[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13842]
[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. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Duncan, and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 5169. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment 
     works; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 5170. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require home health agencies participating in 
     the Medicare Program to conduct criminal background checks 
     for all applicants for employment as patient care providers; 
     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. 5171. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require the preparation of audit reports 
     based upon the financial auditing of Medicare+Choice 
     organizations and to make such reports available to the 
     public; 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. BAIRD:
       H.R. 5172. A bill to designate a portion of the White 
     Salmon River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
     Rivers System; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 5173. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for 
     educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Armed 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 Ms. DUNN (for herself, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             and Mrs. Thurman):
       H.R. 5174. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide incentives to small businesses to provide 
     health insurance to their employees; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. FATTAH (for himself and Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 5175. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert A. Borski Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. GIBBONS (for himself and Mr. Cannon):
       H.R. 5176. A bill to provide an amnesty period during which 
     veterans and their family members can register certain 
     firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer 
     Record, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, 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 Mr. HAYWORTH:
       H.R. 5177. A bill to provide for the use and distribution 
     of the funds awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
     Community under United States Court of Federal claims Docket 
     Nos. 236-C, 236-D, 236-N, and 228, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SHOWS (for himself and Mr. Kanjorski):
       H.R. 5178. A bill to amend section 507(a) title 11 of the 
     United States Code to increase, with respect to priority of 
     payment, the aggregate amount of the claims of employees for 
     compensation and benefits; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. 
             Osborne, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
             Simmons, Mr. Foley, Mr. Israel, Mr. Camp, Mr. Holden, 
             Mr. Gekas, Mr. Culberson, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Houghton, 
             Mr. Boswell, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Castle, and Ms. Pryce 
             of Ohio):
       H. Res. 496. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Major League Baseball and the Major 
     League Baseball Players Association should implement a 
     mandatory steroid testing program; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce. considered and agreed to.

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