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IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 365
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2004
Mr. EVANS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart 
Recognition Day.
Whereas the Purple Heart is the oldest military decoration in 
the world in present use; 
Whereas the Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the 
President of the United States to members of the Armed 
Forces who are wounded in conflict with an enemy force 
or while held by an enemy force as a prisoner of war, and 
posthumously to the next of kin of members of the 
Armed Forces who are killed in conflict with an enemy 
force or who die of a wound received in conflict with an 
enemy force; 
Whereas the Purple Heart was established on August 7, 
1782, during the Revolutionary War, when General 
George Washington issued an order establishing the Hon-
•HCON 365 IH 
orary Badge of Distinction, otherwise known as the 
Badge of Military Merit; 
Whereas the award of the Purple Heart ceased with the end 
of the Revolutionary War, but was revived in 1932, the 
200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth, out of 
respect for his memory and military achievements; and 
Whereas National Purple Heart Recognition Day is a fitting 
tribute to George Washington and to the over 1,535,000 
recipients of the Purple Heart, approximately 550,000 of 
whom are still living: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring),
That Congress— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Purple Heart Recognition Day; 
(2) encourages all Americans to learn about the 
history of the Purple Heart and to honor its recipi-
ents; and 
(3) requests that the President issue a procla-
mation calling on the people of the United States to 
conduct appropriate ceremonies, activities, and pro-
grams to demonstrate support for people who have 
been awarded the Purple Heart.
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IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 366
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding negotiating, in the United 
States-Thailand Free Trade Agreement, access to the United States 
automobile industry. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2004
Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. QUINN, and Mr. LEVIN) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding negotiating, 
in the United States-Thailand Free Trade Agreement, 
access to the United States automobile industry.
Whereas the United States Trade Representative recently an-
nounced an intention to negotiate a free trade agreement 
(FTA) with Thailand; 
Whereas properly structured FTAs may have important bene-
fits for the United States, and a bilateral free trade 
agreement program pursued under a coherent policy and 
strategy may play an important role in United States 
trade policy; 
Whereas the global automobile market is subject to inherently 
multilateral problems that need to be addressed on a
•HCON 366 IH 
multilateral basis, including numerous, widespread, and 
complex nontariff barriers maintained by major pro-
ducing countries; 
Whereas providing Thailand privileged access to critical seg-
ments of the United States automobile market would sig-
nificantly erode United States leverage to negotiate re-
ductions to global automobile market distortions in multi-
lateral negotiations, because producers from third coun-
tries would be able to benefit from the privileged access 
of Thailand under the FTA; 
Whereas Thailand is the second largest source of pick-up 
truck production in the world, with many major auto-
mobile manufacturers from outside of Thailand producing 
pick-up trucks there; 
Whereas Thailand’s Board of Investment has actively been 
recruiting automobile producers from outside of Thai-
land, including Japan, South Korea, and India, to 
produce automobiles in Thailand, and some of these pro-
ducers have cited Thailand’s privileged access to foreign 
markets through FTAs as a rationale for setting up pro-
duction in Thailand; 
Whereas many of these producers from outside of Thailand 
have moved their pick-up truck production out of their 
home countries and into Thailand in order to make Thai-
land their global pick-up truck production and export 
bases; 
Whereas as a result of this activity by automobile producers 
from outside of Thailand, pick-up truck production in 
Thailand will soon approach 1,000,000 units annually, 
and could grow even larger;
•HCON 396 IH 
assment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisex-
ual, and transgender students, teachers, and school em-
ployees; 
Whereas more than 200,000 students in nearly 2,000 elemen-
tary, junior high, and high schools participated in the 
2003 Day of Silence; and 
Whereas every child, regardless of sexual orientation or gen-
der identity, should be guaranteed an education free from 
discrimination and harassment: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) supports the goals and ideals of the Day of 
Silence; 
(2) requests that the President issue a procla-
