[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16444]
[From the U.S. 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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2832. A bill to promote freedom and democracy in Viet 
     Nam; to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Financial 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 New Jersey:
       H.R. 2833. A bill to promote freedom and democracy in Viet 
     Nam; to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Financial 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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 2834. A bill to amend section 526 of the National 
     Housing Act to provide that any certification of a property 
     for meeting energy efficiency requirements for mortgage 
     insurance under such Act shall be conducted by an individual 
     certified by an accredited home energy rating system 
     provider; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. 
             Rohrabacher):
       H.R. 2835. A bill to authorize the payment of compensation 
     to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 
     United States who performed slave labor for Japan during 
     World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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.
           By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. Grucci):
       H.R. 2836. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for equitable reimbursement rates 
     under the Medicare Program to Medicare+Choice organizations; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 2837. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the exclusion from an employee's gross income 
     for employer-provided health coverage of the employee's 
     spouse to coverage provided to the employee's domestic 
     partner; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H.R. 2838. A bill to require the Director of the National 
     Institutes of Health to conduct or support research using 
     certain human pluripotent stem cells, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD (for herself, Mr. Houghton, 
             Mr. Leach, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McDermott, 
             Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Hall of 
             Ohio, and Ms. McCollum):
       H.R. 2839. A bill to provide additional appropriations for 
     the fiscal year 2002 for the Peace Corps; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. PORTMAN:
       H.R. 2840. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Dichlorobenzidine Dihydrochloride; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 2841. A bill to designate the building located at 1 
     Federal Plaza in New York, New York, as the ``James L. Watson 
     United States Court of International Trade Building''; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SCARBOROUGH:
       H.R. 2842. A bill to provide that Federal civilian retirees 
     shall not be allowed to receive veterans' disability 
     compensation while receiving retirement benefits, except to 
     the extent that retired members of the Armed forces are 
     allowed to receive such compensation while receiving military 
     retirement pay; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SCARBOROUGH:
       H.R. 2843. A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal 
     Procedure to allow motions for a new trial at any time where 
     the error alleged is a violation of constitutional rights; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASTLE:
       H. Con. Res. 216. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that a commemorative stamp should be 
     issued honoring Felix Octavius Carr Darley; to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Ballenger, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Delahunt):
       H. Res. 233. A resolution recognizing the important 
     relationship between the United States and Mexico; to the 
     Committee on International Relations. considered and agreed 
     to.
           By Mr. SPRATT:
       H. Res. 234. A resolution expressing the condolences of the 
     House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Floyd 
     Spence, a Representative from South Carolina; considered and 
     agreed to.

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