[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 28 (Wednesday, March 13, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H906-H907]
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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 Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Oxley, 
             and Mr. Bachus):
       H.R. 3951. A bill to provide regulatory relief and improve 
     productivity for insured depository institutions, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 3952. A bill to establish an Office of Consumer 
     Advocacy within the Department of Justice to represent the 
     consumers of electricity and natural gas in proceeding before 
     the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. SCHAFFER (for himself, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Tauscher):
       H.R. 3953. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Ukraine; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA (for himself, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, and Mr. Rahall):
       H.R. 3954. A bill to designate certain waterways in the 
     Caribbean National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
     as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA (for himself, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, and Mr. Rahall):
       H.R. 3955. A bill to designate certain National Forest 
     System lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components 
     of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Frank, 
             Mr. Engel, Ms. Rivers, Ms. Norton, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Crowley, and 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard):
       H.R. 3956. A bill to clarify the authority of the Secretary 
     of Agriculture to prescribe performance standards for the 
     reduction of pathogens in meat, meat products, poultry, and 
     poultry products processed by establishments receiving 
     inspection services; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. McKeon, 
             Mr. DeMint, Mr. Norwood, and Mr. Hilleary):
       H.R. 3957. A bill to increase the amount of student loans 
     that may be forgiven for teachers in mathematics, science, 
     and special education; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. HANSEN:
       H.R. 3958. A bill to provide a mechanism for the settlement 
     of claims of the State of Utah regarding portions of the Bear 
     River Migratory Bird Refuge located on the shore of the Great 
     Salt Lake, Utah; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. LOFGREN (for herself and Mr. Honda):
       H.R. 3959. A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform 
     and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service to verify whether an 
     alien has an immigration status rendering the alien eligible 
     for service in the Armed Forces of the United States and to 
     achieve parity between the immigration status required for 
     employment as an airport security screener and the 
     immigration status required for service in the Armed Forces, 
     and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit 
     naturalization through active-duty military service during 
     Operation Enduring Freedom; 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. JEFF MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. Boyd, 
             Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
             Stearns, Mr. Mica, Mr. Keller, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
             Young of Florida, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Putnam, 
             Mr. Dan Miller of Florida, Mr. Goss, Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida, Mr. Foley, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Diaz-Balart, 
             Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 3960. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3719 Highway 4 in Jay, 
     Florida, as the ``Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, and Mr. Andrews):
       H.R. 3961. A bill to provide additional resources to States 
     to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and to 
     ensure timely analysis of rape kits in the future; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Otter, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Pombo, and Mr. 
             Herger):
       H.R. 3962. A bill to limit the authority of the Federal 
     Government to acquire land for certain Federal agencies in 
     counties in which 50 percent or more of the total acreage is 
     owned by the Federal Government and under the administrative 
     jurisdiction of such agencies; 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

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      consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. REYNOLDS:
       H.R. 3963. A bill to repeal limitations under the Home 
     Investment Partnerships Act on the percentage of the 
     operating budget of an organization receiving assistance 
     under such Act that may be funded under such Act; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H. Con. Res. 349. Concurrent resolution calling for an end 
     to the sexual exploitation of refugees; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. Mica, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Skelton, 
             Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Pickering, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Edwards, 
             Mrs. Morella, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Wolf, 
             Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
             Castle, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. LoBiondo, 
             Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. 
             Mascara, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Weldon of Florida, Mr. Olver, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Saxton, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Barr of Georgia, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. 
             Dooley of California, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. DeLay, 
             Mr. Putnam, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Spratt, Mrs. 
             Meek of Florida, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Owens, 
             Mr. Hall of Texas, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Oxley, Mr. Flake, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Souder, 
             Mr. Calvert, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
             Island, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Frost, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Phelps, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Wu, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Sabo):
       H. Res. 368. A resolution commending the great work that 
     the Pentagon Renovation Program and its contractors have 
     completed thus far, in reconstructing the portion of the 
     Pentagon that was destroyed by the terrorist attack of 
     September 11, 2001; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan (for himself, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Otter, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Terry, Mr. Knollenberg, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Grucci, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
             Hayes, and Mr. Blumenauer):
       H. Res. 369. A resolution recognizing the goals and 
     objectives of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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