107th Congress / Bills
See also: Most-voted-on bills in the 107th Congress.
| Bill | Title |
|---|---|
| Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. | |
| Expressing sympathy for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck India on January 26, 2001, and support for ongoing aid efforts. | |
| Honoring the National Institute of Standards and Technology and its employees for 100 years of service to the Nation. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation and supporting National Donor Day. | |
| Honoring the ultimate sacrifice made by 28 United States soldiers killed by an Iraqi missile attack on February 25, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, and resolving to support appropriate and effective theater missile defense programs. | |
| Expressing sympathy for the victims of the devastating earthquakes that struck El Salvador on January 13, 2001, and February 13, 2001, and supporting ongoing aid efforts. | |
| Authorizing the printing of a revised and updated version of the House document entitled "Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989". | |
| Honoring the 21 members of the National Guard who were killed in the crash of a National Guard aircraft on March 3, 2001, in south-central Georgia. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. | |
| Authorizing the printing of a revised and updated version of the House document entitled "Women in Congress, 1917-1990". | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the efforts of people of the United States of Korean ancestry to reunite with their family members in North Korea. | |
| Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2002, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011. | |
| Recognizing the importance of increasing awareness of the autism spectrum disorder, and supporting programs for greater research and improved treatment of autism and improved training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for them. | |
| Supporting a National Charter Schools Week. | |
| Commending Clear Channel Communications and the American Football Coaches Association for their dedication and efforts for protecting children by providing a vital means for locating the Nation's missing, kidnapped, and runaway children. | |
| Relating to efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa. | |
| Condemning the recent order by the Taliban regime of Afghanistan to require Hindus in Afghanistan to wear symbols identifying them as Hindu. | |
| Honoring the continued commitment of the Army National Guard combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia, recognizing the sacrifices made by the members of those units while away from their jobs and families during those deployments, recognizing the important role of all National Guard and Reserve personnel at home and abroad to the national security of the United States, and acknowledging, honoring, and expressing appreciation for the critical support by employers of the Guard and Reserve. | |
| Honoring the 19 United States servicemen who died in the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers military housing compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 1996. | |
| Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of Congress that history be regarded as a means of understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that continual research and education into the cause and cure for fibroid tumors be addressed. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress in support of victims of torture. | |
| Encouraging corporations to contribute to faith-based organizations. | |
| Authorizing the Rotunda of the Capitol to be used on July 26, 2001, for a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the People's Republic of China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. | |
| Commending Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the 10th anniversary of her receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the Government of Burma. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress regarding North Korean refugees who are detained in China and returned to North Korea where they face torture, imprisonment, and execution. | |
| Recognizing the historic significance of the fiftieth anniversary of the alliance between Australia and the United States under the ANZUS Treaty, paying tribute to the United States-Australia relationship, reaffirming the importance of economic and security cooperation between the United States and Australia, and welcoming the state visit by Australian Prime Minister John Howard. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that the children who lost 1 or both parents or a guardian in the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies (including the aircraft crash in Somerset County, Pennsylvania) should be provided with all necessary assistance, services, and benefits and urging Federal, State or local agencies responsible for providing such assistance, services and benefits to move expeditiously in providing such assistance, services and benefits to those children. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress in honoring the crew and passengers of United Airlines Flight 93. | |
| Expressing the profound sorrow of the Congress for the death and injuries suffered by first responders as they endeavored to save innocent people in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress that schools in the United States should set aside a sufficient period of time to allow children to pray for, or quietly reflect on behalf of, the Nation during this time of struggle against the forces of international terrorism. | |
| Recognizing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's success in promoting democracy and its continuing contribution to United States national interests. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor should be presented to the public safety officers who have perished and select other public safety officers who deserve special recognition for outstanding valor above and beyond the call of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. | |
| Authorizing the printing of a revised edition of the publication entitled "Our Flag". | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that public schools may display the words "God Bless America" as an expression of support for the Nation. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that the men and women of the United States Postal Service have done an outstanding job of collecting, processing, sorting, and delivering the mail during this time of national emergency. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress that the President, at the WTO round of negotiations to be held at Doha, Qatar, from November 9-13, 2001, and at any subsequent round of negotiations, should preserve the ability of the United States to enforce rigorously its trade laws and should ensure that United States exports are not subject to the abusive use of trade laws by other countries. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that public awareness and education about the importance of health care coverage is of the utmost priority and that a National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month should be established to promote these goals. | |
| Expressing solidarity with Israel in the fight against terrorism. | |
| Honoring the ultimate sacrifice made by Johnny Micheal Spann, the first American killed in combat during the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, and pledging continued support for members of the Armed Forces. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress that the Social Security promise should be kept. | |
| Providing for the sine die adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred Seventh Congress. | |
| Recognizing the historical significance of 100 years of Korean immigration to the United States. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress regarding American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated, Blue Star Mothers of America, Incorporated, the service flag, and the service lapel button. | |
