[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 784-785]
[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 Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 3692. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     ensure that individual account plans protect workers by 
     limiting the amount of employer stock each worker may hold 
     and encouraging diversification of investment of plan assets, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
     and in addition to the Committee on 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 Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 3693. A bill to prevent accountants from providing 
     non-audit services to audit clients; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Petri, Mr. Borski, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Coble, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Duncan, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Gilchrest, Mr. Clement, Mr. Horn, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Mica, Ms. Norton, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Ehlers, 
             Mr. Menendez, Mr. Bachus, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Barcia, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Baker, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Ney, 
             Mr. Mascara, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Thune, 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Pombo, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. DeMint, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Holden, Mr. Simmons, Mr. 
             Lampson, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Baldacci, Mrs. 
             Capito, Mr. Berry, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Baird, Mr. Brown of 
             South Carolina, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, 
             Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. Kerns, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
             Rehberg, Mr. Honda, Mr. Platts, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Graves, Mr. Otter, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Shuster, and 
             Mr. Boozman):
       H.R. 3694. A bill to provide for highway infrastructure 
     investment at the guaranteed funding level contained in the 
     Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 3695. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to expand and intensify programs with respect 
     to research and related activities concerning elder falls; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3696. A bill to amend part C of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to reimburse Medicare+Choice plans 
     located in the same metropolitan statistical area the same 
     payment rate; 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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3697. A bill to conduct a study regarding the 
     improvement of pier safety standards in navigable waters; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 3698. A bill to amend the September 11th Victim 
     Compensation Fund of 2001 to provide for the liquidation of 
     blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations in 
     order to reimburse the Treasury for the compensation of 
     claimants; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committee on International Relations, 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. CRENSHAW (for himself and Ms. Brown of Florida):
       H.R. 3699. A bill to revise certain grants for continuum of 
     care assistance for homeless individual and families; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. Rush):
       H.R. 3700. A bill to designate the Federal building located 
     at 5130 West North Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the 
     ``Lenora Stewart Federal Building``; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Towns, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 3701. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for a temporary ex-offender low-income 
     housing credit to encourage the provision of housing, job 
     training, and other essential services to ex-offenders 
     through a structured living environment designed to assist 
     the ex-offenders in becoming self-sufficient; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. HART:
       H.R. 3702. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax for 
     increasing employment; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA:
       H.R. 3703. A bill to authorize the President to distribute 
     liquidated assets frozen pursuant to Executive Order 13224 
     and similar Executive orders to the victims and surviving 
     family members of the terrorist attacks that occurred on 
     September 11, 2001, and to certain other charitable funds 
     established as a result of those attacks; to the Committee on 
     International Relations, 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. MEEKS of New York:
       H.R. 3704. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a deduction to individuals for credit card 
     interest; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. POMBO:
       H.R. 3705. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to use the best 
     sound science available in implementing the Endangered 
     Species Act; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. POMBO:
       H.R. 3706. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to provide a public right-to-know for landowners in 
     implementing the Endangered Species Act; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. POMBO:
       H.R. 3707. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to improve protection for endangered species habitats; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Boswell):
       H.R. 3708. A bill to continue the Department of Agriculture 
     program that promotes the use of certain agricultural 
     commodities to produce bioenergy and to expand the program to 
     include animal fats, animal by-products, and oils as eligible 
     agricultural commodities under the program; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma:
       H.R. 3709. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that only after-tax contributions may be made 
     to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and that taxpayers 
     may designate contributions for a particular national 
     political party, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     Administration, 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. KIND (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Green of 
             Wisconsin, and Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island):
       H. Con. Res. 318. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding

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     democratic reform and the protection of human rights in Laos; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BARRETT (for himself, Mr. Obey, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. 
             Petri, Mr. Kind, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Green of Wisconsin, and Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin):
       H. Con. Res. 319. Concurrent resolution honoring Henry 
     Reuss, former United States Representative from Wisconsin, 
     and extending the condolences of Congress on his death; to 
     the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Hyde, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
             Costello, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Rush, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Levin, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Frank, Mr. Blagojevich, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Reyes, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Rodriguez):
       H. Con. Res. 320. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding Scleroderma; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MEEKS of New York:
       H. Con. Res. 321. Concurrent resolution supporting the 
     efforts of the United Nations to formulate a comprehensive 
     convention on international terrorism and urging the 
     President to continue work in cooperation with all interested 
     members of the United Nations to formulate such a convention; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. PITTS:
       H. Con. Res. 322. Concurrent resolution commending 
     President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan for his leadership and 
     friendship and welcoming him to the United States; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H. Res. 345. A resolution condemning all acts of 
     discrimination and violence and supporting the No Room for 
     Racism campaign; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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