The latter half is off topic of the article and has been cut. Walter DCA http://apnews.excite.com/article/20020719/D7KS1MNO1.html By CURT ANDERSON WASHINGTON (AP) - Indefinite delay of anti-terrorism screening of airport baggage is one of the issues confronting a House select committee as it takes up a measure creating President Bush's Homeland Security Department. The fine print of the draft 216-page bill, which the House Select Committee on Homeland Security was to debate Friday, included some surprises such as prohibition of uniform drivers' license standards and scrapping of a program critics say could encourage Americans to spy on each other. The bill, sponsored by Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, would give Bush most of the powers and agencies he sought, including moving the Coast Guard, Customs Service, Secret Service and Federal Emergency Management Agency into the new Cabinet department. The legislation, said Democratic Rep. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, "is basically the president's bill with minor alterations." Bush, however, did not propose indefinite delay of the Dec. 31 deadline for all checked airline bags to be screened for explosives. Armey's decision to include that drew immediate fire from Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, senior Democrat on the House Transportation Committee. "How can you establish a Homeland Security Department and undermine security by giving this open-ended extension?" Oberstar said. In a letter to colleagues, Oberstar said the new Transportation Security Administration - which would become part of Homeland Security under Armey's bill - repeatedly has assured Congress it can meet the deadline. Away from the developments on the Hill, a new problem surfaced: John Magaw resigned as head of the new Transportation Security Administration, created by Congress in the wake of the September attacks. He cited health reasons, but an administration official with knowledge of the situation said Magaw was forced out by Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta. Taking his place will be Adm. James Loy, Magaw's deputy who previously served as Coast Guard commandant. Now, Loy has to meet a Nov. 19 deadline to replace private passenger screeners at U.S. airports with an all-federal work force. Airports have pressed for a temporary delay, even though they can individually get one if they cannot meet the deadline. <snip>