| Expressing sympathy to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who were tragically affected by the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano on January 17, 2002. | |
| Permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to present a gold medal on behalf of Congress to former President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan. | |
| Recognizing the importance of good cervical health and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the scheduled tax relief provided for by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 passed by a bipartisan majority in Congress should not be suspended or repealed. | |
| Recognizing the members of AMVETS for their service to the Nation and supporting the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding scleroderma. | |
| Recognizing the teams and players of the Negro Baseball Leagues for their achievements, dedication, sacrifices, and contributions to baseball and the Nation. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of Meningitis Awareness Month. | |
| Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2007. | |
| Supporting a National Charter Schools Week, and for other purposes. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the 2002 World Cup and co-hosts Republic of Korea and Japan. | |
| Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. | |
| Recognizing the heroism and courage displayed by airline flight attendants each day. | |
| Commemorating the independence of East Timor and commending the President for promptly establishing diplomatic relations with East Timor. | |
| Recognizing National Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership in the United States. | |
| Commending the patriotic contributions of the roofing professionals who replaced, at no cost to the Federal Government, the section of the Pentagon's slate roof that was destroyed as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that the therapeutic technique known as rebirthing is a dangerous and harmful practice and should be prohibited. | |
| Honoring Corinne "Lindy" Claiborne Boggs on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Women's Caucus. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001. | |
| Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 4-H Youth Development Program. | |
| Expressing support for the goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all firefighters who have died in the line of duty and recognizing the important mission of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members to overcome the loss of their fallen heroes. | |
| Recognizing the 90th birthday of Ronald Reagan. | |
| Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. | |
| Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations. | |
| Memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the American flag to half-staff in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emittsburg, Maryland. | |
| Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the People's Republic of China. | |
| Approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. | |
| Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001. | |
| To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States. | |
| Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Amending title 36, United States Code, to designate September 11 as Patriot Day. | |
| Regarding inspection and monitoring to prevent the development of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. | |
| Recognizing the 91st birthday of Ronald Reagan. | |
| Approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. | |
| Providing for the designation of a Medal of Honor Flag and for presentation of that flag to recipients of the Medal of Honor. | |
| Proposing a tax limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | |
| Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam. | |
| Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| Recognizing the contributions of Patsy Takemoto Mink. | |
| To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| To close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind. | |
| To establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates. | |
| To enhance energy conservation, research and development and to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the marriage penalty by providing for adjustments to the standard deduction, the 15-percent rate bracket, and the earned income credit, to increase the child credit and for other purposes. | |
| To provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government program delivery to individuals and families in need, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, and for other purposes. | |
| An Act to modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries. | |
| To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the mandatory separation age for Federal firefighters be made the same as the age that applies with respect to Federal law enforcement officers. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii, as the "Goro Hokama Post Office Building". | |
| To require that Federal agencies be accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993 to provide additional time for Clear Creek County to dispose of certain lands transferred to the county under the Act. | |
| To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize communities to use community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks. | |
| To extend for 11 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted. | |
| A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, for the purpose of facilitating compliance by small business concerns with certain Federal paperwork requirements, to establish a task force to examine information collection and dissemination, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes. | |
| Concerning the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes. | |
| To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to assist small and medium-sized manufacturers and other such businesses to successfully integrate and utilize electronic commerce technologies and business practices, and to authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to assess critical enterprise integration standards and implementation activities for major manufacturing industries and to develop a plan for enterprise integration for each major manufacturing industry. | |
| To establish a program, coordinated by the National Transportation Safety Board, of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents. | |
| To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 504 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the "Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse". | |
| A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to require any organization that is established for the purpose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a Presidential archival depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential archival depository to disclose the sources and amounts of any funds raised, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the tax reductions enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and to protect taxpayers and ensure accountability of the Internal Revenue Service. | |
| To designate the Federal building located at 6230 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the "James C. Corman Federal Building". | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the adoption credit, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote organ donation. | |
| To reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. | |
| To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997. | |
| To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Duchenne, Becker, limb girdle, congenital, facioscapulohumeral, myotonic, oculopharyngeal, distal, and Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophies. | |
| To authorize appropriations to carry out part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, relating to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. | |
| To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide for the establishment of a toll-free telephone number to assist consumers in determining whether products are American-made. | |
| To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act. | |
