[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 18 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H252-H254]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

       By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Schrock, Mr. 
     Toomey, Mr. Royce, Mr. Foley, Mr. Graves, Mr. Brown of South 
     Carolina, Mr. Otter, Ms. Hart, Mr. Akin, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
     Rehberg, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Cantor, 
     Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Platts, Ms. Capito, Mr. 
     Fletcher, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Dreier, 
     Mr. Goss, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Collins, Ms. Pryce 
     of Ohio, Mr. Kirk, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Linder, and Mr. Putnam):
       H.R. 2. A bill to establish a procedure to safeguard the 
     combined surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare 
     hospital insurance trust funds; referred to the Committee on 
     Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. BARCIA (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Hall of 
             Texas, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Rivers, 
             Mr. Gordon, and Mr. Calvert):
       H.R. 524. A bill to require the Director of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology to assist small and 
     medium-sized manufacturers and other such businesses to 
     successfully integrate and utilize electronic commerce 
     technologies and business practices, and to authorize the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology to assess 
     critical enterprise integration standards and implementation 
     activities for major manufacturing industries and to develop 
     a plan for enterprise integration for each major 
     manufacturing industry; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. GILCHREST (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Chambliss, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Schrock, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Horn, Mr. Mica, Mrs. 
             Kelly, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Doolittle, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Thune, Mr. Meehan, and Mr. Sessions):
       H.R. 525. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for improved 
     Federal efforts to prepare for and respond to terrorist 
     attacks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. GANSKE (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
             Berry, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. Morella, 
             Mr. John, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Andrews, Mr. LaTourette, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Stupak, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Towns, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Gordon, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, 
             Mr. Engel, Mr. Moore, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Sawyer, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Barrett, Mr. 
             Wynn, Mr. Stark, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Boucher, 
             Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Turner, Ms. 
             Harman, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Frank, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Coyne, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Levin, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             Becerra, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Kleczka, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Hoeffel, and Mr. Meehan):
       H.R. 526. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed 
     care plans and other health coverage; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Baker, Mr. Latham, Mr. 
             Goode, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Thornberry, 
             Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Schaffer, 
             Mr. Cooksey, and Mr. Stump):
       H.R. 527. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exempt State and local political committees from 
     duplicative notification and reporting requirements made 
     applicable to political organizations by Public Law 106-230; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 528. A bill to provide that children's sleepwear shall 
     be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability 
     standards; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pascrell, 
             and Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 529. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to require the use of recycled materials in 
     the construction of Federal-aid highway projects; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 530. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     require the allocation of surface transportation program 
     funds for the purchase of recycled materials; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Mr. Thomas M. Davis of 
             Virginia, Ms. Solis, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Frank, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, and Ms. Roybal-Allard):
       H.R. 531. A bill to designate El Salvador under section 244 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render 
     nationals of such foreign state eligible for temporary 
     protected status under such section; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. Waxman, and Mrs. Davis 
             of California):
       H.R. 532. A bill to provide funding for MTBE contamination; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Frank, 
             Mr. LaHood, and Mr. Thomas M. Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 533. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     restrict the use of franked mass mailings by Members of 
     Congress, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House 
     Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Government Reform, 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. CRENSHAW:
       H.R. 534. A bill to establish a grant program that provides 
     incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences 
     for certain firearms offenses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DEAL of Georgia:
       H.R. 535. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 2000 relating Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, home 
     preservation; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Etheridge, 
             Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Capuano, Mr. DeFazio, 
             Mr. Horn, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Tierney, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             Ms. Velazquez, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Thompson of California, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. McIntyre, Ms. Waters, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Barrett, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Shows, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Borski, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Hilliard, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Boucher, Mrs. 
             Roukema, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Burton 
             of Indiana, Mr. King, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Olver, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Holden, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Ross, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Cooksey, 
             Mr. Matsui, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. George Miller 
             of California, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Lee, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Bentsen, Mr. Baldacci, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. 
             Udall of New Mexico, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Simmons, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Frank, Mr. 
             Kleczka, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Costello, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Ms. Hart, Ms. 
             McCollum, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Boyd, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Rush, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Sawyer, Mrs. Clayton, 
             Mrs. McCarthy of New York, and Mr. Levin):
       H.R. 536. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require 
     that group and individual health insurance coverage and group 
     health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for 
     mastectomies and lymph node dissections performed for the 
     treatment of breast cancer; referred to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce, 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. 537. A bill to establish the National Commission on 
     Youth Crime and School Violence; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. Burr of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Ford, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Bonilla, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Paul, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Combest, Mr. Doolittle, and 
             Mrs. Kelly):
       H.R. 538. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives for education; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. Herger, Mr. Watkins, 
             Mr. Paul, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Bachus, 
             Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Terry, 
             Mr. Schrock, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Ms. 