mation calling on the people of the United States to 
observe the Day of Silence with appropriate cere-
monies, programs, and activities; 
(3) encourages each unit of local government 
and State to adopt laws to protect lesbian, gay, bi-
sexual, and transgender students, teachers, and 
school employees from discrimination and harass-
ment; and 
(4) encourages each school district in the 
United States to adopt policies to protect lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers,
•HCON 366 IH 
Whereas given these facts, if Thailand were given privileged 
access to critical segments of the United States auto-
mobile market in an FTA, it could be used by third-coun-
try automobile producers as a backdoor into the United 
States market; however, Japan, South Korea, India, and 
other major producing countries would not be required to 
reduce their tariff and nontariff barriers to United States 
automobile producers, and in fact the tariff and nontariff 
barriers maintained by those countries would continue to 
distort global markets and restrict the access of United 
States exports to markets in those countries; 
Whereas given that these third-country producers would al-
ready have privileged access to the United States market 
through the United States-Thailand FTA, their home 
countries would have less incentive to address the inher-
ently multilateral problems in the global automobile mar-
ket through negotiations on a multilateral basis; and 
Whereas the United States automobile industry is a major 
driver of the United States economy—accounting annu-
ally for between 3 and 4 percent of the gross domestic 
product (GDP) of the United States, leading all United 
States industries in annual research and development 
spending, directly employing over 500,000 highly skilled 
and efficient workers in jobs that pay on average 60 per-
cent higher than the average United States job, and sup-
porting the jobs of over 7,000,000 other workers—and it 
has played a critical role in efforts to revive the United 
States economy: Now therefore be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring),
That
•HCON 366 IH 
it is the sense of the Congress that negotiations on access 
to critical segments of the United States automobile mar-
ket should not take place on a piecemeal basis, but only—
(1) as part of negotiations that include all 
major automobile producing nations; and 
(2) as part of comprehensive negotiations that 
address both tariff and nontariff barriers specific to 
the automobile industry, with progress on elimi-
nating tariff barriers explicitly linked to concrete 
progress on eliminating nontariff barriers.
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IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 368
Recognizing The Garden Club of America on the occasion of its 91st annual 
meeting. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2004
Mr. PETRI submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing The Garden Club of America on the occasion 
of its 91st annual meeting.
Whereas The Garden Club of America is holding its 91st an-
nual meeting in Washington, DC, on April 24 through 
27, 2004; 
Whereas The Garden Club of America has 195 member clubs 
in 40 States and the District of Columbia, representing 
over 17,000 members; 
Whereas since its founding in 1913, The Garden Club of 
America has become a recognized leader in the fields of 
horticulture, conservation, historic preservation, and civic 
improvement, and an organization influential in the pro-
tection of America’s environment; and
•HCON 368 IH 
Whereas here in our Nation’s capital, The Garden Club of 
America was instrumental in the founding of the Na-
tional Arboretum, the development of the Archives of 
American Gardens at the Smithsonian Institution, and 
the creation and installation of the Butterfly Habitat 
Garden which now graces the National Mall at the Na-
tional Museum of Natural History: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress commends The Garden Club 
of America for the many contributions it has made in our 
Nation’s capital and in communities across America, and 
sends its best wishes on the occasion of its 91st annual 
meeting in Washington, DC, on April 24 through 27, 
2004.
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(c) PROHIBITED ACT.—Section 301 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(hh) Dispensing or offering to dispense a prescrip-
tion drug imported into the United States in violation of 
the requirements of section 813.’’. 
SEC. 3. PROTECTION AGAINST ADULTERATED PRESCRIP-
TION DRUGS. 
Section 801(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(h)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and prescription drugs’’ 
after ‘‘related to foods’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and of prescription 
drugs’’ after ‘‘adulteration of food,’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and prescription drugs’’ 
after ‘‘importation of food’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and for en-
suring the safety of imported prescription drugs’’ 
after ‘‘food safety’’. 
SEC. 4. INTERNET PHARMACIES. 
