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Res.\n 53, the House is adjourned sine die until 12 noon on Tuesday, January\n 7, 2003 for the Convening of the First Session of the One Hundred\n Eighth Congress."], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgD1190-3", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/NEW PUBLIC LAWS", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDNEWPUBLAWS", "D1190", "D1192", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"53\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"117\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"124\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"727\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1010\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1070\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1214\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1226\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1240\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1907\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1946\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2237\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2239\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2546\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2595\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2621\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2712\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3044\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3156\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3210\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3340\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3389\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3394\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3833\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3908\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3988\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4546\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4628\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4727\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4878\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5005\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5349\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5469\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5504\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5590\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5708\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5716\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. D1190", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1190-D1192]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n NEW PUBLIC LAWS\n\n (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, of November 14,\n2002, p. D1157.)\n H.J. Res. 124, making further continuing appropriations for the\nfiscal year 2003. Signed on November 23, 2002. (Public Law 107-294)\n S. 1214, to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to establish a\nprogram to ensure greater security for United States seaports. Signed\non November 25, 2002. (Public Law 107-295)\n H.R. 5005, to establish the Department of Homeland Security. Signed\nNovember 25, 2002. (Public Law 107-296)\n H.R. 3210, to ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to\nprovide coverage for risks from terrorism. Signed on November 26, 2002.\n(Public Law 107-297)\n H.R. 2546, to amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit States\nfrom requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor\nvehicle is providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation\nservice. Signed on November 26, 2002. (Public Law 107-298)\n H.R. 3389, to reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program Act.\nSigned on November 26, 2002. (Public Law 107-299)\n H.R. 4878, to provide for estimates and reports of improper payments\nby Federal agencies. Signed on November 26, 2002. (Public Law 107-300)\n H.R. 5349, to facilitate the use of a portion of the former O'Reilly\nGeneral Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, by the local Boys and Girls\nClub through the release of the reversionary interest and other\ninterest retained by the United States in 1955 when the land was\nconveyed to the State of Missouri. Signed on November 26, 2002. (Public\nLaw 107-301)\n S. 3044, to authorize the Court Services and Offender Supervision\nAgency of the District of Columbia to provide for the interstate\nsupervision of offenders on parole, probation, and supervised release.\nSigned on November 26, 2002. (Public Law 107-302)\n\n[[Page D1191]]\n\n H.R. 1070, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to\nauthorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to\nprovide assistance for remediation of sediment contamination in areas\nof concern, to authorize assistance for research and development of\ninnovative technologies for such remediation, and to amend the Federal\nWater Pollution Control Act and the Water Resources Development Act of\n2000 to modify provisions relating to the Lake Champlain basin. Signed\non November 27, 2002. (Public Law 107-303)\n H.R. 3340, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain\ncatch-up contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan to be made by\nparticipant age 50 or over. Signed on November 27, 2002. (Public Law\n107-304)\n H.R. 3394, to authorize funding for computer and network security\nresearch and development and research fellowship programs. Signed on\nNovember 27, 2002. (Public Law 107-305)\n H.R. 4628, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for\nintelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States\nGovernment, the Community Management Account, and the Central\nIntelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. Signed on\nNovember 27, 2002. (Public Law 107-306)\n H.R. 2621, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to\nconsumer product protection. Signed on December 2, 2002. (Public Law\n107-307)\n H.R. 3908, to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation\nAct. Signed on December 2, 2002. (Public Law 107-308)\n H.R. 3988, to amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the\nrequirements for eligibility in the American Legion. Signed on December\n2, 2002. (Public Law 107-309)\n H.R. 4727, to reauthorize the national dam safety program. Signed on\nDecember 2, 2002. (Public Law 107-310)\n H.R. 5590, to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the\nenforcement and effectiveness of civilian orders of protection on\nmilitary installations. Signed on December 2, 2002. (Public Law 107-\n311)\n H.R. 5708, to reduce preexisting PAYGO balances. Signed on December\n2, 2002. (Public Law 107-312)\n H.R. 5716, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of\n1974 and the Public Health Service Act to extend the mental health\nbenefits parity provisions for an additional year. Signed on December\n2, 2002. (Public Law 107-313)\n H.R. 4546, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for\nmilitary activities of the Department of Defense, for military\nconstruction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,\nto prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed\nForces. Signed on December 2, 2002. (Public Law 107-314)\n H.J. Res. 117, approving the location of the commemorative work in\nthe District of Columbia honoring former President John Adams. Signed\non December 2, 2002. (Public Law 107-315)\n H.R. 3156, to provide a grant for the construction of a new community\ncenter in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of the late Senator Paul\nWellstone and his beloved wife, Sheila. Signed on December 2, 2002.\n(Public Law 107-316)\n H.R. 3833, to facilitate the creation of a new, second-level Internet\ndomain within the United States country code domain that will be a\nhaven for material that promotes positive experiences for children and\nfamilies using the Internet, provides a safe online environment for\nchildren, and helps to prevent children from being exposed to harmful\nmaterial on the Internet. Signed on December 2, 2002. (Public Law 107-\n317)\n H.R. 5504, to provide for the improvement of the safety of child\nrestraints in passenger motor vehicles. Signed on December 4, 2002.\n(Public Law 107-318)\n H.R. 727, to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that\nlow-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act.\nSigned on December 4, 2002. (Public Law 107-319)\n H.R. 2595, to direct the Secretary of the Army to convey a parcel of\nland to Chatham County, Georgia. Signed on December 4, 2002. (Public\nLaw 107-320)\n H.R. 5469, to amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to the\nstatutory license for webcasting. Signed on December 4, 2002. (Public\nLaw 107-321)\n S. 1010, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a\nhydroelectric project in the State of North Carolina. Signed on\nDecember 4, 2002. (Public Law 107-322)\n S. 1226, to require the display of the POW/MIA flag at the World War\nII Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans\nMemorial. Signed on December 4, 2002. (Public Law 107-323)\n S. 1907, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain\nland to the city of Haines, Oregon. Signed on December 4, 2002. (Public\nLaw 107-324)\n S. 1946, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old\nSpanish Trail as a National Historic Trail. Signed on December 4, 2002.\n(Public Law 107-325)\n S. 2239, to amend the National Housing Act to simplify the\ndownpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family\nhomebuyers. Signed on December 4, 2002. (Public Law 107-326)\n\n[[Page D1192]]\n\n S. 2712, to authorize economic and democratic development assistance\nfor Afghanistan and to authorize military assistance for Afghanistan\nand certain other foreign countries. Signed on December 4, 2002.\n(Public Law 107-327)\n S.J. Res. 53, relative to the convening of the first session of the\nOne Hundred Eighth Congress. Signed on December 4, 2002. (Public Law\n107-328)\n S. 1240, to provide for the acquisition of land and construction of\nan interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to\nAmerican Fork Canyon, Utah. Signed on December 6, 2002. (Public Law\n107-329)\n S. 2237, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve\nauthorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to veterans'\ncompensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pension\nbenefits, education benefits, housing benefits, memorial affairs\nbenefits, life insurance benefits, and certain other benefits for\nveterans, to improve the administration of benefits for veterans, to\nmake improvements in procedures relating to judicial review of\nveterans' claims for benefits. Signed on December 6, 2002. (Public Law\n107-330)\n\n*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no\naccompanying report. A total of 218 reports have been filed in the\nSenate, a total of 437 reports have been filed in the House."], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgD1190", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDALLOTHER", "D1190", "D1190", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. D1190", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D1190]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n[[Page D1190]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n See Resume of Congressional Activity\n\n Senate\n\nThe Senate was not in session today. It will next meet on Tuesday,\n January 7, 2003, at 12 noon for the convening of the first session of\n the One Hundred Eighth Congress."], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgD1193-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL RECORD The public proceedings of each House of Congress,\nas reported by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\ndirections of the Joint Committee on...", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDALLOTHER", "D1193", "D1194", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. D1193", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1193-D1194]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000CONGRESSIONAL RECORD The public proceedings of each House of Congress,\n\u0000as reported by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by appropriate\n\u0000provisions of Title 44, United States Code, and published for each day that\n\u0000one or both Houses are in session, excepting very infrequent instances when\n\u0000two or more unusually small consecutive issues are printed at one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to\n\n\u0000the Congressional Record is available online through GPO Access, a\n\u0000 service of the Government Printing Office, free of charge to the\n\u0000 user. 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Rec. D1193", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D1193]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[[Page D1193]]\n\n Resume of Congressional Activity\n\n SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS\n\n The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative\nbusiness transacted by the Senate and House.\n The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the\nSenate by the President for Senate confirmation.\n\n DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY\n\n January 23 through November 22, 2002\n\n Senate House Total\n Days in session............... 149 123 . .\n Time in session............... 1043 hrs., 23' 772 hrs., 15' . .\n Congressional Record:\n Pages of proceedings........... 11801 9128 . .\n Extensions of Remarks.......... . . 2144 . .\n Public bills enacted into law. 42 153 195\n Private bills enacted into law 1 4 . .\n Bills in conference........... 14 3 . .\n Measures passed, total........ 523 623 1146\n Senate bills................... 119 46 . .\n House bills.................... 205 299 . .\n Senate joint resolutions....... 3 3 . .\n House joint resolutions........ 10 12 . .\n Senate concurrent resolutions.. 32 10 . .\n House concurrent resolutions... 30 84 . .\n Simple resolutions............. 124 169 . .\n Measures reported, total...... *402 *408 810\n Senate bills................... 252 19 . .\n House bills.................... 109 274 . .\n Senate joint resolutions....... 3 1 . .\n House joint resolutions........ . . 4 . .\n Senate concurrent resolutions.. 9 . . . .\n House concurrent resolutions... 3 12 . .\n Simple resolutions............. 26 98 . .\n Special reports............... 5 13 . .\n Conference reports............ 2 16 . .\n Measures pending on calendar.. 311 126 . .\n Measures introduced, total.... 1563 2711 4274\n Bills.......................... 1303 2157 . .\n Joint resolutions.............. 23 44 . .\n Concurrent resolutions......... 67 223 . .\n Simple resolutions............. 170 287 . .\n Quorum calls.................. 2 1 . .\n Yea-and-nay votes............. 253 302 . .\n Recorded votes................ . . 181 . .\n Bills vetoed.................. . . . . . .\n Vetoes overridden............. . . . . . .\n DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS\n\n January 23 through November 22, 2002\n\n Civilian Nominations, totaling 629 (including 166\n nominations carried over from the First Session),\n disposed of as follows:\n\n Confirmed..........................................466...\n Withdrawn...........................................10...\n Returned to White House............................153...\n\n Other Civilian Nominations, totaling 2,100 (including 535\n nominations carried over from the First Session),\n disposed of as follows:\n\n Confirmed........................................2,098...\n Returned to White House..............................2...\n\n Air Force Nominations, totaling 5,817 (including 4\n nominations carried over from the First Session),\n disposed of as follows:\n\n Confirmed........................................5,811...\n Returned to White House..............................6...\n\n Army Nominations, totaling 6,235 (including 53 nominations\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed........................................6,225...\n Returned to White House.............................10...\n\n Navy Nominations, totaling 6,044, disposed of as follows:\n\n Confirmed........................................6,030...\n Returned to White House.............................14...\n\n Marine Corps Nominations, totaling 3,011 (including 33\n nominations carried over from the First Session),\n disposed of as follows:\n\n Confirmed........................................3,003...\n Returned to White House..............................8...\n\n Summary\n Total Nominations carried over from the First Session..791\n Total Nominations Received this Session.............23,045\n Total Confirmed.....................................23,633\n Total Unconfirmed........................................0\n Total Withdrawn.........................................10\n Total Returned to the White House......................193"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2145", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2145", "E2146", "[{\"name\": \"Richard K. Armey\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"449\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"449\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"502\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"600\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5005\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5710\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2145", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2145-E2146]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[[Page E2145]]\n\n ____________________\n\n ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY\n\n ______\n\n HON. RICHARD K. ARMEY\n\n of texas\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, due to the unique circumstances of the Select\nCommittee on Homeland Security, we were unable to complete the\ncommittee activity report required under clause 1(d) of rule XI of the\nRules of the House of Representatives for the 107th Congress in time to\nhave it printed as a House report. However, I am submitting this report\nfor printing in the Record so that the legislative history of the\nHomeland Security Act will be preserved.\n\nREPORT ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY FOR\n THE 107TH CONGRESS\n\n Mr. Armey, from the Select Committee on Homeland Security,\n submitted the following Report:\n\n AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION\n\n On June 18, 2002, the Committee on Rules reported an\n original measure, H.Res. 449 (H. Rept. 107-517), to establish\n the Select Committee on Homeland Security. On June 19, 2002,\n the House agreed to the resolution by a voice vote. The text\n of the resolution follows:\n\n H. Res. 449\n\n In the House of Representatives, U.S., June 19, 2002.\n Resolved, That there is hereby established a Select\n Committee on Homeland Security.\n Sec. 2. Composition.--The select committee shall be\n composed of nine Members appointed by the Speaker, of whom\n four shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Minority\n Leader. The Speaker shall designate one member as chairman.\n Sec. 3. Jurisdiction.--The select committee may develop\n recommendations and report to the House on such matters that\n relate to the establishment of a department of homeland\n security as may be referred to it by the Speaker and on\n recommendations submitted to it under section 6.\n Sec. 4. Procedure.--(a) Except as provided in paragraphs\n (1) and (2), rule XI shall apply to the select committee to\n the extent not inconsistent with this resolution.\n (1) Clause 1(b) and clause 2(m)(1)(B) of rule XI shall not\n apply to the select committee.\n (2) The select committee is not required to adopt written\n rules to implement the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI.\n (b) Clause 10(b) of rule X shall not apply to the select\n committee.\n Sec. 5. Funding.--To enable the select committee to carry\n out the purposes of this resolution, the select committee may\n utilize the services of staff of the House.\n Sec. 6. Reporting.--Each standing or permanent select\n committee to which the Speaker refers to a bill introduced by\n the Majority Leader or his designee (by request) that\n proposes to establish a department of homeland security may\n submit its recommendations on the bill only to the select\n committee. Such recommendations may be submitted not later\n than a time designated by the Speaker.\n (b) The select committee shall consider the recommendations\n submitted to it on a bill described in subsection (a) and\n shall report to the House its recommendations on such bill.\n Sec. 7. Dissolution.--(a) The select committee shall cease\n to exist after final disposition of a bill described in\n section 6(a), including final disposition of any veto message\n on such bill.\n (b) Upon the dissolution of the select committee, this\n resolution shall not be construed to alter the jurisdiction\n of any standing committee.\n Sec. 8. Disposition of Records.--Upon dissolution of the\n select committee, the records of the select committee shall\n become the records of any committee designated by the\n Speaker.\n\n LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES\n\n Legislative Activities\n\n homeland security act of 2002\n\n Public Law 107-296 (H.R. 5005, H.R. 5710)\n\n Summary. The Homeland Security Act of 2002, will create the\n Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide for the\n security of the American people, territory, and sovereignty\n within the United States. The Department of Homeland Security\n will help fulfill the Constitutional responsibility of the\n Federal government by providing for the common defense by\n uniting, under a single department those elements within the\n government whose primary responsibility is to secure the\n United States homeland. This department will have the mission\n of preventing terrorist attacks within the United States,\n reducing the United States' vulnerability to terrorism,\n minimizing the damages from attacks, and assisting in\n recovery from any attacks, should they occur. The Department\n must fulfill these missions while protecting civil liberties.\n The Department's primary responsibilities will include:\n analyzing information and protecting infrastructure;\n developing countermeasures against chemical, biological,\n radiological, and nuclear attacks; securing U.S. borders and\n transportation systems; organizing emergency preparedness and\n response efforts; conducting homeland security related\n research, development, technology, and acquisition programs;\n coordinating counter-terrorism activities with other Federal\n agencies, State and local governments, and the private\n sector. The Department will bring together 22 existing\n Federal agencies or portions of agencies under a single clear\n chain of command. Each of these agencies will continue to be\n responsible for carrying out existing and emergent homeland\n security functions.\n Leading the Department will be a Secretary who is appointed\n by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.\n The Department will have one Deputy Secretary and a total of\n 5 Under Secretaries who report to the Secretary for each of\n the following functional areas: Information Analysis and\n Infrastructure Protection; Science and Technology; Border and\n Transportation Security; Emergency Preparedness and Response;\n and Management. Additionally, there will also be no more than\n 12 Assistant Secretaries and a Director of the Bureau of\n Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Commandant of the\n Coast Guard and the Director of the United States Secret\n Service will also report directly to the Secretary. Finally,\n the Transportation Security Administration will be maintained\n as a separate entity within the Department for 2 years.\n Legislative History. H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act\n of 2002, was introduced by request by Mr. Armey and 113\n original cosponsors on June 24, 2002. Pursuant to the\n provisions of H. Res. 449, the bill was referred to the\n Select Committee and additionally to 12 other committees of\n jurisdiction through July 12, 2002.\n While only the Select Committee was authorized to report\n the legislation to the House, several committees marked up\n their recommendations to the Select Committee. The Committee\n on Agriculture met and approved their recommended amendments\n on July 11, 2002 by a voice vote. The Committee on Armed\n Services met and approved their recommended amendments on\n July 10, 2002 by a voice vote. The Committee on Energy and\n Commerce met and approved their recommended amendments on\n July 11, 2002 by a voice vote. The Committee on Government\n Reform met and approved their recommended amendments on\n July 11, 2002 by a record vote of 31 yeas and 1 nay. The\n Committee on International Relations met and approved\n their recommended amendments on July 10, 2002 by a voice\n vote. The Committee on the Judiciary held a legislative\n hearing on June 27, 2002 and met and approved their\n recommended amendments on July 10, 2002 by a voice vote.\n The Committee on Science held a legislative hearing on\n June 24, 2002 and met and approved their recommended\n amendments on July 10, 2002 by a voice vote. The Committee\n on Transportation and Infrastructure met and approved\n their recommended amendments on July 11, 2002 by a voice\n vote. The Committee on Ways and Means met and approved\n their recommended amendments on July 10, 2002 by a record\n vote of 34 years and 3 nays. The Committees on\n Appropriations and Financial Services, and the Select\n Committee on Intelligence forwarded recommendations\n without formal meetings. On July 12, 2002, all of the\n committees of jurisdiction were discharged from the\n further consideration of the bill.\n The Select Committee on Homeland Security held a\n legislative hearing on July 15, 16, and 17, 2002. On July 19,\n 2002, the Select Committee met in open session and ordered\n H.R. 5005 favorably reported to the House, with an amendment,\n by a record vote of 5 yeas and 4 nays, a quorum being\n present. The Select Committee reported the bill to the House\n on July 24, 2002 (H. Rept. 107-609, Part I).\n The Committee on Rules met and reported a rule, H. Res.\n 502, providing for the consideration of H.R. 5005 (H. Rept.\n 107-615) on July 25, 2002 (the legislative day of July 24,\n 2002). The rule provided for 90 minutes of general debate,\n followed by consideration of a set of amendments mutually\n agreed upon by the Speaker and Minority Leader. The House\n considered H. Res. 502 on July 25, 2002 and agreed to the\n resolution by a voice vote.\n The House began consideration of H.R. 5005 on July 25,\n 2002. Consideration of the bill and amendments made in order\n by the rule continued through July 26, 2002. A motion to\n recommit with instructions offered by Ms. DeLauro, addressing\n the ability of companies\n\n[[Page E2146]]\n\n incorporated in ``tax haven'' countries to contract with the\n Department of Homeland Security, was agreed to by a record\n vote of 318 yeas and 110 nays. The House passed the bill by a\n record vote of 295 yeas and 132 nays.\n H.R. 5005 was received in the Senate on July 30, 2002 and\n placed on the Senate legislative calendar. On July 31, 2002,\n a motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill was made\n and a cloture motion on the motion to proceed was presented.\n The cloture motion was withdrawn on August 1, 2002. On\n September 3, the motion to proceed was considered by\n unanimous consent and agreed to by a vote of 94 yeas and no\n nays.\n The Senate considered H.R. 5005 from September 5, 2002\n through October 1, 2002.\n On November 12, 2002, H.R. 5710, the Homeland Security Act\n of 2002, was introduced by Mr. Armey and 9 original\n cosponsors. The text of the measure was drafted as an effort\n to reconcile the House-passed version of H.R. 5005, and the\n Gramm amendment to H.R. 5005 in the Senate. The bill was\n referred solely to the Select Committee on Homeland Security.\n The Select Committee did not act on this bill.\n On November 13, 2002 (the legislative day of November 12,\n 2002), the Committee on Rules reported a rule providing for\n the consideration of H.R. 5710 (H. Res. 600; H. Rept. 107-\n 773). A closed rule, the resolution provided for one hour of\n general debate, equally divided, and a motion to recommit,\n with or without instructions. The House considered the Rule\n on November 13, 2002, and agreed to the resolution by a vote\n of 237 yeas and 177 nays.\n On November 13, 2002, the House proceeded to the\n consideration of H.R. 5710. Mr. Roemer offered a motion to\n recommit the bill with instructions to add provisions\n creating a commission to investigate the events of September\n 11, 2001. The motion to recommit was not agreed by a vote of\n 203 yeas and 215 nays, and the bill was passed by a vote of\n 299 yeas and 121 nays. The bill was received in the Senate on\n November 14, 2002.\n On November 13, 2002, the Senate resumed consideration of\n H.R. 5005. The text of H.R. 5710 was offered as the Thompson\n amendment to H.R. 5005 (S. Amdt. 4901). Cloture on the\n amendment was invoked on November 15, 2002 by a vote of 65\n yeas and 29 nays and the amendment was agreed to on November\n 19, 2002 by a vote of 73 yeas and 26 nays.\n Cloture on the bill was also invoked on November 19, 2002\n by a vote of 83 yeas and 16 nays and the bill passed the\n Senate, as amended, by a vote of 90 yeas and 9 nays.\n On November 22, 2002, the House concurred in the Senate\n amendment to H.R. 5005 by unanimous consent, clearing the\n bill for the President. The bill was presented to the\n President on November 22, 2002 and was signed on November 25,\n 2002, becoming public law number 107-296.\n\n Oversight Activities\n\n transforming the federal government to protect america from terrorism\n\n On July 11, 2002, the Select Committee held a hearing on\n transforming the Federal government to protect American from\n terrorism. The hearing focused on the changes domestically\n and abroad which led to the homeland security situation found\n in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001. Testifying\n at the hearing were the Honorable Collin Powell, Secretary of\n State, the Honorable Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the\n Treasury, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of\n Defense, and the Honorable John Ashcroft, Attorney General.\n\n Hearings Held\n\n Transforming the Federal Government to Protect America from\n Terrorism.--Oversight hearing on transforming the Federal\n government to protect America from terrorism. Hearing held on\n July 11, 2002. Serial No. 107-1.\n Homeland Security Act of 2002.--Legislative hearing held on\n H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002. Hearing held on\n July 15, 16, and 17, 2002. Serial nos. 107-2 and 107-3.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2146", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "DR. GEORGE V. IRONS, SR.'S INDUCTION TO THE ALABAMA MEN'S HALL OF FAME", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2146", "E2148", "[{\"name\": \"Robert B. Aderholt\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"John J. LaFalce\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2146", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2146-E2148]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n DR. GEORGE V. IRONS, SR.'S INDUCTION TO THE ALABAMA MEN'S HALL OF FAME\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT\n\n of alabama\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of Alabama's\ngreatest native sons--Dr. George Vernon Irons, Sr.\n Dr. Irons recently received Alabama's highest posthumous honor--\ninduction into the Alabama Men's Hall of Fame in Birmingham. The\nAlabama Men's Hall of Fame was created by the Alabama legislature in\n1987. Its selection board is comprised of members from all seven\ncongressional districts, the Governor, director of archives and history\nand the President of Samford University.\n Past inductees include America's most distinguished leaders: Wernher\nVon Braun, famed scientist who developed the rocketry to blast American\nastronauts to the Moon and return safely--a first in human history;\nGeorge Washington Carver, botanist who mutated plants to give the south\nvital food sources; and James A. ``Brother'' Bryan, humanitarian, who\ngave sacrificially to fellow Alabamians during its severest economic\ntimes.\n Its most recent inductee, Dr. Irons, was distinguished professor of\nhistory and political science, Samford University for a near half\ncentury and one of the Nation's greatest athletes. Born in the\n``Shadows of Gaineswood'' in Demopolis, Alabama in 1902, a century\nlater, he is still breaking records. Dr. Irons is the only athlete\ninducted by the Alabama Men's Hall of Fame--the only Samford University\nProfessor--and the only individual inducted by both the Alabama Men's\nHall of Fame and the prestigious Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.\n While at the University of Alabama, he was first spotted by Coach\nHank Crisp running across the campus--late to class. He promptly put\nhim on the track team, where he broke a collegiate record the first\ntime he ever pulled on a Crimson Tide uniform. Here's how a southern\nGovernor described Bama's ``Chariot of Fire:''\n ``Long before Bama had been to its first bowl game, before legendary\nCoach Paul Bear Bryant had won a game, Captain George Irons blazed a\ncrimson streak across southern skies establishing an athletic\ntradition, smashing records in distance events as `Ironsides' and the\n`Knight of the Cinder Path.' ''\n As road racing champion (distance events begun at halftime of major\nfootball games and finishing as the halftime show--after a hill and\ndale course of about 4 miles), Bama's superstar was the ``best there\never was.'' Legendary Crimson Tide coach Wallace Wade (three time Rose\nBowl winner) said Irons was: ``The greatest distance runner of his\nera.''\n He is the only Crimson Tide track man--the only distance man ever\ninducted by the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame--rare honors he may hold\nforever. Remarkably, some of his records still stand--nearly a century\nlater.\n Pretty swift in the classroom too, Irons was Phi Beta Kappa honor\ngraduate, Rhodes scholar nominee, earning his doctorate at Duke\nUniversity. Dr. George Denny, president of the University of Alabama,\nappointed him assistant to the faculty beginning his ``longest run'' in\nhigher education. He later joined Howard College (now Samford\nUniversity) in 1933. He also distinguished himself in World War II,\nrising to the rank of colonel, serving 33 years active and reserve\nduty--a Samford record.\n Dr. Irons received Freedom Foundation's (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania),\nGeorge Washington Medal of Honor for his speech in 1962 entitled:\n``Freedom, America's Weapon of Might.'' It was broadcast worldwide on\nthe U.S. Armed Forces Network. Irons was the first southerner to win\nthis prestigious national award.\n Mr. Speaker, Dr. Irons was the only man elected by the Alabama Men's\nHall of Fame from the 20th century. J. Lamar Monroe Curry, former\nMember of the United States Congress and Ambassador to Spain, was\nelected for the 19th century. To be considered, nominees must have\nstrong connections to our State and have made a national or\ninternational impact in his profession.\n Dr. Irons taught seventeen students who became university\npresidents--a record in American education. His innovations in\ncurriculum became a model for higher education across the South and\nNation. A former student wrote: ``Dr. Irons was more than a teacher, he\nwas an architect of the human mind. When he looked out to teach a\nclass, he did not see simply students--he saw the mirror image of\nGod.''\n His influence continues through the many students who were inspired\nby his life. It's no surprise his student roster included those who\nbecame captains of industry, Supreme Court Justices, Governors, law\nschool deans and America's leaders.\n The induction ceremony was held at the club in Birmingham by the\nCommittee of 100 Women (leaders of Alabama's civic and social\ncommunities) and the Alabama Men's Hall of Fame. Dr. Irons' son,\nMountain Brook attorney, William L. Irons, gave a moving speech\nhighlighting his father's contributions to Alabama and the American\nNation. His bust was unveiled by Dr. Irons' great grandson, Dylan\nAlexander Irons of Charlotte, North Carolina.\n Inductees' busts are housed in the Alabama Men's Hall of Fame located\nin the Harwell G. Davis Library of Samford University. As inductee of\nboth of Alabama's most prestigious halls of fame, Dr. Irons has placed\na footprint where no man or woman has trod and should inspire future\nAlabamians.\n Mr. Speaker, I ask that the article in the University of Alabama\nAlumni Magazine, entitled: ``Knight of the Cinder Path,'' be included\nin the Congressional Record for America to share the achievements of\nthis great American who served his university as distinguished educator\na near half century, his country in war and peace for a third of the\n20th century and his alma mater, the University of Alabama, as record\nbreaking champion athlete and honor graduate.\n\n[[Page E2147]]\n\n SEC\n\n ______\n\n HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE\n\n of new york\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. LaFALCE. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to submit to the\nCongressional Record the important work that has been done at the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the last year under\nChairman Harvey Pitt. While there has been much turmoil and controversy\nover the last year, we should recognize and honor the many very real\nand important accomplishments of the Commission and its staff during\nthis period. From the incredible efforts of Chairman Pitt and\nCommission staff to help the securities markets recover from the\ndevastation of September 11, 2001, to the unprecedented number of\nenforcement cases and complex financial fraud investigations undertaken\nin the last year, Chairman Pitt and the Commission have much of which\nto be proud.\n\n SEC Accomplishments\n\n Fiscal Year 2002\n\n The 2002 Fiscal Year has been challenging for the markets\n and investors alike. This past year included not only the\n continued effects of the tragedies of September 11, 2001, but\n also the significant corporate scandals that began with\n Enron. Fiscal Year 2002 represented a continuation of the\n SEC's work on important issues such as market structure,\n regulatory reform for mutual funds, and improved regulation\n of research analyst conflicts. In the past year, the SEC has\n taken unprecedented, aggressive steps to investigate possible\n wrongdoing, propose tough new regulations, and fully\n implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.\n\n Overall agency highlights\n\n Implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act--The Commission\n has moved aggressively to implement provisions of the\n landmark legislation signed into law on July 30, 2002, to\n reform the accounting industry and restore the integrity of\n the financial reporting system. Since the bill was signed\n into law, the Commission has undertaken ten major\n rulemakings, while making significant progress on the seven\n studies required by the legislation.\n Response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks--The\n Commission actively responded to the events of September 11.\n During the attacks, the New York offices of the SEC were\n destroyed, and the Commission worked quickly to reestablish\n operations. The Commission continues to work with other U.S.\n financial regulators--the Federal Reserve Board, the Office\n of the Comptroller of the Currency and the New York State\n Banking Department--on a project to strengthen the\n operational resilience of the financial sector. The\n Commission has also taken numerous steps to implement the\n Patriot Act to deter international money laundering and\n combat terrorist financing.\n SEC, NY Attorney General, NYSF, NASD, NASAA Agreement on\n Reforming Wall Street Practices--The Commission, the New York\n State Attorney General's Office, the NYSE, the NASD and the\n North American Securities Administrators Association\n announced a joint effort to bring to a speedy and coordinated\n conclusion the various investigations concerning analyst\n research and IPO allocations. (October 3, 2002)\n Review of Initial Public Offering Process--The SEC asked\n the National Association of Securities Dealers and the New\n York Stock Exchange to review the initial public offering\n (IPO) process, including IPO allocation practices and the\n roles of issuers and underwriters in the price setting and\n offering process. (August 22, 2002)\n\n Enforcement initiatives\n\n In the past year the Enforcement Division of the SEC has\n taken a record 598 actions, a 24% increase over 2001, and a\n 19% increase over 2000. (See ``Record of Enforcement''\n below.)\n This year's actions include the following significant\n cases:\n Charged former Enron CFO, Andrew Fastow with fraud.\n (October 2, 2002)\n Settled fraud charges against Michael Kopper, a former\n high-ranking Enron official. (August 21, 2002)\n Charged three former senior executives of Homestore Inc.\n with perpetrating an extensive scheme to fraudulently inflate\n Homestore's advertising revenues by arranging fraudulent\n ``round-trip'' transactions. The defendants agreed to return\n ill-gotten gains of approximately $4.6 million to be paid to\n the benefit of shareholders, under the Fair Funds provision\n of the recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.\n (September 25, 2002)\n Settled with Dynegy for securities fraud charges involving\n Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) and round-trip energy trades.\n (September 24, 2002)\n Charged three former top Tyco International executives,\n including CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski, with failing to disclose\n multi-million dollar low interest and interest-free loans\n from the company, and in some cases, never repaid. They were\n also charged with selling shares of Tyco stock valued at\n millions of dollars while their self-dealing remained\n undisclosed. (September 12, 2002)\n Charged Adelphia and Rigas family with massive financial\n fraud. (July 24, 2002)\n Filed fraud charges against WorldCom within 24 hours of the\n company's revelation of its massive accounting problems.\n (June 26, 2002)\n Charged former Rite Aid senior management with fraud in\n connection with its financial disclosures. (June 21, 2002)\n Settled SEC enforcement action for financial fraud with\n Xerox, assessing a $10 million penalty, the largest ever\n penalty against a public company for financial fraud. (April\n 11, 2002)\n Filed a settled action against Credit Suisse First Boston\n for IPO allocation practices that violated NASD rules. CSFB\n agreed to pay $100 million in penalties and disgorgement.\n (January 22, 2002)\n Brought a settled administrative action charging Trump\n Hotels with fraud in the first enforcement action based on\n misleading ``pro forma financials.'' (January 16, 2002)\n Brought a series of significant settled enforcement actions\n alleging violations of the auditor independence rules against\n Price WaterhouseCoopers, Moret Ernst & Young Accountants and\n KPMG. (July 17, 2002; June 27, 2002; January 14, 2002)\n\n Corporate disclosure and accounting initiatives\n\n Pro Forma Financial Statements--The Commission issued\n cautionary advice related to ``pro forma'' financial\n information, or information that is not prepared using\n Generally Accepted Accounting Principles required for\n financial statements filed with the SEC, and that may be\n confusing or misleading. The Commission issued an ``Investor\n Alert'' that describes how ``pro forma financials should be\n analyzed, including a reminder that they should be viewed\n with appropriate and healthy skepticism.'' (December 4, 2001)\n Monitoring Annual Reports of Fortune 500 Companies--The\n Commission monitored the annual reports of all Fortune 500\n Companies to identify information that may be unclear or\n conflict with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or SEC\n rules. (December 21, 2001)\n Disclosure of Equity Compensation Plan Information--Adopted\n rule amendments designed to enhance disclosure about equity\n compensation plans, including stock options. (December 21,\n 2001)\n Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies--Called for\n corporate disclosure of the impact of off-balance sheet\n arrangements and other obligations regarding liquidity and\n capital resources. (January 22, 2002)\n Disclosure of Certain Management Transactions--Proposed\n amendments responding to investors' need for timely\n disclosure of transactions and other arrangements between\n companies and their executive officers and directors, (April\n 12, 2002--later included in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act)\n Acceleration of Periodic Report Filing Dates--Proposed\n (April 12, 2002) and adopted (August 17, 2002) acceleration\n of the filing of quarterly and annual reports to be phased in\n over three years. These rules require that annual reports be\n filed within 60 days of the close of the fiscal year and\n quarterly reports be filed within 35 days of each quarter's\n end.\n Mandated EDGAR Filing for Foreign Issuers--Adopted rule\n amendments to require foreign private issuers and foreign\n governments to file their securities documents electronically\n through the EDGAR system. (May 8, 2002)\n Critical Accounting Polices--Proposed amendments to enhance\n investors' understanding of the application of companies'\n critical accounting polices. (May 10, 2002)\n Additional Current Disclosure Requirements and acceleration\n of Filing Date--To provide investors with up-to-date\n information, proposed additional items and events that must\n be reported on Form 8-K within two business days of the\n action. (June 17, 2002)\n Certification of Disclosure in Companies' Quarterly and\n Annual Reports--To increase the accountability of senior\n company officers, proposed rules to require certification of\n a company's reports by the CEO and CFO. (June 17, 2002--later\n included in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act)\n SEC Order to Largest Publicly Traded Companies--Ordered the\n 947 largest publicly traded companies to certify the accuracy\n and completeness of their filings. (June 27, 2002)\n SRO Listing Standards on Corporate Governance--In response\n to the SEC's request in February, the NYSE and Nasdaq have\n come forward with proposals that will produce the most\n substantial corporate governance and listing standards reform\n in decades.\n\n Market regulation initiatives\n\n Commodities Futures Modernization Act (CFMA) Rulemakings--\n Conducted extensive rulemaking, much of it jointly with the\n Commodities Futures Trading Commission, to permit for the\n first time trading in security futures products, including\n single stock futures.\n Analyst Conflicts of Interest--Approved NASD and NYSE rules\n that address potential conflicts of interest by research\n analysts. Launched a thorough examination of analyst\n conflicts of interest. Proposed Regulation AC, requiring\n research analysts to certify the truthfulness of their views\n in research reports and public appearances and disclose\n whether they have received any compensation related to the\n specific recommendation provided in those reports and\n appearances.\n Rating Agencies--Launched a thorough examination of the\n role of rating agencies in the U.S. securities markets.\n Significant Progress on Options Market Linkage--Approved an\n amendment to the\n\n[[Page E2148]]\n\n Linkage Plan filed by the options exchanges that, among other\n things, requires the intermarket linkage to be fully\n implemented no later than April 30, 2003. The intermarket\n linkage in an important step in improving options customers'\n ability to receive the best prices available. (May 29, 2002)\n\n Investment management initiatives\n\n Investment Adviser Public Disclosure--Launched website\n which provides investors a valuable tool to help compare the\n business practices, services and fees of investment advisers\n online, free of charge. The website also contains\n disciplinary information regarding advisers. (September 25,\n 2001)\n Mutual Fund Advertising Proposal--Proposed amendments to\n modernize the mutual fund advertising rules. (May 14, 2002)\n Hedge Funds Investigation--Launched a formal fact-finding\n investigation to provide the Commission with a better\n understanding of the issues currently affecting private\n investment funds, including Hedge Funds. (May 29, 2002)\n Disclosure of Proxy Voting by Mutual Funds and Investment\n Advisers--Proposed amendments that would require mutual funds\n and other registered management investment companies to file\n with the Commission, and make available to shareholders,\n their proxy voting records relating to portfolio securities\n and disclose the policies and procedures they use to\n determine how to vote proxies. The proposal would require\n advisers to adopt proxy voting policies, to disclose these\n policies to clients and how clients can obtain information on\n how the adviser has voted on the proxies. (September 19,\n 2002)\n Fixed Income Exchange-Traded Funds--Approved the first\n exchange-trade funds based on fixed income indices, giving\n investors another option to invest in a basket of fixed\n income securities, providing lower expenses and intra-day\n pricing.\n\n Investor education and assistance initiatives\n\n Fake ``Scam'' Site Initiative--Launched three fake ``scam''\n Web sites that warn investors about fraud before they lose\n their money. http://www.mcwhortle.com. (January 20, 2002)\n Roundtables and Investor Summit--Held three Roundtables on\n Accounting and Auditing: New York (March 4, 2002),\n Washington, DC (March 6, 2002) and Chicago (April 4, 2002)\n and held the first-ever Investor Summit. (May 10, 2002)\n Investor Assistance--Provided individual responses to over\n 82,000 complaints and questions from investors. Additionally,\n the interactive ``Fast Answers'' database on the SEC's Web\n site provided instant answers to nearly 206,000 questions\n from the public.