[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 39 (Thursday, April 11, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H1281-H1283]
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 were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 4167. A bill to extend for 8 additional months the 
     period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
     Code is reenacted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeLAY:
       H.R. 4168. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 
     Methyl thioglycolate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Petri, Mr. Goode, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Kerns, Mr. 
             Flake, Mr. Crane, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Duncan, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr. Tancredo):
       H.R. 4169. A bill to provide that the International 
     Criminal Court is not valid with respect to the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. FLETCHER:
       H.R. 4170. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for cooperative governing of health insurance 
     policies

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     by primary and secondary States and to provide assistance to 
     States to promote the establishment of qualified high risk 
     pools, to provide financial incentives to encourage health 
     coverage for employees and individuals, 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. BAKER:
       H.R. 4171. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-
     Anthracenedione, 1,8-bis(phenylthio)-; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BAKER:
       H.R. 4172. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a 
     mixture of 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,8-dihydroxy-4-nitro-5-
     (phenylamino)- and 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-diaminochloro-
     4,8-dihydroxy-; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BAKER:
       H.R. 4173. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Chromate(3-), bis[3-(hydroxy-.kappa.O)-4-[[2-
     (hydroxy-.kappa.O)-1-naphthal enyl]]azo-.kappa.N1]-7-nitro-1-
     naphthalenesulfonato(3-)]-,tri sodium; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BAKER:
       H.R. 4174. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a 
     mixture of 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-dihydroxy-4-nitro-8-
     (phenylamino)-and 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,8-dihydroxy-4-
     nitro-5-(phenylamino)-; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas:
       H.R. 4175. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on hand 
     held scanners; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas:
       H.R. 4176. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     scanners not combined with a clock; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas:
       H.R. 4177. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on mobile 
     based scanners valued at more than $40; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 4178. A bill to extend the suspension of duty on 
     chloro amino toluene; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, and Mr. McNulty):
       H.R. 4179. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States with respect to the production incentive 
     certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in 
     possessions of the United States, including the Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, and American Samoa; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Stark, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             Tanner, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Allen, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Bentsen, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Moore, 
             Mr. Platts, Mr. Sandlin, and Mr. Turner):
       H.R. 4180. A bill to amend section 527 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate notification and return 
     requirements for State and local political committees and 
     candidate committees and avoid duplicate reporting by certain 
     State and local political committees of information required 
     to be reported and made publicly available under State law, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GUTKNECHT (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Sweeney, 
             Mr. Sabo, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 4181. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prohibit pension plan amendments reducing the rate of 
     future benefit accrual, subject to a safe harbor where the 
     plan provides notice of the amendment and an election to 
     continue benefit accruals under the former plan instead of 
     the amended plan; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HARMAN:
       H.R. 4182. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on cases 
     for certain toys; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HARMAN:
       H.R. 4183. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on bags 
     for certain toys; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HARMAN:
       H.R. 4184. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain children's products; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. HARMAN:
       H.R. 4185. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain children's products; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. HARMAN:
       H.R. 4186. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on cases 
     for certain children's products; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HORN (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Ose, Mr. Frank, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Lynch, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Towns, Mr. LaTourette, and Mr. Baird):
       H.R. 4187. A bill to amend chapter 22 of title 44, United 
     States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, 
     to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of 
     constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of 
     Presidential records; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON:
       H.R. 4188. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain 12-volt batteries; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HULSHOF:
       H.R. 4189. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     cyclanilide; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HULSHOF:
       H.R. 4190. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     ethoprop; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HULSHOF:
       H.R. 4191. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     foramsulfuron; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
             Baird, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Lee, 
             and Mr. Schiff):
       H.R. 4192. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to establish pilot projects to support and 
     evaluate the provision of before-school activities that 
     advance student academic achievement and encourage the 
     establishment of, and increase participation in, school 
     breakfast programs; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Blagojevich, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Capuano, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Frank, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             Stark, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wexler, and Ms. 
             Woolsey):
       H.R. 4193. A bill to ensure greater accountability by 
     licensed firearms dealers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 4194. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an increased low-income housing credit for 
     property located immediately adjacent to qualified census 
     tracts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MANZULLO:
       H.R. 4195. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain custom-made automotive magnets; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MANZULLO:
       H.R. 4196. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain epoxy molding compounds; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 4197. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain high-performance loudspeakers; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina):
       H.R. 4198. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on parts 
     for use in the manufacture of certain high-performance 
     loudspeakers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. McCarthy  of New York:
       H.R. 4199. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Hydrated Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCrery:
       H.R. 4200. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     dimethyldicykan; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCrery:
       H.R. 4201. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     triacetone diamine; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCrery:
       H.R. 4202. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Polycaprolactam-pigment concentrate; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. McCrery:
       H.R. 4203. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Polycaprolactam; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCrery:
       H.R. 4204. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Poly 
     (hexamethylene adipamide); to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. Meek of Florida:
       H.R. 4205. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to permit public housing agencies to 
     transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts for use 
     under the HOME investment partnerships program or for 
     activities eligible for assistance from the public housing 
     Capital Fund; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. MOLLOHAN:
       H.R. 4206. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on 
     ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 4207. A bill to permit statues honoring citizens of 
     the District of Columbia to be placed in Statuary Hall in the 
     same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are 
     placed in Statuary Hall, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota:
       H.R. 4208. A bill to approve the use or distribution of 
     judgment funds of the Red Lake

