[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 168 (Thursday, December 6, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H9076-H9077]
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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. HAYWORTH:
       H.R. 3420. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to issue appropriate guidance for use by victims of disasters 
     in their application to charitable organizations for relief; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. RADANOVICH:
       H.R. 3421. A bill to provide adequate school facilities 
     within Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources, 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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 3422. A bill to establish a Congressional Trade 
     Office; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, 
             Mr. Buyer, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Baker, Mr. Simmons, Mr. 
             Wolf, and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 3423. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enact into law eligibility of certain veterans and their 
     dependents for burial in Arlington National Cemetery; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Ms. Waters, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Ford, Mr. Hobson, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. 
             Barcia, Mr. Wamp, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Riley, Mr. Deutsch, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Rodriguez, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
             Stump, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Kingston, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
             Foley, Mr. Holden, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. DeGette, 
             and Mrs. Capito):
       H.R. 3424. A bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 
     1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to 
     prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from 
     engaging, directly or indirectly,

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     in real estate brokerage or real estate management 
     activities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. RADANOVICH:
       H.R. 3425. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing 
     Highway 49 in California, known as the ``Golden Chain 
     Highway'', as a National Heritage Corridor; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself and Mr. 
             Weldon of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 3426. A bill to provide increased flexibility 
     Governmentwide for the procurement of property and services 
     to facilitate the defense against terrorism, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
             Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Hoeffel, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Rohrabacher, and 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald):
       H.R. 3427. A bill to provide assistance for the relief and 
     reconstruction of Afghanistan, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. LaTOURETTE (for himself, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, and Mr. Traficant):
       H.R. 3428. A bill to amend the Emergency Steel Loan 
     Guarantee Act of 1999 to revise eligibility and other 
     requirements for loan guarantees under that Act; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Petri, Mr. Borski, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Graves, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Holden, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Filner, and Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald):
       H.R. 3429. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to make grants for security improvements to over-the-road bus 
     operations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 3430. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide improved benefits for veterans who are former 
     prisoners of war; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Dingell, 
             Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Foley, Mr. Stark, Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
             Rangel, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Towns, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Kennedy 
             of Rhode Island, Mr. Platts, Mr. Farr of California, 
             Mr. Baker, Mr. Engel, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Wamp, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, 
             Ms. McCollum, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Markey, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Ms. Watson, Mr. Holt, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. 
             Carson of Indiana, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Kind, Mr. Moore, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Harman, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Frost, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Udall of 
             New Mexico, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Davis of Florida, Ms. 
             DeGette, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
             Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Pomeroy, and Mr. 
             Rush):
       H.R. 3431. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and 
     rehabilitation of stroke; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. COOKSEY:
       H.R. 3432. A bill to require that the Coast Guard Sea 
     Marshal program be carried out in the 20 ports in the United 
     States considered by the Secretary of Transportation to be 
     the most vulnerable to attack by use of a commercial vessel 
     as a terrorist instrument, to authorize additional personnel 
     and funds for such program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Wolf, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, 
             and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 3433. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income certain terrorist attack 
     zone compensation of civilian uniformed personnel; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon (for herself, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
             Walden of Oregon, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. DeFazio, and 
             Mr. Baird):
       H.R. 3434. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic 
     Site in Oregon City, Oregon, and to administer the site as a 
     unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Stupak, 
             Mr. Andrews, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Maloney of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Murtha, and Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 3435. A bill to provide for grants to local first 
     responder agencies to combat terrorism and be a part of 
     homeland defense; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. RAMSTAD:
       H.R. 3436. A bill to amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil 
     Relief Act of 1940 to treat certain National Guard duty as 
     military service under that Act; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Deutsch, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Goode, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. Grucci, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Weldon 
             of Florida, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, and Mr. Brown of 
             South Carolina):
       H.R. 3437. A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to 
     establish a program to ensure greater security for United 
     States Seaports, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary, and 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. SIMPSON (for himself, Mr. Otter, and Mr. 
             Rehberg):
       H.R. 3438. A bill to authorize the State committees 
     appointed to carry out agricultural credit programs under the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit the 
     emergency commercial use of land enrolled in the conservation 
     reserve program; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. WATKINS:
       H.R. 3439. A bill to authorize the President to present a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the Choctaw Code 
     Talkers in recognition of their contributions to the Nation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. SHAW:
       H. Con. Res. 282. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the Social Security promise should be 
     kept; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHOWS:
       H. Con. Res. 283. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that Parker Dykes deserves to be recognized 
     for his years of commitment to football and his community and 
     is extremely worthy of the award of National Junior College 
     Coach of the Year; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. SHOWS (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Grucci, Ms. Hart, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Platts, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Stearns, 
             and Mr. Wexler):
       H. Con. Res. 284. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     should provide the flag of the United States for placement on 
     the grave sites of recipients of the Medal of Honor; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. 
             Greenwood, and Mrs. Morella):
       H. Con. Res. 285. Concurrent resolution condemning the more 
     than 500 anthrax threats sent to reproductive health centers 
     and abortion providers since October 14, 2001; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRUCCI:
       H. Res. 308. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the establishment of a National 
     Motivation and Inspiration Day; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Ney, and Mr. 
             Hoyer):
       H. Res. 309. A resolution honoring the United States 
     Capitol Police for their commitment to security at the 
     Capitol; to the Committee on House Administration.

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