[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 163 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H8731-H8732]
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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. McGOVERN (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Rush, 
             Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. 
             Gutierrez):
       H.R. 3372. A bill to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act 
     to permit the collection of demographic information in 
     connection with small business loan applications with the 
     applicant's consent, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Fossella, 
             Mr. Gilman, Mr. Towns, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Quinn, Mr. King, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. 
             Reynolds, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Walsh, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
             Grucci, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Hinchey):
       H.R. 3373. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax benefits for the recovery of the area of 
     New York City damaged in the September 11, 2001, terrorist 
     attacks; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BONIOR:
       H.R. 3374. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a minimum pension rate for certain veterans; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Wolf, Mr. Obey, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Boyd, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. Frank, Ms. Waters, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
             Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Scott, Mr. Thompson 
             of Mississippi, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Payne):
       H.R. 3375. A bill to provide compensation for the United 
     States citizens who were victims of the bombings of United 
     States embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, on the 
     same basis as compensation is provided to victims of the 
     terrorist-related aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FERGUSON:
       H.R. 3376. A bill to amend the compensation program 
     established under the Air Transportation Safety and System 
     Stabilization Act to clarify that, in reducing the amount of 
     compensation provided to a person under the program by 
     amounts received from collateral sources, collateral sources 
     do not include charitable sources; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. McInnis, and Mr. 
             Shadegg):
       H.R. 3377. A bill to improve the safety of houseboat 
     generator exhaust systems; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HORN:
       H.R. 3378. A bill to establish the Commission on Homeland 
     Security; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 3379. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 375 Carlls Path in Deer 
     Park, New York, as the ``Raymond M. Downey Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. JENKINS:
       H.R. 3380. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas 
     pipelines within the boundary of Great Smoky Mountains 
     National Park; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Camp, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Bonior, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Knollenberg, and 
             Mr. Stupak):
       H.R. 3381. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that certain bonds issued by local 
     governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes 
     may be treated as tax exempt; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mrs. Lowey):
       H.R. 3382. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
     and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to strengthen 
     security at sensitive nuclear facilities; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas:
       H.R. 3383. A bill to require the Attorney General of the 
     United States and the Federal Trade Commission to issue 
     guidelines relating to mergers by wholesale purchasers of 
     livestock, poultry, and unprocessed agricultural commodities; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REHBERG (for himself and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 3384. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit against income tax for costs of 
     travel for purposes of making retail purchases in States that 
     do not impose sales tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. 
             Aderholt, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Ferguson, 
             Mr. Gilman, Mr. Goodlatte,

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              Mr. Hobson, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mrs. Kelly, 
             Mr. King, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mr. Quinn, Mr. Shows, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Tiahrt, and Mr. Walsh):
       H. Res. 298. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Veterans Day should continue to be 
     observed on November 11 and separate from any other Federal 
     holiday or day for Federal elections or national observances; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Mr. Honda, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Baca, 
             Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Clay, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. 
             Watson, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Langevin, Mr. Frost, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
             Stupak, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Scott, Mr. 
             Hoeffel, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Borski, Mr. Bonior, Ms. Carson of 
             Indiana, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Olver, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Doyle, 
             Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Capuano):
       H. Res. 300. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the President should release 
     emergency funding under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
     Program in view of the large number of people who lost their 
     jobs due to the weak economy or as a result of the terrorist 
     attacks of September 11, 2001; 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.

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