             Granger, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Petri, Mr. Riley, Mr. 
             Weldon of Florida, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Akin, Mr. Rush, 
             Mr. Fossella, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Pitts, and Ms. Hart):
       H.R. 539. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the child tax credit; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. KELLY:
       H.R. 540. A bill to authorize the Small Business 
     Administration to make grants and loans to small business 
     concerns, and grants to agricultural enterprises, to enable 
     such concerns and enterprises to reopen for business after a 
     natural or other disaster; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Mrs. KELLY (for herself and Mr. Sweeney):
       H.R. 541. A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United 
     States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
     to minimize the burden of Federal paperwork demands upon 
     small businesses, educational and nonprofit institutions, 
     Federal contractors, State and local governments, and other 
     persons through the sponsorship and use of alternative 
     information technologies; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 
     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 Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. English, Ms. Pryce of 
             Ohio, and Mr. Sweeney):
       H.R. 542. A bill to amend provisions of law enacted by the 
     Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 to 
     ensure full analysis of potential impacts on small entities 
     of rules proposed by certain agencies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Small Business, 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. LEACH:
       H.R. 543. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent, to 
     increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to 
     $10,000,000, and to increase the annual gift tax exclusion to 
     $50,000; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mrs. 
             Kelly):
       H.R. 544. A bill to require the Attorney General to 
     promulgate regulations relating to gender-related 
     persecution, including female genital mutilation, for use in 
     determining an alien's eligibility for asylum or withholding 
     of removal; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H.R. 545. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise the effective date for certain awards of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation made by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to survivors of veterans who died during the Vietnam 
     era or later, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. QUINN:
       H.R. 546. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax benefits for small businesses, to amend the 
     Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum 
     wage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, 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. RIVERS:
       H.R. 547. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and 
     individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
     provide coverage for hair prostheses for individuals with 
     scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and 
     Means, 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. SCARBOROUGH (for himself, Mr. Weldon of Florida, 
             Mr. Petri, Mr. Shows, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. George Miller 
             of California, Mr. Foley, Mr. Saxton, and Mr. 
             Pickering):
       H.R. 548. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for 
     surviving spouses age 62 and older, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SCARBOROUGH (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Dreier, 
             Mr. Boucher, Mr. Foley, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Watkins, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Price of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Paul, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Riley, Mr. 
             Horn, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Barr of Georgia, 
             Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. Hart, Mr. King, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, and Mr. Sununu):
       H.R. 549. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide additional tax incentives for education; to the 
     Committee

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     on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Financial Services, 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. STUPAK:
       H.R. 550. A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     medical facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the ``Oscar 
     G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility''; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 551. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide that the rate of reimbursement for motor vehicle 
     travel under the beneficiary travel program of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs shall be the same as the rate for private 
     vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       H.R. 552. A bill to provide interim protection for certain 
     roadless areas in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests 
     in Colorado, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 553. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to improve implementation of 
     the western Alaska community development quota program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LEACH:
       H.J. Res. 14. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States regarding regulations 
     on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds made by 
     candidates for election for public office; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.J. Res. 15. A joint resolution designating the square 
     dance as the national folk dance of the United States; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Goode, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, and Mr. Duncan):
       H. Con. Res. 23. A Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that President George W. Bush should 
     declare to all nations that the United States does not intend 
     to assent to or ratify the International Criminal Court 
     Treaty, also referred to as the Rome Statute of the 
     International Criminal Court, and the signature of former 
     President Clinton to that treaty should not be construed 
     otherwise; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. GILCHREST:
       H. Con. Res. 24. A concurrent resolution supporting a 
     National Foster Parents Day; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mrs. KELLY:
       H. Con. Res. 25. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding tuberous sclerosis; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, and Mr. Hoyer):
       H. Con. Res. 26. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the Taliban-led Government in 
     Afghanistan; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H. Res. 32. A resolution designating majority membership on 
     certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. FROST:
       H. Res. 33. A resolution designating minority membership on 
     certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
             Gilman, and Mr. Ackerman):
       H. Res. 34. A resolution congratulating the Prime Minister-
     elect of Israel, Ariel Sharon, calling for an end to violence 
     in the Middle East, reaffirming the friendship between the 
     Governments of the United States and Israel, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. MOORE (for himself, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, 
             Mr. Skelton, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Tancredo, 
             Mr. Stenholm, and Ms. Slaughter):
       H. Res. 35. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Represenatives with respect to the Bloch Cancer 
     Foundation; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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