[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H1714-H1716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

           By Mr. BARTON of Texas:
       H.R. 1647. A bill to provide for electricity emergencies; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Resources, 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. UPTON (for himself and Mr. Towns):
       H.R. 1648. 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 assure access to covered 
     emergency hospital services and emergency ambulance services 
     under a prudent layperson test under group health plans and 
     health insurance 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. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. Kucinich):
       H.R. 1649. A bill to provide grants to States to establish, 
     expand, or enhance prekindergarten programs for children who 
     are not yet enrolled in kindergarten; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kildee, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
             Scott, and Mrs. Davis of California):

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       H.R. 1650. A bill to establish the Child Care Provider 
     Retention and Development Grant Program and the Child Care 
     Provider Scholarship Program; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1651. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income health care subsidy 
     payments made to employers by local governments on behalf of 
     volunteer firefighters; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COLLINS:
       H.R. 1652. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the amount of the earned income credit; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GONZALEZ:
       H.R. 1653. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     conduct a study to determine the best means of developing a 
     national standard by which to measure the rate at which 
     students drop out of secondary schools in the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin:
       H.R. 1654. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     National Forest System lands to the towns of Laona and 
     Wabeno, Wisconsin; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. Watkins, and Mr. Gordon):
       H.R. 1655. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     punish the placing of sexual explicit photographs on the 
     Internet without the permission of the persons photographed; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. 
             Rangel, and Mr. Serrano):
       H.R. 1656. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to increase payments under the Medicare Program 
     to Puerto Rico hospitals; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
             and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota):
       H.R. 1657. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend and modify the credit for electricity produced 
     from biomass, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 1658. A bill to eliminate the Federal quota and price 
     support programs for Burley tobacco, to compensate quota 
     holders for the lost quota value, to provide transition 
     payments to producers of Burley tobacco, and to provide 
     assistance to communities adversely affected by the 
     elimination of the quota and price support programs; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself and Mr. Hall of Ohio):
       H.R. 1659. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify the amount of the charitable deduction 
     allowable for contributions of food inventory, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Lee, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. Baca, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Cummings, Ms. Woolsey, and Ms. Kilpatrick):
       H.R. 1660. A bill to develop a demonstration program 
     through the National Science Foundation to encourage interest 
     in the fields of mathematics, science, and information 
     technology; to the Committee on Science, 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 Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself and Mr. 
             Walden of Oregon):
       H.R. 1661. A bill to extend indefinitely the authority of 
     the States of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage a 
     Dungeness crab fishery until the effective date of a fishery 
     management plan for the fishery under the Magnuson-Stevens 
     Fishery Conservation and Management Act; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Filner, Mr. Bonior, Mrs. 
             Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Lee, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Baca, Mr. Abercrombie, Mrs. Bono, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Frank, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Frost, Mr. Kennedy 
             of Rhode Island, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Inslee, 
             Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Mr. Cannon, Mr. Condit, Mr. Towns, Mr. Blagojevich, 
             Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Allen, 
             Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Udall 
             of Colorado, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. Camp, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, and Mr. Honda):
       H.R. 1662. A bill to improve the implementation of the 
     Federal responsibility for the care and education of Indian 
     people by improving the services and facilities of Federal 
     Indian health programs and encouraging maximum participation 
     of Indians in such programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and 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. MOAKLEY:
       H.R. 1663. 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 extend the basic period for 
     health care continuation from 18 months to 5 years; 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. OSE:
       H.R. 1664. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior or the Secretary of the Army to waive any 
     restriction on operation of any of certain Bureau of 
     Reclamation facilities or Corps of Engineers facilities, 
     respectively, as necessary to address an emergency electric 
     power shortage declared by the Governor of a State to which 
     power from that facility can be transmitted; to the Committee 
     on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. PAUL:
       H.R. 1665. A bill to prohibit the destruction during fiscal 
     year 2002 of intercontinental ballistic missile silos in the 
     United States; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. QUINN:
       H.R. 1666. A bill to establish a uniform closing time for 
     the operation of polls on the date of the election of the 
     President and Vice President; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Ms. RIVERS:
       H.R. 1667. A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     require a refund value for certain beverage containers, to 
     provide resources for State pollution prevention and 
     recycling programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ROEMER (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Houghton, 
             Mr. Olver, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Frank, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Greenwood, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Souder, Mr. Kind, and Mrs. 
             Christensen):
       H.R. 1668. A bill to authorize the Adams Memorial 
     Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land 
     in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor former 
     President John Adams and his family; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. Lewis 
             of California, Mr. Baca, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Bono, Mr. 
             Calvert, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cunningham, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Filner, 
             Ms. Harman, Mr. Herger, Mr. Honda, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
             Hunter, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Issa, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Ose, Mr. 
             Radanovich, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Mr. Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Matsui, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Lantos, Ms. 
             Waters, Ms. Lee, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Farr of 
             California, and Mr. McKeon):
       H.R. 1669. A bill to provide incentives to encourage 
     private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses, to 
     establish a national disaster mitigation program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 
     Science, 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. Crane, and Mr. 
             McCrery):
       H.R. 1670. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow certain coins to be acquired by individual 
     retirement accounts and other individually directed pension 
     plan accounts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Serrano, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Weiner, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Wexler, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Gutierrez, and Mr. Faleomavaega):
       H.R. 1671. A bill to consolidate in a single independent 
     agency in the executive branch the responsibilities regarding 
     food safety, labeling, and inspection currently divided among 
     several Federal agencies; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     and in addition to the

