[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10891-10892]
[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. McHUGH (for himself and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
       H.R. 4970. A bill to reform the postal laws of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. OTTER (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. 
             Simpson):
       H.R. 4971. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to purchase silver on the open market when the 
     silver stockpile is depleted, to be used to mint coins; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Bonior, 
             Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Carson 
             of Oklahoma, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Frank, Mr. Frost, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Kildee, 
             Mr. Kind, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mr. Payne, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Tierney, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, and Ms. Watson):
       H.R. 4972. A bill to clarify the effective date of the 
     modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of 
     part-time service before April 7, 1986, of certain Department 
     of Veterans Affairs health-care professionals; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Gilman, 
             Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
             Weiner, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Hoeffel, Ms. Lee, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Jefferson, and Ms. Carson 
             of Indiana):
       H.R. 4973. A bill to strengthen democratic institutions and 
     promote good governance overseas by contributing to the 
     development of professional legislative staff; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.R. 4974. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from income taxation all compensation 
     received for active service as a member of the Armed Forces 
     of the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Turner, Mr. Hall of Texas, 
             Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Reyes, 
             Mr. Lampson, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Doggett, 
             and Mr. Ortiz):
       H.R. 4975. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8624 Ferguson Road in 
     Dallas, Texas, as the ``Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4976. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     increase penalties for individuals who operate motor vehicles 
     while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 4977. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to sell or exchange certain land in the State of Florida, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 4978. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the age at which distributions must commence 
     from certain retirement plans from 70\1/2\ to 80; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FARR of California (for himself, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hall of Ohio, and Mr. 
             Petri):
       H.R. 4979. A bill to amend the Peace Corps Act to promote 
     global acceptance of the principles of international peace 
     and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures 
     and systems of government, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. PETRI (for himself and Mr. Kanjorski):
       H.R. 4980. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit and a deduction for small political 
     contributions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. Towns):
       H.R. 4981. A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act 
     to provide for fire safety standards for cigarettes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.J. Res. 100. A joint resolution authorizing special 
     awards to World War I and World War II veterans of the United 
     States Navy Armed Guard; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. KILPATRICK (for herself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Bonior, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Camp, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Knollenberg, 
             Mr. Levin, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. 
             Smith of Michigan, Mr. Stupak, and Mr. Upton):
       H. Res. 452. A resolution congratulating the Detroit Red 
     Wings for winning the 2002 Stanley Cup Championship; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Andrews, 
             Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Lynch, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Snyder):

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       H. Res. 453. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the success of the Varela 
     Project's collection of 10,000 certified signatures in 
     support of a national referendum and the delivery of these 
     signatures to the Cuban National Assembly; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself and Mr. Hinchey):
       H. Res. 454. A resolution recognizing the 10th anniversary 
     of the independence of the Republic of Croatia; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.

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