\n\n U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION RECORD OF ENFORCEMENT\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTotal Enforcement actions filed........... 503 484 598\nFinancial fraud and issuer reporting 103 112 163\n actions filed............................\nOfficer and director bars sought (in all 38 51 126\n categories of cases).....................\nTemporary restraining orders filed (in all 33 31 48\n categories of cases).....................\nAsset freezes (in all categories of cases) 56 43 63\nTrading suspensions....................... 11 2 11\nSubpoena enforcement proceedings.......... 8 15 19\nDisgorgement ordered (in millions) \\1\\.... $463 $530 $1,328\nPenalties ordered (in millions) \\1\\....... $43.7 $56.1 $116.4\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\\1\\ Includes amounts disbursed to the NASD as part of the Credit Suisse\n First Boston settlement.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2148-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4840", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2148", "E2149", "[{\"name\": \"James V. Hansen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4840\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4840\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2148", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2148-E2149]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4840\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES V. HANSEN\n\n of utah\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the attached cost estimate\nfor H.S. 4840 be submitted for the Record under General Leave.\n\n U.S. Congress,\n\n Congressional Budget Office,\n\n Washington, DC, November 15, 2002.\n Hon. James V. Hansen,\n Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives,\n Washington, DC.\n Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has\n prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4840, the Sound\n Science for Endangered Species Act Planning Act of 2002.\n If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be\n pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Megan\n Carroll.\n Sincerely,\n Steven Lieberman\n (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).\n Enclosure.\n H.R. 4840--Sound Science for Endangered Species Act Planning\n Act of 2002\n Summary: Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), certain\n species of plants and animals are listed as threatened or\n endangered based on assessments of the risk of their\n extinction. H.R. 4840 would amend the ESA to clarify the role\n of science as the basis for making certain decisions under\n that act.\n CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4840 would cost $94\n million over the 2003-2007 period, assuming appropriation of\n the necessary amounts. The bill would not affect direct\n spending or revenues. H.R. 4840 contains no intergovernmental\n or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded\n Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on\n state, local, or tribal governments.\n Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated\n budgetary impact of H.R. 4840 is shown in the following\n table. the costs of this legislation fall within budget\n function 300 (natural resources and environment).\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n By fiscal year, in millions of\n dollars--\n ----------------------------------\n 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n CHANGES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION \\1\\\n\nEstimated authorization level........ 18 18 19 19 20\nEstimated outlays.................... 18 18 19 19 20\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\\1\\ In fiscal year 2002, federal agencies received about $65 million for\n consultation and administrative expenses under the ESA. The Congress\n has not yet provided a full-year appropriation for such activities for\n the current year.\n\n Basis of estimate: Under the ESA, the Secretary of the\n Interior and the Secretary of Commerce maintain a list of\n species that are threatened or endangered. The ESA outlines a\n multistage process of review and public participation that\n the two secretaries must follow in making decisions to list\n or unlist a species and develop plans for its recovery.\n H.R. 4840 would amend the ESA to clarify the role of\n science as the basis for certain decisions under that act.\n Specifically, the bill would:\n Authorize the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce to\n appoint independent scientific review boards to review\n particularly controversial ESA decisions before they become\n final;\n\n[[Page E2149]]\n\n Direct the secretaries to solicit and consider information\n from state agencies, landowners, and others who might be\n affected by decisions under the ESA;\n Require the secretaries to promulgate regulations\n establishing criteria that scientific and commercial studies\n must meet in order to serve as the basis for decisions under\n the act; and\n Direct the secretaries to give greater weight to studies\n that use empirical or field-tested data.\n Based on information from the Department of the Interior\n and the National Marine Fisheries Service, CBO estimates that\n funding scientific review boards would cost $15 million in\n 2003 and $79 million over the 2003-2007 period, assuming\n appropriation of the necessary amounts. That estimate assumes\n that the secretaries would appoint 200 panels each year at an\n average cost of $75,000. Based on information from the\n agencies, we also estimate that meeting new requirements\n under H.R. 4840 would increase administrative costs by\n roughly $3 million annually, assuming the availability of\n appropriated funds.\n Intergovernmental and private-sector impact: H.R. 4840\n contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as\n defined in UMRA and would impose no costs on state, local, or\n tribal governments.\n Estimate prepared by: Federal costs: Megan Carroll; impact\n on state, local and tribal governments: Marjorie Miller;\n impact on the private sector: Jean Talarico.\n Estimate approved by: Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant\n Director for Budget Analysis.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2148", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4966", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2148", "E2148", "[{\"name\": \"James V. Hansen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4966\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4966\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2148", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2148]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4966\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES V. HANSEN\n\n of utah\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the attached cost estimate\nfor H.R. 4966 be submitted for the Record under General Leave.\n\n U.S. Congress,\n\n Congressional Budget Office,\n\n Washington, DC, October 15, 2002.\n Hon. James V. Hansen,\n Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives,\n Washington, DC.\n Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has\n prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4966, the\n National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act.\n If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be\n pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Deborah\n Reis.\n Sincerely,\n Barry B. Anderson\n (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).\n Enclosure.\n H.R. 4966--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\n Act\n Summary: H.R. 4966 would update the organization plan for\n the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)\n and would authorize appropriations for several NOAA coastal\n and ocean research programs and support functions. Assuming\n appropriation of the amounts authorized for these activities,\n CBO estimates that the agency would spend $235 million in\n 2003 and about $1.6 billion over the 2003-2007 period.\n Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or\n revenues.\n The bill contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined\n in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). Certain programs\n reauthorized by the legislation could provide grants and\n technical assistance to state and local governments. Any\n costs incurred by those entities as a result of participating\n in the NOAA programs would be voluntary.\n Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated\n budgetary impact of H.R. 4966 is shown in the following\n table. The costs of this legislation fall within budget\n function 300 (natural resources and environment). For this\n estimate, CBO assumes that the amounts authorized by the bill\n will be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2003 through\n 2007 and that outlays will follow historical spending\n patterns for the authorized NOAA programs.\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n By fiscal year, in millions of\n dollars--\n ----------------------------------\n 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n CHANGES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION \\1\\\n\nAuthorized level..................... 335 339 342 346 349\nEstimated outlays.................... 235 321 334 344 348\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\\1\\ About $280 million was appropriated in fiscal year 2002 for the NOAA\n programs and activities that would be authorized by H.R. 4966. A full-\n year appropriation for 2003 has not yet been enacted for these\n programs.\n\n Intergovernmental and private-sector impact: H.R. 4966\n contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as\n defined in UMRA. Certain programs reauthorized by the bill\n could provide grants and technical assistance to state and\n local governments. Any costs incurred by those entities as a\n result of participating in the NOAA programs would be\n voluntary.\n Estimate prepared by: Federal costs: Deborah Reis; impact\n on state, local, and tribal governments: Susan Sieg Tompkins;\n impact on the private sector: Cecil McPherson.\n Estimate approved by: Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant\n Director for Budget Analysis.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2149-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4601", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2149", "E2149", "[{\"name\": \"James V. Hansen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4601\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4601\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2149", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2149]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4601\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES V. HANSEN\n\n of utah\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the attached cost estimate\nfor H.R. 4601 be submitted for the Record under General Leave.\n\n U.S. Congress,\n\n Congressional Budget Office,\n\n Washington, DC, October 17, 2002.\n Hon. James V. Hansen,\n Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives,\n Washington, DC.\n Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has\n prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4601, a bill to\n provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of\n Land Management land in Douglas County, Oregon, to the county\n to improve management of and recreational access to the\n Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, and for other\n purposes.\n If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be\n pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contacts are Megan\n Carroll (for federal costs), and Marjorie Miller (for the\n state and local impact).\n Sincerely,\n Barry B. Anderson,\n (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).\n Enclosure.\n H.R. 4601--A bill to provide for the conveyance of a small\n parcel of Bureau of Land Management land in Douglas\n County, Oregon, to the county to improve management of\n and recreational access to the Oregon Dunes National\n Recreation Area, and for other purposes\n CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4601 would not\n significantly affect the federal budget. The bill would\n direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without\n consideration, 68.8 acres of federal land to Douglas County,\n Oregon. The county would use that land for recreational\n purposes. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the\n parcel to be conveyed currently generates no significant\n receipts and is not expected to do so over the next 10 years.\n Hence, we estimate that enacting H.R. 4601 would not\n significantly affect direct spending or revenues. We also\n estimate that the agency's administrative costs to complete\n the proposed conveyance would be negligible.\n H.R. 4601 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector\n mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and\n would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.\n This conveyance would be voluntary on the part of Douglas\n County, as would any costs incurred by the county to comply\n with the conditions established by the bill.\n The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Megan Carroll\n (for federal costs), and Marjorie Miller (for the state and\n local impact). This estimate was approved by Peter H.\n Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2149-3", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 635", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2149", "E2150", "[{\"name\": \"James V. Hansen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"635\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"635\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2149", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2149-E2150]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 635\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES V. HANSEN\n\n of utah\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the attached cost estimate\nfor H.R. 635 be submitted for the Record under General Leave.\n\n U.S. Congress,\n\n Congressional Budget Office,\n\n Washington, DC, October 10, 2002.\n Hon. James V. Hansen,\n Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives,\n Washington, DC.\n Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has\n prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 635, the\n Homestead Steel Works National Historic Site Act.\n If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be\n pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Deborah\n Reis.\n Sincerely,\n Barry B. Anderson\n (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).\n Enclosure.\n H.R. 635--Homestead Steel Works National Historic Site Act\n Summary: H.R. 635 would establish the Homestead Steel Works\n National Historic Site (NHS) in Pennsylvania as a unit of the\n National Park System. The federal budgetary impact of\n enacting this legislation is uncertain and would depend on\n unknown factors such as the condition of property that may be\n acquired by the National Park Service (NPS), the need for\n mitigating environmental or other safety hazards, and the\n extent of nonfederal participation in the project. Depending\n on the level of restoration, stabilization, and development\n for visitor use that is undertaken, CBO estimates that\n initial costs to establish and operate the new NHS would be\n between $60 million and $120 million over the five years\n following enactment. Some of these costs could be borne by\n state, local, or nonprofit entities, but the legislation\n would not require cost-sharing. All federal spending to\n implement the project, including operating expenses of\n\n[[Page E2150]]\n\n about $1 million annually, would be subject to appropriation.\n Enacting the legislation would not affect direct spending or\n revenues.\n The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector\n mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act\n (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal\n governments.\n Major provisions: The Homestead Steel Works National\n Historic Site would consist of three or more separate\n properties in southwestern Pennsylvania--the Battle of\n Homestead site (between 3 acres and 5 acres and related\n structures), the 35-acre Carrie Furnace complex (including\n blast furnaces, an ore yard, and related buildings), the hot\n metal bridge over the Monongahela River, and possibly up to\n 10 acres of nearby land that may be acquired by the NPS for\n visitor and administrative facilities. H.R. 635 would\n authorize the NPS to accept donation of all of these sites as\n well as any related personal property. In addition to\n managing the NHS, the NPS could provide technical and\n financial assistance to local parties for their preservation\n and management efforts. The agency also would prepare a\n general management plan for the site within three years of\n the bill's enactment.\n Estimated cost to the Federal Government: CBO estimates\n that one-time planning, restoration, and development costs to\n establish the Homestead Steel NHS would be between $50\n million to $115 million over the first five years following\n the bill's enactment. Of this amount, an estimated $6 million\n to $14 million would be used to build administrative and\n visitor facilities and develop an interpretive program.\n Planning (including the preparation of a general management\n plan, historic structures report, environmental assessments,\n and other requisite studies) would cost $1 million over the\n first three years. The balance of one-time costs would be\n used to restore historic structures, stabilize or\n rehabilitate industrial property such as blast furnaces and\n the hot metal bridge, and mitigate hazardous conditions and\n environmental contamination.\n We estimate that managing the new NHS would increase NPS\n operating costs by a total of $5 million through 2007. After\n 2007, estimated ongoing costs would be about $1.5 million a\n year. Annual costs would include routine NPS operating\n expenses, services to secure and maintain special property\n such as the bridge and blast furnaces, and technical\n assistance to nonfederal participant organizations.\n This estimate is based on information provided by the\n nonprofit Steel Industry Heritage Corporation, the NPS, and\n other federal, state, and local agencies. For this estimate,\n CBO assumes that any property acquired for the proposed NHS\n would be donated to the NPS at no significant cost to the\n federal government. CBO further assumes that any significant\n contamination or other safety hazards located on donated\n property would be corrected before or soon after federal\n acquisition. (If the agency acquired contaminated or unsafe\n property, the federal government could be liable for future\n third-party damages, but CBO has no basis for estimating the\n likelihood or amount of such costs.)\n Intergovernmental and private-sector impact: The bill\n contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as\n defined in UMRA and would impose no costs on state, local, or\n tribal governments.\n Estimate prepared by: Federal costs: Deborah Reis; impact\n on state, local, and tribal governments: Marjorie Miller;\n impact on the private sector: Lauren Marks.\n Estimate approved by: Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant\n Director for Budget Analysis.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2149", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4912", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2149", "E2149", "[{\"name\": \"James V. Hansen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4912\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4912\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2149", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2149]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 4912\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES V. HANSEN\n\n of utah\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the attached cost estimate\nfor H.R. 4912 be submitted for the Record under General Leave.\n\n U.S. Congress,\n\n Congressional Budget Office,\n\n Washington, DC, October 25, 2002.\n Hon. James V. Hansen,\n Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives,\n Washington, DC.\n Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has\n prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4912, a bill to\n increase the penalties to be imposed for a violation of fire\n regulations applicable to public lands, National Park System\n lands, or National Forest System lands when the violation\n results in damage to public or private property, to specify\n the purpose for which collected fines may be used, and for\n other purposes.\n If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be\n pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contacts are Megan\n Carroll (for federal costs), and Annie Bartsch (for\n revenues).\n Sincerely,\n Barry B. Anderson,\n (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).\n Enclosure.\n H.R. 4912--A bill to increase the penalties to be imposed for\n a violation of fire regulations applicable to the public\n lands, National Park System lands, or National Forest\n System lands when the violation results in damage to\n public or private property, to specify the purposes for\n which collected fines may be used, and for other\n purposes.\n CBO estimates that H.R. 4912 would not significantly affect\n the federal budget. The bill would increase both revenues and\n direct spending, but by less than $500,000 a year. H.R. 4912\n contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as\n defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose\n no costs on state, local, or tribal government.\n H.R. 4912 would increase fines and imprisonment terms for\n violating fire regulations on certain federal lands. The bill\n would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the\n Secretary of the Interior to spend, without further\n appropriation, amounts received from such fines to reimburse\n the appropriate department for certain costs incurred to\n respond to fires, rehabilitate damaged lands, and increase\n public awareness of legal requirements regarding the use of\n fire on public lands.\n Under current law, collections of such fines are recorded\n in the budget as governmental receipts (revenues) and are\n deposited in the Crime Victims Fund and later spent. Based on\n information from the Department of the Interior and the\n Forest Service, CBO estimates that increasing those fines and\n authorizing the agencies to spend them would increase\n revenues and direct spending by less than $500,000 annually.\n We also estimate that any increased costs for prison\n operations, which would be subject to appropriation, would\n not be significant.\n The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Megan Carroll\n (for federal costs), and Annie Bartsch (for revenues). This\n estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant\n Director for Budget Analysis.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2150-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 5319", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2150", "E2151", "[{\"name\": \"James V. Hansen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5319\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5319\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2150", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2150-E2151]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 5319\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES V. HANSEN\n\n of utah\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the attached cost estimate\nfor H.R. 5319 be submitted for the Record under General Leave.\n\n U.S. Congress,\n\n Congressional Budget Office,\n\n Washington, DC, October 16, 2002.\n Hon. James V. Hansen,\n Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives,\n Washington, DC.\n Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has\n prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 5319, the\n Healthy Forests and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act of 2002.\n If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be\n pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contacts are Deborah\n Reis and Megan Carroll.\n Sincerely,\n Barry B. Anderson,\n (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).\n Enclosure.\n H.R. 5319--Healthy Forests and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act of\n 2002\n Summary: H.R. 5319 would establish procedures to be\n followed by the Department of the Interior and the Department\n of Agriculture in carrying out certain hazardous fuels\n reduction projects. These are projects undertaken to reduce\n the risks from catastrophic wildfires through controlled\n burning or other methods. The bill also would authorize the\n appropriation of whatever amounts are necessary to implement\n the bill's new procedures and to plan and conduct the\n projects to reduce wildfire risks.\n Assuming appropriation of the amounts necessary to carry\n out the hazardous fuels reduction program, CBO estimates that\n implementing the bill would cost about $80 million in fiscal\n year 2003 and nearly $1.3 billion over the 2003-2007 period.\n Enacting this legislation could reduce offsetting receipts (a\n credit against direct spending), but CBO estimates that any\n such changes would be less than $500,000 a year.\n The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector\n mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act\n (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal\n governments.\n Major provisions: H.R. 5319 would authorize expedited\n procedures for planning and conducting projects to reduce the\n risk of wildfires on certain high-priority federal lands\n managed by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land\n Management (BLM). These procedures, which would limit some\n environmental assessment requirements and shorten\n administrative and judicial appeals, would apply to projects\n necessary to reduce risks to human life, property, water\n supplies, and wildlife. The expedited procedures authorized\n by the legislation would expire after September 30, 2005.\n The legislation also would authorize the Forest Service and\n BLM to carry out the hazardous fuels reduction projects by\n entering into stewardship contracts or other agreements\n similar to those currently used by the Forest Service. The\n two agencies would be allowed to enter into a total of 41 new\n multiyear contracts through September 30, 2005.\n Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated\n budgetary impact of H.R. 5319 is shown in the following\n table. The costs of this legislation fall within budget\n function 300 (natural resources and environment).\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n By fiscal year, in millions of\n dollars--\n ----------------------------------\n 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n CHANGES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION\n\nHazardous fuels reduction projects:\n \\1\\\n Estimated authorization level.... 410 420 430 450 460\n Estimated outlays................ 80 170 250 340 430\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\\1\\ In 2002, $395 million was appropriated for similar activities.\n\n Basis of estimate: For this estimate, CBO assumes that H.R.\n 5319 will be enacted early\n\n[[Page E2151]]\n\n in fiscal year 2003 and that the amounts estimated to be\n necessary to carry out the hazardous fuels reduction program\n are appropriated for each fiscal year. The estimated costs\n are based on the amounts appropriated to the Forest Service\n and BLM for similar activities in 2002, including adjustments\n for anticipated inflation. (No appropriations have yet been\n enacted for this purpose in 2003.) Outlays are estimated on\n the basis of historical spending patterns for this activity.\n Section 11 of the bill would expand and extend the\n authority provided for a pilot stewardship contract program\n in Public Law 105-277, the Department of the Interior and\n Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999. Under the new\n authority, both agencies could contract out hazardous fuels\n reduction projects and reduce payments to their contractors\n by the value of timber and other vegetation that a contractor\n retained. Because the new contracts could apply to lands that\n may otherwise have been the subject of future timber sales,\n offsetting receipts could be reduced by the value of removed\n vegetation that otherwise would have been sold. CBO estimates\n that the effect on such receipts would be less than $500,000\n a year because most of the projects authorized by the bill\n would not be conducted on commercially valuable timberlands\n anyway.\n Intergovernmental and private-sector impact: H.R. 5319\n contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as\n defined in UMRA and would impose no costs on state, local, or\n tribal governments.\n Estimate prepared by: Federal costs: Deborah Reis and Megan\n Carroll; Impact on state, local, and tribal governments:\n Marjorie Miller; Impact on the private sector: Lauren Marks.\n Estimate approved by: Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant\n Director for Budget Analysis."], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgE2150", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 5399", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2150", "E2150", "[{\"name\": \"James V. Hansen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5399\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5399\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2150", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2150]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COST ESTIMATE FOR H.R. 5399\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES V. HANSEN\n\n of utah\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Monday, December 16, 2002\n\n Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the attached cost estimate\nfor H.R. 5399 be submitted for the Record under General Leave.\n\n U.S. Congress,\n\n Congressional Budget Office,\n\n Washington, DC, October 23, 2002.\n Hon. James V. Hansen,\n Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives,\n Washington, DC.\n Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has\n prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 5399, the\n Carpinteria and Montecito Water Distribution Systems\n Conveyance Act of 2002.\n If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be\n pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Julie\n Middleton.\n Sincerely,\n Barry B. Anderson\n (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).\n Enclosure.\n H.R. 5399--Carpinteria and Montecito Water Distribution\n Systems Conveyance Act of 2002\n CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 5399 would have no\n significant impact on the federal budget. This bill would\n direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right,\n title, and interest of the federal government in the\n Carpinteria Distribution System to the Carpinteria Valley\n Water District, and in the Montecito Water Distribution\n System to the Montecito Water District. Both of these water\n distribution systems are part of the Cachuma Project in Santa\n Barbara County, California.\n The Carpinteria Valley Water District has made all required\n payments on its contract with the Bureau of Reclamation for\n construction of the Carpinteria Distribution System. The\n Montecito Water District still owes about $9,000 for\n construction of the Montecito Water Distribution System and\n would be required to pay that sum as a condition of\n conveyance. Currently, the bureau spends less than $5,000\n every three years to inspect these water distribution\n systems. Once these systems are conveyed, all operations and\n maintenance, including inspections, would be the\n responsibility of the districts.\n Enacting H.R. 5399 would not affect direct spending or\n revenues. This legislation contains no intergovernmental or\n private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates\n Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or\n tribal governments.\n The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Julie Middleton.\n This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy\n Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH-FrontMatter", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "House of Representatives", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "FRONTMATTER", "H9129", "H9129", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. H9129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Page H9129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S\n\nVol. 148\n\nWASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002\n\nNo. 153"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9129-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9129", "H9129", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"117\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"727\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2595\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3210\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3908\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5005\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5469\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. H9129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Page H9129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT\n\n Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House reports that on November 22, 2002\nhe presented to the President of the United States, for his approval,\nthe following bills:\n\n H.J. Res 117. Approving the location of the commemorative\n work in the District of Columbia honoring former President\n John Adams.\n H.R. 727. To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to\n provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer\n products subject to such act.\n H.R. 2595. To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey a\n parcel of land to Chatham County, Georgia.\n H.R. 3210. To ensure the continued financial capacity of\n insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.\n H.R. 3908. To reauthorize the North American Wetlands\n Conservation Act, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5005. To establish the Department of Homeland\n Security, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5469. To amend title 17, United States Code, with\n respect to the statutory license for webcasting, and for\n other purposes.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9129-3", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "COMMUNICATION FROM STAFF MEMBER OF THE HONORABLE JOHN M. McHUGH AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9129", "H9129", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. H9129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Page H9129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n COMMUNICATION FROM STAFF MEMBER OF THE HONORABLE JOHN M. McHUGH AFTER\n SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT\n\n November 8, 2002.\n Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,\n The Speaker, House of Representatives,\n Washington, DC.\n Dear Mr. Speaker: This is to formally notify you, pursuant\n to Rule VIII of the Rules of the House, that I have been\n served with a trial subpoena for testimony and documents\n issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District\n of New York.\n After consultation with the Office of General Counsel, I\n have determined that compliance with the subpoena is\n consistent with the precedents and privileges of the House.\n Sincerely,\n\n Ruth Mary Ortloff,\n\n Consultant Services\n Representatives.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9129-4", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ENROLLEDSIGNED", "H9129", "H9130", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"38\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"308\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"451\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"706\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1712\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1776\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1814\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1870\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1906\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1925\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2099\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2109\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2115\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2187\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2385\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2458\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2628\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2818\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2828\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2937\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2990\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3048\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3180\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3401\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3449\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3609\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3747\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3858\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3909\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3954\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4129\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4638\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4664\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4682\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4692\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4750\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4823\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4874\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4883\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4944\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4953\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5099\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5125\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5436\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5472\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5738\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. H9129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Pages H9129-H9130]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT\n\n Mr. Trandahl, Clerk of the House, reported and found truly enrolled\nbills of the House of the following titles, which were thereupon signed\nby the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, on December 2,\n2002:\n\n H.R. 38. An act to provide for additional lands to be\n included within the boundaries of the Homestead National\n Monument of America in the State of Nebraska, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 308. An act to establish the Guam War Claims Review\n Commission.\n H.R. 451. An act to make certain adjustments to the\n boundaries of the Mount Nebo Wilderness Area, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 706. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to\n convey certain properties in the vicinity of the Elephant\n Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir, New Mexico.\n H.R. 1712. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to make adjustments to the boundary of the National\n Park of American Samoa to include certain portions of the\n islands of Ofu and Olosega within the park, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 1776. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of\n establishing the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in west\n Houston, Texas.\n H.R. 1814. An act to amend the National Trails System Act\n to designate the Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail\n extending through western Massachusetts and central\n Connecticut for study for potential addition to the National\n Trails System.\n H.R. 1870. An act to provide for the sale of certain real\n property within the Newlands Project in Nevada, to the city\n of Fallon, Nevada.\n H.R. 1906. An act to amend the Act that established the\n Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park to expand the\n boundaries of that park.\n H.R. 1925. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the\n Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as a unit of the\n N O T I C E\n\nEffective January 1, 2003, the subscription price of the\nCongressional Record will be $434 per year or $217 for six months.\nIndividual issues may be purchased for $6.00 per copy.\nSubscriptions in microfiche format will be $141 per year with\nsingle copies priced at $1.50. This price increase is necessary\nbased upon the cost of printing and distribution.\n\n Bruce\nR. James, Public Printer\n[[Page H9130]]\n\n National Park System, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2099. An act to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public\n Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide adequate funding\n authorization for the Vancouver National Historic Reserve.\n H.R. 2109. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key\n Beach Park in Biscayne Bay, Florida, for possible inclusion\n in the National Park System.\n H.R. 2115. An act To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and\n Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the\n Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design,\n planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse\n wastewater within and outside of the service area of the\n Lakehaven Utility District, Washington.\n H.R. 2187. An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to\n make receipts collected from mineral leasing activities on\n certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover\n environmental restoration, waste management, and\n environmental compliance costs incurred by the United States\n with respect to the reserves.\n H.R. 2385. An act to convey certain property to the city of\n St. George, Utah, in order to provide for the protection and\n preservation of certain rare paleontological resources on\n that property, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2628. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of\n establishing the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in\n Alabama, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2818. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to convey certain public land within the Sand\n Mountain Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to\n resolve an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1971.\n H.R. 2828. An act to authorize payments to certain Klamath\n Project water distribution entities for amounts assessed by\n the entities for operation and maintenance of the Project's\n transferred works for 2001, to authorize refunds to such\n entities of amounts collected by the Bureau of Reclamation\n for reserved works for 2001, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2937. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain\n public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a shooting\n range.\n H.R. 2990. An act to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley\n Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to\n authorize additional projects under that Act, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 3048. An act to resolve the claims of Cook Inlet\n Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian River in the\n State of Alaska.\n H.R. 3180. An act to consent to certain amendments to the\n New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.\n H.R. 3401. An act to provide for the conveyance of Forest\n Service facilities and lands comprising the Five Mile\n Regional Learning Center in the State of California to the\n Clovis Unified School District, to authorize a new special\n use permit regarding the continued use of unconveyed lands\n comprising the Center, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3449. An act to revise the boundaries of the George\n Washington Birthplace National Monument, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 3747. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to conduct a study of the site commonly known as Eagledale\n Ferry Dock at Taylor Avenue in the State of Washington for\n potential inclusion in the National Park System.\n H.R. 3858. An act to modify the boundaries of the New River\n Gorge National River, West Virginia.\n H.R. 3909. An act to designate certain Federal lands in the\n State of Utah as the Gunn McKay Nature Preserve, and for\n other purposes.\n H.R. 3954. An act to designate certain waterways in the\n Caribbean National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico\n as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System,\n and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4129. An act to amend the Central Utah Project\n Completion Act to clarify the responsibilities of the\n Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Central Utah\n Project, to redirect unexpended budget authority for the\n Central Utah Project for wastewater treatment and reuse and\n other purposes, to provide for prepayment of repayment\n contracts for municipal and industrial water delivery\n facilities, and to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment.\n H.R. 4638. An act to reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water\n Supply Project.\n H.R. 4682. An act to revise the boundary of the Allegheny\n Portage Railroad National Historic Site, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 4692. An act to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to\n authorize the Establishment of the Andersonville National\n Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other\n purposes'', to provide for the addition of certain donated\n lands in the Andersonville National Historic Site.\n H.R. 4750. An act to designate certain lands in the State\n of California as components of the National Wilderness\n Preservation System, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4823. An act to repeal the sunset of the Economic\n Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect\n to the exclusion from Federal income tax for restitution\n received by victims of the Nazi Regime.\n H.R. 4874. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to disclaim any Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit\n Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from\n possible commission of lands from an 1880 survey.\n H.R. 4944. An act to designate the Cedar Creek and Belle\n Grove National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park\n System, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4953. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to grant to Deschutes and Crook Counties in the State of\n Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road.\n H.R. 5099. An act to extend the periods of authorization\n for the Secretary of the Interior to implement capital\n construction projects associated with the endangered fish\n recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and\n San Juan River Basins.\n H.R. 5125. An act to amend the American Battlefield\n Protection Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to establish a battlefield acquisition grant\n program.\n H.R. 5436. An act to extend the deadline for commencement\n of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of\n Oregon.\n H.R. 5472. An act to extend for 6 months the period for\n which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is\n reenacted.\n H.R. 5738. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act\n with respect to special diabetes programs for Type 1 diabetes\n and Indians.\n\n On December 5, 2002, the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. Tom Davis of\nVirginia, signed:\n\n H.R. 2458. An act to enhance the management and promotion\n of electronic Government services and processes by\n establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the\n Office of Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad\n framework of measures that require using Internet-based\n information technology to enhance citizen access to\n Government information and services, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3609. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to\n enhance the security and safety of pipelines.\n H.R. 4664. