HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Thursday, April 24, 2003

PLACE: E2.010

CHAIR: Rep. Frank Corte

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The Committee will meet to hear the following bills:



HB 3211            Heflin
Relating to certain veterans' assistance programs.

HB 80            Wise / et al.
Relating to establishing a permanent fund for certain veterans'
care purposes.

HB 2540            Menendez
Relating to granting a defense base development authority the power
of eminent domain.

HB 743            Hochberg
Relating to paramilitary training organizations; providing criminal
penalties.

HB 3362            Corte
Relating to the Texas State Guard.

HCR 27            Ellis
Conferring the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor on Colonel M. B.
Etheredge.

HCR 156            Noriega
Memorializing congress to enact the Citizenship For America's Troops Act
to allow citizenship through service in the U.S. Armed Forces.

HCR 161            Isett
Urging congress to change veterans' mortgage bonds to cover all
veterans who have served on active duty.

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