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     Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.J. Res. 46. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to 
     incarceration for minor traffic offenses; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Gekas, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Upton, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Rivers, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis 
             of Virginia, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Flake, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Ballenger, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, 
             Mr. Pitts, Mr. Camp, Mr. Ose, Mr. Souder, Mr. Mica, 
             Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Tancredo, and 
             Mr. Cantor):
       H. Con. Res. 117. Concurrent resolution expressing sympathy 
     to the family, friends, and co-workers of Veronica ``Roni'' 
     Bowers and Charity Bowers; to the Committee on International 
     Relations. considered and agreed to.
           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Frost, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
             Towns, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Weiner, Mr. Moore, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Holden, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Berman, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Engel, Mr. Kirk, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Langevin, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Hoeffel, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Deutsch, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Filner, Ms. Solis, Mr. Matheson, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 
             Foley, Mr. Frank, and Mr. McGovern):
       H. Con. Res. 118. Concurrent resolution urging the return 
     of portraits painted by Dina Babbitt during her internment at 
     Auschwitz that are now in the possession of the Auschwitz-
     Birkenau State Museum; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H. Con. Res. 119. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress with respect to the right of all 
     Americans to keep and bear arms in defense of life or liberty 
     and in the pursuit of all other legitimate endeavors; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Ms. Sanchez, 
             Mr. Schaffer, and Mr. Hefley):
       H. Con. Res. 120. Concurrent resolution Sxpressing the 
     sense of the Congress that Social Security reform measures 
     should not force State and local government employees into 
     Social Security coverage; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOEFFEL (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
             Tancredo, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. 
             Abercrombie):
       H. Con. Res. 121. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the United States Government should 
     conduct a policy review of its relations with the People's 
     Republic of China; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Allen, 
             Mr. Baldacci, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Bentsen, 
             Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Bonior, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mrs. Christensen, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Engel, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank, Mr. Frost, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Mr. Horn, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Langevin, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Luther, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Matsui, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. 
             Meek of Florida, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rush, Ms. 
             Sanchez, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Shows, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Stark, Mr. Stupak, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Watt of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, and 
             Mr. Wynn):
       H. Res. 128. A resolution recognizing the unique effects 
     that proposals to reform Social Security may have on women; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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