[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H3148-H3150]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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


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           By Mrs. JONES of Ohio (for herself, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hobson, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Grucci, Mr. Boehlert, and Mr. 
             Weldon of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 2145. A bill to provide for fire sprinkler systems, or 
     other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in public 
     and private college and university housing and dormitories, 
     including fraternity and sorority housing and dormitories; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Shows, Mr. Frost, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Calvert, Ms. Hart, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Gilchrest, Mrs. Kelly, 
             Mr. Pitts, Mr. Ney, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, 
             Mr. Petri, Mr. English, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Royce, Mr. Watkins, and Mr. Sweeney):
       H.R. 2146. A bill to amend title 18 of the United States 
     Code to provide life imprisonment for repeat offenders who 
     commit sex offenses against children; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. English, Mr. Ramstad, and Mr. Kerns):
       H.R. 2147. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax credits for making energy efficiency 
     improvements to existing homes and for constructing new 
     energy efficient homes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Houghton, 
             Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Shays, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Engel, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Ms. Solis, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. 
             Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Allen, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Doggett, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. 
             Biggert, Mr. Wu, Mr. Markey, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. 
             Pascrell):
       H.R. 2148. A bill to reestablish the Office of Technology 
     Assessment; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. CRANE (for himself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
             Hastert, Mr. Armey, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Combest, Mr. 
             Kolbe, Mr. Shaw, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Houghton, Mr. Herger, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Camp, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Ms. 
             Dunn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Portman, Mr. Watkins, Mr. 
             Hayworth, Mr. Weller, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Bass, Mr. Bereuter, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Cantor, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cox, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
             Dicks, Mr. Flake, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Goss, Mr. 
             Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Keller, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
             Knollenberg, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Linder, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Otter, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Pence, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Schrock, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shays, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
             Watts of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Wilson):
       H.R. 2149. A bill to extend trade authorities procedures 
     with respect to reciprocal trade agreements; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
     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. BALDACCI:
       H.R. 2150. A bill to modify the land conveyance authority 
     with respect to the Naval Computer and Telecommunications 
     Station, Cutler, Maine; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BALDACCI (for himself and Mr. Allen):
       H.R. 2151. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to establish a commercial truck safety pilot program in the 
     State of Maine, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma:
       H.R. 2152. A bill to provide for the issuance of bonds to 
     construct and modernize Indian schools and to provide a 
     credit against Federal income tax for holders of such bonds; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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. CRANE (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. Thurman, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Cunningham):
       H.R. 2153. A bill to provide for an election to exchange 
     research-related tax benefits for a refundable tax credit, 
     for the recapture of refunds in certain circumstances, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER (for himself, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Pelosi, 
             Ms. DeGette, and Mr. Lewis of Georgia):
       H.R. 2154. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require the Department of Defense and all other defense-
     related agencies of the United States to fully comply with 
     Federal and State environmental laws, including certain laws 
     relating to public health and worker safety, that are 
     designed to protect the environment and the health and safety 
     of the public, particularly those persons most vulnerable to 
     the hazards incident to military operations and 
     installations, such as children, members of the Armed Forces, 
     civilian employees, and persons living in the vicinity of 
     military operations and installations; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
     and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Resources, 
     Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, 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. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, and Mr. 
             Stupak):
       H.R. 2155. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     make it illegal to operate a motor vehicle with a drug or 
     alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of 
     entry, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon (for herself and Mrs. Johnson 
             of Connecticut):
       H.R. 2156. A bill amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a public response to the public health crisis of 
     pain, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             Bereuter, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
             Tanner, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Stupak, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Bass, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Kind, Mr. Peterson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Thune, Mr. Sweeney, 
             Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Skelton, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Boswell, Mr. Goode, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. 
             Pickering, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Baird, Mr. Hayes, Mr. 
             Phelps, Mr. Terry, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Putnam, and Mr. Ross):
       H.R. 2157. A bill to address health care disparities in 
     rural areas by amending title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the 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 Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 2158. A bill to provide for monitoring of aircraft air 
     quality, to require air carriers to produce certain 
     mechanical and maintenance records, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 2159. A bill to provide for grants to States for 
     enacting statewide laws regulating public playgrounds 
     consistent with with playground safety guidelines established 
     by the Consumer Product Safety Commission; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. English, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Souder, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Watkins, Ms. Norton, Mr. Brady of Texas, 
             Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Doyle, 
             Ms. Hart, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Gonzalez, 
             Mr. Upton, Mr. Clay, Mr. McHugh, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Burr of North Carolina, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Jones of 
             North Carolina, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Kildee, 
             Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Ross, 
             Mrs. Emerson, and Mr. Horn):
       H.R. 2160. A bill to provide for the establishment of 
     individual development accounts; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Mollohan, 
             Mr. Ney, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Strickland, 
             Mr. Lipinski, and Ms. Brown of Florida):
       H.R. 2161. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation 
     provided by certain motor carriers, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. REYES:
       H.R. 2162. A bill to authorize a national museum, including 
     a research center and related visitor facilities, in the city 
     of El Paso, Texas, to commemorate migration at the United 
     States southern border; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and

