[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 97 (Wednesday, July 17, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H4872]
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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. GILMAN (for himself, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. 
             Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Holt, Mr. Walsh, Mrs. McCarthy of 
             New York, and Mr. Engel):
       H.R. 5146. A bill to establish the Highlands Stewardship 
     Area in the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and 
     Pennsylvania, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. BONO (for herself, Mr. Terry, Mr. Buyer, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Frank, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
             Osborne, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. English, Mr. 
             Sherwood, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, and Mr. Taylor 
             of Mississippi):
       H.R. 5147. A bill to allow the Financial Accounting 
     Standards Board to develop standards of financial accounting 
     and reporting related to the treatment of stock options; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. HOBSON (for himself, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. 
             Tiberi, Mr. Portman, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Ney, 
             Mr. Regula, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
             Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Strickland, and Ms. Pryce of Ohio):
       H.R. 5148. A bill to establish the National Aviation 
     Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. LEACH:
       H.R. 5149. A bill to establish the Securities and 
     Commodities Exchange Commission in order to combine the 
     functions of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission in a single independent 
     regulatory commission, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. PALLONE:
       H.R. 5150. A bill to remove the exemption with respect to 
     Pakistan from the prohibition on assistance to a country 
     whose elected head of government was deposed by decree or 
     military coup; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 5151. A bill to exclude certain properties from the 
     John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. QUINN (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. King, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Houghton, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Towns, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Israel, Mr. Grucci, and Mrs. 
             Lowey):
       H.R. 5152. A bill to extend the period of availability of 
     unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of 
     the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. ROUKEMA:
       H.R. 5153. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located on Kinderkamack Road in 
     Emerson, New Jersey, as the ``Gary Albero Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 5154. A bill to provide Medicare beneficiaries with 
     access to prescription drugs at Federal Supply Schedule 
     prices; 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. BROWN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Goode, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hall of Texas, 
             Ms. Hart, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Kerns, Mr. Kingston, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
             Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Riley, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Shows, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Tiahrt, 
             Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina):
       H.J. Res. 106. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States respecting real and 
     virtual child pornography; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Petri, and Mr. Borski):
       H. Con. Res. 442. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     American Road and Transportation Builders Association for 
     reaching its 100th Anniversary and for the many vital 
     contributions of its members in the transportation 
     construction industry to the American economy and quality of 
     life through the multi-modal transportation infrastructure 
     network its members have designed, built, and managed over 
     the past century; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. CARSON of Indiana (for herself, Mr. Visclosky, 
             Mr. Pence, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Souder, Mr. Buyer, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Kerns, Mr. Hostettler, and Mr. 
             Hill):
       H. Con. Res. 443. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress supporting the 2002 World Basketball 
     Championship and welcoming the 16 national teams competing; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Matheson, 
             Mr. Simpson, Mr. Platts, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, 
             Mr. Istook, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Calvert, 
             Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Gutknecht, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Weller, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mrs. 
             Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Hayes, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, and Mr. McKeon):
       H. Con. Res. 444. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Federal Mediation and 
     Conciliation Service should exert its best efforts to cause 
     the Major League Baseball Players Association and the 
     National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues to 
     enter into a contract to continue to play professional 
     baseball games without engaging in a strike, a lockout, or 
     any coercive conduct that interferes with the playing of 
     scheduled professional baseball games; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. FATTAH (for himself, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Meeks of 
             New York):
       H. Res. 490. A resolution concerning the formation of the 
     African Union; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Lee, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
             McGovern, and Mr. Farr of California):
       H. Res. 491. A resolution supporting the use of fair trade 
     certified coffee; to the Committee on Government Reform, and 
     in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 
     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.

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