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal\n years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 for the National\n Science Foundation, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4883. An act to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services\n Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9129", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT OF THE 107TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9129", "H9129", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. H9129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Page H9129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[[Page H9129]]\n\n PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT\n OF THE 107TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION\n\nOMISSION FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002, AT\nPAGE H9126\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9130-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9130", "H9131", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"38\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"308\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"451\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"706\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1712\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1776\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1814\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1870\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1906\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1925\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2099\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2109\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2115\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2187\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2385\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2458\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2628\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2818\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2828\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2937\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2990\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3048\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3180\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3401\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3449\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3609\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3747\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3833\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3858\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3909\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3954\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4129\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4546\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4628\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4638\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4664\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4682\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4692\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4750\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4823\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4874\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4883\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4944\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4953\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5099\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5125\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5436\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5472\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5504\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5738\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. H9130", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Pages H9130-H9131]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT\n\n Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House reports that on November 25, 2002\nhe presented to the President of the United States, for his approval,\nthe following bill.\n\n H.R. 4628. ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year\n 2003''.\n\n Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House reports that on November 26, 2002\nhe presented to the President of the United States, for his approval,\nthe following bills.\n\n H.R. 3833. ``Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of\n 2002''.\n H.R. 4546. To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003\n for military activities of the Department of Defense, for\n military construction, and for defense activities of the\n Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths of\n such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 5504. To provide for the improvement of the safety of\n child restraints in passenger motor vehicles, and for other\n purposes.\n\n Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House reports that on December 4, 2002 he\npresented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the\nfollowing bills.\n\n H.R. 38. To provide for additional lands to be included\n within the boundaries of the Homestead National Monument of\n America in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 308. To establish the Guam War Claims Review\n Commission.\n H.R. 451. To make certain adjustments to the boundaries of\n the Mount Nebo Wilderness Area, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 706. ``Lease Lot Conveyance Act of 2002''.\n H.R. 1712. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to\n make adjustments to the boundary of the National Park of\n American Samoa to include certain portions of the islands of\n Ofu and Olosega with the park, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 1776. ``Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Study\n Act''.\n H.R. 1814. ``Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail Study\n Act of 2002''.\n H.R. 1870. ``Fallon Rail Freight Loading Facility Transfer\n Act''.\n H.R. 1906. To amend the Act that established the Pu'uhonua\n O Honaunau National Historical Park to expand the boundaries\n of that park.\n H.R. 1925. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study\n the suitability and feasibility\n\n[[Page H9131]]\n\n of designating the Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as\n a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.\n\n Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House reports that on December 6, 2002 he\npresented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the\nfollowing bills.\n\n H.R. 2099. To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands\n Management Act of 1996 to provide adequate funding\n authorization for the Vancouver National Historic Reserves.\n H.R. 2109. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to\n conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key Beach Park\n in Biscayne, Florida, for possible inclusion in the National\n Park System.\n H.R. 2115. To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and\n Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the\n Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design,\n planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse\n wastewater within and outside of the service area of the\n Lakehaven Utility District, Washington.\n H.R. 2187. To amend title 10, United States Code, to make\n receipts collected from mineral leasing activities on certain\n naval oil shale reserves available to cover environmental\n restoration, waste management, and environmental compliance\n costs incurred by the United States with respect to the\n reserves.\n H.R. 2385. ``Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve\n Act''.\n H.R. 2628. ``Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area Study Act\n of 2002''.\n H.R. 2818. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to\n convey certain public land within the Sand Mountain\n Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to resolve an\n occupancy encroachment dating back to 1971.\n H.R. 2828. ``Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and\n Maintenance Refund Act of 2002''.\n H.R. 2937. To provide for the conveyance of certain public\n land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a shooting range.\n H.R. 2990. ``Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources\n Conservation and Improvement Act of 2002''.\n\n Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House reports that on December 9, 2002 he\npresented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the\nfollowing bills.\n\n H.R. 2458. ``E-Government Act of 2002''.\n H.R. 3048. ``Russian River Land Act''.\n H.R. 3180. To consent to certain amendments to the New\n Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.\n H.R. 3401. ``California Five Mile Regional Learning Center\n Transfer Act''.\n H.R. 3449. To revise the boundaries of the George\n Washington Birthplace National Monument, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 3609. ``Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002''.\n H.R. 3747. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to\n conduct a study of the site commonly known as Eagledale Ferry\n Dock at Taylor Avenue in the State of Washington for\n potential inclusion in the National Park System.\n H.R. 3858. To modify the boundaries of the New River Gorge\n National River, West Virginia.\n H.R. 3909. ``Gunn McKay Nature Preserve Act''.\n H.R. 3954. ``Caribbean National Forest Wild and Scenic\n Rivers Act of 2002''.\n H.R. 4129. To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act\n to clarify the responsibilities of the Secretary of the\n Interior with respect to the Central Utah Project, to\n redirect unexpended budget authority for the Central Utah\n Project for wastewater treatment and reuse and other\n purposes, to provide for prepayment of repayment contracts\n for municipal and industrial water delivery facilities, and\n to eliminate to deadline for such payment.\n H.R. 4638. To reauthorize the Mini Wiconi Rural Water\n Supply Project.\n H.R. 4664. ``National Science Foundation Authorization Act\n of 2002''.\n H.R. 4883. To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services\n Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes.\n\n Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House reports that on December 10, 2002\nhe presented to the President of the United States, for his approval,\nthe following bills.\n\n H.R. 4682. To revise the boundary of the Allegheny Portage\n Railroad National Historic Site, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4692. To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize\n the Establishment of the Andersonville National Historic Site\n in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'', to provide\n for the addition of certain donated lands to the\n Andersonville National Historic Site.\n H.R. 4750. ``Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act of\n 2002''.\n H.R. 4823. ``Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act of\n 2002''.\n H.R. 4874. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to\n disclaim any Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit\n Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from\n possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey.\n H.R. 4944. ``Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National\n Historical Park Act''.\n H.R. 4953. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to grant\n to Deschutes and Crook Counties in the State of Oregon a\n right-of-way to West Butte Road.\n H.R. 5099. To extend the periods of authorization for the\n Secretary of the Interior to implement capital construction\n projects associated with the endangered fish recovery\n implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan\n River Basins.\n H.R. 5125. ``Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of\n 2002''.\n H.R. 5436. To extend the deadline for commencement of\n construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of\n Oregon.\n H.R. 5472. To extend for 6 months the period for which\n chapter 12 of the title 11 of the United States Code is\n reenacted.\n H.R. 5738. To amend the Public Health Service Act with\n respect to special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and\n Indians.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9130", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "SENATE ENROLLED BILL SIGNED AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ENROLLEDSIGNED", "H9130", "H9130", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2017\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. H9130", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Page H9130]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n SENATE ENROLLED BILL SIGNED AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT\n\n The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, announced his\nsignature to an enrolled bill of the Senate of the following title on\nDecember 2, 2002:\n\n S. 2017. 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Rec. H9131", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Pages H9131-H9133]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nBILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE\n ADJOURNMENT\n\n On July 23:\n H.J. Res. 87. Joint Resolution approving the site at Yucca\n Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the\n disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear\n fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.\n On July 24:\n H.R. 2362. An act to establish the Benjamin Franklin\n Tercentenary Commission.\n H.R. 3971. An act to provide for an independent\n investigation of Forest Service fire-fighter deaths that are\n caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover.\n On July 30:\n H.R. 3763. An act to protect investors by improving the\n accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made\n pursuant to the securities laws, and for other purposes.\n On August 1:\n H.R. 3487. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act\n with respect to health professions programs regarding the\n field of nursing.\n On August 2:\n H.R. 4775. An act making supplemental appropriations for\n further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on\n the United States for the fiscal year ending September 30,\n 2002, and for other purposes.\n On August 5:\n H.R. 2175. An act to protect infants who are born alive.\n On August 6:\n H.R. 1209. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality\n Act to determine whether an alien is a child, for purposes of\n classification as an immediate relative, based on the age of\n the alien on the date the classification petition with\n respect to the alien is filed, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3009. An act to extend the Andean Trade Preference\n Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and\n for other purposes.\n On August 21:\n H.R. 223. An act to amend the Clear Creek County, Colorado,\n Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993 to provide additional time\n for Clear Creek County to dispose of certain lands\n transferred to the county under the Act.\n H.R. 309. An act to provide for the determination of\n withholding tax rates under the Guam income tax.\n H.R. 601. An act to redesignate certain lands within the\n Craters of the Moon National Monument, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 1384. An act to amend the National Trails System Act\n to designate the route in Arizona and New Mexico which the\n Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indian Tribes were forced to walk\n in 1863 and 1864, for study for potential addition to the\n National Trails System.\n H.R. 1856. An act to expand the boundary of the Booker T.\n Washington National Monument, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 1576. An act to designate the James Peak Wilderness\n and Protection Area in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National\n Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2068. An act to revise, codify, and enact without\n substantive change certain general and permanent laws,\n related to public buildings, property, and works, as title\n 40, United States Code, ``Public Buildings, Property, and\n Works.''\n H.R. 2234. An act to revise the boundary of the Tumacacori\n National Historical Park in the State of Arizona.\n H.R. 2440. An act to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park as ``Wolf\n Trap National Park for the Performing Arts'', and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 2441. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to\n redesignate a facility as the National Hansen's Disease\n Programs Center, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2643. An act to authorize the acquisition of\n additional lands for inclusion in the Fort Clatsop National\n Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3343. An act to amend title X of the Energy Policy Act\n of 1992, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3380. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas\n pipelines within the boundary of Great Smoky Mountains\n National Park.\n On September 18:\n H.R. 5012. An act to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act\n to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a\n\n[[Page H9132]]\n\n project for construction of a plaza adjacent to the John F.\n Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other\n purposes.\n On September 24:\n H.R. 3287. An act to redesignate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, in\n Washington, D.C. as the ``Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas\n Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center.''\n H.R. 3971. An act to authorize a national memorial to\n commemorate the passengers and crew of Flight 93 who, on\n September 11, 2001, courageously gave their lives thereby\n thwarting a planned attack on our Nation's Capital, and for\n other purposes.\n H.R. 5207. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 6101 West Old Shakopee Road\n in Bloomington, Minnesota, as the ``Thomas E. Burnett, Jr.\n Post Office Building.''\n On September 30:\n H.J. Res. 111. Joint Resolution making continuing\n appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 1646. An act to authorize appropriations for the\n Department of State for fiscal year 2003, to authorize\n appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the\n Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for\n fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.\n On October 1:\n H.R. 3880. An act to provide a temporary waiver from\n certain transportation conformity requirements and\n metropolitan transportation planning requirements under the\n Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas of New\n York where the planning offices and resources have been\n destroyed by acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4687. An act to provide for the establishment of\n investigative teams to assess building performance and\n emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of\n any building failure that has resulted in substantial loss of\n life or that posed significant potential of substantial loss\n of life.\n H.R. 5157. An act to amend section 5307 of title 49, United\n States Code, to allow transit systems in urbanized areas\n that, for the first time, exceeded 200,000 in population\n according to the 2000 census to retain flexibility in the use\n of Federal transit formula grants in fiscal year 2003, and\n for other purposes.\n On October 4:\n H.J. Res. 112. Joint Resolution making further continuing\n appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 486. An act for the relief of Barbara Makuch.\n H.R. 487. An act for the relief of Eugene Makuch.\n H.R. 4558. An act to extend the Irish Peace Process\n Cultural and Training Program.\n On October 9:\n H.R. 640. An act to adjust the boundaries of Santa Monica\n Mountains National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.\n On October 11:\n H.J. Res. 122. Joint Resolution making further continuing\n appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other\n purposes.\n On October 16:\n H.J. Res. 114. Joint Resolution to authorize the use of\n United States Armed Forces against Iraq.\n H.R. 3214. An act to amend the charter of the AMVETS\n organization.\n H.R. 3838. An act to amend the charter of the Veterans of\n Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make\n members of the armed forces who receive special pay for duty\n subject to hostile fire or imminent danger eligible for\n membership in the organization, and for other purposes.\n On October 18:\n H.J. Res. 123. Joint Resolution making further continuing\n appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other\n purposes.\n On October 21:\n H.R. 5531. An act to facilitate famine relief efforts and a\n comprehensive solution to the war in Sudan.\n On October 23:\n H.R. 2121. An act to make available funds under the Foreign\n Assistance Act of 1961 to expand democracy, good governance,\n and anti-corruption programs in the Russian Federation in\n order to promote and strengthen democratic government and\n civil society and independent media in that country.\n H.R. 4085. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to\n provide a cost-of-living increase in the rates of\n compensation for veterans with service-connected disability\n and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving\n spouses of such veterans, to expend certain benefits for\n veterans and their survivors, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5010. An act making appropriations for the Department\n of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and\n for other purposes.\n H.R. 5011. An act making appropriations for military\n construction, family housing, and base realignment and\n closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year\n ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.\n On October 26:\n H.R. 5651. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and\n Cosmetic Act to make improvements in the regulation of\n medical devices, and for other purposes.\n On October 29:\n H.J. Res. 113. Joint Resolution recognizing the\n contributions of Patsy Takemoto Mink.\n H.R. 2486. An act to authorize the National Oceanic and\n Atmospheric Administration, through the United States Weather\n Research Program, to conduct research and development,\n training, and outreach activities relating to inland flood\n forecasting improvement, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3295. An act to establish a program to provide funds\n to States to replace punch card voting systems, to establish\n the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the\n administration of Federal elections and to otherwise provide\n assistance with the administration of certain Federal\n election laws and programs, to establish minimum election\n administration standards for States and units of local\n government with responsibility for the administration of\n Federal elections, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5647. An act to authorize the duration of the base\n contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to be\n more than five years but not more than seven years.\n On October 30:\n H.R. 669. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 127 Social Street in\n Woonsocket, Rhode Island, as the ``Alphonse F. Auclair Post\n Office Building.''\n H.R. 670. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 7 Commercial Street in\n Newport, Rhode Island, as the ``Bruce F. Cotta Post Office\n Building.''\n H.R. 3034. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 89 River Street in Hoboken,\n New Jersey, as the ``Frank Sinatra Post Office Building.''\n H.R. 3738. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 1299 North 7th Street In\n Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Herbert Arlene Post\n Office Building.''\n H.R. 3739. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 6150 North Broad Street in\n Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Rev. Leon Sullivan Post\n Office Building.''\n H.R. 3740. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 925 Dickinson Street in\n Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``William A. Cibotti Post\n Office Building.''\n H.R. 4102. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 120 North Maine Street in\n Fallon, Nevada, as the ``Rollan D. Melton Post Office\n Building.''\n H.R. 4717. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 1199 Pasadena Boulevard in\n Pasadena, Texas, as the ``Jim Fonteno Post Office Building.''\n H.R. 4755. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 204 South Broad Street in\n Lancaster, Ohio, as the ``Clarence Miller Post Office\n Building.''\n H.R. 4794. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 1895 Avenida Del Oro in\n Oceanside, California, as the ``Ronald C. Packard Post Office\n Building.''\n H.R. 4797. An act to redesignate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 265 South Western Avenue,\n Los Angeles, California, as the ``Nat King Cole Post\n Office.''\n H.R. 4851. An act to redesignate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 6910 South Yorktown Avenue\n in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``Robert Wayne Jenkins Station.''\n On November 2:\n H.R. 2215. An act to authorize appropriations for the\n Department of Justice for fiscal year 2002, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 4967. An act to establish new non-immigrant classes\n for border commuter students.\n H.R. 5542. An act to consolidate all black lung benefit\n responsibility under a single official, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 5596. An act to amend section 527 of the Internal\n Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate notification and return\n requirements for State and local party committees and\n candidate committees and avoid duplicate reporting by certain\n State and local political committees of information required\n to be reported and made publicly available under State law,\n and for other purposes.\n On November 5:\n H.R. 2245. An act for the relief of Anisha Goveas Foti.\n H.R. 2733. An act to authorize the National Institute of\n Standards and Technology to work with major manufacturing\n industries on an initiative of standards development and\n implementation for electronic enterprise integration.\n H.R. 3656. An act to amend the International Organizations\n Immunities Act to provide for the applicability of that Act\n to the European Central Bank.\n H.R. 3801. An act to provide for improvement of Federal\n education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and\n disseminations and for other purposes.\n On November 6:\n H.R. 4013. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to\n establish an Office of Rare Diseases at the National\n Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4014. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and\n Cosmetic Act with respect to the development of products for\n rare diseases.\n H.R. 5200. An act to establish wilderness areas, promote\n conservation, improve public land, and provide for high\n quality development in Clark County, Nevada, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 5308. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located\n\n[[Page H9133]]\n\n at 301 South Howes Street in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the\n ``Barney Apodaca Post Office.''\n H.R. 5333. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 4 East Central Street in\n Worcester, Massachusetts, as the ``Joseph D. Early Post\n Office Building.''\n H.R. 5336. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located at 380 Main Street in\n Farmingdale, New York, as the ``Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Post\n Office Building.''\n H.R. 5340. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located in 5805 White Oak Avenue in\n Encino, California, as the ``Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post\n Office.''\n On November 7:\n H.R. 3253. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to\n enhance emergency preparedness for the Department of Veterans\n Affairs, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4015. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to\n revise and improve employment, training, and placement\n services furnished to veterans, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4685. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to\n expand the types of Federal agencies that are required to\n prepare audited financial statements.\n H.R. 5205. An act to amend the District of Columbia\n Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to permit the Secretary of\n the Treasury to use estimated amounts in determining the\n service longevity component of the Federal benefit payment\n required to be paid under such Act to certain retirees of the\n Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.\n H.R. 5574. An act to designate the facility of the United\n States Postal Service located a 206 South Main Street in\n Glennville, Georgia, as the ``Michael Lee Woodcock Post\n Office.''\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9133-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT SUBSEQUENT TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9133", "H9133", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"117\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"124\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1070\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2546\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2621\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3210\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3340\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3389\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3394\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3758\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3908\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3988\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4546\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4628\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4727\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4878\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5005\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5349\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5590\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5708\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5716\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. H9133", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Page H9133]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT SUBSEQUENT TO\n SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT\n\n The President, subsequent to sine die adjournment of the 2nd Session,\n107th Congress, notified the Clerk of the House that on the following\ndates he had approved and signed bills and joint resolutions of the\nfollowing titles:\n\n On November 25:\n H.J. Res. 124. Joint Resolution making further continuing\n appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other\n purposes.\n On November 25:\n H.R. 5005. An act to establish the Department of Homeland\n Security, and for other purposes.\n On November 26:\n H.R. 2546. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to\n prohibit States from requiring a license or fee on account of\n the fact that a motor vehicle is providing interstate pre-\n arranged ground transportation service, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 3210. An act to ensure the continued financial\n capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from\n terrorism.\n H.R. 3389. An act to reauthorize the National Sea Grant\n College Program Act, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4878. An act to provide for estimates and reports of\n improper payments by Federal agencies.\n H.R. 5349. An act to facilitate the use of a portion of the\n former O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, by\n the local Boys and Girls Club through the release of the\n reversionary interest and other interests retained by the\n United States in 1955 when the land was conveyed to the State\n of Missouri.\n On November 27:\n H.R. 1070. An act to amend the Federal Water Pollution\n Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the\n Environmental Protection Agency to carry out projects and\n conduct research for remediation of sediment contamination in\n areas of concern in the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3340. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to\n allow certain catch-up contributions to the Thrift Savings\n Plan to be made by participants age 50 or over; to\n reauthorize the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office\n of Special Counsel; and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3394. An act to authorize funding for computer and\n network security research and development and research\n fellowship programs, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4628. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal\n year 2003 for intelligence and intelligence-related\n activities of the United States Government, the Community\n Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency\n Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.\n On December 2:\n H.J. Res. 117. Joint Resolution approving the location of\n the commemorative work in the District of Columbia honoring\n former President John Adams.\n H.R. 2621. An act to amend title 18, United States Code,\n with respect to consumer product protection.\n H.R. 3758. An act for the relief of So Hyun Jun.\n H.R. 3908. An act to reauthorize the North American\n Wetlands Conservation Act, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3988. An act to amend title 36, United States Code, to\n clarify the requirements for eligibility in the American\n Legion.\n H.R. 4546. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal\n year 2003 for military activities of the Department of\n Defense, for military construction, and for defense\n activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe\n personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces\n and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4727. An act to reauthorize the national dam safety\n program, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5590. An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to\n provide for the enforcement and effectiveness of civilian\n orders to protection on military installations.\n H.R. 5708. An act to reduce preexisting PAYGO balances, and\n for other purposes.\n H.R. 5716. An act to amend the Employee Retirement Income\n Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to\n extend the mental health benefits parity provisions for an\n additional year.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9133-3", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT SUBSEQUENT TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9133", "H9134", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"53\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1214\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2239\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3044\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3156\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. H9133", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Pages H9133-H9134]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT SUBSEQUENT TO SINE DIE\n ADJOURNMENT\n\n The President, subsequent to sine die adjournment of the 2nd Session,\n107th Congress, notified the Clerk of the House that on the following\ndates he had approved and signed bills of the Senate of the following\ntitles:\n\n On November 25:\n S. 1214. An act to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to\n establish a program to ensure greater security for United\n States seaports, and for other purposes.\n On November 26:\n S. 3044. An act to authorize the Court Services and\n Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to\n provide for the interstate supervision of offenders on\n parole, probation, and supervised release.\n On December 2:\n S. 3156. An act to provide a grant for the construction of\n a new community center in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of\n the late Senator Paul Wellstone and his beloved wife, Sheila.\n\n[[Page H9134]]\n\n On December 4:\n S. 2239. An act to amend the National Housing Act to\n simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage\n insurance for single family homebuyers.\n S.J. Res. 53. Joint Resolution relative to the convening of\n the first session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9133", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9133", "H9133", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"13\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"13\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"238\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"238\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1175\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1175\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1210\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1210\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1227\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1227\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1270\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1270\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1325\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1325\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1339\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1339\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1533\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1533\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1646\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1646\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1834\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1834\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2558\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2558\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2594\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2594\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2690\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2690\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2810\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2810\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. H9133", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Page H9133]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT PRIOR TO\n SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT\n\n On July 23:\n S. 2594. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury\n to purchase silver on the open market when the silver\n stockpile is depleted, to be used to mint coins.\n On August 6:\n S.J. Res. 13. Joint Resolution conferring honorary\n citizenship of the United States posthumously on Marie Joseph\n Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motler, the Marquis de Lafayette.\n On October 1:\n S. 1834. An act for the relief of retired Sergeant First\n Class James D. Benoit and Wan Sook Benolt.\n S. 2810. An act to amend the Communications Satellite Act\n of 1962 to extend the deadline for the INTELSAT initial\n public offering.\n On October 11:\n S. 238. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior\n to conduct feasibility studies on water optimization in the\n Burnt River basin, Malheur River basin. Owykee River basin,\n and Powder River basin, Oregon.\n S. 1175. An act to modify the boundary of Vicksburg\n National Military Park to include the property known as\n Pemberton's Headquarters, and for other purposes.\n S. 1325. An act to ratify an agreement between the Aleut\n Corporation and the United States of America to exchange land\n rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act\n for certain land interests on Adak Island, and for other\n purposes.\n On October 26:\n S. 1533. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to\n reauthorize and strengthen the health centers program and the\n National Health Service Corps, and to establish the Healthy\n Communities Access Program, which will help coordinate\n services for the uninsured and underinsured, and for other\n purposes.\n On October 29:\n S. 1227. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior\n to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of\n establishing the Niagra Falls National Heritage Area in the\n State of New York, and for other purposes.\n S. 1270. An act to designate the United States courthouse\n to be constructed at 8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene,\n Oregon, as the ``Wayne Lyman Morse United States\n Courthouse.''\n S. 1339. An act to amend the Bring Them Home Alive Act of\n 2000 to provide an asylum program with regard to American\n Persian Gulf War POW/MIAs, and for other purposes.\n S. 1646. An act to identify certain routes in the States of\n Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico as parts of the\n Ports-to-Plains Corridor, a high priority corridor on the\n National Highway System.\n S. 2558. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to\n provide for the collection of data on benign brain-related\n tumors through the national program of cancer registries.\n On November 13:\n S. 1210. An act to reauthorize the Native American Housing\n Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.\n S. 2690. An act to reaffirm the reference to one Nation\n under God in the Pledge of Allegiance.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9134-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9134", "H9135", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. H9134", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Pages H9134-H9135]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION\n\n Under clause 13 of rule XXIII, the following Members executed the\noath for access to classified information:\n\n Neil Abercrombie, Anibal Acevedo-Vila, Gary L. Ackerman,\n Robert B. Aderholt, W. Todd Akin, Thomas H. Allen, Robert E.\n Andrews, Richard K. Armey, Joe Baca, Spencer Bachus, Brian\n Baird, Richard H. Baker, John Elias E. Baldacci, Tammy\n Baldwin, Cass Ballenger, James A. Barcia, Bob Barr, Thomas M.\n Barrett, Roscoe G. Bartlett, Joe Barton, Charles F. Bass,\n Xavier Becerra, Ken Bentsen, Doug Bereuter, Shelley Berkley,\n Howard L. Berman, Marion Berry, Judy Biggert, Michael\n Bilirakis, Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Rod R. Blagojevich, Earl\n Blumenauer, Roy Blunt, Sherwood L. Boehlert, John A. Boehner,\n Henry Bonilla, David E. Bonior, Mary Bono, John Boozman,\n Robert A. Borski, Leonard L. Boswell, Rick Boucher, Allen\n Boyd, Kevin Brady, Robert A. Brady, Corrine Brown, Sherrod\n Brown, Henry E. Brown, Jr., Ed Bryant, Richard Burr, Dan\n Burton, Steve Buyer, Sonny Callahan, Ken Calvert, Dave Camp,\n Chris Cannon, Eric Cantor, Shelley Moore Capito, Lois Capps,\n Michael E. Capuano, Benjamin L. Cardin, Brad Carson, Julia\n Carson, Ed Case, Michael N. Castle, Steve Chabot, Saxby\n Chambliss, Donna M. Christensen, Wm. Lacy Clay, Eva M.\n Clayton, Bob Clement, James E. Clyburn, Howard Coble, Mac\n Collins, Larry Combest, Gary A. Condit, John Cooksey, Jerry\n F. Costello, Christopher Cox, William J. Coyne, Robert E.\n (Bud) Cramer, Jr., Philip P. Crane, Ander Crenshaw, Joseph\n Crowley, Barbara Cubin, John Abney Culberson, Elijah E.\n Cummings, Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham, Danny K. Davis, Jim\n Davis, Jo Ann Davis, Susan A. Davis, Thomas M. Davis, Nathan\n Deal, Peter A. DeFazio, Diana DeGette, William D. Delahunt,\n Rosa L. DeLauro, Tom DeLay, Jim DeMint, Peter Deutsch,\n Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Norman D. Dicks, John D. Dingell, Lloyd\n Doggett, Calvin M. Dooley, John T. Doolittle, Michael F.\n Doyle, David Dreier,\n\n[[Page H9135]]\n\n John J. Duncan, Jr., Jennifer Dunn, Chet Edwards, Vernon J.\n Ehlers, Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., Jo Ann Emerson, Eliot L.\n Engel, Phil English, Anna G. Eshoo, Bob Etheridge, Lane\n Evans, Terry Everett, Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, Sam Farr, Chaka\n Fattah, Mike Ferguson, Bob Filner, Jeff Flake, Ernie\n Fletcher, Mark Foley, J. Randy Forbes, Harold E. Ford, Jr.,\n Vito Fossella, Barney Frank, Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, Martin\n Frost, Elton Gallegly, Greg Ganske, George W. Gekas, Richard\n A. Gephardt, Jim Gibbons, Wayne T. Gilchrest, Paul E.\n Gillmor, Benjamin A. Gilman, Charles A. Gonzalez, Virgil H.\n Goode, Jr., Bob Goodlatte, Bart Gordon, Porter J. Goss,\n Lindsey O. Graham, Kay Granger, Sam Graves, Gene Green, Mark\n Green, James C. Greenwood, Felix J. Grucci, Jr., Luis\n Gutierrez, Gil Gutknecht, Ralph M. Hall, Tony P. Hall, James\n V. Hansen, Jane Harman, Melissa A. Hart, J. Dennis Hastert,\n Alcee L. Hastings, Doc Hastings, Robin Hayes, J. D. Hayworth,\n Joel Hefley, Wally Herger, Baron P. Hill, Van Hilleary, Earl\n F. Hilliard, Maurice D. Hinchey, Ruben Hinojosa, David L.\n Hobson, Joseph M. Hoeffel, Peter Hoekstra, Tim Holden, Rush\n D. Holt, Michael M. Honda, Darlene Hooley, Stephen Horn, John\n N. Hostettler, Amo Houghton, Steny H. Hoyer, Kenny C.\n Hulshof, Duncan Hunter, Henry J. Hyde, Jay Inslee, Johnny\n Isakson, Steve Israel, Darrell E. Issa, Ernest J. Istook,\n Jr., Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Sheila Jackson-Lee, William J.\n Jefferson, William L. Jenkins, Christopher John, Eddie\n Bernice Johnson, Nancy L. Johnson, Sam Johnson, Timothy V.\n Johnson, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Walter B. Jones, Paul E.\n Kanjorski, Marcy Kaptur, Ric Keller, Sue W. Kelly, Mark R.\n Kennedy, Patrick J. Kennedy, Brian D. Kerns, Dale E. Kildee,\n Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Ron Kind, Peter T. King, Jack\n Kingston, Mark Steven Kirk, Gerald D. Kleczka, Joe\n Knollenberg, Jim Kolbe, Dennis J. Kucinich, John J. LaFalce,\n Ray LaHood, Nick Lampson, James R. Langevin, Tom Lantos,\n Steve Largent, Rick Larsen, John B. Larson, Tom Latham,\n Steven C. LaTourette, James A. Leach, Barbara Lee, Sander M.\n Levin, Jerry Lewis, John Lewis, Ron Lewis, John Linder,\n William O. Lipinski, Frank A. LoBiondo, Zoe Lofgren, Nita M.\n Lowey, Frank D. Lucas, Ken Lucas, Bill Luther, Stephen F.\n Lynch, Carolyn B. Maloney, James H. Maloney, Donald A.\n Manzullo, Edward J. Markey, Frank Mascara, Jim Matheson,\n Robert T. Matsui, Carolyn McCarthy, Karen McCarthy, Betty\n McCollum, Jim McCrery, James P. McGovern, John McHugh, Scott\n McInnis, Mike McIntyre, Howard P. McKeon, Cynthia A.\n McKinney, Michael R. McNulty, Martin T. Meehan, Carrie P.\n Meek, Gregory W. Meeks, Robert Menendez, John L. Mica,\n Juanita Millender-McDonald, Dan Miller, Gary G. Miller,\n George Miller, Jeff Miller, Patsy T. Mink, Alan B. Mollohan,\n Dennis Moore, James P. Moran, Jerry Moran, Constance A.\n Morella, John P. Murtha, Sue Wilkins Myrick, Jerrold\n Nadler, Grace F. Napolitano, Richard E. Neal, George R.\n Nethercutt, Jr., Robert W. Ney, Anne M. Northup, Eleanor\n Holmes Norton, Charlie Norwood, Jim Nussle, James L.\n Oberstar, David R. Obey, John W. Olver, Solomon P. Ortiz,\n Tom Osborne, Doug Ose, C.L. Otter, Major R. Owens, Michael\n G. Oxley, Frank Pallone, Jr., Bill Pascrell, Jr., Ed\n Pastor, Ron Paul, Donald M. Payne, Nancy Pelosi, Mike\n Pence, Collin C. Peterson, John E. Peterson, Thomas E.\n Petri, David D. Phelps, Charles W. Pickering, Joseph R.\n Pitts, Todd Russell Platts, Richard W. Pombo, Earl\n Pomeroy, Rob Portman, David E. Price, Deborah Pryce, Adam\n H. Putnam, Jack Quinn, George Radanovich, Nick J. Rahall,\n II, Jim Ramstad, Charles B. Rangel, Ralph Regula, Dennis\n R. Rehberg, Silvestre Reyes, Thomas M. Reynolds, Bob\n Riley, Lynn N. Rivers, Ciro D. Rodriguez, Tim Roemer,\n Harold Rogers, Mike Rogers, Dana Rohrabacher, Ileana Ros-\n Lehtinen, Mike Ross, Steven R. Rothman, Marge Roukema,\n Lucille Roybal-Allard, Edward R. Royce, Bobby L. Rush,\n Paul Ryan, Jim Ryun, Martin Olav Sabo, Loretta Sanchez,\n Bernard Sanders, Max Sandlin, Tom Sawyer, Jim Saxton, Bob\n Schaffer, Janice D. Schakowsky, Adam B. Schiff, Edward L.\n Schrock, Robert C. Scott, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.,\n Jose E. Serrano, Pete Sessions, John B. Shadegg, E. Clay\n Shaw, Jr., Christopher Shays, Brad Sherman, Don Sherwood,\n John Shimkus, Ronnie Shows, Bill Shuster, Rob Simmons,\n Michael K. Simpson, Joe Skeen, Ike Skelton, Louise\n McIntosh Slaughter, Adam Smith, Christopher H. Smith,\n Lamar S. Smith, Nick Smith, Vic Snyder, Hilda L. Solis,\n Mark E. Souder, John N. Spratt, Jr., Cliff Stearns,\n Charles W. Stenholm, Ted Strickland, Bob Stump, Bart\n Stupak, John Sullivan, John E. Sununu, John E. Sweeney,\n Thomas G. Tancredo, John S. Tanner, Ellen O. Tauscher,\n W.J. (Billy) Tauzin, Charles H. Taylor, Gene Taylor, Lee\n Terry, William M. Thomas, Bennie G. Thompson, Mike\n Thompson, Mac Thornberry, John R. Thune, Karen L. Thurman,\n Todd Tiahrt, Patrick J. Tiberi, John F. Tierney, Patrick\n J. Toomey, James A. Traficant, Jr., Jim Turner, Mark\n Udall, Robert A. Underwood, Fred Upton, Nydia M.