| An act to amend the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 to extend the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws, and for other purposes. | |
| An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for CHAMPVA, to provide for family coverage and retroactive expansion of the increase in maximum benefits under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, to make technical amendments, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating patient care facilities at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. | |
| To amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the System, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse to be constructed at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the "Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and United States Courthouse". | |
| To make technical amendments to section 10 of title 9, United States Code. | |
| To amend title 4, United States Code, to make sure the rules of etiquette for flying the flag of the United States do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials. | |
| To prevent the elimination of certain reports. | |
| To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to reduce fees collected by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve the recording and discharging of maritime liens and expand the American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor, and for other purposes. | |
| To make changes in laws governing Coast Guard personnel, increase marine safety, renew certain groups that advise the Coast Guard on safety issues, make miscellaneous improvements to Coast Guard operations and policies, and for other purposes. | |
| To modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries. | |
| To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance to the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho for salmon habitat restoration projects in coastal waters and upland drainages, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine whether an alien is a child, for purposes of classification as an immediate relative, based on the age of the alien on the date the classification petition with respect to the alien is filed, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to enhance the ability of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to improve computer security, and for other purposes. | |
| A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and improve authorities relating to education benefits, burial benefits, and vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans, to modify certain authorities relating to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Calumet Street in Lake Linden, Michigan, as the "Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building". | |
| To safeguard the public from fraud in the financial services industry, to streamline and facilitate the antifraud information-sharing efforts of Federal and State regulators, and for other purposes. | |
| To deregulate the Internet and high speed data services, and for other purposes. | |
| To extend the moratorium enacted by the Internet Tax Freedom Act through November 1, 2003. | |
| To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| To expedite the construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia. | |
| To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2002. | |
| To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 to provide for consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8588 Richmond Highway in Alexandria, Virginia, as the `Herb Harris Post Office Building'. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4270 John Marr Drive in Annandale, Virginia, as the "Stan Parris Post Office Building". | |
| To provide certain relief for small businesses from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. | |
| To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications, and for other purposes. | |
| To enhance the border security of the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died and the Attorney General has determined for humanitarian reasons that the original sponsor's classification petition should not be revoked. | |
| To extend for 4 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted. | |
| To extend the authorities of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 until 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers. | |
| To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the opportunities for higher education via telecommunications. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2719 South Webster Street in Kokomo, Indiana, as the "Elwood Haynes 'Bud' Hillis Post Office Building". | |
| To facilitate famine relief efforts and a comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan. | |
| 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 make clerical and other technical amendments to title 18, United States Code, and other laws relating to crime and criminal procedure. | |
| To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. | |
| To amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to make it illegal to operate a motor vehicle with a drug or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to permit any Federal law enforcement agency to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia to assist the Department in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities in the District of Columbia if deemed appropriate by the Chief of the Department and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To revise the boundary of the Tumacacori National Historical Park in the State of Arizona. | |
| To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote the provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets. | |
| To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for debt relief to developing countries who take action to protect critical coral reef habitats. | |
| To extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program for an additional 5 years, to authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns. | |
| To authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the United States Weather Research Program, to conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relating to inland flood forecasting improvement, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. | |
| Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to produce currency, postage stamps, and other security documents at the request of foreign governments on a reimbursable basis. | |
| An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans. | |
| To enhance the authorities of special agents and provide limited authorities to uniformed officers responsible for the protection of domestic Department of State occupied facilities. | |
| To amend chapter 90 of title 5, United States Code, relating to Federal long-term care insurance. | |
| To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the acquisition of additional lands for inclusion in the Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to redesignate the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia as the Family Court of the Superior Court, to recruit and retain trained and experienced judges to serve in the Family Court, to promote consistency and efficiency in the assignment of judges to the Family Court and in the consideration of actions and proceedings in the Family Court, and for other purposes. | |
| To implement effective measures to stop trade in conflict diamonds, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to work with major manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration. | |
| To designate the United States courthouse located at 95 Seventh Street in San Francisco, California, as the "James R. Browning United States Courthouse". | |
| To promote freedom and democracy in Viet Nam. | |
| To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for the expedited payment of certain benefits for a public safety officer who was killed or suffered a catastrophic injury as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. | |
| An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals for children. | |
| Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 2001 for additional disaster assistance, for anti-terrorism initiatives, and for assistance in the recovery from the tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia, as the "Norman Sisisky Post Office Building". | |
| To designate the Federal building located at 5100 Paint Branch Parkway in College Park, Maryland, as the "Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building". | |
| To provide authority to the Federal Power Marketing Administrations to reduce vandalism and destruction of property, and for other purposes. | |
| To preserve the continued viability of the United States air transportation system. | |
| Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the establishment of a memorial to victims who died as a result of terrorist acts against the United States or its people, at home or abroad. | |
| To authorize the establishment of Radio Free Afghanistan. | |
| To combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes, and for other purposes. | |
| To extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements. | |
| To reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes | |
| To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes. | |
| To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 89 River Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, as the "Frank Sinatra Post Office Building". | |
| To award congressional gold medals on behalf of government workers who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center and perished and on behalf of people aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash. | |
| Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide the Secretary of Education with specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President of the United States on September 14, 2001. | |
| To provide tax incentives for economic recovery. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 for the United States Customs Service for antiterrorism, drug interdiction, and other operations, for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for the United States International Trade Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve aviation security, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 with respect to the responsibilities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding biological agents and toxins, and to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to such agents and toxins. | |
| To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes. | |
| To endorse the vision of further enlargement of the NATO Alliance articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former President William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| To consent to certain amendments to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to false communications about certain criminal violations, and for other purposes. | |
| To ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism. | |
| To replace the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the Office of the Associate Attorney General for Immigration Affairs, the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Service, and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement, and for other purposes. | |
| To implement the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings to strengthen criminal laws relating to attacks on places of public use, to implement the International Convention of the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, to combat terrorism and defend the Nation against terrorist acts, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 400 North Main Street in Butte, Montana, as the "Mike Mansfield Federal Building and United States Courthouse". | |
| To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, in Washington, D.C., as the "Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center". | |
| A bill to require States and localities to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements applicable to Federal elections, to establish grant programs to provide assistance to States and localities to met those requirements and to improve election technology and the administration of Federal elections, to establish the Election Administration Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| To ensure that covered entities comply with the standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets adopted under part C of title XI of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain catch-up contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan to be made by participants age 50 or over. | |
| To designate the National Foreign Affairs Training Center as the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. | |
| To provide compensation for the United States citizens who were victims of the bombings of United States embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 375 Carlls Path in Deer Park, New York, as the "Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building". | |
| To reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility under the Medicare Program. | |
| To authorize funding for computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve the ability of the United States to prevent, prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. | |
| To expand aviation capacity. | |
| To provide greater cybersecurity. | |
| To enhance the border security of the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide tax incentives for economic recovery and assistance to displaced workers. | |
| To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of medical devices, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance the security and safety of pipelines. | |
| To provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level contained in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. | |
| To revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance for homeless individual and families. | |
| To reform the Federal deposit insurance system, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional protections to participants and beneficiaries in individual account plans from excessive investment in employer securities and to promote the provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets, and to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit insider trades during any suspension of the ability of plan participants or beneficiaries to direct investment away from equity securities of the plan sponsor. | |
| To protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange Commission. | |
| To revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona. | |
| To facilitate the creation of a new, second-level Internet domain within the United States country code domain that will be a haven for material that promotes positive experiences for children and families using the Internet, provides a safe online environment for children, and helps to prevent children from being exposed to harmful material on the Internet, and for other purposes. | |
| To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation conformity requirements and metropolitan transportation planning requirements under the Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas in New York where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize telecommuting for Federal contractors. | |
| To establish an exchange program between the Federal Government and the private sector in order to promote the development of expertise in information technology management, and for other purposes. | |
| To revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California. | |
| To provide a mechanism for the settlement of claims of the State of Utah regarding portions of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge located on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah. | |
| To provide for an independent investigation of Forest Service firefighter deaths that are caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect taxpayers and ensure accountability of the Internal Revenue Service. | |
| To authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and to authorize military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries. | |
