[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14182-14183]
[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:

               [Omitted from the Record of July 18, 2001]

           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             Simpson, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Stump, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Buyer, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Baker, Mr. Shows, Mr. Simmons, Mr. 
             Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, and 
             Mrs. Capps):
       H.R. 2540. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make various improvements to veterans benefits programs under 
     laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans's Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota:
       H.R. 2552. A bill to require the payment of an indemnity to 
     sugar beet producers in the State of Minneosta for losses 
     sustained to the 2000 crop of sugar beets as a result of a 
     late season freeze when the damage to the sugar beets did not 
     fully manifest itself until after delivery of the crop to the 
     processor; to the Committee on Agriculture.

                       [Submitted July 23, 2001]

           By Mr. STUMP (for himself and Mr. Skelton) (both by 
             request):
       H.R. 2586. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2002 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal 
     year 2002, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. TAUZIN (for himself and Mr. Barton of Texas):
       H.R. 2587. A bill to enhance energy conservation, provide 
     for security and diversity in the energy supply for the 
     American people, and for other purposes; referred to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, the Budget, and Education and the Workforce, 
     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. MORELLA (for herself, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Frank, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Wolf, Mr. Gilman, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Filner, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Frost, and Mr. Horn):
       H.R. 2588. A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information 
     protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a 
     statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements 
     that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with 
     certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for 
     the Special Counsel, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
           By Mrs. ROUKEMA (for herself and Mr. Frank):
       H.R. 2589. A bill to amend the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
     Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to reauthorize the 
     Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ISTOOK:
       H.R. 2590. A bill making appropriations for the Treasury 
     Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
     Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
     purposes.
           By Mr. FLETCHER (for himself, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
             McIntyre, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. 
             Lewis of Kentucky, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Goode, Mr. Jones 
             of North Carolina, and Mr. Hayes):
       H.R. 2591. A bill to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     use existing authorities to provide export promotion 
     assistance for tobacco and tobacco products of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. FRANK (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Bonior, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Thompson of California, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 2592. A bill to provide for the medical use of 
     marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. GEKAS (for himself and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 2593. A bill to establish a commission to recommend a 
     strategy for the global eradication of disease; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. 
             Clayton, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Stenholm, and Mr. Goode):
       H.R. 2594. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish authority for the inclusion of tertiary-care nurses 
     in the program for the National Health Service Corps, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 2595. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     convey a parcel of land to Chatham County, Georgia; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. LaTOURETTE:
       H.R. 2596. A bill to provide for the protection of train 
     employees; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. McINNIS (for himself, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Foley, and 
             Mr. Blagojevich):
       H.R. 2597. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide incentives to ensure that all Americans gain 
     timely and equitable access to the Internet and to promote 
     employer and employee participation in telework arrangements; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Murtha, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Lantos, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Bonior):
       H.R. 2598. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for increased funding for the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention to carry out activities toward 
     increasing the number of medically underserved, at-risk 
     adults and adolescents who are immunized against vaccine-
     preventable diseases, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. TOOMEY:
       H.R. 2599. A bill to spur job growth by reducing individual 
     capital gains rates and to make permanent the Economic Growth 
     and Tax Relief Act of 2001; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD:
       H. Con. Res. 190. A concurrent resolution supporting the 
     goals and ideals of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction 
     Recovery Month; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H. Con. Res. 191. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the importance of parents and 
     children eating dinner together as a family; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. Stark, and Mr. 
             George Miller of California):
       H. Con. Res. 192. A concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     many contributions of Timothy John Lynch, Sr., to the East 
     Bay, California, community; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H. Con. Res. 193. A concurrent resolution to express the 
     sense of the Congress that the

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     Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior 
     should direct the representatives of their departments who 
     are members of the United States delegation to the 
     International Whaling Commission to remain diligent in their 
     efforts to protect the ability of Native people of the United 
     States, who have been issued quotas by the International 
     Whaling Commission, to continue to legally harvest whales, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.

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