\n Velazquez, Peter J. Visclosky, David Vitter, Greg Walden,\n James T. Walsh, Zach Wamp, Maxine Waters, Wes Watkins,\n Diane E. Watson, Joe Wilson, Melvin L. Watt, J.C. Watts,\n Jr., Henry A. Waxman, Anthony D. Weiner, Curt Weldon, Dave\n Weldon, Jerry Weller, Robert Wexler, Ed Whitfield, Roger\n F. Wicker, Heather Wilson, Frank R. Wolf, Lynn C. Woolsey,\n David Wu, Albert Russell Wynn, C.W. Bill Young, and Don\n Young."], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgH9134", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT SUBSEQUENT TO SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9134", "H9134", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"38\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"308\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"451\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"706\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1712\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1776\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1814\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1870\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1906\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1925\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2009\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2109\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2115\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2187\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2385\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2458\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2628\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2818\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2828\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2937\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2990\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3048\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3180\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3401\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3449\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3609\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3747\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3833\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3858\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3909\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3954\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4129\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4546\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4628\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4638\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4664\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4682\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4692\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4750\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4823\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4874\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4883\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4944\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4953\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5099\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5125\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5436\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5472\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5504\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5738\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. H9134", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[House]\n[Page H9134]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT SUBSEQUENT TO\n SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT\n\n Honorable Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House, subsequent to sine die\nadjournment of the 2nd Session, 107th Congress, reported that, on the\nfollowing dates, he presented to the President of the United States,\nfor his approval, the bills and joint resolutions of the following\ntitles:\n\n On November 25:\n H.R. 4628. ``Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year\n 2003.''\n On November 26:\n H.R. 3833. ``Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of\n 2002.''\n H.R. 4546. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal\n year 2003 for military activities of the Department of\n Defense, for military construction, and for defense\n activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe\n personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed\n Forces, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5504. An act to provide for the improvement of the\n safety of child restraints in passenger motor vehicles, and\n for other purposes.\n On December 4:\n H.R. 38. An act to provide for additional lands to be\n included within the boundaries of the Homestead National\n Monument of America in the State of Nebraska, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 308. An act to establish the Guam War Claims Review\n Commission.\n H.R. 451. An act to make certain adjustments to the\n boundaries of the Mount Nebo Wilderness Area, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 706. ``Lease Lot Conveyance Act of 2002.''\n H.R. 1712. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to make adjustments to the boundary of the National\n Park of American Samoa to include certain portions of the\n islands of Ofu and Olosega with the park, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 1776. ``Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Study\n Act.''\n H.R. 1814. ``Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail Study\n Act of 2002.''\n H.R. 1870. ``Fallon Rail Freight Loading Facility Transfer\n Act.''\n H.R. 1906. An act to amend the Act that established the\n Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park to expand the\n boundaries of that park.\n H.R. 1925. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the\n Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as a unit of the\n National Park System, and for other purposes.\n On December 6:\n H.R. 2009. An act to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public\n Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide adequate funding\n authorization for the Vancouver National Historic Reserve.\n H.R. 2109. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key\n Beach Park in Biscayne, Florida, for possible inclusion in\n the National Park System.\n H.R. 2115. An act to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and\n Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the\n Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design,\n planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse\n wastewater within and outside of the service area of the\n Lakehaven Utility District, Washington.\n H.R. 2187. An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to\n make receipts collected from mineral leasing activities on\n certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover\n environmental restoration, waste management, and\n environmental compliance costs incurred by the United States\n with respect to the reserves.\n H.R. 2385. ``Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve\n Act.''\n H.R. 2628. ``Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area Study Act\n of 2002.''\n H.R. 2818. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to convey certain public land within the Sand\n Mountain Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to\n resolve an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1971.\n H.R. 2828. ``Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and\n Maintenance Refund Act of 2002.''\n H.R. 2937. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain\n public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as shooting\n range.\n H.R. 2990. ``Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources\n Conservation and Improvement Act of 2002.''\n On December 9:\n H.R. 2458. ``E-Government Act of 2002.''\n H.R. 3048. ``Russian River Land Act.''\n H.R. 3180. An act to consent to certain amendments to the\n New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.\n H.R. 3401. ``California Five Mile Regional Learning Center\n Transfer Act.''\n H.R. 3449. An act to revise the boundaries of the George\n Washington Birthplace National Monument, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 3609. ``Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002.''\n H.R. 3747. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to conduct a study of the site commonly known as Eagledale\n Ferry Dock at Taylor Avenue in the State of Washington for\n potential inclusion in the National Park Systems.\n H.R. 3858. An act to modify the boundaries of the New River\n Gorge National River, West Virginia.\n H.R. 3909. ``Gunn McKay Nature Preserve Act.''\n H.R. 3954. ``Caribbean National Forest Wild and Scenic\n Rivers Act of 2002.''\n H.R. 4129. An act to amend the Central Utah Project\n Completion Act to clarify the responsibilities of the\n Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Central Utah\n Project, to redirect unexpended budget authority for the\n Central Utah Project for wastewater treatment and reuse and\n other purposes, to provide for prepayment of repayment\n contracts for municipal and industrial water delivery\n facilities, and to eliminate a deadline for such payment.\n H.R. 4638. An act to reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water\n Supply Project.\n H.R. 4664. ``National Science Foundation Authorization Act\n of 2002.''\n H.R. 4883. An act to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services\n Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes.\n On December 10:\n H.R. 4682. An act to revise the boundary of the Allegheny\n Portage Railroad National Historic Site, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 4692. An act to amend the Act entitled ``An act to\n authorize the Establishment of the Andersonville National\n Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other\n purposes'', to provide for the addition of certain donated\n lands to the Andersonville National Historic Site.\n H.R. 4750. ``Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act of\n 2002.''\n H.R. 4823. ``Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act of\n 2002.''\n H.R. 4874. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to disclaim any Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit\n Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from\n possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey.\n H.R. 4944. ``Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National\n Historical Park Act.''\n H.R. 4953. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to grant to Deschutes and Crook Countries in the State of\n Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road.\n H.R. 5099. An act to extend the periods of authorization\n for the Secretary of the Interior to implement capital\n construction projects associated with the endangered fish\n recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and\n San Juan River Basins.\n H.R. 5125. ``Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of\n 2002.''\n H.R. 5436. An act to extend the deadline for commencement\n of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of\n Oregon.\n H.R. 5472. An act to extend for 6 months the period for\n which chapter 12 of the title 11 of the United States Code is\n reenacted.\n H.R. 5738. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act\n with respect to special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes\n and Indians.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgS-FrontMatter", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "Senate", "SENATE", "SENATE", "FRONTMATTER", "S11803", "S11803", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. S11803", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S11803]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n S E N A T E\n\nVol. 148\n\nWASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002\n\nNo. 153"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgS11803-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "CORRECTED PROCEEDINGS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2002, PAGES S11650 TO S11651", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S11803", "S11804", "[{\"name\": \"Harry Reid\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Orrin G. Hatch\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Robert F. Bennett\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1497\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2385\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2385\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. S11803", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S11803-S11804]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CORRECTED PROCEEDINGS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF TUESDAY,\n NOVEMBER 19, 2002, PAGES S11650 TO S11651\n\n ______\n\n VIRGIN RIVER DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT PRESERVE ACT\n\n Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate\nproceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 591, H.R. 2385.\n The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by\ntitle.\n The legislative clerk read as follows:\n\n A bill (H.R. 2385) to convey certain property to the city\n of St. George, Utah, in order to provide for the protection\n and preservation of certain rare paleontological resources on\n that property, and for other purposes.\n\n There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill\nwhich had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural\nResources with amendments, as follows:\n [Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part shown in\nitalic.]\n\n H.R. 2385\n\n Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of\n the United States of America in Congress assembled,\n\n SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.\n\n This Act may be cited as the ``Virgin River Dinosaur\n Footprint Preserve Act''.\n\n SEC. 2. VIRGIN RIVER DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT PRESERVE.\n\n [(a) Authorization for Grant To Purchase Footprint\n Preserve.--As soon as is practicable after the date of the\n enactment of this Act, if the City agrees to the conditions\n set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior\n may award to the City a grant equal to the lesser of $500,000\n or the fair market value of up to 10 acres of land (and all\n related facilities and other appurtenances thereon) generally\n depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed Virgin River Dinosaur\n Footprint Preserve'', numbered 09/06/2001-A, for purchase of\n that property.]\n (a) Authorization for Grant To Purchase Preserve.--Of the\n funds appropriated in the section entitled ``Land\n Acquisition'' of the Fiscal Year 2002 Interior and Related\n Agencies Appropriations Act, Public Law 107-63, the Secretary\n of the Interior shall grant $500,000 to the City for--\n (1) the purchase of up to 10 acres of land within the area\n generally depicted as the ``Preserve Acquisition Area'' on\n the map entitled ``Map B'' and dated May 9, 2002; and\n (2) the preservation of such land and paleontological\n resources.\n (b) Conditions of Grant.--The grant under subsection (a)\n shall be made only after the City agrees to the following\n conditions:\n (1) Use of land.--The City shall use the Virgin River\n Dinosaur Footprint Preserve in a manner that accomplishes the\n following:\n (A) Preserves and protects the paleontological resources\n located within the exterior boundaries of the Virgin River\n Dinosaur Footprint Preserve.\n (B) Provides opportunities for scientific research in a\n manner compatible with subparagraph (A).\n (C) Provides the public with opportunities for educational\n activities in a manner compatible with subparagraph (A).\n (2) Reverter.--If at any time after the City acquires the\n Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve, the Secretary\n determines that the City is not substantially in compliance\n with the conditions described in paragraph (1), all right,\n title, and interest in and to the Virgin River Dinosaur\n Footprint Preserve shall immediately revert to the United\n States, with no further consideration on the part of the\n United States, and such property shall then be under the\n administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior.\n (3) Conditions to be contained in deed.--If the City\n attempts to transfer title to the Virgin River Dinosaur\n Footprint Preserve (in whole or in part), the conditions set\n forth in this subsection shall transfer with such title and\n shall be enforceable against any subsequent owner of the\n Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve (in whole or in\n part).\n (c) Cooperative Agreement and Assistance.--\n [(1) Cooperative agreement.--The Secretary shall enter into\n a cooperative agreement with the City for the management of\n the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve by the City.\n (2)] (1) Assistance.--The Secretary may provide to the\n City--\n (A) financial assistance, if the Secretary determines that\n such assistance is necessary for protection of the\n paleontological resources located within the exterior\n boundaries of the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve;\n and\n (B) technical assistance to assist the City in complying\n with subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (b)(1).\n [(3)] (2) Additional grants.--\n (A) In general.--In addition to funds made available under\n subsection (a) and paragraph (2) of this subsection, the\n Secretary may provide grants to the City to carry out its\n duties under the cooperative agreement entered into under\n paragraph (1).N O T I C E\n\nEffective January 1, 2003, the subscription price of the\nCongressional Record will be $434 per year or $217 for six months.\nIndividual issues may be purchased for $6.00 per copy.\nSubscriptions in microfiche format will be $141 per year with\nsingle copies priced at $1.50. This price increase is necessary\nbased upon the cost of printing and distribution.\n\n Bruce\nR. James, Public Printer\n[[Page S11804]]\n\n (B) Limitation on amount; required non-federal match.--\n Grants under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed $500,000 and\n shall be provided only to the extent that the City matches\n the amount of such grants with non-Federal contributions\n (including in-kind contributions).\n (d) Map on File.--The map shall be on file and available\n for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the\n Department of the Interior.\n (e) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the\n following definitions apply:\n (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the city of St. George,\n Utah.\n (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary\n of the Interior.\n (3) Virgin river dinosaur footprint preserve.--The term\n ``Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve'' means the\n property (and all facilities and other appurtenances thereon)\n described in subsection (a).\n\n Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise today to say a few words about S.\n1497, the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act and its\ncompanion measure in the House, H.R. 2385. This bill would convey\ncertain property to the city of St. George, Utah, in order to provide\nfor the protection and preservation of certain rare paleontological\nresources on that property.\n This legislation would provide vital protections to one of our\nnation's most recent, and most intact pre-Jurassic paleontological\ndiscoveries. In February 2000, Sheldon Johnson of St. George, UT, began\ndevelopment preparations on his land when he uncovered one of the\nworld's most significant collections of dinosaur tracks, tail\ndraggings, and skin imprints in the surrounding rock. Without any\nadvertising, the site has attracted many tens of thousands of visitors\nand the interest of some of the world's top paleontologists.\n This was a fantastic discovery that has added important new insights\ninto the Jurassic period. However, now that these prints have been\nuncovered, the fragile sandstone in which the impressions have been\nmade is in jeopardy due to the heat and wind typical of the southern\nUtah climate. We must act quickly if these footprints from our past are\nto be preserved. This bill would authorize the Secretary of the\nInterior to purchase the land where the footprints and tail draggings\nare found and convey the property to the city of St. George. The city\nwill work together with the property owners and Washington County to\npreserve and protect the area and the resources found there.\n We owe a debt of gratitude to Sheldon and LaVerna Johnson who made\nthis discovery on their land and have dedicated thousands of hours of\ntheir personal time and much of their own money to trying to preserve\nthis site. They have done all they can to protect it, while at the same\ntime opening up their land for visitors and scientists to view the new\nfindings free of costs. They have given so much to this cause, but they\ncannot keep it up indefinitely. They desperately hope that the\nGovernment will step up and help carry the burden of managing this\nprecious resource, and with passage of this legislation tonight we will\nprovide them with the relief they deserve.\n I thank Senators Bingaman and Murkowski, the chairman and ranking\nmember of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, for\ntheir assistance in seeing this measure passed by Congress and sent to\nthe President. I also thank Representative James Hansen, my good friend\nand the sponsor of the companion measure in the House for all he has\ndone to make this legislation possible.\n Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-\nreported amendments be withdrawn; that the bill be read the third time\nand passed; and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table,\nwith no intervening action or debate.\n The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so\nordered.\n The committee amendments were withdrawn.\n The bill (H.R. 2385) was read the third time and passed.\n Mr. REID. Mr. President, before we get to the next matter, let me\nexpress my appreciation to the Senator from Utah, Mr. Bennett. He has\nbeen here all night. But for him, we would not have made the progress\nwe have. All Senators should be very grateful for his weighing in on\nthese delicate matters. I appreciate what the Senator from Utah has\ndone to help us get to this point.\n Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I thank the assistant majority leader. I\nwish to make it clear that without his leadership and cooperation, we\nwould not be doing what we are doing. It takes two hands to clap. We\nwere waving our hands uselessly in the air until the Senator from\nNevada stepped in. I am very grateful to him.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgS11804-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ENROLLEDSIGNED", "S11804", "S11805", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"117\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1240\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2237\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3210\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3833\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5005\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5469\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. S11804", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S11804-S11805]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED\n\n Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001,\nthe Secretary of the Senate, on November 22, 2002, during the recess of\nthe Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives\nannouncing that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bills and\njoint resolution:\n\n S. 1240. An act to provide for the acquisition of land and\n construction of an interagency administrative and visitor\n facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon, Utah, and\n for other purposes.\n S. 2237. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to\n improve authorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs\n relating to veterans' compensation, dependency and indemnity\n compensation, and pension benefits, education benefits,\n housing benefits, memorial affairs benefits, life insurance\n benefits, and certain other benefits for veterans, to improve\n the administration of benefits for veterans, to make\n improvements in procedures relating to judicial review of\n veterans' claims for benefits, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3210. An act to ensure the continued financial\n capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from\n terrorism.\n H.R. 3833. An act to facilitate the creation of a new,\n second-level Internet domain within the United States country\n code domain that will be a haven for material that promotes\n positive experiences for children and families using the\n Internet, provides a safe\n\n[[Page S11805]]\n\n online environment for children, and helps to prevent\n children from being exposed to harmful material on the\n Internet, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5005. An act to establish the Department of Homeland\n Security, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5469. An act to amend title 17, United States Code,\n with respect to the statutory license for webcasting and for\n other purposes.\n H.J. Res. 117. A joint resolution approving the location of\n the commemorative work in the District of Columbia honoring\n former President John Adams.\n\n Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001,\nthe enrolled bills and joint resolution were signed subsequently by the\nPresident pro tempore (Mr. Byrd).\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgS11804", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SMSGHOUSE", "S11804", "S11804", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"727\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1010\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1226\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1907\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1946\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2339\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2595\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2712\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3044\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3156\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3908\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5005\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5504\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. S11804", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S11804]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE\n\n ______\n\n ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED\n\n Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001,\nthe following enrolled bills, previously signed by the Speaker of the\nHouse, were signed on November 21, 2002, by the President pro tempore\n(Mr. Byrd):\n\n S. 1010. An act to extend the deadline for commencement of\n construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of North\n Carolina.\n S. 1226. An act to require the display of the POW/MIA flag\n at the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans\n Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.\n S. 1907. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to\n convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon.\n S. 1946. An act to amendment the National Trails System Act\n to designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic\n Trail.\n S. 2339. An act to amend the National Housing Act to\n simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage\n insurance for single family homebuyers.\n H.R. 727. An act to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act\n to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer\n products subject to such Act.\n H.R. 2595. An act to direct the Secretary of the Army to\n convey a parcel of land to Chatham County, Georgia.\n S. 3044. An act to authorize the Court Services and\n Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to\n provide for the interstate of offenders on parole, probation,\n and supervised release.\n S. 2712. An act to authorize economic and democratic\n development assistance for Afghanistan and to authorize\n military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign\n countries.\n S. 3156. An act to provide for a grant for the construction\n of a new community center in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of\n the late Senator Paul Wellstone and his beloved wife, Sheila.\n H.R. 3908. An act to reauthorize the North American\n Wetlands Conservation Act, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 5504. An act to provide for the improvement of the\n safety of child restraints in passenger motor vehicles, and\n for other purposes.\n\n Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001,\nthe Secretary of the Senate, on November 22, 2002, during the recess of\nthe Senate, received a message from the House of Representative\nannouncing that the House agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the\nbill (H.R. 5005) to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and\nfor other purposes.\n The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following\nconcurrent resolution, without amendment.\n\n S. Con, Res. 160. Concurrent resolution providing for the\n sine die adjournment of the One Hundred Seventh Congress,\n Second Session.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgS11805-2", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ENROLLEDSIGNED", "S11805", "S11806", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2458\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3609\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4664\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4883\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. S11805", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S11805-S11806]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED\n\n Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001,\nthe Secretary of the Senate, on December 4, 2002, during the recess of\nthe Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives\nannouncing that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bills.\n\n H.R. 2458. An act to enhance the management and promotion\n of electronic Government services and processes by\n establishing\n\n[[Page S11806]]\n\n a Federal Chief Information Officer within the Office of\n Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework\n of measures that require using Internet-based information\n technology to enhance citizen access to Government\n information and services, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3609. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to\n enhance the security and safety of pipelines.\n H.R. 4664. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal\n years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 for the National\n Science Foundation, and for other purposes.\n\n H.R. 4883. An act to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services\n Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes.\n\n Under the authority of the order of the Senate January 3, 2001, the\nenrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro tempore\n(Mr. Byrd).\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgS11805", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ENROLLEDSIGNED", "S11805", "S11805", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"38\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"308\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"451\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"706\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1712\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1776\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1814\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1870\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1906\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1925\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2017\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2099\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2109\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2115\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2187\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2385\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2628\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2818\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2828\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2937\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2990\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3048\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3180\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3401\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3449\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3747\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3858\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3909\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3954\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4099\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4129\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4638\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4682\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4692\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4750\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4823\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4874\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4944\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4953\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5125\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5436\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5472\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5738\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. S11805", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S11805]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED\n\n Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001,\nthe Secretary of the Senate, on December 3, 2002, during the recess of\nthe Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives\nannouncing that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bills:\n\n H.R. 38. An act to provide for additional lands to be\n included within the boundaries of the Homestead National\n Monument of America in the State of Nebraska, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 308. An act to establish the Guam War Claims Review\n Commission.\n H.R. 451. An act to make certain adjustments to the\n boundaries of the Mount Nebo Wilderness Area, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 706. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to\n convey certain properties in the vicinity of the Elephant\n Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir, New Mexico.\n H.R. 1712. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to make adjustments to the boundary of the National\n Park of American Samoa to include certain portions of the\n islands of Ofu and Olosega within the park, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 1776. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of\n establishing the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in west\n Houston, Texas.\n H.R. 1814. An act to amend the National Trails System Act\n to designate the Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail\n extending through western New Hampshire, western\n Massachusetts, and central Connecticut for study for\n potential addition to the National Trails System.\n H.R. 1870. An act to provide for the sale of certain real\n property within the Newlands Project in Nevada, to the city\n of Fallon, Nevada.\n H.R. 1906. An act to amend the Act that established the\n Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park to expand the\n boundaries of that park.\n H.R. 1925. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the\n Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as a unit of the\n National Park System, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2099. An act to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public\n Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide adequate funding\n authorization for the Vancouver national Historic Reserve.\n H.R. 2109. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key\n Beach Park in Biscayne Bay, Florida, for possible inclusion\n in the National Park System.\n H.R. 2115. An act to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and\n Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the\n Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design,\n planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse\n wastewater within the outside of the service area of the\n Lakehaven Utility District, Washington.\n H.R. 2187. An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to\n make receipts collected from mineral leasing activities on\n certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover\n environmental restoration, waste management, and\n environmental compliance costs incurred by the United States\n with respect to the reserves.\n H.R. 2385. An act to convey certain property to the city of\n St. George, Utah, in order to provide for the protection and\n preservation of certain rate paleontological resources on\n that property, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2628. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of\n establishing the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in\n Alabama, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2818. An act to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to convey certain public land within the Sand\n Mountain Wilderness Study Area in the state of Idaho to\n resolve an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1971.\n H.R. 2828. An act to authorize payments to certain Klamath\n Project water distribution entities for amounts assessed by\n the entities for operation and maintenance of the Project's\n transferred works for 2001, to authorize refunds to such\n entities of amounts collected by the Bureau of Reclamation\n for reserved works for 2001, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 2937. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain\n public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a shooting\n range.\n H.R. 2990. An act to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley\n Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to\n authorize additional projects under that Act, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 3048. An act to resolve the claims of Cook Inlet\n Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian River in the\n State of Alaska.\n H.R. 3180. An act to consent to certain amendments to the\n New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.\n H.R. 3401. An act to provide for the conveyance of Forest\n Service facilities and lands comprising the Five Mile\n Regional Learning Center in the State of California to the\n Clovis Unified School District, to authorize a new special\n use permit regarding the continued use of unconveyed lands\n comprising the Center, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 3449. An act to revise the boundaries of the George\n Washington Birthplace National Monument, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 3747. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to conduct a study of the site commonly known as Eagledate\n Ferry Dock at Taylor Avenue in the State of Washington for\n potential inclusion in the National Park System.\n H.R. 3858. An act to modify the boundaries of the New River\n Gorge National River, West Virginia.\n H.R. 3909. An act to designate certain Federal lands in the\n State of Utah as the Gunn McKay Nature Preserve, and for\n other purposes.\n H.R. 3954. An act to designate certain waterways in the\n Caribbean National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico\n as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System,\n and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4129. An act to amend the Central Utah Project\n completion Act to clarify the responsibilities of the\n Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Central Utah\n Project, to redirect unexpended budget authority for the\n Central Utah Project for wastewater treatment and reuse and\n other purposes, to provide for prepayment of repayment\n contracts for municipal and industrial water delivery\n facilities, and to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment.\n H.R. 4638. An act to reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water\n Supply Project.\n H.R. 4682. An act to revise the boundary of the Allegheny\n Portage Railroad National Historic Site, and for other\n purposes.\n H.R. 4692. An act to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to\n authorize the Establishment of the Andersonville National\n Historic site in the State of Georgia, and for other\n purposes'', to provide for the addition of certain donated\n lands to the Andersonville National Historic Site.\n H.R. 4750. An act to designate certain lands in the State\n of California as components of the National Wilderness\n Preservation System, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4823. An act to repeal the sunset of the Economic\n Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect\n to the exclusion from Federal income tax for restitution\n received by victims of the Nazi Regime.\n H.R. 4874. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to disclaim any Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit\n Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from\n possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey.\n H.R. 4944. An act to designate the Cedar Creek and Belle\n Grove National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park\n System, and for other purposes.\n H.R. 4953. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior\n to grant to Deschutes and Crook Counties in the State of\n Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road.\n H.R. 4099. An act to extend the periods of authorization\n for the Secretary of the Interior to implement capital\n construction projects associated with the endangered fish\n recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and\n San Juan River Basins.\n H.R. 5125. An act to amend the American Battlefield\n Protection Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the\n Interior to establish a battlefield acquisition grant\n program.\n H.R. 5436. An act to extend the deadline for commencement\n of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of\n Oregon.\n H.R. 5472. An act to extend for 6 months the period for\n which chapter of title 11 of the United States Code is\n reenacted.\n H.R. 5738. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act\n with respect to special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes\n and Indians.\n H.R. 2017. An act to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974\n to improve the effectiveness of the Indian loan guarantee and\n insurance program.\n\n Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001,\nthe enrolled bills were signed subsequently by the President pro\ntempore (Mr. Byrd).\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-12-16-pt1-PgS11806", "2002-12-16", 107, 2, null, null, "ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION PRESENTED", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ENROLLEDPRESENTED", "S11806", "S11806", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"53\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1010\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1226\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1240\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1907\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1946\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2017\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2237\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2239\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2712\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3044\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3156\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. S11806", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 153 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S11806]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION PRESENTED\n\n The Secretary of the Senate reported that on November 22, 2002, she\nhad presented to the President of the United States the following\nenrolled bills and joint resolution:\n\n S. 1010. An act to extent the deadline for commencement of\n construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of North\n Carolina.\n S. 1226. An act to require the display of the POW/MIA flag\n at the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans\n Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.\n S. 1907. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to\n convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon.\n S. 1946. An act to amend the National Trails System Act to\n designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail.\n S. 2239. An act to amend the National Housing Act to\n simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage\n insurance for single family homebuyers.\n S. 2712. An act to authorize economic and democratic\n development assistance for Afghanistan and to authorize\n military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign\n countries.\n S. 3044. An act to authorize the Court Services and\n Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia to\n provide for the interstate supervision of offenders on\n parole, probation, and supervised release.\n S. 3156. An act to provide a grant for the construction of\n a new community center in St. Paul, Minnesota, in honor of\n the late Senator Paul Wellstone and his beloved wife, Sheila.\n S.J. Res. 53. A joint resolution relative to the convening\n of the first session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress.\n\n The Secretary of the Senate reported that on November 25, 2002, she\nhad presented to the President of the United States the following\nenrolled bills:\n\n S. 1240. An act to provide for the acquisition of land and\n construction of an interagency administrative and visitor\n facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon, Utah, and\n for other purposes.\n S. 2237. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to\n improve authorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs\n relating to veterans' compensation, dependency and indemnity\n compensation, and pension benefits, education benefits,\n housing benefits, memorial affairs benefits, life insurance\n benefits, and certain other benefits for veterans, to improve\n the administration of benefits for veterans, to make\n improvements in procedures relating to judicial review of\n veterans' claims for benefits, and for other purposes.\n\n The Secretary of the Senate reported that on December 3, 2002, she\nhad presented to the President of the United States the following\nenrolled bills:\n\n S. 2017. An act to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974\n to improve the effectiveness of the Indian loan guarantee and\n insurance program.\n\u001a"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgD1186-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D1186", "D1186", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. D1186", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D1186]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgD1186-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/House of Representatives", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDHCHAMBER", "D1186", "D1187", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"12\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"13\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"14\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"53\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SCONRES\", \"number\": \"159\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SCONRES\", \"number\": \"160\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"198\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HCONRES\", \"number\": \"521\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"606\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1340\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1816\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2063\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2222\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2556\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2577\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2670\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2711\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2872\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3079\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4187\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5005\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5763\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5767\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. D1186", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1186-D1187]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n House of Representatives\n\nChamber Action\nMeasures Introduced: 5 public bills, H.R. 5763-5767; and 1 resolution;\nH. Con. Res. 521, were introduced.\n Page H9128\nReports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:\n H.R. 4187, to amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code,\npopularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to establish\nprocedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based\nprivilege against disclosure of Presidential records, amended (H. Rept.\n107-790).\nPage H9128\nSpeaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he\nappointed Representative Thornberry to act as Speaker pro tempore for\ntoday.\n Page H9037\nSpeaker Pro Tempore to Sign Enrolled Bills and Joint Resolutions: Read\na letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Armey to\nact as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions\non this day.\n Page H9038\nBenjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: The Chair announced the\nSpeaker's appointment of Representatives Castle of Delaware and Mrs.\nElise DuPont of Rockland, Delaware to the Benjamin Franklin\nTercentenary Commission.\n Page H9038\nPresidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:\n State of Small Business Annual Report: Message wherein he transmitted\nthe annual report on the State of Small Business at the end of the 20th\ncentury--referred to the Committee on Small Business; and\n Page H9040\n Railroad Retirement Board Annual Report: Message wherein he\ntransmitted the annual report of the Railroad Retirement Board--\nreferred to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and\nWays and Means.\n Page H9040\nDepartment of Homeland Security: The House agreed to the Senate\namendment to H.R. 5005, to establish the Department of Homeland\nSecurity--clearing the measure for the President.