[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 137 (Friday, October 12, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H6779-H6780]
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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:

           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 3108. A bill to deter and punish terrorist acts in the 
     United States and around the world, to enhance law 
     enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), International 
     Relations, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Education 
     and the Workforce, and 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. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. English, 
             Mr. McNulty, Mr. Walsh, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Moore, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Frost, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. 
             Roukema, Mr. Borski, Mr. Saxton, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, 
             Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Thompson 
             of California, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Stupak, 
             Mr. Oberstar, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Traficant, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Ross, and Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio):
       H.R. 3109. A bill to amend the title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide payment to Medicare ambulance 
     suppliers of the full costs of providing such services, 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. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Borski, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Boswell, Mr. Holden, Mr. Clement, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Barcia, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Mr. Matheson, Mr. Honda, Mr. Mascara, Mr.

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             Baldacci, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. Lampson, Mr. Baird, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Berry, Mr. Holt, Mrs. Capps, and Mr. 
             Lantos):
       H.R. 3110. A bill to improve aviation security, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 3111. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to issue 21st Century Independence Savings Bonds; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. McKeon, and Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 3112. A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998 to establish a national emergency grant program to 
     respond to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii (for herself, Mr. Bonior, Ms. 
             Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clay, Mr. Evans, 
             Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Ms. 
             Waters, Ms. Woolsey, and Ms. Brown of Florida):
       H.R. 3113. A bill to reauthorize and improve the program of 
     block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy 
     families; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA:
       H.R. 3114. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the increase in the cover over of tax 
     on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BENTSEN:
       H.R. 3115. A bill to allow letters sent to the White House, 
     marked ``America's Fund for Afghan Children'', to be mailed 
     free of postage; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BENTSEN:
       H.R. 3116. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to eliminate tax subsidies for ethanol fuel; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CLEMENT:
       H.R. 3117. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 1,3-
     Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 5-sulfo-1,3-dimethyl ester sodium 
     salt; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. EHRLICH:
       H.R. 3118. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, 
     relating to minimum penalties for repeat offenders for 
     driving while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 3119. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to increase to $1,000 the maximum amount of the lump-sum 
     death benefit and to allow for payment of such a benefit, in 
     the absence of an eligible surviving spouse or child, to the 
     legal representative of the estate of the deceased 
     individual; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KELLER:
       H.R. 3120. A bill to provide for a study on the feasibility 
     of giving airlines access by computer to lists of suspected 
     terrorists; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself and Mr. Udall of 
             New Mexico):
       H.R. 3121. A bill to further continued economic viability 
     in the communities on the High Plains by promoting 
     sustainable groundwater management of the Ogallala Aquifer; 
     to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. NORTON:
       H.R. 3122. A bill to extend to the Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia the same authority with respect to the National 
     Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the 
     several States exercise with respect to the National Guard of 
     those States; to the Committee on Government Reform, 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. PASCRELL (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Gilman, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Langevin, 
             Mr. Barcia, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, and Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York):
       H.R. 3123. A bill to amend chapter 40 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to increase the penalties for using an 
     instrumentality of interstate commerce to threaten to kill, 
     injure, or intimidate any individual or unlawfully to damage 
     or destroy property by means of fire or an explosive; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD:
       H.R. 3124. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that the special tax imposed on the 
     recognition of built-in gain by an S corporation shall not 
     apply to the extent such gain is reinvested in the business; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SANDLIN:
       H.R. 3125. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     impose a temporary cap on credit card interest rates, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SANDLIN:
       H.R. 3126. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     impose a temporary cap on credit card interest rates, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico:
       H.R. 3127. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to order the recall of meat and 
     poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. UNDERWOOD:
       H.R. 3128. A bill to authorize the establishment of a 
     National Guard of the Northern Mariana Islands; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BROWN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Aderholt, Mr. Baker, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Jo 
             Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Graves, Mr. Kerns, Mr. Largent, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
             Phelps, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Shows, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Ms. Hart, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Osborne, Mr. 
             Coble, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Grucci, Mrs. 
             Wilson, Mr. Keller, Mr. Istook, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Lucas 
             of Oklahoma, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
             Lewis of California, Mr. Otter, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Regula, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Latham, Mrs. Bono, Mr. 
             Hilleary, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Toomey, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Pence, Mr. Duncan, 
             Mr. Hefley, Mr. Isakson, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Simpson, 
             Mr. Combest, Mr. Akin, and Mr. Doolittle):
       H. Con. Res. 248. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that public schools may display the 
     words ``God Bless America'' as an expression of support for 
     the Nation; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. 
             Crowley):
       H. Con. Res. 249. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     joint session of Congress to be held in New York City, New 
     York; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H. Res. 265. A resolution amending the rules of the House 
     of Representatives to prohibit access to classified 
     information by Members who do not have the appropriate 
     security clearance required for viewing the information; to 
     the Committee on Rules.

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