[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 90 (Monday, July 8, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H4350]
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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. KUCINICH (for himself and Mr. Hinchey):
       H.R. 5062. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require a sports franchise to provide for all of the 
     games played by the franchise to be available for local 
     television broadcasting in order to be subject to the 
     presumption that 50 percent of the consideration in the sale 
     or exchange of a sports franchise is allocable to player 
     contracts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
             Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Gekas, and Mr. Forbes):
       H.R. 5063. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a special rule for members of the uniformed 
     services in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale 
     of a principal residence and to restore the tax exempt status 
     of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed 
     services; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. AKIN:
       H.R. 5064. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, 
     with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior 
     to the Supreme Court over certain cases and controversies 
     involving the Pledge of Allegiance; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH:
       H.R. 5065. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit Indian tribal courts, pursuant to tribal 
     domestic relations laws, to alienate or assign benefits under 
     retirement plans; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H.R. 5066. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to 
     limit the authority of the United States to recover, after a 
     member of the uniformed services is retired or separated from 
     the uniformed services, amounts of basic pay, allowances, 
     bonuses, special pays, and other compensation erroneously 
     paid to the member before the member's retirement or 
     separation; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H.R. 5067. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to permit States the option of coverage of 
     aliens who are citizens covered under the Compact of Free 
     Association legally residing in the United States under the 
     Medicaid Program and the State children's health insurance 
     program (SCHIP); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H.R. 5068. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to expand the current provision of medical assistance to 
     certain uninsured women who have been screened and found to 
     have breast or cervical cancer to also cover ovarian and 
     uterine cancer; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 5069. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that the exclusion from gross income for 
     survivor benefits of a deceased public safety officer shall 
     apply to such benefits regardless of whether the recipient is 
     the spouse or a child of the officer; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H. Con. Res. 435. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the therapeutic technique known as 
     rebirthing is a dangerous and harmful practice and should be 
     prohibited; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FROST:
       H. Res. 470. A resolution designating minority membership 
     on certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Hunter, 
             Mr. Filner, Mrs. Davis of California, and Mr. Ose):
       H. Res. 471. A resolution to recognize the significant 
     contributions of Paul Ecke, Jr. to the poinsettia industry, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.

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