\n Pages H9040-H9114\nAdjournment Resolution: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 160, providing\nfor the sine die adjournment of the One Hundred Seventh Congress,\nSecond Session.\n Pages H9115-16\n\n[[Page D1187]]\n\nSenate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page\nH9038.\nReferrals: S. 12 to the Committee on International Relations; S. 13 to\nthe Committee on Financial Services, S. 14 and S. 2063 to the Committee\non Agriculture, S. 198, S. 2556, S. 2577, and S. Con. Res. 159 were\nheld at the desk; S. 606 and S. 2872 to the Committee on Energy and\nCommerce; S. 1340, S. 1816, S. 2222, and S. 2711 to the Committee on\nResources, S. 2670 to the Committees on Resources and Agriculture; and\nS. 3079 to the Committee on the Judiciary.\n Pages H9125-26\nQuorum Calls--Votes: No quorum calls or recorded votes developed during\nthe proceedings of the House today.\nAdjournment Sine Die: The House met at 11 a.m. and in accordance with\nthe provisions of S. Con. Res. 160, and S.J. Res. 53, the House\nadjourned sine die at 2:23 p.m. until 12 noon on Tuesday, January 7,\n2003 for the Convening of the First Session of the 108th Congress."], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgD1186", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D1186", "D1186", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"SCONRES\", \"number\": \"160\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5005\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. D1186", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D1186]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n[[Page D1186]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n The House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5005, to\n establish the Department of Homeland Security--clearing the\n measure for the President.\n The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 160, and stands adjourned sine\n die.\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\n The Senate was not in session today. It will next meet on Tuesday,\nJanuary 7, 2003 for the convening of the First Session of the 108th\nCongress."], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgD1187-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL RECORD The public proceedings of each House of Congress,\nas reported by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\ndirections of the Joint Committee on...", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDALLOTHER", "D1187", "D1188", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. 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Dennis, Ill., E2138\nHolt, Rush D., N.J., E2137\nHorn, Stephen, Calif., E2144\nHoyer, Steny H., Md., E2119, E2120\nIsrael, Steve, N.Y., E2135\nJones, Walter B., N.C., E2131\nMcCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E2137\nMcCarthy, Karen, Mo., E2135\nMcCollum, Betty, Minn., E2139, E2143\nMenendez, Robert, N.J., E2119, E2119, E2121, E2122, E2123\nMillender-McDonald, Juanita, Calif., E2132\nMiller, George, Calif., E2141\nMorella, Constance A., Md., E2133\nMurtha, John P., Pa., E2128, E2135\nNussle, Jim, Iowa, E2129\nOberstar, James L., Minn., E2134\nOtter, C.L. ``Butch'', Idaho, E2143\nPallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E2123, E2126, E2130\nPortman, Rob, Ohio, E2134\nRadanovich, George, Calif., E2120, E2124, E2125\nRogers, Mike, Mich., E2119, E2121, E2122\nSandlin, Max, Tex., E2131\nSchaffer, Bob, Colo., E2125, E2128, E2129, E2133\nSchiff, Adam B., Calif., E2130\nSmith, Adam, Wash., E2136\nSolis, Hilda L., Calif., E2132\nStupak, Bart, Mich., E2143\nTaylor, Gene, Miss., E2139\nThompson, Mike, Calif., E2132\nWynn, Albert Russell, Md., E2122, E2122\nYoung, Don, Alaska, E2143"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgD1187", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings", "HOUSE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDHCMEETINGS", "D1187", "D1187", null, "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1577\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. D1187", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D1187]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\nFEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES--UNFAIR COMPETITION WITH SMALL BUSINESSES\nCommittee on Small Business: On November 21, the Committee held a\nhearing on Federal Prison Industries' Unfair Competition with Small\nBusinesses: Potential Interim Administrative Solutions, with discussion\nof H.R. 1577, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act\nof 2002. Testimony was heard from Angela B. Styles, Administrator,\nOffice of Federal Procurement Policy, OMB; Kenneth R. Rocks, Chairman,\nBoard of Directors, Federal Prison Industries, Inc.; and public\nwitnesses."], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2119-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING MORGAN WOOTTEN", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2119", "E2119", "[{\"name\": \"Steny H. Hoyer\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2119", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2119]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING MORGAN WOOTTEN\n\n ______\n\n HON. STENY H. HOYER\n\n of maryland\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, Morgan Wootten has been changing the lives of\nyoung men in the Washington area for the last half century. Last month,\nMr. Wootten, the head basketball coach at DeMatha High School in\nHyattsville, MD, since 1956, announced his retirement.\n Coach Wootten finished his career with 1,274 wins, 44 consecutive\nseasons with 20 or more wins, 33 Catholic league championships, 16 city\ntitles, and five national championships. Under Coach Wootten, DeMatha\nfinished the season ranked No. 1 in the area, a record 22 times. More\nthan a dozen of his players have gone on to play in the NBA, 150 have\nreceived college basketball scholarships, and more than 20 are\ncurrently coaching basketball at some level. And two years ago, the\nall-time winningest high school basketball coach in America was\ninducted into the basketball Hall of Fame.\n But numbers do not tell the story of Morgan Wootten, nor the impact\nhe has had on the lives of those young men he has coached at DeMatha.\nHe is most remembered by his players, and the students in his history\nclasses, for the lessons he taught them about life. Coach Wootten\npreached to his players the importance of God, family, school and\nbasketball, in that order. His true value is measured in the\nprofessional and personal success of those he has taught and coached,\nand by the number of former players and students who have remained\nclose to him over the years.\n Mr. Speaker, President Theodore Roosevelt said that ``To educate a\nman in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.''\nMorgan Wootten has educated several generations of young men in both\nmind and morals, and I offer him my warmest congratulations on is well-\ndeserved retirement.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2119-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP AND WORK OF MR. BILL COLE", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2119", "E2119", "[{\"name\": \"Tom Davis\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2119", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2119]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP AND WORK OF MR. BILL COLE\n\n ______\n\n HON. TOM DAVIS\n\n of virginia\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this\nopportunity to honor Mr. Bill Cole, an outstanding citizen of Northern\nVirginia.\n Mr. Cole has completed an exceptional career that has positively\nimpacted our community. As a retired Army Officer with 28 years of\nservice, Mr. Cole's last assignment was with the Department of Defense\nin helicopter research and development. While holding a master's degree\nin public administration, Mr. Cole currently works for William W. Cole\n& Associates, a business consulting firm he formed in 1992. Mr. Cole\nhas also served as General Manager of Capital Lighting & Supply, Inc,\nan electrical distributor, for 18 years. Concurrently, he was co-owner\nand Vice President of Shannon Builders, a residential construction\ncompany, from 1978-1982.\n Perhaps one of Mr. Cole's most important contributions to the\ncommunity was his service as President of the Occoquan Watershed\nCoalition, an all-volunteer organization that is committed to the\nprotection of ``The Downzoned Occoquan Watershed'' and the drinking\nwater that it provides. Mr. Cole formed the Occoquan Watershed\nCoalition in the fall of 1994 and on December 7, 1994, the coalition\nwas recognized as an official organization.\n Bill Cole's efforts have motivated others to dedicate their time and\nenergy to improving quality of life for others. He is that rare\nindividual who cares more about doing good than getting credit.\n Mr. Speaker, in closing, it is with great pleasure that I extend this\nrecognition to Mr. Bill Cole. His contributions to Virginia and his\ncommunity have been great. Virginia is proud to have such a\ndistinguished citizen in its professional and social community. I call\nupon my colleagues to join me in applauding him for all that he has\ndone.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2119-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS--MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BLOOD DRIVE", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2119", "E2119", "[{\"name\": \"Mike Rogers\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2119", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2119]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS--MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.\n BLOOD DRIVE\n\n ______\n\n HON. MIKE ROGERS\n\n of michigan\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to\nthe Blood of the Martyrs--Martin Luther King, Jr. Blood Drive and its\nsponsors, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing, the American National\nRed Cross, and the National Black Catholic Congress. This very\nimportant blood drive will take place from January 15-22, 2003 as part\nof National Blood Donor Month.\n The Second Annual Blood of the Martyrs--Martin Luther King, Jr. blood\ndrive in 2002 was met with a response of nearly 650 donors, who donated\na total of 520 pints. These pints provided a supply of 2,080 blood\nunits to be used for patients needs. I offer heartfelt thanks to all\nthose who gave last year and contributed to this wonderful turnout.\n The goal for this year's drive is 1205 productive units of blood\nwhich will result in blood supplies for nearly 5000 people. I encourage\neveryone who is able to donate blood, to do so for this worthy cause--\nit may be you who saves a life!\n Mr. Speaker, at this time in our Nation's History, when our President\nis encouraging all Americans to serve a purpose greater than\nthemselves, when we must rely on our neighbors, I can think of a few\nways to better serve our fellow Americans than by giving the gift of\nlife, by donating blood.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2119-5", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF THE URBAN LEAGUE OF HUDSON COUNTY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2119", "E2120", "[{\"name\": \"Robert Menendez\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2119", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2119-E2120]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN HONOR OF THE URBAN LEAGUE OF HUDSON COUNTY\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Urban League of\nHudson County for its efforts to revive communities throughout Hudson\nCounty, and to congratulate it upon the completion of its new\nheadquarters on Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City, NJ. To\ncommemorate this event, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held on October\n18, 2002, at the site of the new headquarters.\n\n[[Page E2120]]\n\n The Urban League of Hudson County is an organization that has stood\nfor human advancement and achievement, and has worked tirelessly to\ndevelop and revitalize our urban areas. Its work has given hope and\nfortune to so many who call the inner city their home.\n Project Reclaim is an Urban League initiative created for the\nredevelopment of the twenty-six block radius of Martin Luther King\nDrive in the Ward F community of Jersey City. The new headquarters\nbuilding is a cornerstone of the Urban League's plan to initiate an\neconomic and social renaissance in this community. And with the\ncommunity's participation, this renaissance will be a lasting and\ninspiring model for the country.\n Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the Urban League of\nHudson County for providing hope to countless families, and for\nbelieving in America by investing and revitalizing our urban areas,\nwhen others turned their backs on our cities. The Urban League's\naccomplishments have paved the way for prosperous and healthy\ncommunities throughout New Jersey.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2119", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF REVEREND TYRONE CHESS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2119", "E2119", "[{\"name\": \"Robert Menendez\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2119", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2119]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[[Page E2119]]\n\n IN HONOR OF REVEREND TYRONE CHESS\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Reverend Tyrone\nChess for his exceptional service as pastor and founder of Holy Ghost\nTabernacle Ministries in Jersey City, New Jersey. Rev. Chess was\nhonored on November 3, 2002, at Holy Ghost Tabernacle's Ninth Annual\nAnniversary Banquet held at the Marriott International in Newark, New\nJersey.\n A native of Jersey City, born there in 1956, Rev. Chess has devoted\nhis life to the improvement of his community. Having been a pastor for\nnine years, Rev. Chess now serves as the social and political\nchairperson of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, and in the\npast served as its second vice president. His passion for the well\nbeing of humankind led him to participate as a member and chairperson\nof the Human Rights Commission. Presently, he is a member of the Jersey\nCity Board of Adjustments, and founder and CEO of the Lincoln Center\nCommunity Development, Inc.\n Reverend Chess began his religious education at Essex County College,\nand continued his studies at the American Fellowship Seminary. He\nrecently earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from the Adonai\nTemple Christian Center Bible Institute.\n Rev. Chess is married to Martha Chess and they are the proud parents\nof five children: Daarina, Thaddeus, Tyrone, Jr., Safiyah, and Zaynah.\n Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Reverend Tyrone\nChess for his many years of dedicated service as a pastor and mentor to\nthe Jersey City community. The Reverend's selfless contributions to the\ncommunity have not gone unnoticed; without a doubt, he is one of New\nJersey's most outstanding religious leaders.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2120-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING DR. MARTIN EICHELBERGER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2120", "E2120", "[{\"name\": \"Steny H. Hoyer\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2120", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2120]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING DR. MARTIN EICHELBERGER\n\n ______\n\n HON. STENY H. HOYER\n\n of maryland\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Martin Eichelberger is a Professor of\nSurgery and of Pediatrics at George Washington University and Director\nof Emergency Trauma and Burn Service at the Children's National Medical\nCenter, in Washington, DC. He is also president and cofounder of the\nNational SAFE KIDS Campaign, and a nationally recognized pediatric\ntrauma surgeon.\n The reason Dr. Eichelberger is so highly regarded became evident on\nMonday, October 7, when he was called out of a skin graft surgery to\nbegin preparing for a 13-year-old shooting victim who was on his way to\nChildren's Hospital from the Bowie Health Center. The boy had been shot\nby the Washington-area snipers in front of Benjamin Tasker Middle\nSchool, and the dozens of fragments from the sniper's bullet had done\nextensive and life-threatening damage to a number of the boy's vital\norgans.\n Dr. Eichelberger and his team immediately began to make critical\ndecisions about which organs could be saved, and which ones were beyond\nrepair and needed to be removed. The right decisions were made, and the\ntwo and a half hour operation saved the boy's life. Although this brave\nyoung man faces a long and challenging road to recovery, I am pleased\nto report that he has been released from the hospital, and I am hopeful\nthat he will in fact make a full recovery from his injuries.\n Mr. Speaker, this 13-year-old young man is one of the countless\nyoungsters who have been touched by the gifts of Mr. Eichelberger and\nwhose lives have been saved or made better by his compassionate\ndedication to public service. The 1989 United Nations Convention on the\nRights of the Child states that ``Mankind owes to the child the best it\nhas to give.'' I am proud to say that in Dr. Eichelberger, we have\ngiven Washington area youngsters the best we have.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2120-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF DUNCAN A. HOLADAY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2120", "E2121", "[{\"name\": \"Tom Davis\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2120", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2120-E2121]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF DUNCAN A. HOLADAY\n\n ______\n\n HON. TOM DAVIS\n\n of virginia\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and\nhonor Mr. Duncan Holaday upon his retirement after 35 years of devoted\nservice in support of our great Nation. His last position was with the\nDepartment of the Navy, where he served as the Deputy Assistant\nSecretary of the Navy for Installations and Facilities.\n Mr. Holaday was born on February 15, 1943 in Berkeley, CA. He\ngraduated from Beloit College in 1965 with a bachelor of arts degree in\nphilosophy. In 1976, he received a master of business administration\ndegree from Syracuse University.\n Mr. Holaday began his Government service with the U.S. Army in 1967\nas a management intern. Following completion of his training, he spent\nthe next 15 years as an operations research analyst with the Army,\nserving both in the Pentagon and in Europe as well as with the Office\nof the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and\nEvaluation. While in this position at OSD, Mr. Holaday was responsible\nfor analyzing Army and Marine Corps force structure, force basing,\nmilitary construction, and manpower requirements.\n From 1982 to 1987, Mr. Holaday served as a director in the office of\nthe Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations. It was\nthere that he implemented the Model Installation Program, which was a\nhighly successful test of the proposition that base commanders could do\na better job of running their bases when freed of restraints imposed by\nheadquarters. While at OSD, he also developed and implemented DOD-wide\nreal property and base utilization policies.\n He later served as the Director of the Defense Acquisition Regulatory\nSystem under the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition between\n1987 and 1990. From 1990 to early 1993, he was the Executive Director\nof the Defense Ethics Council.\n After leaving the Office of the Secretary of Defense in April 1993\nand before joining the Department of the Navy in 1994, Mr. Holaday\nworked with then Vice President Al Gore on the National Performance\nReview, NPR. There, he was responsible for improving real property\nacquisition and management within the Federal Government and oversaw\ngovernment-wide implementation of NPR recommendations for downsizing\nand streamlining the Federal workforce.\n In October, 1994, he was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of the\nNavy, Installations and Facilities. As the Deputy Assistant Secretary,\nhe was responsible for establishing policy and improving oversight on\nthe Department of the Navy's acquisition, construction, use,\nmanagement, operation, and disposal of real estate, facilities, and\nhousing at Navy and Marine Corps bases worldwide.\n During the transition in administrations, between January and August,\n2001, he served as the Senior Civilian Official in the Office of the\nAssistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment. As\nSenior Civilian Official, he was directly responsible to the Secretary\nof the Navy for the formulation of Department-wide policies and\nprocedures, and for overseeing all Department of the Navy functions and\nprograms relating to environmental protection; Navy and Marine Corps\nfacilities and installations; housing; long-range basing and\ninfrastructure requirements; and safety and occupational health for\nmilitary and civilian personnel. In this role, he provided stability\nand continuity during the absence of three presidentially-appointed\npolitical appointees.\n His accomplishments throughout his career, and especially while\nserving in the Department of the Navy, are extraordinary. He has worked\ntirelessly to promote investment in the facilities where sailors and\nmarines live, work, and train. He was at the forefront of the\nDepartment's efforts to improve military family housing through the\ninnovative use of privatization authorities allowing partnership with\nthe private sector. During his stewardship, the Department of the Navy\nwas able to realize over $600 million in investment in Navy and Marine\nCorps family housing, using only slightly over $100 million of its own\nresources.\n\n[[Page E2121]]\n\n To every problem and challenge he has faced, he has brought keen\ninsight and attention to detail that has enabled thoughtful solutions.\nHe demonstrated extraordinary environmental stewardship in successfully\nshepherding the transfer of land on the western end of Vieques within\nthe timeframes specified by law. He has successfully engaged in the\nextremely complicated task of negotiations and agreements, allowing the\nDepartment to convey base closure property for redevelopment by local\ncommunities.\n Mr. Holaday has left a remarkable legacy. The hallmark of his\nservice, throughout his career, has been improved living and working\nconditions for the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who serve our\ncountry so bravely, day after day. He has been steadfast in his service\nto this great nation and his devotion to those with whom he has served.\nHis superb performance has won him countless awards, including the\nDistinguished Civilian Service Award in 2001. His leadership will be\nsorely missed. I for one am extremely grateful that he chose to enter\npublic service.\n I wish to recognize and thank him for his honorable service and would\nlike to join with his many friends and colleagues, both within the\nexecutive branch and here in Congress, in wishing him fair winds and\nfollowing seas as he and his wife, Mary Margaret, and son, Duncan,\ncontinue forward in what most assuredly will remain a life of service\nto this great Nation.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2120", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "CONGRATULATING THE WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "CONGRATULATIONS", "E2120", "E2120", null, null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2120", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2120]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRATULATING THE WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT\n\n ______\n\n HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. RADONOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the\nWestlands Water District of Huron, CA, on the occasion of celebrating\n50 years of dedication and service to the communities of the San\nJoaquin Valley of California on Sunday, November 17, 2002. The 50th\nanniversary celebration will take place at Harris Ranch in Coalinga,\nCA.\n Farming in the Westlands Water District began during California's\nGold Rush era. The first significant irrigation in the Westlands area\nbegan about 1915 with the drilling of deep wells by individual\noperators on large acreages. In 1942, the Westside Landowners\nAssociation was established to urge and help finance studies on the\nfeasibility of developing and constructing water supply systems to\nserve the west side. In 1952, the owners of 400,000 acres of westside\nland petitioned the Fresno County Board of Supervisors for the\nformation of the water district. On September 8, 1952, the Westlands\nWater District was formed.\n Westlands is one of the largest agricultural water districts in the\nUnited States, with more than 570,000 irrigated acres of diversified\ncrops on some of the most productive soil in the world. Westlands\nprovides water to nearly 600 family-owned farms that average 850 acres\nin size. Farms within Westlands produce approximately $1 billion worth\nof food and fiber per year. This translates into $3.5 billion in farm\nrelated economic activity, nearly one-third of the $12.5 billion\ngenerated by the agriculture-based economy of Fresno County. In\naddition to food and fiber, Westlands farmers produce jobs, taxes, and\nstrong economic core for the regional economy.\n Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to congratulate the Westlands Water\nDistrict of Central California on the occasion of their 50th year\nanniversary. I urge my colleagues to join me in wishing the Westlands\nWater District many years of continued success.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2121-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF THE SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2121", "E2121", "[{\"name\": \"Robert Menendez\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2121", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2121]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN HONOR OF THE SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Society of\nHispanic Professional Engineers as it hosted the 15th Annual Eastern\nTechnical and Career Conference (ETCC), which was held November 1-3,\n2002, at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in East Rutherford, New Jersey.\n Despite the many advancements made by Hispanics in the fields of\nengineering and science, we must continue to ensure equality in the\nwork force for all Americans. The ETCC has made this its focus and,\nsince 1987, has been promoting academic excellence, professional\ngrowth, technical opportunities, and the development of ties and\nconnections among Hispanic professionals. These valuable networking\nopportunities for students and professionals are necessary to promote\nand provide for a more just work environment.\n The second largest Hispanic student engineering conference in the\nnation, the ETCC attracts over 50 universities along the East Coast.\nThis year, the ETCC is expecting 1,200 Latino college students majoring\nin math, science, and engineering, and 300 professionals and corporate\nrepresentatives from Fortune 500 companies to attend.\n Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the 15th Annual\nEastern Technical and Career Conference hosted by the Society of\nHispanic Professional Engineers. New Jersey is fortunate to have\norganizations that provide opportunities for students and professionals\nto explore what being Hispanic and being a professional can mean. My\nbest wishes for a successful conference.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2121-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING SPECIAL AGENT LOUIS PAUL RUSSO", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2121", "E2122", "[{\"name\": \"Mike Rogers\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2121", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2121-E2122]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING SPECIAL AGENT LOUIS PAUL RUSSO\n\n ______\n\n HON. MIKE ROGERS\n\n of michigan\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a\ndistinguished FBI agent from the Bureau's Detroit Division on the\noccasion of his retirement. On June 28, 1971 Louis Paul Russo entered\non duty as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On\nOctober 1, 1971 SA Russo reported to the Detroit Division. Director J.\nEdgar Hoover transferred SAA Russo from Detroit, to the Lansing\nResident Agency beginning January 11, 1972. On December 21, 1972 SA\nRusso was transferred to the Cincinnati Division. SA Russo served in\nCincinnati for over 16 years before he was reassigned to Detroit\narriving on October 2, 1989.\n SA Russo successfully worked a broad spectrum of cases including,\nBank Robberies, Civil Rights, Auto Theft, Labor Violations, Fugitives,\nCounter Intelligence, and Organized Crime. Agent Russo spent his entire\ncareer as what is commonly called a ``street agent.'' Street agents are\nthe agents that solve the cases, make our neighborhoods safe, and\nprotect these United States from our enemies; foreign and domestic, all\nat a great personal sacrifice to themselves and their families.\n I am aware from Agent Russo's co-workers that right up to his last\ndays ``on the rolls'', Special Agent Russo came to work early, poured\nover his files, ``hit the streets'' and got the job done. After\nSeptember 11, 2001 SA Russo, while attending to his other cases,\nenthusiastically reengineered himself to transition with the Bureau in\ntheir new focus on the investigation of Terrorism, all with more energy\nand sense of purpose than most agents 30 years younger than he.\n I have heard him affectionately referred to as a ``one man squad''.\nAgent Russo was always going above and beyond. I am aware of an\ninstance where Agents on the organized crime squad in Detroit where\nassigned to fan out across the Motor City looking for evidence of\nconstruction equipment thefts that had allegedly occurred many years\nearlier; all to verify the credibility of a witness. They were only\nlooking for evidence that such thefts had been reported; so many years\nhad gone by, any leads were certain to be cold. The agents one by one\nreturned at the end of the day with the various proofs that these\npieces of equipment had in fact been reported stolen. Agent Russo also\ncame back to the office with police reports to verify the long ago\nreported thefts and with a backhoe and other heavy equipment in tow, he\nhad not only verified the thefts, he had recovered the stolen property.\nSA Russo has received letters of commendation from every Director that\nthe Federal Bureau of Investigation has ever had. SA Russo consistently\nreceived top job performance reviews and he has garnered many letters\nof appreciation from Assistant United states Attorneys. Most\nimportantly, SA Russo has earned and kept the respect of every agent he\nhas ever served with. He has diligently protected the citizens of the\ngreat State of Michigan and the citizens of this great nation with\nenthusiasm, dedication and pride.\n\n[[Page E2122]]\n\nSpecial Agent Russo exemplifies the finest traditions of the FBI and of\nthe Bureau's motto of ``Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity''. His efforts\nand his example have made the FBI the enduring and honorable\ninstitution that it is. He will be missed when he retires December 31,\n2002, having served for over 31 years as a Special Agent. From this\nformer Special Agent, on behalf of the State of Michigan and this\nNation; thank you, Louis Paul Russo.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2121", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH HIRD", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "INMEMORYOF", "E2121", "E2121", "[{\"name\": \"Rosa L. DeLauro\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2121", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2121]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH HIRD\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO\n\n of connecticut\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today\nto pay tribute to one of the most generous and giving community members\nI have had the pleasure of knowing. In life, Elizabeth Hird was beloved\nby all of those whose lives she touched--a true community treasure.\n An artist, community leader and active conservationist, Elizabeth was\na pioneer in the local efforts for environmental preservation and\neducation--dedicating her time and energies to ensure that our natural\nresources would be protected for future generations to enjoy. A\nfounding member, and later, director and president of the Killingworth\nLand Conservation Trust, Elizabeth worked hard to make the public aware\nof all nature could teach them. She was instrumental in the creation of\nthe Platt Nature Center for environmental education which offers\nprograms throughout the summer to young children. Through these\nprograms, children are able to participate in a variety of activities\nwhere they learn to identify the wild flowers and wild life of the\narea. At part of the last days activities, children were invited to\nOuter Island, one of the Thimble Islands off the Connecticut coastline,\nwhere Elizabeth and her late husband, Basil Rauch, owned a home.\nElizabeth hosted the event and children were encouraged to explore the\nisland and the many creatures which call the island home. A unique\nexperience for so many, children of all ages looked forward to this\nspecial opportunity.\n In 1995, in honor of her husband, Elizabeth donated Outer Island to\nthe United States Fish and Wildlife Service to become an environmental\nresearch and education center and part of the Stewart B. McKinney\nNational Wildlife Refuge. Today, students of all ages, from elementary\nto graduate school, have access to the island and the endless lessons\nit provides. It was just over one year ago that I joined Elizabeth to\nannounce the establishment of the Outer Island Endowment Fund--a\nrenewed commitment to the preservation of Outer Island, its diverse\nwildlife, and educational opportunities for our community's young\npeople. In speaking to Elizabeth that day, I knew that her dream for\nOuter Island had been realized and I was proud to join in the\ncelebration of her vision.\n I am honored to stand today in memory of Elizabeth Hird and express\nmy deepest thanks and appreciation for all that she has given to our\ncommunity. Elizabeth was truly a unique individual who has left an\nindelible mark on our community. Hers is a legacy which will continue\nto inspire many for generations to come.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2122-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO BROOKINGS FELLOW ROBERT M. HARTT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2122", "E2122", "[{\"name\": \"Danny K. Davis\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2122", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2122]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n TRIBUTE TO BROOKINGS FELLOW ROBERT M. HARTT\n\n ______\n\n HON. DANNY K. DAVIS\n\n of illinois\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and\ngratitude to Mr. Robert M. Hartt. Recently, Mr. Hartt has ended a six-\nmonth fellowship with the Brookings Institution and will be returning\nto his position at the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind\nor Severely Disabled.\n While working in my office, Mr. Hartt brought an aspect to\ndisabilities issues that shed a new light to legislation and office\npolicies. Mr. Hartt passionately used his personal experiences as a man\nwith a vision impairment to ensure improvements be set forth in\ncomputer software, educational textbooks and healthcare for all\nindividuals with disabilities. His advocacy and strength instilled a\nrenewed hope that one day our nation will have equality for all people.\n Again, Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Mr. Hartt for his\nexceptional hard work for the residents of Illinois 7th Congressional\nDistrict and America's disability community.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2122-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN REMEMBRANCE OF CATHERINE E. TODD", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2122", "E2122", "[{\"name\": \"Robert Menendez\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2122", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2122]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN REMEMBRANCE OF CATHERINE E. TODD\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember Catherine E.\nTodd, who passed away on June 26, 2002. On Wednesday, November 6, 2002,\nthe Jersey City Housing Authority held a dedication ceremony in her\nmemory at the Montgomery Gardens Community Center in Jersey City, New\nJersey.\n Born on October 10, 1938, Catherine led a life of selfless dedication\nto those in need. She devoted 48 years of her life to the residents of\nMontgomery Gardens Housing Complex, contributing both time and energy\nin assisting residents in every possible way. Her tireless efforts on\nbehalf of the residents of the Jersey City Housing Authority\nfacilitated a sense of community and fostered a sense of home for all.\n In 1954, Catherine began her battle on behalf of the residents of\nMontgomery Gardens. During the 1960s, she rose to positions such as\nbuilding captain, community organizer, Montgomery Garden's site\nimprovement committee member, and Montgomery Garden's liaison committee\nmember. In 1978, Catherine became the Chairperson of the Montgomery\nGardens tenant management corporation board, and regularly met with\nresidents to ensure that their needs were being fulfilled and that they\nwere aware of all programs available to them. In 1996, she was also\nelected to the office of chairperson of the Jersey City tenant affairs\nboard.\n Catherine is survived by her two children, Henry and Jo Ann, and\nthree grandchildren, Hanifah, Sharifah, and Hasan.\n Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering Catherine E.\nTodd for her great concern for the residents of the Jersey City Housing\nAuthority. She extended her heart and her hand to help improve the\nquality of life for each person she encountered and she will be missed\nnot only by her Jersey City Housing Authority family, but by the entire\nJersey City community.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2122-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "PAYING TRIBUTE TO JIM AND SUE WHEELER, ANGELS IN ADOPTION HONOREES", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2122", "E2122", "[{\"name\": \"Mike Rogers\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2122", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2122]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PAYING TRIBUTE TO JIM AND SUE WHEELER, ANGELS IN ADOPTION HONOREES\n\n ______\n\n HON. MIKE ROGERS\n\n of michigan\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the\naccomplishments of Jim and Sue Wheeler of East Lansing, Michigan, who\nwere chosen as the 2002 8th Congressional Angels in Adoption honorees.\n Jim and Sue Wheeler's personal dedication to raising 10 children,\nseveral of them adopted, makes them deserving of our respect and\nadmiration.\n Each year, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute honors\nfamilies or organizations who have shown a real commitment to improving\nthe lives of children through adoption. Jim and Sue Wheeler are the\nrole model for families who care about children. Their long-range\nimpact on this nation will be felt for decades and generations to come\nand I was honored to sponsor them for recognition as Angels in\nAdoption.\n The Wheelers are among 140 honorees from the 50 states who were\nrecognized at special ceremonies in Washington, D.C. earlier this year.\n Jim and Sue Wheeler married in 1984. She was a professor at Michigan\nState University.\n ``We had an `ours-mine-yours' relationship,'' Jim told us. He had two\nchildren from a previous marriage and Sue had a daughter from a first\nmarriage. Then they had a child together in 1986 and thought they were\nthrough.\n But the Wheelers decided they would like to have a larger family and\nthought maybe there were children out there who needed a home. Since\nthen Jim and Sue have had six more children by adoption through\nCatholic Social Service of Lansing/St. Vincent Home. Their diverse\nfamily of 10 children now represents three races!\n Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring this very\nspecial couple and their family. They are truly deserving of our\nrespect and admiration.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2122-5", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO CHIEF CHARLES A. MOOSE", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2122", "E2123", "[{\"name\": \"Albert Russell Wynn\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2122", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2122-E2123]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n TRIBUTE TO CHIEF CHARLES A. MOOSE\n\n ______\n\n HON. ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN\n\n of maryland\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I proudly rise today to honor Montgomery\nCounty Police Chief Charles A. Moose for his exemplary work on the\ninvestigation of the sniper shootings that recently plagued the\nWashington Metro Region. I would like to commend Chief Moose for\nexhibiting great patience and humility amidst the frenzied media\ncoverage, which was marked by excesses and speculation.\n Chief Moose exhibited tremendous leadership and excellent teamwork by\ncoordinating with other jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies.\nChief Moose directed a multi-agency task force, whose work led to the\neventual capture of the sniper suspects. Chief Moose became the public\nface of the investigation, holding daily press briefings, and consoling\nthe public when a child became a victim of the sniper attacks.\n Throughout the sniper shootings, many in the community looked to law\nenforcement to reassure their ever-present fears. Chief Moose served as\na calming and informative spokesman, providing the public with needed\ninformation and a community oriented perspective.\n Although Chief Moose has just recently come to national attention, he\nhas always been active in the local community and has\n\n[[Page E2123]]\n\nreceived numerous awards for his law enforcement and community\nactivity. Along with his role as Chief of Police, Moose teaches\ncriminology at the local community college, and serves as a Major in\nthe District of Columbia National Air Guard. Chief Moose is clearly a\ntremendous leader, and an invaluable member of the Montgomery County\nPolice force who has a bright and promising future ahead of him. It is\ntruly an honor to have him serve in our community.\n Mr. Speaker, I want to again thank Chief Charles A. Moose for his\nwork in helping to apprehend the sniper suspects, and returning our\ncommunity to normal. I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing an\nhonorable and professional member of the law enforcement community.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2122", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING DR. ALICIA JUARRERO: OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2122", "E2122", "[{\"name\": \"Albert Russell Wynn\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2122", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2122]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING DR. ALICIA JUARRERO: OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR\n OF THE YEAR\n\n ______\n\n HON. ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN\n\n of maryland\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Alicia Juarrero, a\nprofessor of philosophy at Prince George's Community College, who is\nbeing honored by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching\nand The Council for Advancement and Support of Education as the\nOutstanding Community College Professor of the Year.\n Dr. Juarrero at Prince George's Community College, located in my\ncongressional district in Largo, Maryland. She has been nationally\nrecognized among her community college colleagues as the best of the\nbest. Dr. Juarrero's accomplishments speak to the caliber of professors\nat the community college level. Often times the invaluable work of our\ncommunity college professors goes unrecognized, so it is especially\nrewarding for a local professor from my district to receive such an\nhonorable award.\n Dr. Juarrero earned her undergraduate degree, master's and Ph.D from\nthe University of Miami. She has been a professor at Prince George's\nCommunity College since 1975. Dr. Juarrero starts each semester with\ngreat zeal, beginning with a quote from Plato: ``Thinking is the\ntalking of the soul with itself.'' She has been called a ``teacher's\nteacher,'' often serving as a great resource for her follow colleagues.\n It is truly an honor to have Dr. Juarrero as a professor at Prince\nGeorge's Community College. She is a great reflection of a tremendous\ninstitution. I urge my colleagues to join me in honoring a gifted and\nhighly respected teacher.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2123-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING THERESA SIRICO FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2123", "E2123", "[{\"name\": \"Rosa L. DeLauro\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2123", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2123]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING THERESA SIRICO FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE\n COMMUNITY\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO\n\n of connecticut\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today\nto pay tribute to an outstanding member of the New Haven community--\nTheresa Sirico. The founder of the Louis and Joan Sirico Center for\nElders and Families at Southern Connecticut State University, Theresa's\ngenerosity and compassion will touch the lives of thousands throughout\nGreater New Haven and millions across the country.\n As a child, I knew Louis and Joan Sirico as neighbors and friends,\nworking with my parents to enrich our neighborhood. The Siricos were\nboth active advocates for our families and our community. Much as my\nown parents, they passed these values to their seven children. Both\nLouis and Joan suffered strokes, left without the abilities to care for\nthemselves. In both instances, their family members came together to\nprovide them the care they needed through their last days. However, not\nall are fortunate enough to have families who are willing or able to\ntake on these challenges.\n With the ``baby boomer'' generation approaching retirement age, more\nand more of our nation's seniors are looking for access to the care and\ncompanionship they need and rightly deserve. Theresa Sirico,\nrecognizing the need for increased interest in geriatric care, took\naction. With a generous donation of a quarter of a million dollars,\nTheresa started the effort to establish a national model for improving\nthe quality of life for our seniors. With a large anonymous donation,\nfund-raising efforts, and matching funds from the State Department of\nHigher Education, Theresa's vision of the Louis and Joan Sirico Center\nfor Elders and Families became a reality.\n The Sirico Center combines both undergraduate and graduate studies\nwith hands-on workshops and seminars. Blending the studies of nursing,\nsocial work, and public health, the Center will be an invaluable\nresource for those interested in geriatric care. In a time when our\nnation is facing an ever increasing senior population and a lack of\ngeriatric health care professionals, the Sirico Center is sure to be an\nasset not only to the Greater New Haven area, but to communities\nthroughout the nation. The Sirico Center for Elders and Families will\nnot only provide education for health professionals, but will generate\nexcitement and interest in the field of geriatric medicine. This is the\ntrue gift of Theresa Sirico.\n I am honored to rise today to join family, friends, and the staff and\nfaculty of the Louis and Joan Sirico Center for Elders and Families in\nextending my deepest thanks and appreciation to Theresa Sirico for her\noutstanding contributions to our community. Seniors and their families\nwill benefit greatly from her unique vision and unparalleled\ndedication.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2123-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING MS. MARILYN MIGLIN OF CHICAGO", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2123", "E2123", "[{\"name\": \"Danny K. Davis\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2123", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2123]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING MS. MARILYN MIGLIN OF CHICAGO\n\n ______\n\n HON. DANNY K. DAVIS\n\n of illinois\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I want to take a few minutes\ntoday to speak about one of my constituents who is making a most\nremarkable contribution to the people of Chicago and the entire\nMidwest. Marilyn Miglin is involved in an extraordinary range of public\nservice activities and maintains a remarkable schedule.\n Ms. Miglin originally suggested the notion of an advisory board for\nthe University of Illinois Craniofacial Center in 1987. The\nCraniofacial Center of the University of Illinois provides medical\nservices for patients with facial deformities.\n But Marilyn Miglin went far beyond the offer of a suggestion. She\nbegan volunteering time from her busy schedule to assist the physician\nteam at the Craniofacial Center in adding a new dimension to the\npatient services offered by the Department. She began coming regularly\nto the center to see patients with facial deformities and to show them\nhow to apply makeup to hide their condition, or to draw attention away\nfrom the condition.