[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13163-13164]
[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. BALLENGER (for himself and Mr. Delahunt):
       H.R. 5128. A bill to amend section 527 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 to 
     require that certain claims of expropriation by the 
     Government of Nicaragua be filed within a specified time 
     period for purposes of the prohibition on foreign assistance 
     to that government; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BOYD:
       H.R. 5129. A bill to modify certain water resources 
     projects for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint 
     Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Foley, Ms. Hart, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Mr. Filner, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. Towns, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Sensenbrenner, 
             Mr. Owens, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Ose, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Barr of Georgia, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Burton 
             of Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
             Issa, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Pence, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pombo, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
             Walden of Oregon, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             Traficant, Mr. Fossella, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
             Gilchrest, and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 5130. A bill to allow a custodial parent a bad debt 
     deduction for unpaid child support payments, and to require a 
     parent who is chronically delinquent in child support to 
     include the amount of the unpaid obligation in gross income; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Ose, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Towns, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
             Horn, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Shays, Mr. Allen, Mr. Platts, Ms. Watson, Mr. Turner, 
             Mr. Souder, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Duncan, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, 
             Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Dan Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Otter, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
             Lynch, Mr. Mica, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Blagojevich, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. 
             Owens):
       H.R. 5131. A bill to ensure that requests or petitions for 
     executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SKELTON:
       H.R. 5132. A bill to express the sense of Congress 
     concerning the fiscal year 2003 end strengths needed for the 
     Armed Forces to fight the War on Terrorism; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
       H.R. 5133. A bill to expand the eligibility of individuals 
     to qualify for loan forgiveness for teachers in order to 
     provide additional incentives for teachers currently employed 
     or seeking employment in economically depressed rural areas, 
     Territories, and Indian Reservations; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. DOYLE (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Mascara, Mr. 
             Nadler, and Mr. Schrock):
       H.R. 5134. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 
     to authorize appropriations to provide supportive services to 
     older individuals who reside in naturally occurring 
     retirement communities; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. Mica, Mr. Sam Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Frost, Mr. Pastor, Mrs. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Hall 
             of Texas, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Barton of Texas, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Gibbons, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Collins, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Barr of Georgia, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Lucas 
             of Kentucky, Mr. Cooksey, and Mr. Pence):
       H.R. 5135. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide for the modification of airport terminal buildings to 
     accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked 
     baggage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 5136. A bill to amend the Salton Sea Reclamation Act 
     of 1998 to reauthorize activities relating to river 
     reclamation and wetlands projects for the Alamo River and New 
     River, Imperial County, California; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             McIntyre):
       H.R. 5137. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
     make beneficial use of dredged material for shoreline 
     protection and restoration; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. KING (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Stearns, Mrs. 
             Roukema, and Mr. Tancredo):
       H.R. 5138. A bill to posthumously award congressional gold 
     medals to government workers and others who responded to the 
     attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and 
     perished and to people aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who 
     helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash, to 
     require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
     commemoration of the Spirit of America, recognizing the 
     tragic events of September 11, 2001, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR:
       H.R. 5139. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide certain caregivers with access to 
     Medicare benefits, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a long-term care tax credit, and to provide for 
     programs within the Department of Health and Human Services 
     and Department of Veterans Affairs for patients with fatal 
     chronic illness; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 
     Veterans' Affairs, 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. PALLONE:
       H.R. 5140. A bill to provide for a Federal program to 
     stabilize medical malpractice insurance premiums; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 5141. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to direct the Secretary

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     of Health and Human Services to establish a continuous 
     quality improvement program for providers that furnish 
     services under the Medicare Program to individuals with end 
     stage renal disease, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, 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. WATERS:
       H.R. 5142. A bill to provide that the standard for 
     soundproofing a residential building under section 47502 of 
     title 49, United States Code, for Los Angeles International 
     Airport shall be a community noise equivalent level of 60 
     decibels instead of 65 decibels, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 5143. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     make Los Angeles International Airport a priority airport for 
     the purposes of receiving grants for airport noise 
     compatibility planning and programs; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 5144. A bill to limit the expansion of Los Angeles 
     International Airport; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Florida (for himself, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Goss, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
             Ms. Brown of Florida, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Mica, Mr. Dan 
             Miller of Florida, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Deutsch, 
             Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Weldon 
             of Florida, Mr. Foley, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Davis of 
             Florida, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
             Keller, and Mr. Jeff Miller of Florida):
       H.R. 5145. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3135 First Avenue North in 
     St. Petersburg, Florida, as the ``William C. Cramer Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma:
       H. Res. 487. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., 
     should be recognized as a courageous warrior, an 
     extraordinary officer, and a great American hero; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.

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