| To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise and improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide that the marriage penalty relief provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be permanent. | |
| To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for miscellaneous enhancements in Social Security benefits, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, and for other purposes. | |
| An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 2002, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 North Maine Street in Fallon, Nevada, as the "Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building". | |
| To make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property. | |
| To extend for 8 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism. | |
| To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating patient care facilities at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003. | |
| To provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities. | |
| To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system. | |
| To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a comprehensive study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer, located in Idaho and Washington. | |
| To prevent trafficking in child pornography and obscenity, to proscribe pandering and solicitation relating to visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, to prevent the use of child pornography and obscenity to facilitate crimes against children, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the marriage penalty relief in the standard deduction and to modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program for Federal flight deck officers, and for other purposes. | |
| An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a maximum term of supervised release of life for sex offenders. | |
| To provide for the establishment of investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of any building failure that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential of substantial loss of life. | |
| To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1199 Pasadena Boulevard in Pasadena, Texas, as the "Jim Fonteno Post Office Building". | |
| To reauthorize the national dam safety program, and for other purposes. | |
| To reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 204 South Broad Street in Lancaster, Ohio, as the "Clarence Miller Post Office Building". | |
| Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1895 Avenida Del Oro in Oceanside, California, as the "Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building". | |
| To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs. | |
| To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the exclusion from Federal income tax for restitution received by victims of the Nazi Regime. | |
| To amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify the sources of silver for bullion coins, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas. | |
| To make technical amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 incorporating the results of the Fed Up Initiative. | |
| To provide that the pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be permanent. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide health care incentives. | |
| To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. | |
| To prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion. | |
| To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve tax equity for military personnel, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for enhanced penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, to allow transit systems in urbanized areas that, for the first time, exceeded 200,000 in population according to the 2000 census to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants in fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide that the education savings incentives of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be permanent, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4 East Central Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, as the "Joseph D. Early Post Office Building". | |
| To prevent child abduction, and for other purposes. | |
| To facilitate famine relief efforts and a comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan. | |
| To consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special rule for members of the uniformed services and Foreign Service in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and to restore the tax exempt status of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. | |
| To reduce preexisting PAYGO balances, and for other purposes. | |
| To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | |
| Adopting rules for the One Hundred Seventh Congress. | |
| Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools. | |
| Congratulating the Prime Minister-elect of Israel, Ariel Sharon, calling for an end to violence in the Middle East, reaffirming the friendship between the Governments of the United States and Israel, and for other purposes. | |
| Commemorating African American pioneers in Colorado. | |
| Strongly supporting the decision of the United States Government to offer and solicit cosponsorship for a resolution at the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, calling upon the People's Republic of China to end its human rights abuses in China and Tibet, and for other purposes. | |
| Recognizing the importance of combatting tuberculosis on a worldwide basis, and acknowledging the severe impact that TB has on minority populations in the United States. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 333) to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 6) providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to ergonomics. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates. | |
| Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Seventh Congress. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the human rights situation in Cuba. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 247) to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize communities to use community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks. | |
| Honoring the contributions of Venus and Serena Williams. | |
| Recognizing the enduring contributions, heroic achievements, and dedicated work of Shirley Anita Chisholm. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Lebanon, Syria, and Iran should call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. | |
| Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 83) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2002, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the marriage penalty by providing for adjustments to the standard deduction, 15-percent rate bracket, and earned income credit and to allow the nonrefundable personal credits against regular and minimum tax liability. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, and for other purposes. | |
| Acknowledging the dedication and sacrifices of the men and women of the United States who were killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement officers. | |
| Recognizing the importance of children in the United States and supporting the goals and ideas of American Youth Day. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to provide for pension reform, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Providing for recommittal of the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 83) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2002, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 83) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2002, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1646) to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 622) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the adoption credit, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1836) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1836) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002. | |
| Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately and unconditionally release Li Shaomin and other American scholars of Chinese ancestry being held in detention, calling on the President of the United States to continue working on behalf of Li Shaomin and the other detained scholars for their release, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1088) to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to reduce fees collected by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| Recognizing the outstanding and invaluable disaster relief assistance provided by individuals, organizations, businesses, and other entities to the people of Houston, Texas, and surrounding areas during the devastating flooding caused by tropical storm Allison. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2216) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. | |
| Honoring John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, who lost their lives in the course of duty as firefighters. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2299) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2311) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2330) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2356) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations should immediately transfer to the Israeli Government an unedited and uncensored videotape that contains images which could provide material evidence for the investigation into the incident on October 7, 2000, when Hezbollah forces abducted 3 Israeli Defense Force soldiers, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, and Omar Souad. | |
| Commending the United States military and defense contractor personnel responsible for the successful in-flight ballistic missile defense interceptor test on July 14, 2001, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government program delivery to individuals and families in need, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2590) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2620) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance presents a unique opportunity to address global discrimination. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2505) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to enhance energy conservation, research and development and to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2563) to to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage. | |
| Recognizing the important relationship between the United States and Mexico. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2926) to preserve the continued viability of the United States air transportation system. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2944) making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against said revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Urging the Secretary of Energy to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2975) to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3090) to provide tax incentives for economic recovery. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2311) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2647) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3150) to improve aviation security, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3009) to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3338) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3210) to ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Veterans Day should continue to be observed on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday or day for Federal elections or national observances. | |
| Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3005) to extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3295) to establish a program to provide funds to States to replace punch card voting systems, to establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of Federal elections and to otherwise provide assistance with the administration of certain Federal election laws and programs, to establish minimum election administration standards for States and units of local government with responsibility for the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3529) to provide tax incentives for economic recovery and assistance to displaced workers. | |
| Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools. | |
| Urging the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election process leading up to the March 31, 2002, parliamentary elections. | |
| Providing for the consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3394) to authorize funding for computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 622) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the adoption credit, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1542) to deregulate the Internet and high speed data services, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3090) to provide tax incentives for economic recovery. | |
| Congratulating the people of Utah, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee and the athletes of the world for a successful and inspiring 2002 Olympic Winter Games. | |
| Providing for the concurrence by the House with amendments in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1885. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2341) to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for other purposes. | |
| Commending the great work that the Pentagon Renovation Program and its contractors have completed thus far, in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon that was destroyed by the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding Women's History Month. | |
| Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 353) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2007. | |
| Recognizing the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and commending the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3762) to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional protections to participants and beneficiaries in individual account plans from excessive investment in employer securities and to promote the provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets, and to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit insider trades during any suspension of the ability of plan participants or beneficiaries to direct investment away from equity securities of the plan sponsor. | |
| Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 586) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exclusion from gross income for foster care payments shall also apply to payments by qualified placement agencies, and for other purposes. | |
| Expressing solidarity with Israel in its fight against terrorism. | |
| Concerning the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3231) to replace the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the Agency for Immigration Affairs, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | |
| Providing for the disposition of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 84) disapproving the action taken by the President under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 transmitted to the Congress on March 5, 2002. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4546) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3994) to authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and to authorize military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries. | |
| Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4737) to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes. | |
| Paying tribute to the workers in New York City for their rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts at the site of the World Trade Center. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3129) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 for the United States Customs Service for antiterrorism, drug interdiction, and other operations, for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for the United States International Trade Commission, and for other purposes. | |
| Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3448) to improve the ability of the United States to prevent, prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4775) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year endin |