\n Not satisfied with superficial appearance, Ms. Miglin recognized the\nneed to go beyond what one could see at the surface, and reached\npatients in a deeper and more profound way: helping each individual\nrealize their inner beauty and self worth. Out of this personal growth\ncame the renewed confidence and self assurance necessary to deal with\neveryday life;\n Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I am especially pleased to take this\nopportunity to acknowledge and congratulate Marilyn Miglin for her\nsupport and dedication to the patients and staff of the University of\nIllinois Craniofacial Center.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2123-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF REVEREND RALPH E. BROWER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2123", "E2124", "[{\"name\": \"Robert Menendez\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2123", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2123-E2124]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN HONOR OF REVEREND RALPH E. BROWER\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Reverend Ralph E.\nBrower for 47 years of outstanding service to our community as a leader\nand senior pastor at Saint Michael's Methodist Church. Rev. Brower was\nhonored at a banquet at the Casino in the Park in Jersey City, New\nJersey, on November 10, 2002.\n\n[[Page E2124]]\n\n For the past 47 years, Reverend Ralph E. Brower has been a tireless\nadvocate on behalf of his community and congregation, ensuring that no\none in the community is left behind. A true leader, Rev. Brower has\nserved for the past 27 years as president of the Interdenominational\nMinisterial Alliance, and the past 25 years as chaplain for Hudson\nCounty. He has served in several city administrations, and is currently\nthe president of the United Black interdenominational Clergy (VBIC) of\nNew Jersey, the state's largest African-American clergy organization.\n His selfless actions have not gone unnoticed, and he has been honored\nby New Jersey's Urban League, the National Association for the\nAdvancement of Colored People of New Jersey, and the New Jersey State\nFederation of Colored Women's Clubs.\n The fourth of six children, Rev. Brower was born and raised in North\nCarolina, but decided to make New Jersey his home. He is a graduate of\nthe Laurinburg Institute and Kettle College of North Carolina, attended\nFlorida State Christian College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, earned his\nBachelor of Arts degree from Jersey City State College, and his\nDoctorate of Sacred Theology from the Baltimore Bible College.\n Rev. Brown is married to Alberta Hazel-Brower, and they are the proud\nparents of three children: two sons, Ralph, Jr. and Ronald, and one\ndaughter, Denise.\n Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Reverend Ralph E.\nBrower for close to 50 years of service as a leader and senior pastor\nto the Jersey City community. Let us all join together and take this\nopportunity to honor an exceptional man, setting an outstanding example\nfor our community. Thank you Rev. Brower for all that you do.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2123", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITIC SENTIMENT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2123", "E2123", "[{\"name\": \"Frank Pallone, Jr.\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2123", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2123]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITIC SENTIMENT\n\n ______\n\n HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to draw attention to the\ndisturbing rise in and acceptance of Anti-Semitism in the Arab world.\n An Egyptian satellite television station recently produced and is\ncurrently airing a new series that its producers openly acknowledge is\npartially based on a century old anti-Semitic tract entitled ``The\nProtocols of the Elders of Zion.''\n ``The Protocols,'' which have long been dismissed by historians as\nfalse, are a work of fiction fabricated in czarist Russia to perpetuate\nand justify anti-Semitic violence and persecution. ``The Protocols''\nwere a series of 24 documents reportedly written by Jewish leaders that\noutline a plan for global domination by the Jewish people. They were\nlater used again as anti-Jewish propaganda in Nazi Germany and are\nstill used to this day by neo-Nazis and white-supremacist groups.\n The New Egyptian series, entitled ``Horse Without a Horseman,'' is\nlooking to breathe new life back into this cornerstone of anti-Semitic\nhatred. The 41-episode television series, created specifically to air\nduring the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, traces the history of the\nMiddle East from 1855-1917. With a prime evening timeslot, the series\nis expected to have excellent viewership, as families gather at home to\nbreak the daily fast. This puts the series in the unique position to\nbring anti-Jewish sentiment into millions of homes throughout the\nMiddle East. Israeli and American Embassy officials have raised\nconcerns over the use of the fictional and inflammatory ``Protocols''\nwith the Egyptian government, but to no avail.\n With the increase in attention given to ``The Protocols'' in the Arab\nmedia, many believe that the imagery present in ``Horse without a\nHorseman'' is indicative of the rise in anti-Semitism in the Arab world\nsince the September 11 terrorist attacks.\n Even here at home, The Arab Voice, a local Arab newspaper in New\nJersey, recently printed excerpts from ``The Protocols.'' Despite\nknowledge that ``The Protocols'' are forgeries and have been used to\nincite anti-Jewish hatred and violence, the editors of The Arab Voice\ncalled ``The Protocols'' an ``educational tool'' for their readers.\n The irresponsible decision by The Arab Voice to give credence to\n``The Protocols'' by reprinting the falsehoods in their paper only\nfuels and further perpetuates the tension between the Arab and Jewish\ncommunities. At a time when the American-Arab and Jewish communities\ncould be making an effort to improve communication and cooperation, The\nArab Voice's printing of ``The Protocols'' is both irresponsible and\ninflammatory.\n I ask my colleague to join with me in condemning ``Horse without a\nHorseman,'' The Arab Voice and any perpetuation of anti-Semitism either\nabroad or at home. It is critical that we remain vigilant and not allow\nattempts to spread hatred to be ignored or continued.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2124-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING THE YALE-NEW HAVEN TEACHERS INSTITUTE ON THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2124", "E2124", "[{\"name\": \"Rosa L. DeLauro\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2124", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2124]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING THE YALE-NEW HAVEN TEACHERS INSTITUTE ON THEIR 25TH\n ANNIVERSARY\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO\n\n of connecticut\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today\nto join the New Haven and Yale University communities in celebrating\nthe 25th anniversary of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute--a unique\nand highly successful partnership between the New Haven Public School\nSystem and Yale University.\n I have often spoke about the importance of education and the vital\nrole it plays in our communities--especially for our urban youth.\nToday, it is more important than ever for our nation's teachers to have\naccess to the skills and resources they need to prepare our children\nfor the future. That is the mission of the Yale-New Haven Teachers\nInstitute. For a quarter of a century, the Institute has been providing\narea educators with the opportunity to strengthen themselves\nprofessionally through annual seminars in the humanities and sciences.\nIn addition, the Institute works with program participants to bring the\ncurriculum and lessons of the seminars to the classroom. The teachers\nwho have participated in this program have demonstrated a unique\ncommitment to our young people. These are educators who are truly\ndedicated to ensuring that our children--our future--have the talented\nand creative teachers they need and deserve.\n Just four years ago, the Institute forged ahead with a new goal. With\njust over one million dollars in grant funding, the Institute set out\nto replicate its program in four other cities across the country. This\nventure has been a success and has proven that the partnerships that\nare fostered between local public schools and universities can and will\nenrich the lives of our young people. New Haven has certainly benefited\nfrom this tremendous organization which has not only touched the lives\nof so many teachers, but countless numbers of our children. The\nInstitute has earned a distinguished reputation and has been recognized\nat every level of government as a model for all communities.\n For all that they have given to the families and children of New\nHaven and for all of their good work across the country, I am proud to\nstand today to extend my sincere congratulations to the Yale-New Haven\nTeachers Institute as they celebrate their 25th Anniversary.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2124-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "THANKING MY CONGRESSIONAL STAFF", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2124", "E2125", "[{\"name\": \"George W. Gekas\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2124", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2124-E2125]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n THANKING MY CONGRESSIONAL STAFF\n\n ______\n\n HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS\n\n of pennsylvania\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, the end of a congressional career brings\nabout many emotions. Over the last twenty years I have happily spent\nrepresenting the fine people of the 17th Congressional District of\nPennsylvania I have had the pleasure of working with thousands of\nconstituents, local, state and federal officials, and many former and\ncurrent distinguished members of the U.S. House of Representatives and\nthe U.S. Senate. To all of them I say, thanks for working with me\ntowards a better America.\n And, of course, every Member of Congress works with many, many\ncompetent staff, from the staff in their own personal offices to the\nCommittee and Subcommittee staff and the leadership and floor staff. It\nhas often been said that without staff where would this institution be?\nAnd I concur with that statement, for without the many fine staff with\nwhom I have had good fortune to work, I and other Members of Congress\nof the United States would be far worse off. While I cannot mention all\nthe fine staff who have worked with me over the years, let me at least\nmention the current personal and subcommittee staffers who have\nendeavored to achieve our common goals and to whom I give my hearty\nthanks and wish them well in their future careers.\n In my Harrisburg district office, Arlene Eckels, my long-time\npersonal secretary who has worked for me since the early days in the\nPennsylvania State Senate and to whom I wish a happy and much deserved\nretirement; Tom Templeton, my hardworking district director, who so\nably kept my entire district staff working smoothly; Suzanne Stoll, and\nold friend and superb caseworker; Paul Giannaris, whose ability to\nhandle INS problems has made him invaluable; and Tim Vollrath, a\nrecently returned former employee whose military and veterans help has\nbeen superb. In our Lebanon Office, Reg Nyman has been the voice of\nLehbanon for these many years, and his excellent knowledge and service\nwill be missed. And in our Elizabethtown office, Susan Melendez has\nkept out Lancaster County constituents well served by her kind and\nefficient manner. Over the last twenty years my district office staff\nhas handled hundreds of thousands of phone calls and constituent\ncasework requests. A superb record by a superb staff.\n My Washington office staff have proven themselves time and time\nagain, regularly going beyond the call of duty. (The tally of my\nhundreds of legislative measures, nearly 30 Public Laws, thousands of\noffice meetings and countless committee and other initiatives over\n\n[[Page E2125]]\n\nthe years speaks truth to that assertion.) First, on my personal staff,\nPatrick Sheehan, my Counsel and Legislative Director, has been a\ndynamic and intelligent thinker and leader, who offered sage advice on\nimmigration, military and veterans affairs; Greg Helman, my Senior\nLegislative Counsel kept pace with my many Judiciary and legislative\ndemands, especially bankruptcy reform and appropriations (as I would\nexpect from a Palmyra, PA native); Becky Smith, my office manager and\nhealth legislative assistant, kept my schedule and personal affairs\nhumming along smoothly and ably managed my most favorite of projects,\nthe Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus of which I was founder and\nCo-Chairman; David Greineder, who did a multitude of duties as my\ntalented systems manager, legislative correspondent and Legislative\nAssistant covering education and labor issues; Bill Tighe, another LC\nand Legislative Assistant whose insights into the Agriculture and\nNatural Resources needs of Pennsylvania and the district were more than\ninvaluable, they were accurate; Mike Shields, my recent press secretary\nextraordinaire, who did an excellent job under difficult situations;\nand, of course, Allan Cagnoli, my long time Chief of Staff from\nHershey, PA, a superb leader of the office and jack-of-all-trades who\nkept the office running and productive no mater what the crisis.\n My Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims,\nof which I was Chairman, was ably staffed by George Fishman, Lora Ries,\nArt Arthur, Cynthia Blackston and Emily Sanders, as well as Brian\nZimmer of the full Committee staff. They handled the extremely\nimportant legislation necessitated by the new domestic and\ninternational threats we now face. Their assistance to me during the\nchallenges of this year is impossible to measure. The House of\nRepresentatives has much to look forward to with their continued work.\n And last but not least, is the Subcommittee on Commercial and\nAdministrative Law, of which I was a member this last Congress but on\nwhich I served as Chairman from 1994-2000. On this subcommittee we\ndealt with the hundreds of regulator reform issues developed by the\nRepublican Majority through the Contract With America and following\ninitiatives. My major Bankruptcy Reform measure began with me in this\nsubcommittee; Administrative Law Judges; Legal Services Reform; the\nFederal Agency Compliance Act; The Regulatory Fair Warning Act;\nExecutive Orders; Internet Tax reform; the Federal Arbitration Act;\nInterstate Compacts; the Independent Counsel Act; and many, many other\ntopics. While bankruptcy reform took center stage, there was no end to\nthe amount of topics and work my staff and I pursued. For this I thank\nthem, the current and former staffers of the subcommittee, for all\ntheir exceptional work: Chief Counsel Ray Smietanka, who has worked\nwith me as my chief committee counsel since I came to the 98th Congress\nin 1983; Susan-Jensen Conklin, whose superb work on bankruptcy reform\ngot us where we are today; Rob Tracci, formerly of the Subcommittee,\nwas an invaluable source of assistance; and all the other members of\nthe CAL staff who have helped this Member of Congress over the many\nproductive years. I thank them all for their work to the Nation and me.\n To all I have mentioned, and those who I have regrettably not, please\naccept my sincere thanks for making my tenure in the United States\nHouse of Representatives a productive and pleasant one. Any current\nMember of Congress or Committee would be well served by the high-\nquality staff with whom it has been my pleasure to work over these many\nyears.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2124", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "CONGRATULATING J.S. WEST FAMILY AS 2002 AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "CONGRATULATIONS", "E2124", "E2124", "[{\"name\": \"George Radanovich\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2124", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2124]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRATULATING J.S. WEST FAMILY AS 2002 AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME\n INDUCTEE\n\n ______\n\n HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the J.S.\nWest family for receiving the 2002 Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductee\nAward at the Stanislaus County Ag Foundation's Agricultural Hall of\nFame Ceremony in Modesto, California on December 5, 2002. This notable\ngroup of Stanislaus County Legends of Agriculture honors individuals\nand families who have worked to make agriculture the county's number\none industry.\n The Agricultural Hall of Fame members sacrifice and labor to produce\ncrops from poultry and livestock to fruits and vegetables. These\nmembers and their families have made a mark on the Central Valley's\nlocal agricultural industry and community, as well as influenced the\nstate, nation, and the world.\n In 1909, J.S. West and Company began with the purchase of the Merced\nMilling building and a lease of land from the Southern Pacific Railroad\nin Modesto, California. James West worked with farmers on yearly\ncontracts and sold sacked grain to brokers and customers. As the\nbusiness grew, the family diversified into coal, wood, and fertilizers.\nAfter a fire destroyed the feed mill in the 1950's, a modern feed mill\nwas built to supply feed to the poultry and cattle industry. This\nresulted in a full line of retail stores that are now carrying their\nsupplies. The J.S. West family expanded upon their enterprise by making\nice, selling fuel oil, operating an automobile service station and tire\nshop, and they recently closed a furniture store which they had\noperated since 1950.\n The family also developed an egg contracting business in the 1950's,\nand today its members are still heavily involved in the poultry and egg\nindustry at both state and national levels. The West family packs eggs\nfor over sixty labels and frozen liquid eggs in their Hilmar processing\nplant. From feed to eggs and ice to propane, the West family continues\nto make a difference in the agricultural industry worldwide.\n Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the J.S. West family for\nearning the 2002 Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductee Award. I urge my\ncolleagues to join me in wishing the J.S. West family many years of\ncontinued success.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2125-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF MR. AL AKERS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2125", "E2125", "[{\"name\": \"Tom Davis\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2125", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2125]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF MR. AL AKERS\n\n ______\n\n HON. TOM DAVIS\n\n of virginia\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this\nopportunity to honor Mr. Al Akers upon his retirement as President of\nthe Occoquan Watershed Coalition on December 1, 2002.\n Mr. Akers' resume and accomplishments speak for themselves. He holds\nmasters degrees in both business administration and international\nrelations, and he is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programs at\nthe Claremont Graduate School and the University of Southern\nCalifornia. After retiring from the U.S. Army as a major general, Mr.\nAkers helped launch two companies and was the executive director of a\nnon-profit organization.\n Not only does Mr. Akers have an impeccable career on paper, he has\nhad a great and tangible impact on his community. In 1993, he served as\nchairman of the Superintendent's Community Advisory Counsel for Fairfax\nCounty Public Schools. Then, in 1995, he was selected as Lord Fairfax\nfor the Springfield District, and also became a member of the Task\nForce on Fairfax County Resources and Expenditures. Mr. Akers served as\na member of the Lorton Task Force from 1995-1997 and as vice chairman\nof the Springfield District Council. In addition to serving as vice\nchairman of this council, Mr. Akers was, and remains a member.\n Perhaps one of his most significant contributions has been his work\nwith the Occoquan Watershed Coalition, an all-volunteer organization\ncommitted to the protection of ``The Downzoned Occoquan Watershed'' and\ndrinking water it provides. Mr. Akers served as vice president of the\nOccoquan Watershed Coalition from 1994-1999, in addition to serving as\nthe coalition's representative to the Fairfax County Federation of\nCitizen's Association since 1995.\n It is his tenure as President of the Occoquan Watershed Coalition we\nrecognize today.\n Mr. Speaker, in closing, it is with great pleasure that I extend a\nwholehearted thank you to Mr. Al Akers. His contributions to Virginia\nand his community have been great. Virginia is proud to have such a\ndistinguished citizen in its professional and social community. I call\nupon my colleagues to join me in applauding him for all that he has\ndone.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2125-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "LEBANESE INDEPENDENCE DAY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2125", "E2125", "[{\"name\": \"Eliot L. Engel\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2125", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2125]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n LEBANESE INDEPENDENCE DAY\n\n ______\n\n HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL\n\n of new york\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate, but not\ncelebrate Lebanon's Independence Day. Fifty-nine years ago, Lebanon\ngained its independence from France. Yet, today, Lebanon is no longer a\nsovereign and independent country. With 25,000 Syrian troops occupying\nLebanon, it remains firmly in the grip of Damascus, without the ability\nto conduct its own affairs without first seeking the approval of the\nAssad regime.\n More than 2 years ago, Israel completely withdrew its armed forces\nfrom southern Lebanon. This withdrawal was certified by the United\nNations. The time is long past due for Syria to leave, as well, and for\nthe Lebanese to run Lebanon.\n As the author of the Syria Accountability Act, I thank the 172\nmembers of the U.S. House of Representatives and the 45 members of the\nSenate who joined as cosponsors of our legislation. We have together\nshined a bright light on the injustice of the continuing Syrian\noccupation of Lebanon and have only added to the growing campaign to\nliberate Lebanon.\n So, on this 59th anniversary of Lebanese independence, I stand with\nthe Lebanese people who seek freedom and democracy for their beautiful\ncountry and peace for the entire region. It is my hope that some time\nsoon, Lebanese Independence Day will not only be a commemoration, but\nwill once again be a celebration.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2125-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING PATTI REILLY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2125", "E2126", "[{\"name\": \"George Radanovich\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2125", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2125-E2126]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING PATTI REILLY\n\n ______\n\n HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Patti\nReilly upon her retirement as Mariposa County District I Supervisor.\nPatti Reilly has shown her dedication to the citizens of Mariposa and\nDistrict I through years of active involvement and leadership.\n\n[[Page E2126]]\n\n Patti Reilly has demonstrated her community involvement through her\nyears of service on numerous projects, boards and commissions. She was\nfirst elected to the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors in 1994 and\nreelected for her second term in 1998, serving as Chair the same year.\nOn the board she served as liaison member to the Fiscal and Education\nServices, the Health and Human Service areas, and on Yosemite Park\nissues.\n Patti Reilly has helped shape the future of Mariposa by serving on\nthe Planning Commission and acting as Chair of both the Local\nTransportation Commission and the Housing Authority of the County of\nMariposa. She has championed economic development, education, justice,\nand youth development.\n Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Patti Reilly for her years of\nservice to Mariposa and for her distinguished community involvement. I\ninvite my colleagues to join me in wishing Patti Reilly many more years\nof continued success.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2125", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING JOHN KORREY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2125", "E2125", "[{\"name\": \"Bob Schaffer\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2125", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2125]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING JOHN KORREY\n\n ______\n\n HON. BOB SCHAFFER\n\n of colorado\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor John Korrey of\nIliff, CO, who recently received the 2002 World Champion Livestock\nAuctioneer title.\n John is an extraordinary auctioneer, a skill that is highly admired\nin eastern Colorado. His talent helps ranchers earn top dollar for\ntheir stock. In fact, John has received other top accolades for his\ntalent, including the Greater Midwest Champion Livestock Auctioneer in\n2002 and International Champion Livestock Auctioneer in 1998. John is\nonly one of four individuals globally to hold these three titles.\n John Korrey is a native of Iliff, CO. Raised as a family farmer and\nrancher, John now runs Korrey Auctions, his own business, and is\npartner in Premier Livestock Exchange. At home, John enjoys farming\nwith his wife Janna and his daughters Heidi and Lacey.\n Mr. Speaker, I congratulate John Korrey and ask the House of\nRepresentatives to join me in wishing him success as World Champion\nLivestock Auctioneer.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2126-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING MS. LESLIE TOURIGNY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2126", "E2126", "[{\"name\": \"Danny K. Davis\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2126", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2126]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING MS. LESLIE TOURIGNY\n\n ______\n\n HON. DANNY K. DAVIS\n\n of illinois\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank\nMs. Leslie Tourigny for serving the residents of the Seventh\nCongressional District in her capacity as an American Political Science\nAssociation Fellow.\n Ms. Tourigny spent the last year making significant contributions in\nthe areas of: Postal Reform, Civil Service, and Defense issues. She\nalso did an outstanding job of responding to constituent mail and\ninquiries.\n Ms. Tourigny came to my office with more than 29 years of experience\nin the Federal Government. The ideas that she brought and passion for\npublic service enhanced my office greatly. She operated as a senior\nstaff person, and was willing to go the extra mile. Her attention to\ndetail and diligence were greatly appreciated.\n As Leslie returns to the Defense Intelligence Agency I wish her well.\nAgain, on behalf of the residents of the Seventh Congressional\nDistrict, I commend and congratulate Leslie for her outstanding work.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2126-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "PASSAGE OF H.R. 4750", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2126", "E2127", "[{\"name\": \"Sam Farr\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4750\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4750\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2126", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2126-E2127]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PASSAGE OF H.R. 4750\n\n ______\n\n HON. SAM FARR\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give sincere\nthanks to Chairman Hansen, Ranking Member Rahall and the staff of the\nResources Committee for their efforts to move H.R. 4750 through this\nchamber in the final hours of the 107th Congress. I am pleased to\ninform you Mr. Speaker, that the other body has passed this legislation\nas well and it is on its way to the President. This legislation\ndesignates as wilderness more than 50,000 acres of land in the Central\nCoast of California, adding another jewel in the crown of Big Sur.\n Mr. Speaker, since this legislation passed without committee action,\nit was not possible to get a Committee Report so I want to inform you\nof my intentions in regard to H.R. 4750. The Big Sur region is a rough,\nwild, sparsely populated area full of scenic vistas and should be\nmanaged as such. In regard to wilderness fire management, it would be\nbeneficial to have a management plan for the Ventana and Silver Peak\nareas prepared, following their designation as wilderness, that would\nauthorize the Forest Supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest to\ntake whatever appropriate actions are necessary for fire prevention and\nwatershed protection. This would include, but not be limited to,\nacceptable fire presuppression and fire suppression measures and\ntechniques. Any special provisions contained in the management plan for\nthe Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness areas should be incorporated in\nthe planning for the Los Padres National Forest.\n This language is a slight modification of language enacted in 1977 as\npart of the legislation initially designating the Ventana wilderness\narea. The thought is that current language be as close to original\nlanguage as possible. Local USFS staff have indicated that under normal\nagency procedures, the decision to utilize this existing authority\nwould have to be made at the regional forester level or higher. The\npractical impact is that the existing authority has never been used.\nThis language seeks to make the existing authority more useful by\nauthorizing the decision at the forest supervisor level.\n Mr. Speaker, in regard to military training at Fort Hunter-Liggett, I\nsuggest that we do nothing to preclude existing low level overflights\nof military aircraft, the designation of new units of special airspace,\nor the use or establishment of military flight training routes over\nwilderness areas. In regard to military access all non-motorized access\nto and use of the wilderness areas designated by this Act for military\ntraining should be permitted to continue in the same manner and degree\nas permitted prior to enactment, subject to reasonable regulation by\nthe land manager. This language will apply to the proposed wilderness\nareas adjacent to Fort Hunter-Liggett. The non-motorized use language\ncovers a variety of training activities that the military has\nundertaken in the National Forest. Currently, the two agencies have an\nMOU that governs such activities. I would encourage a new MOU be\ndeveloped to account for the change to wilderness.\n Mr. Speaker, the Central Coast is a unique ecosystem in itself. For\nexample, only in this area will you find giant redwoods growing in the\nsame drainage as a yucca plant. Because of this great diversity our\narea faces constant assaults by invasive species. The spread of\ninvasive species continues to inflict great damage to the Big Sur\nregion's environment. Such plant species as South American pampas\ngrass, genesta (French broom) from southern Europe, and cape ivy from\nSouth Africa have taken over large areas of the Big Sur region. In\naddition, a cross breed of ferral and wild pig has become very prolific\nin many areas of Big\n\n[[Page E2127]]\n\nSur. These pigs plough up native plants which destroys habitat for\nnative animals and opens the way for many non native plants to colonize\nthe disturbed ground. On their own, each of these species has inflicted\nmajor adverse changes to the Big Sur landscape. Their combined assault\nhas resulted in the displacement of entire native communities.\n Mr. Speaker, the federal government has invested millions of dollars\nin acquiring land for conservation in the Big Sur region. A program of\nthis type would help prevent the ecological value of that investment\nfrom being destroyed. This region needs a program to target the\neradication of invasive plant and animal species in the Monterey\nDistrict of the Los Padres National Forest. In addition nearly private\nor other non USFS property where the property owner seeks the\nassistance and where the invasive species are present on that property\npose a threat to national forest lands and should be included as well.\n Mr. Speaker, I want to see the transfer USFS land currently occupied\nby Pacific Valley School under special use permit to the Pacific Valley\nSchool District. The amount of land to be transferred should not exceed\nthe school's existing footprint (approximately 5 acres). Also, the\ntransfer should include reversionary language that would require\ntransfer back to the Forest Service if the School District ever gave up\nuse of the land. The Pacific Valley School serves the residents of the\nrural southern Big Sur Coast. It has approximately 40 students in\ngrades K-8. The school has occupied a site on USFS property under a\nspecial use permit for approximately 35 years. The school itself\nconsists of 6 portable buildings arranged on a series of concrete and\nasphalt pads. Over the years the school has had a good relationship\nwith the Forest Service. The major problem is the inflexibility that\nthe special use permit arrangement imposes on the school's site\nmanagement. Generally, any changes the school wants to make to the site\nhave to be cleared by the Forest Service. Even if a change, for example\nthe addition of a student garden or replacing a set of building steps,\nmay not need Forest Service approval, the uncertainty of whether it\ndoes have a chilling effect on any activity. This transfer is intended\nto resolve the potential conflict and release the USFS from acting as a\nschool site manager.\n Finally, Mr. Speaker, I feel we should authorize the construction and\nmaintenance of a new water line and corresponding spring box\nimprovements adjacent to an existing domestic water service in the\nSilver Peak Wilderness Area in the Los Padres National Forest. The\nwater system in question serves two adjacent properties located just\noutside the existing Silver Peak Wilderness Area boundary established\nin 1992. Both parcels are 10 acres and are located in the west \\1/4\\ of\nthe south \\1/4\\ of the southwest \\1/4\\ of the southeast \\1/4\\ of\nsection 14 in township 24 south, range 5 east, MDB&M. Both parcels have\ndrawn water from the same spring for over 40 years. A single pipeline\nruns from the spring box located in the wilderness and delivers water\nto the two parcels in succession. The 1992 act creating the Silver Peak\nWilderness Area grand-fathered this system into the wilderness.\nHowever, Monterey County ordinances now implementing state and federal\nlaw treat the system as a water distribution system which requires it\nto comply with the treatment and storage needs of a larger system\nserving multi-households. The owners of the two parcels want to lay a\nnew separate pipeline alongside the existing line so that they become\ntwo separate individual systems and thus free of the cost of complying\nwith the multiple hook-up requirements.\n Mr. Speaker, I once again want to thank all those that made passage\nof this legislation possible. Protection of these resources is of great\nbenefit to all.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2126", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "PAT FINUCANE REPORT IN NORTHERN IRELAND", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2126", "E2126", "[{\"name\": \"Frank Pallone, Jr.\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2126", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2126]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PAT FINUCANE REPORT IN NORTHERN IRELAND\n\n ______\n\n HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call on the London\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens to expeditiously\ncomplete the report on the February 1989 killing of Pat Finucane in\nBelfast. Sir Stevens has been investigating this case for almost 3\nyears.\n Pat Finucane was shot and killed by British-Loyalist paramilitaries\nwhile he sat eating a Sunday meal with his wife and three children.\nSince his murder in 1989, Amnesty International and the United Nations\nhave called on the British Government to investigate any collusion\nbetween the RUC/British Government officials and the Loyalist\nparamilitaries. Unfortunately, after 3 years of investigation still no\nreport has been made public.\n Prior to being murdered, Mr. Finucane was a human rights lawyer who\ndefended several individuals that were detained by the RUC. According\nto the UDA, Ulster Defense Association, which claimed responsibility\nfor his murder, Mr. Finucane was profiled as an individual who was\nhelping support the procatholic, pro-Republican cause in Northern\nIreland.\n Last week, Sir John Stevens announced, for a second time, that the\nFinucane report would be delayed as a result of a British military\nwitness being reluctant to speak to the police. Stevens claims that the\nreport will be released `before next spring', however, there continues\nto be speculation that the report may be delayed further should a\npublic inquiry be ordered.\n There are few who will dispute the facts in this case. According to\nBrian Nelson, a former British military intelligence agent who also\nserved as chief intelligence office of the UDA, he directly assisted in\nthe targeting of Pat Finucane and passed a photograph of Pat Finucane\nto a UDA member just days before the killing. However, Mr. Nelson\nclaims have never been examined in an open court.\n To date no one has been prosecuted for the murder of Pat Finucane.\n The facts in this case seem quite straighforward--once again a pro-\nLoyalist police force used its authority to further sectarian rule and\ncontinue the rash of violence against the Catholic Community.\n I call on Prime Minister Tony Blair and London Metropolitan Police\nCommissioner Stevens to finally release the current report and then\nimmediately open a full public inquiry into this matter. My hope is\nthat by putting an end to this long drawn-out process we can bring both\njustice to the individuals who undertook this gruesome act and take\nsteps to ensure that this doesn't happen again.\n This whole matter once again reinforces my belief that for too long\nboth the British government, along with their police force, and the\nLoyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have worked in tandem\nto usurp the rights of the Catholic Community.\n A full public inquiry into this matter will show the world that the\nonly way peace can last in Northern Ireland is for a full fair and just\nreform in policing in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland must\nimmediately implement all of the Patten Commission's recommendations on\npolicing.\n Mr. Speaker, if there is to be a just and lasting peace in Northern\nIreland we must learn from what happened to Pat Finucane and ensure\nthat it never happens again.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2127-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF RABBI STUART WEINBLATT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2127", "E2128", "[{\"name\": \"Eliot L. Engel\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2127", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2127-E2128]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN HONOR OF RABBI STUART WEINBLATT\n\n ______\n\n HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL\n\n of new york\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt\non his 50th birthday and in recognition of the tremendous work he has\ndone on behalf of others. Rabbi Weinblatt and his wife Symcha are the\nparents of four wonderful children, Ezra, Margalit, Micha, and Noam. He\nis the founding Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Tzedek, a Conservative\nsynagogue in Potomac, Maryland, to which I belong, serving more than\n620 families. Prior to forming Congregation B'nai Tzedek in 1988, Rabbi\nWeinblatt was the Rabbi of Temple Solel in Bowie, Maryland, for seven\nyears and Temple Beth Am in Miami, Florida, from 1979-1981.\n Rabbi Weinblatt is active in a number of local and national\norganizations, including the National Rabbinic Cabinet of the UHC,\nHillel at the University of Maryland, the Jewish National Fund, Israel\nBonds, the Jewish Community Council, where he chaired a committee on\nJewish Life and Culture, and the Federation of Greater Washington,\nwhere he chaired the Super Sunday effort several years ago. Rabbi\nWeinblatt has also served as President of the Washington Board of\nRabbis. He has been an adjunct professor of Jewish History and Theology\nat Wesley Theological Seminary since 1992. His dynamic leadership,\ninnovative approach to Judaism and reputation as an outstanding teacher\nand speaker has earned him many honors, including selection as a\nBronfman Fellow by CLAL and as a fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute\nCenter for Rabbinic Enrichment program. In recognition of his\noutstanding leadership and community involvement, he was chosen in 2001\nas the Washington area ORT ``Man of the Year.'' He is a strong and\nvocal supporter of the State of Israel.\n I met Stuart Weinblatt when I was first running for Congress, 14\nyears ago, when we were seated at the same table, by chance, at a\ndinner. I had no idea that years later I would become a member of a new\nsynagogue that was opening with him at the helm. I have followed this\nman all these years, and have watched him and the synagogue grow in\nstature. His sermons are always remarkable and inspiring.\n Mr. Speaker, Rabbi Weinblatt's years of service to his community and\nthe nation have\n\n[[Page E2128]]\n\nenriched the lives of so many others and he is a stellar example of the\ntype of individuals we need leading our communities. I am proud to be a\ncongregant of Rabbi Weinblatt's Synagogue. I wish Rabbi Weinblatt a\nvery happy 50th birthday and I look forward to his continued service as\na leader in our community. I am proud to call him my Rabbi, and even\nmore proud to call him my friend.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2127", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING BENEDICT KUPCHO ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2127", "E2127", "[{\"name\": \"Rosa L. DeLauro\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2127", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2127]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING BENEDICT KUPCHO ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO\n\n of connecticut\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to rise today to join\nCoginchaug Regional High School and the community of Durham,\nConnecticut in paying tribute to Benedict Kupcho as he celebrates his\nretirement after thirty-seven years of service. An educator, colleague,\nand friend, Mr. Kupcho has been an invaluable resource to the students\nand faculty of Coginchaug Regional High School and the residents of\nDurham throughout his career.\n I have often spoke of our nation's need for talented, creative\neducators ready to help our students learn and grow. Mr. Kupcho is just\nthat kind of teacher. His commitment and dedication has touched the\nlives of thousands of our young people. Mr. Kupcho has enriched his\nstudents lives ensured that they have a strong foundation on which to\nbuild their futures--making a real difference in all of their lives.\nCoginchaug Regional High School has been fortunate to have benefitted\nfrom his many years of service.\n I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Kupcho on several occasions\nthroughout my career in the House of Representatives and I am always in\nawe of his seemingly unending enthusiasm and excitement. For twenty-two\nyears, Mr. Kupcho has organized Coginchaug's annual trip to Washington,\nD.C.--bringing over two thousand students to our nation's capital\nthroughout five separate administrations. Through wind, rain, sleet and\nsnow, he has worked tirelessly to ensure that his students were given\nthe opportunity to visit Washington and experience how our government\nworks. I have always held a firm belief in the importance of engaging\nour young people in the democratic process and in assuring that they\nhave a voice here in Washington. Mr. Kupcho's dedication is a\nreflection of this ideal and our community owes him a great debt of\ngratitude for all that he has done on behalf of our young people.\n As a track coach and student advisor, Mr. Kupcho has also acted as a\nmentor to many students--truly helping to shape their lives outside of\nthe classroom as well. In addition to his many professional\ncontributions at Coginchaug Regional High School, Mr. Kupcho has also\nbeen active in the Durham community. One of the most popular and\nlongest running events in Connecticut, the Durham Fair has long been\nthe beneficiary of Mr. Kupcho's time and energy. Attracting thousands\nof people from across the state, the Durham Fair is a major event for\nthe small community of Durham. The name Benedict Kupcho is almost\nsynonymous with the parking organization for the Fair and it has been\nhis efforts that have enabled its many attendees to enjoy this\nwonderful annual event.\n It is with great pleasure and my very best wishes for continued\nhealth and happiness that I stand today and extend my sincere thanks\nand appreciation to Benedict Kupcho for all of his good work throughout\nhis thirty-seven years with Coginchaug Regional High School. Though he\nwill certainly be missed, he has left an indelible mark on the Durham\ncommunity and a legacy that will inspire others for many years to come.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2128-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING CONGRESSMAN BOB BORSKI", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E2128", "E2128", "[{\"name\": \"John P. Murtha\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2128", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2128]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RECOGNIZING CONGRESSMAN BOB BORSKI\n\n ______\n\n HON. JOHN P. MURTHA\n\n of pennsylvania\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to\nrecognize a good friend and colleague, Bob Borski, upon the occasion of\nhis retirement from twenty years of distinguished service in the House\nof Representatives.\n Congressman Bob Borski (D-PA) was first elected to the U.S. House of\nRepresentatives in November 1982. He is currently serving his tenth\nterm as the Representative from Pennsylvania's Third Congressional\nDistrict, which encompasses Northeast Philadelphia, the River Wards,\nSociety Hill and portions of Queen Village. Of the three districts that\ninclude parts of Philadelphia, the 3rd is the only district completely\nwithin city limits.\n As a teenager in Northeast Philadelphia, Bob was a standout athlete\nfor the Frankford High Pioneers, captaining the basketball and baseball\nteams. He is a low-profile leader in Congress, but he still gives his\nall for the community where he grew up, devoting most of his energies\nto the needs and concerns of the 3rd District.\n Since he was elected, Bob Borski has fought vigorously to preserve\nmilitary facilities and defense jobs in his congressional district and\nthroughout the Philadelphia region. In 1993 and 1995, he worked with\nthe city of Philadelphia and community leaders to defeat attempts to\nclose the Aviation Supply Office (ASO) and its tenant activities in\nNortheast Philadelphia.\n In the past couple of years, Bob has initiated an effort to reclaim\nand revitalize the neglected waterfront of the Delaware River. We\nworked together in a coordinated effort with various regional, federal,\nstate and local stakeholders in order to develop Philadelphia's\nwaterfront for the benefit of both the city and the people. He\nenvisioned an exciting, prosperous, new waterfront for Philadelphia\nthat will reconnect neighborhoods with land developed for many uses.\nInterconnected recreational pathways as well as plenty of open green\nspace bordering the river are principal parts of his vision.\n Representative Borski retires as the third ranking Democrat on the\nTransportation and Infrastructure Committee and as the lead Democrat on\nthe Committee's Highways and Transit Subcommittee.\n In addition to his leadership position on the Transportation and\nInfrastructure Committee, Bob served as Regional White for Philadelphia\nand Ohio. As a senior member on the Transportation and Infrastructure\nCommittee and Subcommittee Ranking Member, Bob has been a vocal\nadvocate of an improved national transportation system and a strong\nfederal commitment to public infrastructure and mass transit programs.\nIn Philadelphia, his legislative efforts have resulted in millions of\ndollars more for SEPTA, I-95, neighborhood roads, and transportation\nimprovements which will greatly benefit the Port of Philadelphia, and\nas a result, the surrounding area.\n In the 105th Congress, Bob worked to pass TEA-21, authorizing\nspending for highway, mass transit and other transportation-related\nprojects across the nation. This bill included $221 million in projects\nfor the City of Philadelphia and led to the expansion of Philadelphia\nInternational Airport, I-95 improvements, investment in mass transit,\nand the construction of the Frankford Transportation Center, a state of\nthe art multimodal terminal complex. With TEA-21, Congressman Borski\nled the effort to bring construction and manufacturing jobs to the City\nof Philadelphia with projects that also assisted in the reduction of\ntraffic congestion and air pollution.