[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H3959-H3960]
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 of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself and Mrs. 
             Morella):
       H.R. 2456. A bill to provide that Federal employees may 
     retain for personal use promotional items received as a 
     result of travel taken in the course of employment; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. CANNON (for himself, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Whitfield, 
             Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Goode, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Pickering, 
             Mr. McHugh, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Green of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Shows, Mr. Keller, Mr. Putnam, Mr. 
             Graham, and Mr. Sweeney):
       H.R. 2457. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to impose a limitation on the wage that the Secretary of 
     Labor may require an employer to pay an alien who is an H-2A 
     nonimmigrant agricultural worker; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. TURNER (for himself, Ms. Harman, Mr. Sandlin, 
             Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Schiff, 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Kind, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Tanner, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Moore, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. Ross, 
             Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Boyd, Mr. 
             Bentsen, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Wu, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, 
             Mr. Hill, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Price of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Doggett, Mr. Holt, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Green of Texas):
       H.R. 2458. A bill to enhance the management and promotion 
     of electronic Government services and processes by 
     establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the 
     Office of Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad 
     framework of measures that require using Internet-based 
     information technology to enhance citizen access to 
     Government information and services, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Rahall, Ms. Lee, Mr. Clay, 
             Ms. Woolsey, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Solis, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Stark, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Sanders, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Watson, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Honda, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Evans, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Towns, Ms. Carson of 
             Indiana, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Baird, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. Waters, and Mr. Scott):
       H.R. 2459. A bill to establish a Department of Peace.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT:
       H.R. 2460. A bill to authorize appropriations for 
     environmental research and development, scientific and energy 
     research, development, and demonstration, and commercial 
     application of energy technology programs, projects, and 
     activities of the Department of Energy and of the Office of 
     Air and Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 2461. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to provide for public funding for House of 
     Representatives elections, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2462. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for that 
     portion of a governmental pension received by an individual 
     which does not exceed the maximum benefits payable under 
     title II of the Social Security Act which could have been 
     excluded from income for the taxable year; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 2463. A bill to provide limits on contingency fees in 
     health care liability actions; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 2464. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a deduction from gross income for contributions 
     to candidates for Federal office; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. BRYANT (for himself and Mr. Hilleary):

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       H.R. 2465. A bill to amend the Appalachian Regional 
     Development Act of 1965 to add Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, 
     Perry, and Wayne Counties, Tennessee, to the Appalachian 
     region; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. COBLE (for himself, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Goss, Mr. 
             Barr of Georgia, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Hefley, Mrs. Cubin, 
             Mr. Culberson, Mr. Otter, Mr. Tiberi, Mrs. Biggert, 
             Mr. Hilliard, and Mr. Bachus):
       H.R. 2466. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     permit an individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle 
     solely within the borders of a State if the individual meets 
     certain minimum standards prescribed by the State, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 2467. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on [3,3'-
     Bianthra[1,9-cd]ptrazole]-6,6'(1H,1'H)-dione,1,1'-diet yl-; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 2468. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 3-
     amino-2'-(sulfato-ethyl sulfonyl) ethyl benzamide; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 2469. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on MUB 
     738 INT; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 2470. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 5-
     amino-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,3-xylenesulfonamide; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 2471. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 2-
     amino-5-nitrothiazole; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 2472. A bill to protect children from unsolicited e-
     mail smut containing sexually oriented advertisements 
     offensive to minors; to the Committee on Science, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 2473. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for election 
     for Federal office, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on House Administration, and 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. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 2474. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to specify that imprisonment for reentering the United 
     States after removal subsequent to a conviction for a felony 
     shall be under circumstances that stress strenuous work and 
     sparse living conditions, if the alien is convicted of 
     another felony after the reentry; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 2475. A bill to provide for the distribution to 
     coastal States and counties of revenues collected under the 
     Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Allen, 
             Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Evans, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mrs. 
             Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 2476. A bill to amend the Highter Education Act of 
     1965 to increase the funds available for the provision of 
     student financial assistance, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 2477. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the expansion of the passenger or cargo capacity of 
     any airport that is located in a county with a population of 
     more than 9,000,000 and that has the capacity to serve 
     80,000,000 or more air passengers annually; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. McKinney, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Payne, Mr. Baird, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Baldacci, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Wu, Mr. Honda, and Mr. Udall 
             of Colorado):
       H.R. 2478. A bill to establish a balanced energy program 
     for the United States that unlocks the potential of renewable 
     energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Science, and 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. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 2479. A bill to ratify an agreement between The Aleut 
     Corporation and the United States of America to exchange land 
     rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
     for certain land interests on Adak Island, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Armed 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. WALDEN of Oregon:
       H. Res. 187. A resolution designating majority membership 
     on certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.

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