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      Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota by the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ROEMER (for himself, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Gilman, 
             Mr. Berman, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Luther, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Hall of 
             Ohio, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. Horn, Mr. Allen, Mr. Moore, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Carson of 
             Indiana, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Frost, Mr. Pastor, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Sabo, Mr. 
             Boehlert, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 4209. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs under 
     that Act and to expand sustainable poverty-focused 
     microenterprise programs under that Act by implementing 
     improved poverty measurement methods under those programs; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. ROUKEMA (for herself and Mr. Tierney):
       H.R. 4210. 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. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 4211. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     triethyleneglycol-bis-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl 
     )propionate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Wynn):
       H.R. 4212. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
     conduct a study of the effects of year-round daylight saving 
     time on fossil fuel usage; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 4213. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend to all members of the Armed Forces eligible for 
     educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill the 
     authority to transfer entitlement to such educational 
     assistance to dependents; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs, 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. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 4214. A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States 
     Code, to extend the time limitation for use of eligiblity and 
     entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI 
     Bill; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4215. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to apply a uniform geographic cost-of-practice 
     index value for physicians' services furnished under the 
     Medicare Program of 1; 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. ISTOOK (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Nussle, 
             Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Akin, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
             Barr of Georgia, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton 
             of Texas, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
             Blunt, Mr. Boehner, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Brady 
             of Texas, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Bryant, 
             Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
             Chabot, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Combest, Mr. Condit, Mr. 
             Crane, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Cunningham, 
             Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
             Mr. DeLay, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Ms. 
             Dunn, Mr. Edwards, Mr. English, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. 
             Forbes, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Graham, Mr. Graves, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. 
             Hall of Texas, Mr. Hansen, Ms. Hart, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
             Hilleary, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Horn, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Issa, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. John, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Keller, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Kerns, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. LaHood, 
             Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Linder, 
             Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
             McKeon, Mr. Jeff Miller of Florida, Mr. Dan Miller of 
             Florida, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mrs. Northup, 
             Mr. Norwood, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Otter, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
             Pombo, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Regula, 
             Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Simpson, Mr. 
             Stearns, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
             Terry, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Walden 
             of Oregon, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Weller, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina):
       H.J. Res. 86. A joint resolution proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Towns, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Burr of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Norwood, Mr. Shimkus, and Mr. Pickering):
       H.J. Res. 87. A joint resolution approving the site at 
     Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository 
     for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent 
     nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1982; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. NEY:
       H. Con. Res. 374. Concurrent resolution commending the 
     District of Columbia National Guard, the National Guard 
     Bureau, and the entire Department of Defense for the 
     assistance provided to the United States Capitol Police and 
     the entire Congressional community in response to the 
     terrorist and anthrax attacks of September and October 2001; 
     to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. GUTKNECHT (for himself, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Ney, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and 
             Mr. Gilman):
       H. Con. Res. 375. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress in support of the people of Iran and 
     their legitimate quest for freedom, economic opportunity, and 
     friendship with the people of the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.

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