\n He has worked consistently to defend public safety, authoring\nlegislation which bans the expanded use of triple trailer trucks as\nwell as legislation which prohibited the dangerous practice of\nbackhauling--transporting foods one way and toxic chemicals on the\nreturn trip.\n In previous years, Borski served as the top Democrat on the Water\nResources and Environment Subcommittee, a job that at times pulled him\nwell beyond his customary focus on Philadelphia into issues such as\ngovernment response to natural disasters and desalination efforts in\ncommunities short of fresh water. Bob was instrumental insuring the\npassage of the landmark Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.\n Bob Borski has been a strong supporter of the environment. As the\nsubcommittee began debate in the 105h Congress on legislation to\noverhaul the Superfund hazardous waste cleanup program, Borski refused\nto support legislation that would go easy on polluters or that failed\nto ensure the protection of human health and the environment. He has\npushed for legislation to promote cleanup of ``brownfields''--urban\nindustrial sites where pollution discourages redevelopment.\n Bob is also a member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, the\nSubcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, the Congressional\nDelegation to the NATO Assembly, and the ad-hoc committee on Irish\nAffairs.\n In addition to his committee assignments, he represented the concerns\nand needs of his large senor citizen constituency and serves on the\nOlder Americans Caucus, the Diabetes Caucus, and the Prescription Drug\nTask Force.\n Prior to his 1982 election to the U.S. Congress Bob Borski served\nthree terms in the Pennsylvania State House. Before that, he was a\nfloor manager at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He was born in\nPhiladelphia on October 20, 1948 and is a life-long resident of the\ncity. In 1966, he graduated from Frankford High School where he\ncaptained the basketball and baseball teams. He attended the University\nof Baltimore on an athletic scholarship and, after graduating with a\nB.A. in 171, served one year as the assistant basketball coach.\nCongress Borski lives in Northeast Philadelphia with is wife Karen and\nis the father of four girls and one boy.\n I am grateful for the many years I've gotten to serve with Bob in the\nPennsylvania delegation. His friendship, unfailing congeniality and\nhard work made it a joy to work with him, contributed immeasurably to\nthe cohesiveness of the delegation and benefited Pennsylvania greatly.\nHe will be remembered as a gentleman and statesman who left a positive\nmark on this body.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2128-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF CORNELIUS MYRICKS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E2128", "E2129", "[{\"name\": \"Danny K. Davis\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2128", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2128-E2129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF CORNELIUS MYRICKS\n\n ______\n\n HON. DANNY K. DAVIS\n\n of illinois\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to\nthe life of Cornelius Myricks born April 25, 1926 in Montgomery,\nAlabama. During his younger years, Mr. Myricks served in the United\nStates Navy for four years. After being honorably discharged from the\nNavy, he moved to Chicago, Illinois. It was then he became a member of\nMetropolitan Missionary Baptist Church and ordained as a Deacon in\n1950. He served as\n\n[[Page E2129]]\n\nthe President of the Senior and Junior Usher Boards for many years and\nlater as the Captain of the Usher Board and the Willing Workers Club\nNumber Two. Mr. Myricks was an active member of the Metropolitan\nBaptist Church participating in duties as an usher. His favorite\nscripture was John 9:4, ``I must work the works of him that sent me,\nwhile it is day, the night cometh, when no man can work.''\n Mr. Myricks departed this life on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 9:32\na.m., at the VA Westside Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He is missed by\nhis devoted wife, Thelma; one brother, Willie (Mattye) Myricks; sister-\nin-law, Geraleme Myricks, McGrye Wright, Lucille Payne and Pearly\nPayne; brother-in-law, George Payne; two play sisters, Lonzie Johnson\nand Ernestine Lenard; nieces; nephews.\n Mr. Speaker, I extend my condolences to the family. May God Bless his\nfamily.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2128", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING THE MEMORY AND COURAGE OF JOURNALISTS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2128", "E2128", "[{\"name\": \"Bob Schaffer\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2128", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2128]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING THE MEMORY AND COURAGE OF JOURNALISTS\n\n ______\n\n HON. BOB SCHAFFER\n\n of colorado\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory and the\ncourage of journalists who have given their lives in the pursuit of\ntruth.\n I rise to commend organizations like the National Ukrainian\nJournalists Union, a group dedicated to the protection of Ukrainian\njournalists, the abolition of censorship and the defense of free\nspeech.\n In many developing countries, harassment, in the form of threats,\narrest, and even kidnapping and murder is used as a tool to silence\njournalists who dare to report the truth. No single attempt at\ncensorship has sparked more protest than the disappearance and murder\nof Greorgiy Honhadze in Ukraine in 2000. This crime cast international\nattention on the systemic oppression of freedom of expression, and cast\nsignificant doubts on the level of democratic development in Ukraine.\n The death of Honhadze, the beating death of Ihor Aleksandrov, the\ndirector of a television station in the Donetsk region of eastern\nUkraine in July 2001, and most recently, the death of Mykhailo\nKolomiyets, the director of a news agency in Kyiv, Ukrainian News,\nreinforce doubt about the state of freedom in Ukraine. The lethargic\npursuit of the investigations of these deaths by authorities indicates\nofficial apathy if not tacit approval.\n Mr. Speaker, continued government control of the media, and often\nviolent oppression of freedom of expression denies the Ukranian people\ntheir inalienable human rights and prevents democracy from rooting and\ngrowing in Ukraine. Therefore, I call upon my Colleagues in the\nCongress to urge the government of Ukraine to resolve the deaths of\nthese journalists expeditiously, to implement an agenda for the defense\nof free speech, and to recognize the fourth day of December as ``a day\nof sorrow for lost journalists.''\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2129-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN TRIBUTE OF STAFF SGT. RYAN FORAKER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2129", "E2129", "[{\"name\": \"Bob Schaffer\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN TRIBUTE OF STAFF SGT. RYAN FORAKER\n\n ______\n\n HON. BOB SCHAFFER\n\n of colorado\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Staff Sgt.\nRyan Dane Foraker. Staff Sgt. Foraker, a U.S. Army reservist with the\n342nd military police Company based in Columbus, Ohio, has been\nreported missing at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since\nTuesday, September 24, 2002.\n Sgt. Foraker's wallet, military ID and civilian shorts and T-shirt\nwere found folded and stuck in a rock crevasse outside Camp America\nbarracks.\n An extensive search and rescue effort including watercraft and search\nand rescue helicopters for the missing soldier was called off as of 2\np.m. (EST) October 4, 2002. Staff Sgt. Foraker's official duty status\nis, ``whereabouts unknown.''\n Described as a ``model soldier,'' Foraker was in his seventh month of\nreserve duty as a supervisor of MP's guarding al-Qaeda and Taliban\nprisoners, first at Camp X-Ray and later at compound Delta as part of\nOperation Enduring Freedom. Detainee involvement was not suspected in\nhis disappearance.\n Staff Sgt. Foraker leaves behind a wife and two daughters, ages 3\nyears and 14 months.\n Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to join me in expressing sincere\nsorrow, sympathy, and gratitude for Staff Sgt. Foraker and his family.\nStaff Sgt. Foraker's disappearance while defending America is a somber\nreminder of the dangers facing those safeguarding our Nation's\nfreedoms. May God rest his soul.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2129-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF JOSEPH BERMUDEZ", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2129", "E2129", "[{\"name\": \"Eliot L. Engel\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN HONOR OF JOSEPH BERMUDEZ\n\n ______\n\n HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL\n\n of new york\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Joseph Bermudez who has\ndedicated his life to his adopted country. Joseph came to the United\nStates as a boy of just 6 years of age. Throughout his life he has\ngiven so much to his country, his community, and his family.\n Joseph joined the Navy and served during the Vietnam era;. He\nremained in the Naval Air Reserve for 23 years, retiring at the rank of\nLieutenant Commander.\n Shortly after his discharge from the Navy, Joseph joined the Bronx\nBureau of Child Welfare serving as a caseworker, child protective\ninvestigator and training specialist for the Manhattan office.\n Joseph's professional career in the New York City Schools began as a\nbilingual social worker and social work coordinator for Community\nSchool District 1 and District 4 in Manhattan. Later he worked for\nSchool District 11 in the Bronx, as a bilingual social worker at Junior\nHigh School 112 and at Truman High School as a counselor. He also\nworked as an in-house social worker for the Committee on Special\nEducation. The past 12 years he has served as an Education\nAdministrator for The Committee on Pre-School Special Education.\nFinally, he has also served on the District Universal Advisory Board.\n During this distinguished tenure, Joseph took time away from the New\nYork Schools to serve a 3-year assignment with the U.S. Public Health\nService as a Health Service Officer. During his tour of duty, the\nUnited States faced two major public health crises, the Cuban Boat\nCrisis and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.\n Joseph is a graduate of Long Island University and Fordham\nUniversity, where he received a Master's degree in Social Work. He\nstill lives in New York with his wife of 34 years and is the proud\nfather of two daughters, Christina and Yvonne.\n Mr. Speaker, New York and the United States have been blessed by the\nefforts of Joseph Bermudez. He is a shining example for all of us to\nlook to.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2129-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO TOM LEVY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2129", "E2129", "[{\"name\": \"Mary Bono Mack\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n TRIBUTE TO TOM LEVY\n\n ______\n\n HON. MARY BONO\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mrs. BONO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the outstanding\nachievements of Tom Levy, who is retiring as the General Manager and\nChief Engineer of the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD).\n Mr. Levy has served the public for thirty years at CVWD, and has\nserved as General Manager for sixteen years. Under his tenure as\nGeneral Manager, the District's domestic water service more than\ndoubled, from less than 42,000 meters in 1986 to more than 86,000\ntoday. He was instrumental in numerous water conservation projects,\nincluding the Whitewater River Spreading Area facilities and the\ndevelopment of an Urban Water Management Plan. He also worked\nfeverishly for the last six years to bring about an agreement on the\napportionment of Colorado River water for Southern California that\nwould be satisfactory to CVWD, Imperial Irrigation District,\nMetropolitan Water District of Southern California, the State\nDepartment of Water Resources and the Department of the Interior.\n He was appointed to California's Advisory Drought Planning Panel by\nGovernor Gray Davis, and has also served two terms as Chairman of the\nState Water Contractors, which oversees the State Water Project.\n For his leadership in California water issues, he was honored as a\nrecipient of an Excellence in Water Leadership Award in 2000.\n Even in retirement, Mr. Levy hopes to stay active in the water field,\nand will continue to provide whatever support the Coachella Valley\nWater District may need. It is my honor to acknowledge a man who\ndeserves the recognition of our Nation and this Congress.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2129", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING THE 3RD U.S. INFANTRY REGIMENT, ``THE OLD GUARD''", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2129", "E2129", "[{\"name\": \"Jim Nussle\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2129", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING THE 3RD U.S. INFANTRY REGIMENT, ``THE OLD GUARD''\n\n ______\n\n HON. JIM NUSSLE\n\n of iowa\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the perseverance,\ndedication, and hard work of the members of America's oldest and one of\nthe most prestigious units of our Armed Services, the 3rd U.S. Infantry\nRegiment, ``The Old Guard.''\n As a nation, we have held many ceremonies honoring those individuals\nand groups who responded to the tragic events of September 11, 2001,\nand, without regard for their personal safety or emotional well-being,\nwent about the sometimes gruesome task of looking for survivors in an\narea so devastated, few of us can even imagine the horror faced on that\nday. Men and women who eventually were searching for something,\nanything, that could help identify a victim and bring some measure of\npeace to anxious family members and friends. Unfortunately, as with any\ndisaster of this magnitude, some people who assisted in the search for\nsurvivors and helped in the recovery efforts have not been identified\nand therefore have not been recognized for their invaluable service\nduring the days, weeks, and months following the attacks.\n Traditionally, The Old Guard has served to conduct ceremonies,\nmemorial affairs, and special events to demonstrate the excellence of\nthe United States Army to the world. Their missions normally include\nconducting military ceremonies at the White House, Pentagon, and other\nnational memorials as well as to provide funeral escorts at Arlington\nNational Cemetery and maintain the 24-hour vigil at the Tomb of the\nUnknown Soldier. However, their normal mission changed on September 11,\n2001.\n The Old Guard was immediately pressed into service for rescue and\nrecovery for the disaster site at the Pentagon. Like all branches and\nunits of our armed services, The Old Guard met the challenge in\nresponse to the terrorist attack. And like our nation, the resolve of\nThe Old Guard was not shaken, no matter the mission.\n I rise today to honor the sacrifices of all our men and women in\nuniform involved in the war on terrorism, in particular the unique\nservices provided by members of The U.S. Infantry's Old Guard at the\nPentagon. Let us never forget the service that our military has\nprovided over the past 225 years and the sacrifices they made to\nprotect and preserve our freedom.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2130-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO JACK STEWART", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2130", "E2130", "[{\"name\": \"Sam Farr\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2130", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2130]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n TRIBUTE TO JACK STEWART\n\n ______\n\n HON. SAM FARR\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the career\nof a true public servant, a man who has touched literally thousands of\nlives. Jack Stewart, who is currently the Monterey County Military and\nVeterans Affairs Officer and a long-time constituent of mine, will be\nretiring from the post he created in 1983 after a career that has been\nmarked by excellence and dedication.\n Jack first served in the U.S. Army in 1954, eventually serving 20\nyears and receiving several decorations and awards including he Combat\nInfantryman Badge, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service\nMedal, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Good Conduct\nMedal. Mr. Speaker, these commendations obviously show the level of\ncommitment he had to defending and protecting the democratic ideals our\ncountry cherishes, but it is only the beginning of what would become a\ncareer dedicated to those who, like himself, served their country with\nhonor.\n As a county supervisor, I got to know Jack and understand the\nworkings of his office, which helped us both when I became a California\nState Assemblyman. When the California Association of County Veterans\nService Officers (which Jack served three terms as president) came to\nSacramento I was always there for Jack, as he was for me. Jack was\nalways a welcome sight in my office, and I know other counties were\nenvious of the relationship and understanding that we had.\n One of the highlights of my work with Jack during those years was\nhelping him bring a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall to\nMonterey County, a deeply moving experience. This project was one of\nthe best instances of veterans coming together with the community,\nincluding anti-war leaders, in an outpouring of love and respect for\nthose who didn't come home. This was the first listing of all Monterey\nCounty MIA's and those killed in action, which led to the creation of a\nseparate Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Salinas. It also provided for\nlisting those names on the state memorial in Capitol Park in\nSacramento, including my cousin John Geisen and Carmel High School\nclassmate Andrew Elliot, who is MIA. For Jack's work on these projects,\nI am personally grateful.\n Mr. Speaker, many people will undoubtedly sing Jack Stewart's many\npraises as his retirement nears, but I must mention a few things that\nhe has done while I have been a member of the U.S. House of\nRepresentatives. Perhaps the single most influential role he had was\nduring the closure of Fort Ord in Monterey County, the largest base\nclosure in US history. The economic and social implications on the\nlocal communities were astounding, but Jack made sure that the\ninterests of the veterans in the area were attended to. He had the\nworld pulled out from him, as we lost a four hundred-bed hospital that\nserved both active duty members and retirees; the CHAMPUS provider was\nto be switched so no one knew who to go to for health care; disabled\nvets wee stranded without transportation; and all military personnel\nwho could help handle such a crisis were gone. The only person left was\nJack, who, with his staff had to do the work of an entire division.\n Out of this chaos, he will be leaving behind a new clinic run by the\nDepartment of Veterans Affairs, serving a broader community than ever;\na new Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Counseling Program; a Veterans\nTransition Center for homeless veterans and a transportation network\nthat provides van rides to disabled veterans. Jack was also able to get\nthe federal government to put up land and money to open a state-run\nveterans' cemetery at Fort Ord, and has been instrumental in starting\nand running the local process for making this a reality. Of course,\nthis is a project that will continue without Jack, but he should be\nhonored for his role in moving this from an idea to where it is today.\n Mr. Speaker, I would like to close today by saying that Jack Stewart\nhas handled more challenges than any county veterans officer I know of,\nand produced a more lasting legacy of services than anyone. This alone\nspeaks volumes, but I hope I have been able to show how much he will be\nmissed, not only by me, but also by the community at large. I wish Jack\nand his family all of the best in retirement, even though I know that\nhe will remain an active part of the veteran's community.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2130-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "THANKING MY CONGRESSIONAL STAFF", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2130", "E2130", "[{\"name\": \"George W. Gekas\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2130", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2130]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n THANKING MY CONGRESSIONAL STAFF\n\n ______\n\n HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS\n\n of pennsylvania\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, on November 19, 2002, I submitted remarks\nthanking my congressional staff. Inadvertently, several lines from\nthose remarks were not included in that Congressional Record. I here\nresubmit those missing lines which thanked Phil Jodz and Mike Rule on\nmy staff for their contributions to my incumbency.\n The end of a congressional career brings about many emotions. Over\nthe last 20 years I have happily spent representing the fine people of\nthe 17th Congressional District of Pennsylvania I have had the pleasure\nof working with thousands of constituents, local, state and federal\nofficials, and many former and current distinguished members of the\nU.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. To all of them I\nsay, thanks for working with me towards a better America.\n And, of course, every Member of Congress works with many, many\ncompetent staff, from the staff in their own personal offices to the\ncommittee and subcommittee staff and the leadership and floor staff. It\nhas often been said that without staff where would this institution be?\nAnd I concur with that statement, for without the many fine staff with\nwhom I have had the good fortune to work, I and other Members of\nCongress of the United States would be far worse off.\n Phil Jodz, is the many talented staff assistant who handled\nconstituent tours and interns, and also ably handled press, legislative\nresearch, the office website, and all manner of writing in my office.\nMike Rule, our newest staff assistant, showed a willingness, and more\nimportantly a capability, to do whatever was needed to assist the\noffice.\n To both I say please accept my sincere thanks for making my tenure in\nthe U.S. House of Representatives a productive and pleasant one. Any\ncurrent Member of Congress or committee would be well served by the\nhigh-quality staff with whom it has been my pleasure to work over these\nmany years.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2130-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "CONCERNS WITH THE PAKISTANI PARLIAMENT'S RELIGIOUS BLOC", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2130", "E2131", "[{\"name\": \"Frank Pallone, Jr.\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2130", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2130-E2131]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONCERNS WITH THE PAKISTANI PARLIAMENT'S RELIGIOUS BLOC\n\n ______\n\n HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to\nexpress my concerns regarding the Pakistani Parliament and in\nparticular, the efforts of the Islamic alliance to form a governing\ncoalition in Parliament with either the King's Party, led by President\n\n[[Page E2131]]\n\nMusharraf, or the People's Party, led by Benazir Bhutto.\n Mr. Speaker, during Parliamentary elections held in Pakistan last\nmonth, members of the Pakistani religious bloc known as the Islamic\nallies unexpectedly won 60 out of 342 seats. Not only was this\nsurprising, but furthermore, the outcome of the elections was divided\nin such a way that no party won the number of seats necessary to form a\ngovernment.\n As a result, the Islamic allies have been negotiating separately with\nthe pro-Musharraf party and the Bhutto party in an effort to form a\ncoalition and thereby create a majority. Their intent is to demand a\nreversal of constitutional amendments introduced by Musharraf earlier\nthis year, and most importantly, to overturn the amendment that allows\nMusharraf to dismiss Parliament.\n However, what concerns me greatly is that the members of this Islamic\nalliance, or this Pakistani religious bloc, won their seats based\nalmost exclusively on an anti-American platform. In fact, this party's\nprimary campaign message criticized Musharraf's support for the war on\nterror and denounced Musharraf's cooperation with the United States. In\naddition, a component of this party's message demanded that the U.S.\nmilitary leave Pakistan and Afghanistan immediately. Lastly, the\nIslamic allies have encouraged Pakistanis to offer sanctuary to both\nthe Taliban and Al-Qaeda and to embrace the work of Osama bin Laden.\n Mr. Speaker, I believe that for these reasons, it is imperative that\nPakistan's religious bloc remain unsuccessful in forming a coalition\nwith Musharraf's party or Bhutto's party. If in fact this party gained\na majority and was able to implement its anti-US policies, the\nconsequences would be devastating.\n At this stage, it does not seem as if the religious bloc will be able\nto achieve forming a government. However, Mr. Speaker, it is in the\nbest interest of the U.S. to monitor this situation closely.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2130", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING MR. ROBERT WAGNER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2130", "E2130", "[{\"name\": \"Adam B. Schiff\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2130", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2130]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[[Page E2130]]\n HONORING MR. ROBERT WAGNER\n\n ______\n\n HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Robert Wagner, a\nresident of California's 27th Congressional District. Mr. Wagner has\nrecently been honored by his alma mater, Georgetown University, with\nthe renaming of the University's Alumni House, the Robert M. Wagner\nAlumni House.\n Robert Wagner was born in Perth Amboy, N.J. but raised in both Iowa\nand California during the Great Depression. In 1940, at age 16, Mr.\nWagner was called to serve in World War II and during boot camp found\nenough time to earn his GED. Upon completion of his service, he was\naccepted as a student at Georgetown University on the GI Bill.\n It was at Georgetown, Mr. Wagner says, that he learned the skills\nthat have made him a success. His professors, course work and\nclassmates, all played a role in both his professional success in the\nyears after his graduation, and his dedication to the school which\nhelped him to achieve some of his life's greatest successes.\n His dedication to Georgetown is legendary. Over the past 33 years, he\nwas volunteered to interview Georgetown applicants, founded the\nGeorgetown University Alumni Association of Southern California, and\nhas endowed five scholarships to benefit financially needy students. In\naddition to scholarships, Mr. Wagner has made unrestricted gifts to the\nGeorgetown Annual Fund and endowed the Carroll Quigley Lecture Series,\nwhich brings experts in international affairs to the University.\n Most recently, Mr. Wagner endowed both a charitable remainder\nunitrust and a charitable lead trust. Both trusts will support the\nreconstruction, renovation and maintenance of the newly designated\nRobert M. Wagner Alumni House.\n Such dedication to the educational institution which served him so\nwell is admirable and it is with great pleasure that I ask all Members\nto join me in congratulating Mr. Robert Wagner upon his being bestowed\nthis great honor by Georgetown University.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2131-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET AND WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2131", "E2132", "[{\"name\": \"Max Sandlin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"664\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"848\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2638\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4070\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2131", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2131-E2132]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET AND WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION\n\n ______\n\n HON. MAX SANDLIN\n\n of texas\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. SANDLIN. Mr. Speaker, in the waning moments of this Congress, the\nHouse of Representatives almost adopted a bill that would have\ndevastating consequences to teachers and public employees across the\nState of Texas and the country. Instead of helping teachers and\ngovernment employees secure a better retirement, H.R. 4070, Social\nSecurity Program Protection Act of 2002, as amended, would have left\nhard working teachers worse off rather than better off. In these\nuncertain economic times, this Congress should be adopting legislation\nto make sure everyone has access to the retirement benefits they have\nearned over a lifetime of work and service.\n Two little known amendments to the Social Security Act are\ndramatically and unfairly slashing the retirement benefits of hundreds\nof thousands of Americans--teachers and other public school employees,\nfirefighters, police, social workers, and other civil servants--who are\nbeing penalized for their public service. These provisions are just\nplain unfair, and I am committed to working to end the injustices of\nthese two provisions.\n The Government Pension Offset, GPO, requires that an individual who\nreceives a pension from work that was not covered by Social Security\nhas his or her Social Security spousal benefit substantially reduced.\nThe law allowed an exemption from the GPO if he or she worked in a job\nthat was covered by Social Security on his or her last day of\nemployment. Under the Senate-passed version of H.R. 4070, an individual\nwould be required to work in a Social Security-covered job for the last\n5 years of employment to be exempt from the GPO. The amendment is being\ncharacterized as closing a loophole. This is not a loophole but rather\na mechanism for individuals to obtain the benefits for which they have\npaid. It is an unnecessary and unjust hurdle. Instead of raising the\nbar to achieve these earned benefits, Congress should be eliminating\nthe barriers completely.\n In addition to the GPO, teachers and certain other workers are\nsubject to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). This provision\nunfairly harms public servants by reducing--sometimes by as much as\n55.6 percent--the Social Security benefits of federal, state, and local\nemployees who retire from government jobs that are not covered by\nSocial Security.\n\n[[Page E2132]]\n\n For teachers, the cost is significant. The Government Pension Offset\nand Windfall Elimination Provision affect at least one-third of\nAmerica's education workforce, concentrated in 15 states, including my\nhome state of Texas. But, because people move from state to state,\nthere are affected individuals everywhere. I know from personal\nexperience the penalty hard working teachers pay. My own mother, who\nspent nearly 30 years serving as a teacher in the public schools, has\nbeen adversely affected. We need to attract more people to teaching and\npublic service. Adding onerous and additional unfair requirements to\nobtaining their retirement benefits will not solve the crisis we are\nhaving in attracting and retaining teacher professionals.\n Since my election to Congress, I have worked to eliminate these two\nprovisions. On March 1, 2001, I introduced H.R. 848, the Social\nSecurity Benefit Restoration Act. This bill will bring equity to\nretirement benefits. It will eliminate the public sector penalty and\nwill allow civil servants to draw full Social Security benefits. I am\nalso a cosponsor of H.R. 2638, the Social Security Fairness Act. This\nbill eliminates the Windfall Elimination Provision as well as the\nGovernment Pension Offset. Finally, I, along with an overwhelming\nmajority of Members, have cosponsored H.R. 664, which also eliminates\nthe Government Pension Offset.\n My bill and the other legislation to eliminate these unjust\nprovisions have been languishing in the House Ways and Means Committee.\nThese bills are but another example of the long list of things the\nRepublican leadership of the Congress has failed to address. To pass a\nbill that would make retirement less accessible for those who teach our\nchildren is unconscionable. We need to be doing more to strengthen the\nteaching profession and not adopt laws that make teaching less\nattractive to current and prospective teachers.\n When the 108th Congress convenes next year, I will reintroduce my\nbill and work with my colleagues to eliminate these unfair provisions.\nThousands of Texans who have devoted their lives to teaching and public\nservice are entitled to the benefits they have spent a career earning.\nBasic fairness demands that Congress repeal these provisions and allow\nteachers and other public servants to collect all of their retirement\nbenefits.s\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2131", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "CONFERENCE REPORT FOR H.R. 4546, THE BOB STUMP NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2131", "E2131", "[{\"name\": \"Walter B. Jones Jr.\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"303\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4546\"}, {\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4546\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2131", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2131]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONFERENCE REPORT FOR H.R. 4546, THE BOB STUMP NATIONAL DEFENSE\n AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003\n\n ______\n\n HON. WALTER B. JONES\n\n of north carolina\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last week, the House of\nRepresentatives took up and passed the conference report to H.R. 4546,\nthe Fiscal Year 2003 National Defense Authorization Act. As one of the\nconferees to that measure, I was proud to support the overall bill and\nwas pleased to see its passage. The Bob Stump National Defense Act was\na fitting tribute to a man whose congressional career was spent working\nfor our Nation's men and women in uniform.\n This year's Defense Authorization Act has three main principles:\nprotecting and defending America's homeland, supporting U.S. service\nmembers and their families, and better equipping troops with training,\nequipment and weapons to fight and win the war against terrorism. It\nmarks the largest increase in defense spending in over 20 years,\nproviding billions of additional dollars for procurement, research, and\ndevelopment for the next generation of weapons. The measure continues\nour commitment to improving the pay of military personnel by providing\na 4.1 percent pay increase and continued the administration's plans to\neliminate out-of-pocket housing costs for military families. H.R. 4546\ndevotes considerable resources toward protecting our homeland from the\nthreat of terrorist attacks and from the growing proliferation of\nballistic missiles. I stand behind this bill because I believe it\nprovides our military with the foundation it needs and deserves. We are\nliving in a time of war and must act accordingly.\n Despite the important advances this bill makes for our national\ndefense, I retain two reservations about the final product.\n One significant issue which has not been addressed is legislation I\nsponsored to redesignate the position of the Secretary of the Navy as\nthe Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. For over 200 years the Navy\nand Marine Corps have shared a secretary in being, but not in name.\nNotwithstanding their jointness, the Navy and Marine Corps are distinct\nwith their own history, honors, and tradition. Rather than detracting\nfrom those traditions, this legislation seeks to recognize the\nseparate, but equal traditions that the Navy and the Marine Corps team\nshare. It acknowledges that there are two members of the same team and\nseeks to reinforce to the American people that the Secretary is a proud\nsupporter of both. The legislation was adopted unanimously in the House\nArmed Services Committee, over half of whose membership had cosponsored\nthe legislation. It was supported by three former Secretaries of the\nNavy, the current and two former Commandants of the Marine Corps, a\nformer Secretary of the Veterans Administration, and many other former\nsenior leaders of the Navy and Marine Corps. The Fleet Reserve\nAssociation and the Marine Corps League, each boasting thousands of\nmembers, also strongly urged passage of the legislation. Yet because of\nthe concerns of a few, it was not included in the final conference\nreport.\n However I do not view this as a setback, but instead an opportunity.\nI remain committed to introducing the measure again early in the 108th\nCongress. As Commandant Jim Jones stated, this is an idea whose time\nhas come. I will be working diligently with my Navy and Marine Corps\nfriends to broaden the support and communicate the importance of this\nmeasure. By passing this legislation, the teamwork that has been\npresent for over 200 years will finally be recognized in the title of\nthe person who coaches the team.\n A second shortcoming of the otherwise outstanding measure is the\ncompromise on concurrent receipt. Although the language in the\nconference report regarding concurrent receipt is a very important step\nforward, I strongly believe that more should be done. As I stated in a\nletter to President Bush, if a man or woman served in uniform and\nretired honorably, they deserve to receive the retirement pay they were\npromised. If in the course of that service, that military member was\ninjured and sustained a lasting disability, they should be compensated\nfor that as well. One was earned for service and one was earned for\nsacrifice. It is for that reason that I have been a strong supporter of\nlegislation to eliminate this offset since coming to Congress.\n It is true that correcting this unfair penalty is expensive, however\nI also believe that our military retirees are priorities for which we\nmust be willing to support. Congressman Bilirakis, numerous military\nand veteran organizations such as the Fleet Reserve Association, and\ncountless veterans have waged a tireless effort to see legislation\nending the prohibition against concurrent receipt enacted. They should\nbe commended for the great work that has been accomplished to date and\nencouraged to continue this fight in the future. I look forward to\nworking with them on future efforts to meet the principles behind H.R.\n303. Our military retirees did not fail us when they were called. We\nshould not fail them.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2132-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "H. RES. 598", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2132", "E2132", "[{\"name\": \"Hilda L. Solis\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"107\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"598\"}]", "148 Cong. Rec. E2132", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2132]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n H. RES. 598\n\n ______\n\n HON. HILDA L. SOLIS\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart and great sadness\nthat I rise to honor my friend Senator Paul Wellstone, who died October\n25 in a plane crash in Minnesota along with his wife and daughter,\nthree of his staff members and two pilots. The mark that Paul Wellstone\nleft on the world was far, far greater than his small stature and down-\nto-earth nature would suggest. And so, the emptiness we feel at his\npassing is vast and deep. It stretches far beyond the personal pain of\nlosing a friend, or the tragedy of his shattered family.\n Senator Wellstone was a public servant in the most ideal sense of the\nterm. Politics never became more important to him than the people he\nrepresented and the people he loved. Victory never became more\nimportant to him than voicing his true convictions. Power never became\nmore important to him than his desire to serve the powerless.\n On the campaign trail, Paul Wellstone drove an old green school bus\nacross the state of Minnesota. From that bus Senator Wellstone\ntirelessly assured people that he would struggle for peace and fight\nfor veterans, that he would work to stop the tide of domestic violence\nand mental illness, and that he would defend our fragile environment.\nMost of all, that old bus brought hope and excitement to people whom\nfor too long, and for too many reasons, felt that their government had\nforgotten about them. Now that he is gone, that bus must not sit and\nrust away. We must have the courage, the commitment, and the strength\nto keep that bus rolling.\n I will miss Paul Wellstone greatly. I know that we all will.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2132-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING TERRY FARMER HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2132", "E2133", "[{\"name\": \"Mike Thompson\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2132", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2132-E2133]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING TERRY FARMER HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA\n\n ______\n\n HON. MIKE THOMPSON\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize\nTerry Farmer of Eureka, who is being honored for his twenty years of\npublic service as the District Attorney of Humboldt County, California.\n Mr. Farmer has had a long and distinguished career as a public\nservant in our community. He has served on numerous community boards\nand organizations to help make the community a better place in which to\nlive. Prior to being appointed a deputy district attorney, he was\nelected to the Trinidad City Council and as a member of his local\nschool board. He was elected District Attorney of Humboldt County in\n1982.\n As district attorney, Mr. Farmer strived to achieve an outstanding\nsystem of justice, defined by professionalism and integrity. He\ndeveloped a culture of excellence that reinforced competence and\nethical values within the office.\n During his tenure, the district attorney's office assumed a\nleadership role in the Child Abuse Services Team, a consortium of law\nenforcement, child protective workers, mental health professionals and\nvictims working to improve investigations, convict molesters, and\nprotect children. The program remains a model throughout the state of\nCalifornia.\n Mr. Farmer worked collaboratively to develop a program to crack down\non the use of methamphetamine in our community, while working to\nincrease public awareness and improve treatment services to deter\npeople using the drug.\n\n[[Page E2133]]\n\n Mr. Farmer graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1972. He\nconcluded 6 years of service as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army\nNational Guard. He has ably served our nation, our state and our\ncommunity.\n Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time that we recognize Terry\nFarmer for his vision, leadership and commitment and for his\nextraordinary record of public service to the people of the North Coast\nof California.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2132", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "ON THE HISTORIC OCCASION OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS JOINT MEETING IN NEW YORK TO COMMEMORATE THE TRAGEDY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2132", "E2132", "[{\"name\": \"Juanita Millender-McDonald\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2132", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2132]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nON THE HISTORIC OCCASION OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS JOINT MEETING IN\n NEW YORK TO COMMEMORATE THE TRAGEDY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH\n\n ______\n\n HON. JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD\n\n of california\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for me as the\nMember of the United States Congress to convene here in New York today,\nSeptember 9, 2002, on this historic occasion. It has been one year\nsince the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11. It has been over\ntwo hundred years since Congress convened here in New York at Federal\nHall to elect the first President of the United States and to ratify\nthe Bill of Rights.\n We applaud the people of this great city and state for their resolve\nin light of the devastation thrust upon them. It is a credit to their\nperseverance and their total commitment to freedom that the 107th\nCongress stands proud today. We reflect with remorse on the past year,\nbut also look forward with hope and optimism as we proceed in the\nhealing of our Nation. On this historic day, the congress has convened\nto mourn the loss of families and friends during the September 11\nattacks, and to salute the heroism of our police officers, fire\nfighters, and emergency responders who performed with unbridled bravery\nand gave so selflessly on that tragic day.\n As I reflect on the tragic events of a year ago, I am reminded of the\nheavy hearts of so many great Americans who have grappled with this\ncowardly act and for those who had loved ones who perished in New York,\nPennsylvania and the Pentagon. For those who lost friends and coworkers\nand who must now try to go on with their lives, our prayers are offered\nto these families and their friends and to all America and other\nCountries who lost loved ones.\n Today, we are expressing our gratitude to the fire fighters, police\nofficers, healthcare workers and those individuals who, on that fateful\nday, performed heroic deeds and helped their fellow citizens and\nneighbors without regard for their own welfare.\n During the recent year, my colleagues and I in Congress have actively\nengaged in debate about how to develop an agenda that addresses the new\nworld in which we now live.\n Though our country and the world have been shaken, we continue to\nbuild bridges toward progress and strengthen the bond of patriotism and\nthe spirit of hope. I cannot express how important it is to map out a\ncourse for our future that will sustain, inspire and protect our\nchildren. We must provide our children with a sense of optimism and\nhope.\n Our domestic efforts and grief over the tragic events of September 11\nhave heightened our appreciation for the pain of others around the\nworld who have been subjected to the brutality and inhumanness of\nterrorism. That is why we have supported liberation and democratization\nefforts in Afghanistan and seek to assist in the rehabilitation of\nthose persecuted and who are attempting to rebuild their lives and\ntheir country. We must complete our mission there.\n As we return to Washington, our nation and its Congress will never\nforget the victims of September 11. On this occasion of reflection,\nrecommitment and rededication to freedom and democracy, we are\naffirming our commitment to remember and honor the men and women who\npaid the ultimate price--their lives. They will always be a part of our\nhistory and our hearts. Our nation shall continue to rise to meet the\nchallenge of terrorism and the threats posed by terrorists who seek to\nderail freedom and a Nation of peace.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2133-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "THE UKRAINIAN FAMINE AND HUNGER IN AFRICA", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2133", "E2134", "[{\"name\": \"Bob Schaffer\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2133", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2133-E2134]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n THE UKRAINIAN FAMINE AND HUNGER IN AFRICA\n\n ______\n\n HON. BOB SCHAFFER\n\n of colorado\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, as Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukrainian\nCaucus, I rise today to commemorate those innocent victims murdered by\nthe Soviet regime during the Ukrainian Famine. Mr. Speaker, I also call\nthe attention of the House to the famine presently being waged against\nthe people of Zambia, Zimbabwe and South-central Africa.\n This year, on November 23, the world observes the 69th anniversary of\nUkraine's Great Famine--an unspeakable event. By presidential decree,\nevery fourth Saturday in November is a national day of remembrance for\nfamine and genocide victims throughout Ukraine. History has not\nwitnessed a greater moral injustice. This was genocide unlike any other\nexample in the history of human civilization.\n At the time of the Great Ukrainian Famine, playwright George Bernard\nShaw and his friend, Lady Astor, had a rare visit with Josef Stalin.\n``When are you going to stop killing people?'' Lady Astor brazenly\nasked of Comrade Stalin. His terse reply: ``When it is no longer\nnecessary.''\n Stalin's favorite killing tool was mass starvation, a tactic he used\nruthlessly against his own people. ``The collectivization program in\nUkraine resulted in a famine which cost not less than 3,000,000 lives\nin 1932. It was a Stalin-made famine,'' reported Time Magazine in its\nJanuary 1, 1940, issue. We know now, the more realistic estimate is\nmore than twice that originally reported by Time.\n The Ukrainian Famine of 1921-1923 was a human tragedy perpetrated by\nthe Soviet regime in an attempt to destroy Ukraine and its culture and\nleave behind an amorphous mass of people that could be restructured and\nredefined to serve the Soviet Union. It began as a process of\nassimilation, but soon turned to the collectivization and then\nsubjugation of Ukrainian peasants, their lands, and their livelihoods.