is a naturalized citizen
of the Federated States of Micronesia who has been
an actual resident there for not less than five years
after attaining such naturalization and who holds a
certificate of actual residence, and further provided,
that, in the case of a spouse, such spouse has been
married to the person referred to in paragraph (1)
or (2) of this section for at least five years, and fur-
ther provided, that the Government of the United
States is satisfied that such naturalized citizen
meets the requirement of subsection (b) of section
104 of Public Law 99–239 as it was in effect on the
day prior to the effective date of this Compact, as
amended;
(4) a naturalized citizen of the Federated
States of Micronesia who was an actual resident
there for not less than five years after attaining such
naturalization and who satisfied these requirements
as of April 30, 2003, who continues to be an actual
resident and holds a certificate of actual residence,
and whose name is included in a list furnished by