(a) INTERNET PHARMACIES.—Chapter V of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 510 the fol-
lowing:
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 36
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the
United States, issued a proclamation on September 22,
1862, declaring that on the first day of January, 1863,
‘‘all persons held as slaves within any State or designated
part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebel-
lion against the United States shall be then, thence-
forward, and forever free’’;
•HCON 36 EH
Whereas the proclamation declared ‘‘all persons held slaves
within the insurgent States’’—with the exception of Ten-
nessee, southern Louisiana, and parts of Virginia, then
within Union lines—‘‘are free’’;
Whereas, for two and half years, Texas slaves were held in
bondage after the Emancipation Proclamation became of-
ficial and only after Major General Gordon Granger and
his soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19,
1865, were African-American slaves in that State set
free;
Whereas slavery was a horrendous practice and trade in
human trafficking that continued until the passage of the
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ending slavery on December 18, 1865;
Whereas the Emancipation Proclamation is historically sig-
nificant and history is regarded as a means of under-
standing the past and solving the challenges of the fu-
ture;
Whereas one hundred and forty years after President Lin-
coln’s Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans
have integrated into various levels of society; and
Whereas commemorating the 140th anniversary of the Eman-
cipation Proclamation highlights and reflects the suf-
fering and progress of the faith and strength of character
shown by slaves and their descendants as an example for
all people of the United States, regardless of background,
religion, or race: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That Congress—
•HCON 36 EH
(1) recognizes the historical significance of the
140th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclama-
tion as an important period in the Nation’s history;
and
(2) encourages its celebration in accordance
with the spirit, strength, and legacy of freedom, jus-
tice, and equality for all people of America and to
provide an opportunity for all people of the United
States to learn more about the past and to better
understand the experiences that have shaped the
Nation.
Passed the House of Representatives February 26,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
III 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 36
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2003
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Encouraging the people of the United States to honor and 
celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Emancipation 
Proclamation and commending Abraham Lincoln’s ef-
forts to end slavery.
Whereas Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the 
United States, issued a proclamation on September 22, 
1862, declaring that on the first day of January, 1863, 
‘‘all persons held as slaves within any State or designated 
part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebel-
lion against the United States shall be then, thence-
forward, and forever free’’;
HCON 36 RFS 
Whereas the proclamation declared ‘‘all persons held slaves 
within the insurgent States’’—with the exception of Ten-
nessee, southern Louisiana, and parts of Virginia, then 
within Union lines—‘‘are free’’; 
Whereas, for two and half years, Texas slaves were held in 
bondage after the Emancipation Proclamation became of-
ficial and only after Major General Gordon Granger and 
his soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 
1865, were African-American slaves in that State set 
free; 
Whereas slavery was a horrendous practice and trade in 
human trafficking that continued until the passage of the 
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 
ending slavery on December 18, 1865; 
Whereas the Emancipation Proclamation is historically sig-
nificant and history is regarded as a means of under-
standing the past and solving the challenges of the fu-
ture; 
Whereas one hundred and forty years after President Lin-
coln’s Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans 
have integrated into various levels of society; and 
Whereas commemorating the 140th anniversary of the Eman-
cipation Proclamation highlights and reflects the suf-
fering and progress of the faith and strength of character 
shown by slaves and their descendants as an example for 
all people of the United States, regardless of background, 
religion, or race: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress—
HCON 36 RFS 
(1) recognizes the historical significance of the 
140th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclama-
tion as an important period in the Nation’s history; 
and 
(2) encourages its celebration in accordance 
with the spirit, strength, and legacy of freedom, jus-
tice, and equality for all people of America and to 
provide an opportunity for all people of the United 
States to learn more about the past and to better 
understand the experiences that have shaped the 
Nation.
Passed the House of Representatives February 26, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 370
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should support 
the principles of democracy and constitutional rule in the Republic of 
Haiti, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2004
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Ms. LEE, Ms. WATSON, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. LEWIS of 
Georgia, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. MAJETTE, Mr. OWENS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MEEKS 
of New York, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. WATT, Mr. BALLANCE, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. 