\nMost paid the ultimate price for their heritage, culture and\norientation toward independence.\n Bolshevik partisans confiscated grain from Ukrainian peasants and\nsubsequently exported the stolen food to foreign nations and other\nregions of the Soviet empire. Those who protested were imprisoned,\ndeported, or often killed on the spot. This grain, belonging to\nUkraine, would have saved thousands of Ukrainian lives. Instead, it was\ncallously shipped off for purposes of generating state profit,\nsometimes left to rot on the docks, or shipped to meet the needs of\nRussia's population. Once the famine ended, Ukraine's population was\nfurther decimated by a series of epidemics.\n The Commission on the Ukraine Famine, appointed by Congress in 1986,\nresearched and documented this terrible event. The commission confirmed\nthese horrible events and verified the cruelty with which the atrocity\nwas executed. The deliberate mass starvation did indeed constitute an\nact of genocide against Ukrainians. The commission's findings are\nrecorded in the Congressional Record for posterity, as is the graphic\nand sobering testimony of genocide survivors.\n Mr. Speaker, Members of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus have, in\nprior years, risen here on the House floor in observance of the\nUkrainian Famine and in solidarity with the survivors of this terrible\ntragedy. We have taken great efforts to ensure this House never\nforgets. In fact, we honor the lives of the victims by rededicating\nourselves to summoning the strength and courage of our own nation and\nthe conscientious voices of its leaders in the Congress to stand in\nfirm contradiction to any new tyrant who would contemplate such\ndevastation through intentional famine.\n Today's observance compels me to also speak out against one such\nexample of starvation currently taking place in south-central Africa.\nMr. Speaker, America must be unambiguous in its opposition to the\ndeliberate famine presently being orchestrated there by an alliance of\nclearly defined conspirators.\n As in Ukraine seventy 70 years ago. Southern Africa's famine has less\nto do with drought and everything to do with pure politics. Today,\nnearly 13 million people in Southern Africa face a similar starvation.\n ``We're staring catastrophe in the face--unless we get food aid fast\nto millions of people whose lives are in the balance because they are\nstarving,'' said James Morris, the UN's special envoy to the region.\n Officials blame environmental groups such as Friends of the Earth and\nGreenpeace that have pressured African countries like Zambia to halt\nshipments of food aid from the United States and other nations willing\nand able to relieve the famine and save precious lives. The groups\noppose so-called genetically modified (GM) foods. Extremist groups have\nput their ideology--opposing the importation of all such hybrid\nagricultural products--ahead of the lives of starving people.\n ``It's very disturbing to me that some groups have chosen a famine to\nmake a political point,'' says Andrew Natsios, administrator of the\nU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). ``The lives of 13\nmillion people are at risk.''\n Natsios said the U.S. is ready to supply more than 75 percent of all\nthe food coming into starving Southern Africa. ``If they don't get food\nfrom us they're not going to get it,'' he said.\n This year, for example, Zimbabwe has refused to accept U.S. corn,\nconvinced by radical groups that GM gain might somehow ``contaminate''\nnative crops. Some of this life-saving corn was grown in my own state\nof Colorado. Adding more disinformation, Friends of the Earth claims\n``the U.S. is disposing of its rejected food on Africa,'' in a news\nrelease last month.\n Just as in Stalin's days, truth has seldom been an ally of the Left.\nNatsios, who says the U.S. has been supplying GM foods to the region\nfor the past seven years, also says it is the same food sold and\nconsumed in the United States. ``I've never seen, in my 30 years of\npublic service, such disinformation and intellectual dishonesty,'' he\nsaid.\n As for problems with modified crops--there are none. Concerned about\nthe lives of millions of people desperately in need, the World Health\nOrganization (WHO) released a report at the end of the summer assuring\nGM foods are perfectly safe. ``Southern African countries should\nconsider accepting GM food aid in the face of the humanitarian crisis\nfacing the region,'' urged WHO Director General Gro Harlem Brundtland.\n\n[[Page E2134]]\n\n Like the notorious 1932-1933 mass starvation in Ukraine, famine is\nnot always borne of a natural disaster. However, famine can become an\neffective ideological weapon.\n Stalin himself would have been proud of the sordid partnership forged\nby radical environmentalists and African tyrants. What are a few\nmillion lives worth to this axis of hunger when there are political\nstatements to be made?\n Mr. Speaker, I urge the House to speak in strenuous objection to this\nAfrican tragedy unfolding before our very eyes. The extreme human price\npaid for the lessons of the Great Ukrainian Famine should not be\ndismissed now to the complacency of an overwhelmed world. To permit\nthis new festering scourge is to insult the memory of those poor\nUkrainians who have perished while trivializing the dignity of their\nsurvivors whose lives command us to respond with immediate courage.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2133", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "ON THE RETIREMENT OF DR. ARTHUR H. WU AFTER 28 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL SERVICE", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RETIREMENT", "E2133", "E2133", "[{\"name\": \"Constance A. Morella\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2133", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2133]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n ON THE RETIREMENT OF DR. ARTHUR H. WU AFTER 28 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED\n FEDERAL SERVICE\n\n ______\n\n HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA\n\n of maryland\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate my constituent, Dr.\nArthur H. Wu, for 28 years of meritorious federal service. In my\nCongressional tenure, I have been very proud to represent and serve the\ninterests of our nation's most distinguished federal employees. These\ncivil servants help to make our country safe, functional, and\neffective. We value their service and, today, I would like to\nspecifically recognize Dr. Wu for his contributions to our nation upon\nhis retirement from the Navy on December 20, 2002.\n In his years of federal service Dr. Wu has made several notable\ncontributions and attained a number of exceptional achievements. He was\na top-ten finalist for the U.S. National Federal Engineer of the Year\nAward in 1997, as well as a two-time winner of the Naval Facilities\nEngineering Command (NAVFAC) Engineer of the Year Award in 1985 and\n1996. For these honors, he was recognized for: his significant\ncontributions to the application of numerical modeling and\ncomputational analysis of foundations and dry-dock safety that resulted\nin millions of cost savings to the Navy; his exemplary leadership in\ndirecting and preparing engineering standards, criteria, and computer\nsoftware used by practicing engineers in site selection and design in\nareas of high security; and for over conserving an estimated $20\nmillion of Navy resources and providing for enhanced military\nreadiness. In addition to the above three major awards, Dr. Wu has also\nreceived over 20 special awards for his engineering design achievements\nand innovative technical developments.\n Dr. Wu has ably served our nation well in a number of capacities\nincluding Senior Geotechnical Consultant, Acting Chief Engineer,\nDirector of the Applied Engineering Division, and Technical Discipline\nLeader for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Naval\nFacilities Engineering Service Center. Dr. Wu is recognized worldwide\nas one of the premier problem solving engineers in the Naval Facilities\nEngineering Command. His reputation for expert and thorough engineering\nanalyses and support for ongoing design and construction projects are\nwell known within the Department of Defense and private industry.\n Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Dr. Wu for his years of service\ntoo our federal government. I offer him my warmest congratulations on\nhis retirement and best wishes in his future endeavors.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2134-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO RICHARD H. FINAN FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TO THE STATE OF OHIO", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2134", "E2134", "[{\"name\": \"Paul E. Gillmor\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2134", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2134]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nA SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO RICHARD H. FINAN FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE\n OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TO THE STATE OF OHIO\n\n ______\n\n HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR\n\n of ohio\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I rise today to\npay special tribute to an outstanding gentleman, and good friend, from\nOhio. Dick Finan, from the Village of Evandale, is the outgoing\nPresident of the Ohio Senate. He is being honored for his dedicated\nservice and loyalty to the Ohio General Assembly and to the citizens of\nOhio.\n Mr. Speaker, President Richard H. Finan began his career in public\nservice in 1963. He served as a Councilman in the Village of Evandale\nuntil 1969, when he was then elected to serve as Mayor.\n After serving the citizens of Evandale for ten years, he ran for and\nwas elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. There he served with\ndistinction until 1978. He was elected to the Ohio Senate upon leaving\nthe House of Representatives and in 1997, was elected by his colleagues\nto serve as Senate President.\n President Finan has had a significant impact on public policy in\nOhio. He has also reached out nationally in an attempt to improve the\nlives of all citizens living in this great land. He currently serves as\nChairman of the University of Dayton Board of Trustees and is a Past\nPresident of the National Conference of State Legislatures. Serving his\ncommunity and the State of Ohio was not only Dick's duty, but also his\nhonor. These chances to give back to the public have brought him a\nlifetime of both personal and professional achievement. President Finan\ntruly is a valued asset to the Village of Evandale and to the state of\nOhio.\n President Finan has been a great resource and a true friend to\neveryone around him. Respected by his colleagues in the legislature and\nin the private sector, Dick has shown the ability to improve the\nenvironment around him. He has been the recipient of many awards that\nreflect his service, including the Tree of Life Award from the Jewish\nNational Fund, the President's Medal from Miami University, the\nDistinguished Citizen Award from the Medical College of Ohio, and the\nWilliam Howard Taft Americanism Award from the Anti-Defamation League.\nHe is an Honorary Alumni Member--Omicron Delta Kappa--at the University\nof Dayton and holds an honorary degree from Xavier University.\n President Finan will be missed in the public arena. His wisdom,\nhonesty and forthrightness are attributes to which all public servants\nshould aspire. He has set an example for everyone on how to live a life\nof service, putting the greater interests of the community before one's\nown.\n Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying special tribute\nto President Richard H. Finan. Our communities are served well by\nhaving such honorable and giving citizens, like Dick, who care about\ntheir well being and stability. We wish Dick, his wife Joan and their\nfour children all the best as we pay tribute to one of our nation's\nfinest citizens.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2134-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO REVEREND LAVAUGHN VENCHAEL BOOTH", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2134", "E2135", "[{\"name\": \"Rob Portman\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2134", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2134-E2135]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n TRIBUTE TO REVEREND LAVAUGHN VENCHAEL BOOTH\n\n ______\n\n HON. ROB PORTMAN\n\n of ohio\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and\naccomplishments of Reverend Lavaughn Venchael Booth, a distinguished\nfriend and champion of faith and justice from Cincinnati, who passed\naway on November 17.\n Born on January 7, 1919 in Covington County, Mississippi, Reverend\nBooth received a bachelor's degree in American history from Alcorn A&M\nCollege; a bachelor's degree in divinity from Howard University; and a\nmaster's degree in church history from the University of Chicago\nDivinity School. He began his ministry with First Baptist Church of\nWarrenton, Virginia and continued his ministry with First Baptist\nChurch of Gary, Indiana. He pastored Zion Baptist Church in the\nAvondale area of Cincinnati for 32 years before founding the Olivet\nBaptist Church in Silverton. Last year, he came out of retirement to\npastor the Church upon the Rock in Anderson, Indiana.\n In 1961, Reverend Booth founded the Progressive National Baptist\nConvention (PNBC). The PNBC became the household of Rev. Dr. Martin\nLuther King Jr. and the civil rights movement among African-American\nBaptists. As Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin noted, ``King, while siding with\nprogressives, had no active role with the organization of the PNBC.''\nDr. King at his last meeting with the PNBC in 1967 in Cincinnati\nemphasized according to convention minutes ``that he is a member of the\nPNBC. He has come to speak not as a civil rights leader, but as a\nminister of the gospel.'' The PNBC split from the National Baptist\nConvention and formed a denomination that played an active role in the\ncivil rights movement by joining with the Southern Christian Leadership\nConference and provided Dr. King with a national platform. Reverend\nBooth served as its president from 1971-1974. Progressives today have\n2.5 million members in 1,800 churches nationwide.\n But Reverend Booth's focus was his local ministry, and he said, ``We\nshould have concern for the physical, as well as the spiritual well-\nbeing of people.'' He initiated economic development projects, secured\nthe credit to build hundreds of low-income housing units and a church-\nrun nursing home, and later established the region's first black-owned\nbank. Described as a visionary who dedicated his life to the Lord, he\nwas driven to do for others, trying to make the world and his community\na better place to live.\n Reverend Booth's civil and community activities are legendary. He was\nthe first African-American member of the University of Cincinnati Board\nof Trustees. He was a founding member of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\nCenter for Nonviolent Social Change, served on the board of the\nCincinnati City Gospel Mission and as vice president of the Gospel\nWorld Alliance. He helped to establish the Marva Collins Preparatory\nSchool in Cincinnati; the Cincinnati Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, a\nservice that offered prayers for newly-elected public servants; and the\nNational Prayer League.\n Reverend Booth is survived by his sons, Paul Booth of Cincinnati, who\nis a member of\n\n[[Page E2135]]\n\nthe Cincinnati City Council; Lavaughn Booth Jr. of Chicago; and Rev.\nDr. William Booth of Hampton, Virginia; and daughters Anna-Marie Booth\nof San Francisco, and Dr. Georgia Leeper of Memphis. He is also\nsurvived by 14 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. We are blessed\nby his life and having known him.016\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2134", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING FORMER CONGRESSMAN BUD SHUSTER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2134", "E2134", "[{\"name\": \"James L. Oberstar\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2134", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2134]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING FORMER CONGRESSMAN BUD SHUSTER\n\n ______\n\n HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR\n\n of minnesota\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express congratulations to\na former colleague, Congressman Bud Shuster of Pennsylvania, for an\nhonor he recently received.\n Earlier this week, Bud Shuster was named the ``Transportation Person\nof the Century'' by the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors (APC) in\nhonor of the tremendous contributions he has made to the nation's\ntransportation and infrastructure systems. It is a tribute to Bud that\nAPC rightly recognized the role that he played in ensuring that our\ncommunities have transportation choices, such as transit, rail systems,\npedestrian walkways, Amtrak, and bike paths.\n Bud Shuster spent his career building America. Bud served in the\nHouse of Representatives for 28 years, six of those as Chairman of the\nHouse Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the largest and most\nproductive committee in Congress. His perseverance, patience and\nwillingness to find common ground made him one of the greatest\ncommittee chairmen we have seen in recent years in the House. His\nextraordinary achievements as Chairman speak for themselves, and he has\nthe respect of his former colleagues on both sides of the aisle.\n Part of the joy of working on the Transportation and Infrastructure\nCommittee is the way in which we work together to develop bipartisan\nbills. As a committee, we worked extraordinarily well over the six\nyears of Bud's leadership. I had the pleasure of working with him on\nmany major pieces of legislation to improve the nation's transportation\nand infrastructure systems, including TEA-21 and AIR-21. Throughout his\nservice on the Transportation Committee, Bud Shuster demonstrated\neffective bipartisan leadership in showing that transportation,\ninfrastructure and environmental programs make a real difference in all\nAmericans' lives.\n He retired from this body at the beginning of the 107th Congress, and\nsince that time, I have missed him, not only for his policy expertise,\nbut also for his friendship. I commend and congratulate Bud Shuster on\nhis distinguished career as a public servant.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2135-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING CONGRESSMAN BILL COYNE", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E2135", "E2135", "[{\"name\": \"John P. Murtha\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2135", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2135]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n RECOGNIZING CONGRESSMAN BILL COYNE\n\n ______\n\n HON. JOHN P. MURTHA\n\n of pennsylvania\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to pay tribute to my long\ntime friend and colleague. Bill Coyne will retire from this institution\nafter serving 11 terms as a Member of this institution.\n Bill is a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, and so like myself, is a\nnative of the southwestern Pennsylvania district he has so faithfully\nrepresented for the past 22 years.\n The 14th District includes the city of Pittsburgh as well as 33 other\nsurrounding communities in the very heart of this country's steel\nproducing center. From his post as a senior member of the Ways and\nMeans Committee, he has been able to develop and promote countless\neconomic policy initiatives to the benefit of the Southwestern region\nas well as the Nation, including those dealing with Social Security,\ntrade, tax reform, health care, housing and community development, job\ncreation, and job training.\n In addition to serving as ranking member of the Ways and Means\nOversight Subcommittee Bill has served on the Banking Committee, the\nBudget Committee, the Committee on House Administration, and the\nCommittee on Standards of Official Conduct. He has consistently used\nhis committee assignments to promote federal policies to the benefit of\nurban America.\n During the 103rd Congress, Bill succeeded in making the tax-exempt\nIndustrial Development Bond permanent. IDB's helped to create or retain\nmore than 26,000 manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania alone between 1987\nand 1992. He also led the successful House Ways and Means opposition to\na proposed $1 per gallon hike in the Federal fuel tax for waterway\ncommerce in 1993, which was of enormous economic benefit for the Three\nRivers area he represents.\n Bill also successfully inserted language in the 1993 reconciliation\nbill that provided low-income workers with an improved opportunity to\nreceive an Earned Income Tax Credit on a monthly basis, instead of\nwaiting for a single annual payment.\n In the 104th Congress, Bill Coyne worked with many of his Democratic\ncolleagues to protect Federal funding for programs serving children,\nseniors, and working families, and to ensure that the burden of Federal\ntaxation was not disproportionately borne by working families. He also\nworked to provide tax incentives for businesses and municipalities to\nclean up and redevelop abandoned industrial sites, and he worked to\nexpand protection for workers' rights in international trade\nagreements.\n In the 105th Congress, he worked for middle-class tax relief while\nbalancing the Federal budget responsibly. He was a supporter of both\nthe Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. He\nworked successfully to include a provision in the Taxpayer Relief Act\nof 1997 which allowed businesses to deduct the cost of cleaning up\nbrownfields sites in certain targeted areas. He was also actively\ninvolved in developing and enacting legislation to reform the Internal\nRevenue Service, and much of his Taxpayer Bill of Rights legislation\nwas in that bill.\n Bill Coyne worked to make organ transplant regulations fairer and\nworked with me to make the Disproportionate Share Hospital program's\nformula for hospitals fairer as well. He also worked to provide nearly\n$800 million in projects for his district in the Transportation Equity\nAct for the 21st Century (TEA-21) including reconstruction of Drake,\nLibrary and Overbrook trolley lines, construction of an extension of\nthe MLK Jr. Busway, construction of an industrial access road in\nLawrenceville, and construction of transit links between downtown and\nthe North Shore.\n During the 106th Congress, Bill Coyne continued to work to protect\nfederal programs that serve children, senior citizens, the disabled,\nand working families; enact a Medicare prescription drug benefit;\nstrengthen U.S. laws that punish unfair foreign trade practices;\nprotect Americans' pensions and other retirement benefits; increase\nfunding for medical research and education; and make the Federal Tax\nCode simpler and fairer by reforming the capital gains tax and the\nalternative minimum tax. He also worked successfully to increase public\nawareness about food stamp eligibility and to expand the brownfields\ntax provision and push back its expiration date by several years.\n Bill Coyne is a graduate of Central Catholic High School and Robert\nMorris College. He served in the United States Army in Korea from 1955\nto 1957. He worked as a corporate accountant for 13 years before\nentering politics in 1970. He served in the Pennsylvania House of\nRepresentatives from 1971 to 1972 and on the Pittsburgh City Council\nfrom 1973 until 1980.\n I'm proud to have served alongside Bill Coyne and worked with him for\nthese many years for the benefit of our adjoining districts and\nPennsylvania as a whole. Bill's seniority on Ways and Means will be\nsorely missed by Pennsylvania. His expertise as a legislator will be\nmissed by all Americans who were helped by his good work. His good\nnature, friendship, and collegiality will I know be missed by his\nfellow Pennsylvania Members and indeed by all of us here in the House\nof Representatives. Please join me in wishing him well in his\nretirement from public service.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2135-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF STEPHEN BRAUNGINN", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2135", "E2135", "[{\"name\": \"Tammy Baldwin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2135", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2135]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN HONOR OF STEPHEN BRAUNGINN\n\n ______\n\n HON. TAMMY BALDWIN\n\n of wisconsin\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Stephen\nBraunginn, President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison for\nhis work in the community.\n As a leader in the Urban League movement and in the Madison area\ncommunity, Mr. Braunginn has focused on the continuing struggle for\nequal opportunity for all with a special focus on African Americans,\nother people of color, those with disabilities and the disadvantaged.\n Prior to working with the Urban League, Steve served as the Deputy\nDirector for the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources for\nover four years. He was the first Director of Multicultural Affairs and\nSpecial Interest Groups for the Wisconsin Alumni Association at the\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.\n He is also an educator, having taught in the Madison Schools for six\nyears, working with students with learning disabilities and the gifted\nand talented. He served as a leader on the Wisconsin Education\nAssociation Council (WEAC) where he was also the leader of Teachers for\na Free South Africa. In addition, Steve became active in developing a\nmiddle school for South Madison. When he was a teacher at Cherokee\nMiddle School, he served on the Urban League Board of Directors, where\nhe later became chair, serving for two years. During his tenure on the\nUrban League Board, Steve was selected to serve on the Madison School's\nSouth Madison Advisory Committee, which eventually developed the\nframework for Madison Middle School 2000 which later became James C.\nWright Middle School.\n Steve served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors for six years.\nDuring this time he chaired the Personnel and Finance Committee and the\nDane County Human Services Board. He has been on many community\ncommissions, served numerous organizations, and has also received a\nvariety of awards for his service to the Madison area community.\n As the Wisconsin Community Fund honors Steve Braunginn, I am proud to\njoin them in thanking him for his dedication and service to the\ncommunity.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2135-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "LONG ISLAND'S HOUSING CRISIS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2135", "E2136", "[{\"name\": \"Steve Israel\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2135", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2135-E2136]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n LONG ISLAND'S HOUSING CRISIS\n\n ______\n\n HON. STEVE ISRAEL\n\n of new york\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to once again note the severe\naffordable housing crisis my constituents face on Long Island.\n Today's Newsday carried an article by Christian Murray revealing some\ntruly disturbing statistics. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 26\npercent of Long Island households pay more than 35 percent of their\ngross monthly income on either rent or mortgage. For over fifty years\nAmericans have been cautioned to keep housing expenses under 25 percent\nof their income. The 35 percent average is a genuine crisis.\n\n[[Page E2136]]\n\n Pearl Kamer, an economist who wrote the report for the Island's\nleading affordable housing organization, the Long Island Housing\nPartnership, noted that ``with many people paying so much on housing,\nthere is little left over for food and medical care.''\n Mr. Speaker, this housing crisis is having a terrible effect on Long\nIsland's families. The fact that young people--often college graduates\nwith good jobs--cannot find adequate, affordable housing, means that\nthose young people are leaving Long Island. And if companies can't rely\non a stable workforce, they will choose to locate somewhere else.\n The lack of affordable housing on Long Island is not merely about\nsome families having to pay too much. It is a problem that permeates\nevery part of our community's life. Young people are forced out of our\nregion. Jobs disappear as companies decide they can no longer depend\nupon a solid workforce. And our communities dissolve as the very\nfoundation on which that community was built erodes.\n Mr. Speaker, when the 108th Congress convenes in January, we must\nquickly address the issue of adequate housing in America.\n I ask that the text of today's Newsday article be included in the\nRecord at this time.\n\n [lsqb]From Newsday, Nov. 21, 2002[rsqb]\n\n Mortgaging LI's Economic Future\n\n (By Christian Murray)\n\n Skyrocketing rents and booming home prices are forcing more\n than 200,000 Long Island households to pay more than one-\n third of their income on housing, according to a\n comprehensive new study released yesterday.\n The study, ``Lack of Affordable Housing: Prescription for\n Economic Disaster,'' found 26 percent of Long Island\n households pay more than 35 percent of their gross monthly\n income on either rent or mortgage.\n ``These findings are dire,'' said Pearl Kamer, a regional\n economist who conducted the study for the Long Island Housing\n Partnership. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban\n Development guidelines say households should not spend more\n than 30 percent of their gross income on housing.\n ``With many people paying so much on housing, there is\n little left over for food and medical care,'' Kamer said at a\n news conference at North Shore University Hospital in\n Manhasset yesterday. Kamer added that the high cost of\n housing is forcing many people, especially young families, to\n leave Long Island, and this exodus will hurt the region when\n the economy picks up and companies can't find workers.\n While affordable housing has long been an issue on Long\n Island, the problem has been exacerbated by the hot real\n estate market in the past four years, when home prices have\n soared 81 percent while household incomes have risen only 14\n percent, Kamer said.\n Jim Morgo, president of the Hauppauge-based Long Island\n Housing Partnership, said he has established a task force of\n industry and nonprofit officials to take the study's findings\n to every municipality across the Island, as a means of\n prodding officials to make way for more affordable housing.\n The study, based on 2000 census figures, analyzed median\n incomes and housing costs in more than 250 communities by\n individual census tract.\n It found that about one quarter, or 165,000 of Long\n Island's 672,000 homeowners, paid at least 35 percent for a\n place to live--including mortgage payments, property taxes\n and insurance. In some Nassau County neighborhoods, including\n Elmont, Hempstead Village, Uniondale and Roosevelt, at least\n 20 percent of the owners spent more than 50 percent of gross\n income on housing. And this scenario also occurred in the\n Suffolk neighborhoods of Wyandanch, North Amityville, North\n Bay Shore and Brentwood.\n The study also found that one-third of tenants across Long\n Island paid more than 35 percent of household income in rent.\n In many neighborhoods--such as Central Islip, North\n Amityville, Wyandanch and Lawrence Village--about 40 percent\n of renters pay more than half their wages on shelter. Rental\n units account for about 19 percent of Nassau's housing stock\n and 18 percent of Suffolk's--low, compared with 38 percent of\n Westcheter and 27 percent in Rockland.\n But some Nassau neighborhoods, including Manorhaven,\n Hempstead Village, Great Neck Plaza, Long Beach and Glen\n Cove, have more than 40 percent of their housing units in\n rental apartments. And in Suffolk, Bay Shore and Patchogue\n both have high ratios of rental units to owner-occupied\n housing.\n Elizabeth McCarthy, who grew up in Dix Hills and works at\n Canon USA's Lake Success offices in marketing, said at the\n news conference she's been struggling to find housing after\n graduating from Marist College in 1998. Earning about $31,000\n annually, she rented a studio apartment for $900 per month in\n Bay Shore--but it was too costly. ``I thought about leaving\n the area [lsqb]Long Island[rsqb].'' She started looking for a\n house with her parents. ``I was shocked to find that there\n was nothing out there, never mind anything in my price\n range.'' Eventually, she was able to buy a subsidizing\n affordable home through the Housing Partnership at the\n Highview, a complex in Huntington.\n Kamer added that since the 2000 census, when the data were\n gathered, the affordable-housing crisis has most likely\n worsened.\n Kamer said that many young workers, unable to afford\n housing here, are leaving. And many of these workers who have\n lower-paying jobs are essential to the Island's economy.\n Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney said some towns are\n reluctant to build rental units or affordable housing,\n fearing that it will decrease the value of an area. But if\n employers don't have the labor force they'll need because\n young workers leave, they'll set up businesses elsewhere.\n Among Morgo's list of possible solutions is his call to get\n towns to allow for greater zoning flexibility, when\n developers put forward proposals for affordable-housing\n units. While many young people earn much more than their\n parents, he said, they are unable to afford a home. ``It's\n the inversion of the American Dream,'' Margo said.\n\n Feeling the Pinch\n\n Communities on Long Island with the highest percentages of\n homeowners spending more than 35 percent of their income on\n housing costs. Minimum 3,000 housing units.\n\n 1. Hempstead Village: 34.9 percent.\n 2. Elmont: 34.2 percent.\n 3. Brentwood: 31.1 percent.\n 4. Dix Hills: 30.0 percent.\n 5. Central Islip: 29.9 percent.\n 6. Copiague: 29.7 percent.\n 7. Bay Shore: 29.5 percent.\n 8. Franklin Square: 29.3 percent.\n 9. North Valley Stream: 29.3 percent.\n 10. Freeport: 28.8 percent.\n 11. East Islip: 28.7 percent.\n 12. Greenlawn: 27.9 percent.\n 13. Uniondale: 27.8 percent.\n 14. West Babylon: 27.5 percent.\n 15. Deer Park: 27.4 percent.\n 16. Ridge: 27.0 percent.\n 17. St. James: 25.9 percent.\n 18. Selden: 25.9 percent.\n 19. North Massapequa: 25.8 percent.\n 20. Glen Cove: 25.7 percent.\n 21. Lindenhurst: 25.7 percent.\n 22. Long Beach: 25.7 percent.\n 23. West Islip: 25.7 percent.\n 24. South Farmingdale: 25.6 percent.\n 25. Merrick: 25.5 percent.\n Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2135", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "PERSONAL EXPLANATION", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "PERSONALEXPLAIN", "E2135", "E2135", "[{\"name\": \"Karen McCarthy\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2135", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2135]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PERSONAL EXPLANATION\n\n ______\n\n HON. KAREN McCARTHY\n\n of missouri\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Ms. McCARTHY of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 484,\nI was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted\n``aye.''\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2136", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "RECOGNIZING THE LAO STUDENTS MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE URGENT NEED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS IN LAOS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "RECOGNIZING", "E2136", "E2137", "[{\"name\": \"Adam Smith\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2136", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2136-E2137]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nRECOGNIZING THE LAO STUDENTS MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE URGENT NEED\n FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS IN LAOS\n\n ______\n\n HON. ADAM SMITH\n\n of washington\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, last month marked the third\nanniversary of the bloody intervention by Lao communist security forces\nagainst peaceful student demonstrators. In October of 1999, the\ncommunist regime in Vientiane sought to crush the Lao Students Movement\nfor Democracy. I was recently honored to join with Laotian-American\nconstituents and survivors of this brutal crackdown to speak at the\nCongressional Forum on Laos, which had a series of special events in\nthe U.S. House of Representatives this year to mark the anniversary of\nthis dark chapter in the history of Laos and the free world.\n Mr. Speaker, my district is the home to many freedom-loving Lao-\nAmericans as well as the Lao Students Movement for Democracy--whose\nmembers are comprised largely of the survivors of the pro-democracy\nmovement in Laos in 1999. The students escaped the Lao communist regime\nto neighboring Thailand and then were admitted to the United States as\nrefugees after the outpouring of concern by Laotian-Americans in the\nSouth King County area. Sadly, however, many of the Lao pro-democracy\nstudent leaders and their families still remain jailed in Laos and have\ndisappeared into their horrific prison system. Amnesty International\ncontinues to raise concerns about their plight and the systemic torture\nthat exists within the prisons and gulag system of Laos.\n Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend and thank the leaders of the Lao\ncommunity for their steadfast efforts on behalf of freedom and\ndemocracy in Laos and for the hard work of all those involved in\norganizing the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos sessions held on\nSeptember 17 and October 1st.\n Mr. Speaker, I remain deeply concerned about the ongoing plight of\nthe Lao students leaders and others who are still jailed in Laos for\ntheir political or religious beliefs, or simply because they are\nmembers of an ethnic minority like the Hmong people. I would urge my\ncolleagues, therefore, to work toward helping to bring freedom, hope\nand human rights to Laos and its suffering people. We should remember\nthose who are still persecuted and jailed in Laos, struggling for basic\nhuman rights and freedoms.\n Mr. Speaker, I would like to include into the Record the following\nnews article from the Agence France Press (``Lao Exiles Demand Freedom\nfor Imprisoned Comrades,'' July 18, 2002) regarding the Lao Students'\nefforts in Congress in Washington, DC:\n\n Exiled dissidents have demanded the release of five\n colleagues who have disappeared\n\n[[Page E2137]]\n\n into the prison gulag in Laos, following unprecedented anti-\n Communist protests.\n The Lao government is holding five of the eleven strong\n core leadership of the Lao Students for Democracy after it\n crushed surprise protests in the capital, Vientiane, in\n October 1999.\n Six others, two of whom appeared at a U.S. Congressional\n forum devoted to their cause, on Wednesday, escaped to\n Thailand, before being granted political asylum by the United\n States.\n ``My colleagues are still in jail, they are asking for\n peace and justice for the Lao people, I would like them to be\n put on trial as soon as possible,'' said one of the leaders,\n Aly Chantala.\n Another dissident leader Nouamkhan Khamphylavong added:\n ``We still heard nothing about their fate since they were\n arrested.''\n Rights group Amnesty International has accused the ruling\n Lao People's Revoluntionary Party of denying that the arrests\n even took place and of holding prisoners in cruel and\n degrading conditions.\n Campaigners say the five student leaders were arrested,\n tortured an incarcerated by the Lao government in violation\n of the country's one year limit on detention without trial.\n They want the United States and world financial bodies to\n withhold financial aid and make trade benefits for Laos\n conditional on improvements in its human rights record and\n the granting of political rights.\n Some business groups and sectors of the U.S. administration\n have, however, being pushing for Laos to be granted normal\n trade relations with the United States, arguing that economic\n opening will trigger an easing of the political situation.\n Wednesday's event in a Congressional building was part of\n an ongoing campaign to block the aspirations of the pro Laos-\n trade lobby.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2137-2", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "CENTRAL NEW JERSEY CELEBRATES THE MONMOUTH COUNCIL OF GIRL SCOUTS, INC. 2002 WOMEN OF DISTINCTION", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2137", "E2137", "[{\"name\": \"Rush Holt\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2137", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2137]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCENTRAL NEW JERSEY CELEBRATES THE MONMOUTH COUNCIL OF GIRL SCOUTS, INC.\n 2002 WOMEN OF DISTINCTION\n\n ______\n\n HON. RUSH D. HOLT\n\n of new jersey\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and celebrate the Monmouth\nCouncil of Girl Scouts, Inc. 2002 Women of Distinction honorees and\ntheir significant contributions to Central New Jersey.\n For forty years, through its efforts, the Monmouth Council of Girl\nScouts has served tens of thousands of young women across Central New\nJersey. This year's women of Distinction honorees exhibit the\naltruistic ideals that our Nation needs now, more than ever. These\nideals, no doubt grew from their involvement in Girl Scouts and the\ngrounding principles of the Girl Scout Promise and the Girl Scout Law\nwhich read as follows:\n\n The Girl Scout Promise\n\n On my honor, I will try, to serve God and my country, to\n help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout Law.\n\n The Girl Scout Law\n\n I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and\n helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and\n responsible for what I say and do; And to, respect my self\n and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the\n world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.\n\n The 2002 Women of Distinction Honorees are Carole Robinson\n for her inspiring Girl Scout spirit, Anna Diaz-White and\n Paulette Roberts for their professional excellence and Sister\n Ellen Kelly for her dedication and service to our community.\n As we celebrate women's History Month, we honor each of these\n recipients for their hard work and dedication and we\n celebrate the legacy they have created for women and women's\n history in Central New Jersey.\n Mr. Speaker, again, I rise to celebrate, honor and command\n these outstanding New Jerseyans. I have personally observed\n the effective work of some of these honorees and I ask my\n colleagues to join me in recognizing their invaluable\n contributions to our community and to New Jersey.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2137-3", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2137", "E2137", "[{\"name\": \"Carolyn McCarthy\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2137", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2137]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n IN HONOR OF NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH\n\n ______\n\n HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY\n\n of new york\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of\nNovember being National Adoption Month. Every year, thousands of\nAmerican families are blessed by adoption. Whether through domestic or\ninternational adoption of children from foster care, the love of\ncompassionate families embraces children of all ages and from every\nbackground. During National Adoption Month, we recognize the heartfelt\ncommitment of these good citizens, and we renew our pledge to make\nadoption a more accessible and positive path for American families.\n Children thrive in loving families where they are nurtured,\ncomforted, and protected. We are making important progress in placing\nchildren in foster care with adoptive families, and the overall number\nof children being adopted continues to rise. In the past five years,\nadoptions have increased dramatically, and thus far in 2002, tens of\nthousands of children have already been adopted.\n In addition, as a member of the Congressional Caucus on Adoption, I\nhave worked to ease the financial burden on adoptive families and to\nensure that more children find a caring, permanent home.\n But with most adoption costs ranging from $8,000 to $20,000 and even\nupwards of $30,000, many families can not afford this huge expense. No\nchild should be forced to grow up without a family because of the\ntremendous cost of adoption.\n That's why I am proud that the President signed into law a bill I\nsupported from its inception that provides for an Adoption Tax Credit\nfor those who take this important step into parenthood. As part of the\nEconomic Security and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, this provision\nwill go a long way to making adoption more affordable.\n Mr. Speaker, every child deserves a permanent, loving home and, with\nso many families who want to open their hearts and their homes to these\nchildren, this measure will help remove the financial barriers that may\nhinder this union.\n Therefore, Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my constituents of the fourth\nCongressional district of New York, I, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy,\ndo hereby commend Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau\nCounty Department of Social Services and the Nassau County's\nSurrogate's Court for finalizing the adoptions of thirty-two children\nfrom foster care.\n\n ____________________"], ["CREC-2002-11-22-pt1-PgE2137-4", "2002-11-22", 107, 2, null, null, "HONORING VIRGINIA GAINES FOX", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2137", "E2138", "[{\"name\": \"Ernie Fletcher\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "148 Cong. Rec. E2137", "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2137-E2138]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING VIRGINIA GAINES FOX\n\n ______\n\n HON. ERNIE FLETCHER\n\n of kentucky\n\n in the house of representatives\n\n Friday, November 22, 2002\n\n Mr. FLETCHER. Mr. Speaker, It is an honor to rise today to pay\ntribute to a trailblazer, a visionary, a dedicated public servant, and\na Kentucky original. I speak of the inimitable Virginia Gaines Fox,\npresident and CEO of Kentucky Educational Television, who is retiring\nnext month after 42 years of service in public broadcasting.\n Virginia Fox--or Ginni, as she is known by her friends and\ncolleagues--has created a legacy of innovation, public service and the\nhighest standards of excellence. Under her astute leadership, she has\nbuilt KET into an industry leader. Kentucky Educational Television is\nthe number one provider of adult education in America, providing\nthousands of broadcast hours of instructional programming to classrooms\nand hundreds of hours of professional\n\n[[Page E2138]]\n\ndevelopment resources to Kentucky's K-12 instructors. KET's GED on TV\nprogram has helped 11,400 adults in Kentucky--and literally millions\nmore across the country--to earn their high school diploma.\n KET is also leading the way in the industry's digital conversion,\npioneering datacasting services for Kentucky communities in partnership\nwith Federal, State and local agencies--particularly in the area of\npublic safety, weather alerts, and homeland security. This initiative\nis serving as a model for similar efforts around the country.\n Virginia Fox has been an innovator in distance learning throughout\nher prestigious career. She was a founding member of the\ncongressionally-created Independent Television Service (ITVS) Board and\ncreated the first national ITV satellite schedule, serving more than 23\nmillion students annually with distance learning curricula. She also\nfounded the Satellite Educational Resources Consortium, the first\npublic broadcasting/Department of Education interstate consortium for\ndistance learning.\n Virginia Fox's career is highlighted by numerous personal as well as\nprofessional accomplishments. She broke the glass ceiling by becoming\nthe first female CEO of a national organization in public broadcasting.\nShe has served on the board of the Public Broadcasting Service and\nchaired the Public Television Outreach Alliance. She received an\nhonorary doctorate from her alma mater, Morehead State University, and\nearlier was named Appalachian Woman of the Year by that same\ninstitution. This year, she was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism\nHall of Fame and received the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's\nLifetime Achievement Award.\n A seventh-generation Kentuckian, Virginia Fox proves once again that\nthe great Commonwealth of Kentucky has an abundance of human resources.\nIt has been my privilege to work with her during my tenure in Congress\nto ensure that America's children will continue to benefit from the\nfinest educational programming available, and that they will enter\nformal schooling ``Ready to Learn''. She has demonstrated the power of\ntelevision to educate, inform and inspire.\n Mr. Speaker, the education of our children is one of our greatest\nresponsibilities. Virginia Gaines Fox must be commended for her\ninnovation, her vision, and her dedication to education. 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