[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 135]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. DINGELL (for himself and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 227. A bill to abolish the Council on Environmental 
     Quality; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ETHERIDGE (for himself and Mr. Wamp):
       H.R. 228. A bill to improve character education programs; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 229. A bill to provide needed flexibility to the 
     United States Department of Agriculture to help developing 
     countries and move surplus commodities from the United 
     States; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Boswell):
       H.R. 230. A bill to amend the Agricultural Fair Practices 
     Act of 1967 to provide for the accreditation of associations 
     of agricultural producers, to promote good faith bargaining 
     between such accredited associations and the handlers of 
     agricultural products, and to strengthen the enforcement 
     authorities to respond to violations of the Act; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mrs. Clayton, and Mr. Bishop):
       H.R. 231. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with 
     administrative authority to investigate live poultry dealers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Oxley, Mr. LaTourette, 
             Mr. Holden, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Horn, 
             Mrs. Thurman, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, and Mr. 
             Sherman):
       H.R. 232. A bill to amend the Telemarketing and Consumer 
     Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to authorize the Federal Trade 
     Commission to issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H.R. 233. A bill to improve the safety of firearms; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ORTIZ:
       H.R. 234. A bill to provide for the establishment of a new 
     Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility for veterans 
     in south Texas; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. OXLEY (for himself and Mr. Hall of Texas):
       H.R. 235. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to eliminate from its regulations the restrictions 
     on the cross-ownership of broadcasting stations and 
     newspapers; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Gary 
             Miller of California, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
             Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Frost, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Snyder, 
             Mr. McInnis, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Terry, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Weller, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Herger, Mr. Condit, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Hayworth, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. English, 
             Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Camp, and Mr. McNulty):
       H.R. 236. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication 
     services; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GILLMOR:
       H. Con. Res. 11. Concurrent resolution honoring Konrad 
     Adenauer on the occasion of his birthday; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H. Con. Res. 12. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress with respect to the power of agricultural 
     humanitarian assistance, in the form of a millenium good will 
     food aid initiative, to help guide developing countries down 
     the path to self sufficiency; to the Committee on 
     International Relations, 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. GOSS:
       H. Res. 19. A resolution electing Members to serve on 
     standing committees of the House of Representatives; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. GOSS:
       H. Res. 20. A resolution designating majority membership on 
     certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.

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