JONES of Ohio, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
TOWNS, and Mr. FATTAH) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
should support the principles of democracy and constitu-
tional rule in the Republic of Haiti, and for other pur-
poses.
Whereas Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected President of 
Haiti and sworn in on February 7, 2001, and his term 
expires on February 7, 2006;
•HCON 370 IH 
Whereas on September 4, 2002, the Organization of Amer-
ican States (OAS), with the support of the United States, 
passed Resolution 822 in order to strengthen democracy 
in the Republic of Haiti; 
Whereas Resolution 822 calls upon the international commu-
nity to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to 
support the professional development of an independent 
police institution in Haiti; 
Whereas the Haitian police force consists of approximately 
4,000 officers and is responsible for the protection of a 
population of over 8,000,000 people; and 
Whereas the Haitian police force is struggling to protect the 
population of Haiti from violent acts initiated by groups 
of thugs, heavily-armed former members of Haiti’s dis-
banded army, and members of the Front for the Ad-
vancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH), a para-
military organization: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring),
That it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the United States should support the prin-
ciples of democracy and constitutional rule in the 
Republic of Haiti, under which President Jean-
Bertrand Aristide was elected, and oppose any and 
all attempts to remove President Aristide from office 
prior to the completion of his term under the Con-
stitution of Haiti;
IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 374
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, Federal 
banking agencies, the National Credit Union Administration, and the 
Federal Trade Commission should work to mitigate the financial hard-
ships experienced by members of the reserve component as a result 
of being called to active duty. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2004
Mr. RYUN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. FROST, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 
BAKER, Mr. TIAHRT, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. JONES of North 
Carolina, Mr. CALVERT, and Mr. SOUDER) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
Services, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of De-
fense, Federal banking agencies, the National Credit 
Union Administration, and the Federal Trade Commis-
sion should work to mitigate the financial hardships ex-
perienced by members of the reserve component as a 
result of being called to active duty.
Whereas the Secretary of Defense is responsible for recruit-
ing and retaining a reserve component of the United
•HCON 370 IH 
(2) the United States should condemn the vio-
lent activities of groups of thugs, former members of 
Haiti’s disbanded army, and paramilitary organiza-
tions in Haiti; and 
(3) the United States, working with the United 
Nations, the Organization of American States 
(OAS), and other countries, should immediately pro-
vide assistance to Haiti to strengthen, reinforce, and 
professionalize the Haitian police force in order to 
enable the Haitian police force to restore law and 
order and preserve democracy in Haiti.
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IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 372 
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the urgency of cessation 
of hostilities in the Republic of Haiti. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2004 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the urgency 
of cessation of hostilities in the Republic of Haiti. 
Whereas, as the Western Hemisphere’s second-oldest democ-
racy, wrestled from the clutches of European colonialism 
in 1804 by African slaves, the current hostilities in the 
Republic of Haiti are of great concern; 
Whereas a peaceful and democratic solution is needed to re-
store stability in Haiti; 
Whereas the people of the United States eagerly support a 
peaceful transition to a representative government in 
Haiti; 
Whereas ongoing political crisis in Haiti has devastated the 
country’s economy, social fabric, and the livelihoods of its 
people, leaving Haitians with a ruined economy and bare-
448
•HJ 63 RH 
States Secretary of Defense personally re-
garding any unresolved issue which threatens 
its continued association with the Govern-
ment of the United States. 
Section 352
In the exercise of its authority and re-
sponsibility under Title Three, the Govern-
ment of the United States shall accord due re-
spect to the authority and responsibility of 
the Government of the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia under Titles One, Two and Four and 
to the responsibility of the Government of the 
Federated States of Micronesia to assure the 
well-being of its people. 
Section 353
(a) The Government of the United States 
shall not include the Government of the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia as a named party 
to a formal declaration of war, without that 
Government’s consent. 
(b) Absent such consent, this Compact, as 
amended, is without prejudice, on the ground 
of belligerence or the existence of a state of 
war, to any claims for damages which are ad-
vanced by the citizens, nationals or Govern-