[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10388-10389]
[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. CANNON (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Issa, and 
             Mr. Nadler):
       H.R. 2120. A bill to ensure the application of the 
     antitrust laws to local telephone monopolies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. LANTOS:
       H.R. 2121. A bill to make available funds under the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 to expand democracy, good governance, 
     and anti-corruption programs in the Russian Federation in 
     order to promote and strengthen democratic government and 
     civil society in that country and to support independent 
     media; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Gallegly, 
             Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Petri, Mr. Gutknecht, 
             Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. English, Mr. Souder, Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida, and Mr. Hansen):
       H.R. 2122. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to require candidates for election to the House 
     of Representatives or Senate to raise not less than 50 
     percent of the contributions made with respect to the 
     election from individuals who reside in the State the 
     candidate seeks to represent; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. English, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. Condit, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Owens, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Frank, Mr. Gordon, and Mr. Stupak):
       H.R. 2123. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the rate of payment for funeral and burial expenses 
     and plot allowance for certain veterans; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. KELLY:
       H.R. 2124. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
     convey a small parcel of land at the United States Military 
     Academy to the Village of Highland Falls, New York; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia:
       H.R. 2125. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay 
     health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a 
     deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bartlett 
             of Maryland, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Simpson, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. 
             Strickland, Mr. Otter, and Mr. Calvert):
       H.R. 2126. A bill to authorize funding for University 
     Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs at the Department of 
     Energy for fiscal years 2002 through 2006; to the Committee 
     on Science.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 2127. A bill to amend part C of title XVIII to require 
     Medicare+Choice organizations to offer Medicare+Choice plans 
     for a minimum period of three years, and to permit Medicare 
     beneficiaries to enroll and disenroll from such plans at any 
     time; 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. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. 
             Sweeney):
       H.R. 2128. A bill to provide market loss assistance to 
     apple producers; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Hoeffel, Mrs. Clayton, 
             Mr. Dingell, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Clement, Mr. Baldacci, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Kildee, 
             Ms. Norton, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Lantos, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, 
             and Ms. Carson of Indiana):
       H.R. 2129. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     to promote better nutrition among school children 
     participating in the school breakfast and lunch programs; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Matsui):
       H.R. 2130. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that any water and sewerage disposal property 
     conveyed under the Department of Defense privatization 
     program shall be treated as a nontaxable contribution to the 
     capital of the recipient; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Gilman, 
             Mr. Crowley, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Sununu, Ms. McKinney, 
             Mr. Leach, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Sherman, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Baird, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Camp, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. English, Mr. Frank, Mr. Green of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Kirk, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Mr. Oxley, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Wexler, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 2131. A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest 
     Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2004; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Doolittle, 
             Mr. Flake, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Sununu, and Mr. Toomey):
       H.R. 2132. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury 
     from using surplus funds to make any investment in 
     securities, other than government and municipal securities; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. RYUN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Moran of 
             Kansas, Mr. Tiahrt, and Mr. Moore):
       H.R. 2133. A bill to establish a commission for the purpose 
     of encouraging and providing for the commemoration of the 
     50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. 
     Board of Education; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. McGovern, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Costello, Ms. Carson of 
             Indiana, Mr. Goode, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             and Ms. Hart):
       H.R. 2134. A bill to amend title IV of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the phase-
     in limitation applicable to the guarantee under such title of 
     benefit improvements made prior to plan termination; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SAWYER:
       H.R. 2135. A bill to protect consumer privacy; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SAWYER (for himself and Mr. Waxman:
       H.R. 2136. A bill to protect the confidentiality of 
     information acquired from the public for statistical 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
             Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Scott):
       H.R. 2137. A bill to make clerical and other technical 
     amendments to title 18, United States Code, and other laws 
     relating to crime and criminal procedure; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Allen, Mr. Baird, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Barcia, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Boucher, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Capuano, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clay, Mrs. 
             Clayton, Mr. Clement, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
             DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank, 
             Mr. Ganske, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. 
             Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Largent, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, 
             Ms. McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Sabo, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sawyer, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Shays, 
             Mr. Stark, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Turner, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
             Walsh, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wynn):
       H.R. 2138. A bill to provide the people of Cuba with access 
     to food and medicines from the United States, to ease 
     restrictions on travel to Cuba, to provide scholarships for 
     certain Cuban nationals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Agriculture, Financial Services, 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. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 2139. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to make loans for the development of broadband services in 
     rural areas; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. TANNER:
       H.R. 2140. A bill to amend section 13031 of the 
     Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to 
     provide for a user fee to cover the cost of customs 
     inspections at express courier facilities; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Ms. Harman, 
             Ms. Solis, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 2141. A bill to require electric generation facilities 
     owned and operated by the Department of Defense in the 
     Western United States to generate electricity and to conserve 
     energy in electric emergencies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services, 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. WALSH (for himself, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Diaz-
             Balart, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Leach, Ms. Lee, Mrs. 
             Kelly, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Towns, Mr. Quinn, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Foley, Mr. Coyne, and Ms. DeLauro):
       H.R. 2142. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to 
     improve nutrition assistance for working families and the 
     elderly, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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. WELDON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Toomey, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Blunt, Mr. Graves, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Tancredo, Mr. Ney, Mr. Goode, Mr. Paul, Mr. Largent, 
             Mr. Flake, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Shimkus, Mrs. 
             Cubin, Mr. Terry, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
             Putnam, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Hostettler, 
             Mr. Pitts, and Mr. Everett):
       H.R. 2143. A bill to make the repeal of the estate tax 
     permanent; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Pelosi, 
             Mr. Lantos, Mr. Honda, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. George Miller 
             of California, Mr. Farr of California, Ms. Lofgren, 
             and Ms. Eshoo):
       H.R. 2144. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     conduct research, monitoring, management, treatement, and 
     outreach activities relating to sudden oak death syndrome and 
     to establish a Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Advisory Committee; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. ARMEY (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, and Mr. Crane) 
             (all by request):
       H.J. Res. 51. A joint resolution approving the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of 
     the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. FERGUSON:
       H. Con. Res. 156. Concurrent resolution congratulating John 
     R. Kopicki, the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, and the 
     Schering-Plough Corporation, for receipt of certain awards; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. McNULTY:
       H. Con. Res. 157. Concurrent resolution recognizing and 
     honoring Joseph Henry for his significant and distinguished 
     role in the development and advancement of science and 
     electricity; to the Committee on Science.
           By Ms. RIVERS:
       H. Con. Res. 158. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and its residents for their 
     dedication to building a community that respects ecological 
     integrity, promotes social well-being, and creates economic 
     vitality; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       H. Res. 164. A resolution designating majority membership 
     on certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.

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