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     in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. RODRIGUEZ (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, and Mr. Kennedy 
             of Rhode Island):
       H.R. 2163. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     create a presumption that disability of a Federal employee in 
     fire protection activities caused by certain conditions is 
     presumed to result from the performance of such employee's 
     duty; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Kolbe, 
             Mr. Toomey, Mr. English, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Bass, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Borski, Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
             Kirk, Mr. Upton, Mr. Souder, Mr. Gekas, Mr. 
             Frelinghuysen, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Crane, 
             Mr. Wamp, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Capuano, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
             Goss, Mr. Luther, Mr. Frank, Mr. Allen, Mr. Keller, 
             Mrs. Biggert, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Royce, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             and Mr. George Miller of California):
       H.R. 2164. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act to gradually reduce the loan rate for peanuts, 
     to repeal peanut quotas for the 2004 and subsequent crops, 
     and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase 
     peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at 
     the world market price, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. SPENCE:
       H.R. 2165. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members of 
     the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War 
     era; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Waxman, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Coyne, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Mr. Owens, Mr. George Miller of California, 
             Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, and Mr. LaFalce):
       H.R. 2166. A bill to expand the purposes of the program of 
     block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy 
     families to include poverty reduction, and to make grants 
     available under the program for that purpose; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Barrett, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. 
             McCollum, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Barcia, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Thurman, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Luther, Mr. LaTourette, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mr. Obey, Mr. Kleczka, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
             Mr. Kind, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Roemer, 
             Mr. Towns, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Rush):
       H.R. 2167. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to protect \1/5\ of the world's fresh water 
     supply by directing the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency to conduct a study on the known and 
     potential environmental effects of oil and gas drilling on 
     land beneath the water in the Great Lakes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
     and Commerce, and 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. SUNUNU:
       H.R. 2168. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI); to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. WYNN:
       H.R. 2169. A bill to extend the deadline under Part I of 
     the Federal Power Act for commencement of construction of a 
     hydroelectric project in the State of Nevada; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MURTHA:
       H.J. Res. 52. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to school 
     prayer; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida (for herself, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Conyers, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Clay, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rush, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Scott, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
             Snyder, and Mr. Stark):
       H. Con. Res. 159. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress with respect to rights each registered 
     voter in the United States should have; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Gibbons, 
             Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. McKeon, Ms. Hart, Mr. Linder, 
             Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, and Mr. Kleczka):
       H. Con. Res. 160. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the United States should continue to 
     honor its commitment to the United States aviators who lost 
     their lives flying for France during World War I by 
     appropriating sufficient funds to restore the Lafayette 
     Escadrille Memorial; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. CONDIT (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Baird, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Capps, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mr. Filner, Ms. Harman, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Ms. Waters, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Woolsey, and Ms. Watson):
       H. Res. 165. A resolution providing for the consideration 
     of the bill (H.R. 1468) to stabilize the dysfunctional 
     wholesale power market in the Western United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules.

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