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107-hr-5763	107	hr	5763	Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002	Taxation	2002-11-22	2002-11-22	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]	CA	R	T000188	0	Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise collection procedures concerning the review of installment agreements for partial collection; (2) extend the time allowed to return property wrongfully levied; and (3) provide for a study of liens and levies.Increases funding for low-income tax clinics.Revises tax administration provisions to provide for the termination of the employment of an IRS employee upon a final administrative or judicial determination of misconduct. Permits the Tax Court to apply the doctrine of equitable recoupment to the same extent as in other Federal courts. Limits the right to appeal a levy determination to the Tax Court (currently, a U.S. district court may have jurisdiction).Provides a 15-day delay in due date for electronically filed individual income tax returns.Revises confidentiality requirements concerning: (1) the disclosure upon oral request of either spouse of collection activities with respect to a joint return; (2) compliance by contractors; (3) standards for requests for and consents to disclosure; and (3) notice to taxpayer of an administrative determination that a return was unlawfully inspected; and (4) expanded disclosure in emergency circumstances.Makes additional miscellaneous amendments including: (1) requiring an evaluation of alternative, technological means of communicating with taxpayers; (2) authorizing regulations for the conduct of enrolled agents; (3) charging fees to the IRS by the Financial Management Service; and (4) procedures concerning Treasury auctions.Revises penalty and interest provisions concerning the treatment of penalties for failure by an individual to pay estimated income tax (converted to interest charge). Excludes interest on overpayments of tax from gross income. Abates interest on all erroneous refunds. Waives certain penalties for first-time unintentional minor errors. Revises and increases the penalty for filing a frivolous tax return.	2025-08-19T17:29:53Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5763
107-hr-5764	107	hr	5764	To provide for the resolution of certain labor issues relating to the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road.	Transportation and Public Works	2002-11-22	2002-11-22	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.	House	Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2]	NC	D	E000226	0	Declares that the collective bargaining agreement between the Association of Commuter Rail Employees and the Metro-North Railroad shall be extinguished upon the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road. Deems employees of the entity resulting from such merger to be covered under the appropriate collective bargaining agreement of the Long Island Rail Road in compliance with the Railway Labor Act. Subordinates the appropriate seniority roster of Metro-North Railroad employees to the seniority roster of Long Island Rail Road employees. Subjects all disputes arising from the application of this Act to the jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board.	2025-01-02T16:53:55Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5764
107-hr-5765	107	hr	5765	Tongass Rain Forest Protection Act	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-11-22	2002-11-22	Referred to the House Committee on Resources.	House	Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]	NY	D	I000057	0	Tongass Rain Forest Protection Act - Designates all roadless areas in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, including Duke Island, as the Tongass Rainforest Nature Preserve.Requires native animal and plant species within the Preserve to be protected in their natural and wild state. Prohibits activities in the Preserve that disturb native animal or plant species or their habitats, including the construction of roads or structures, logging, mining, and the use of any mechanized vehicle or equipment.Designates all of Duke Island and the Duke Inventoried Roadless Area as the Duke Island Trumpeter Swan Wilderness Area.Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire: (1) inholdings in the Tongass National Forest from willing sellers; and (2) an inholding of exceptional importance for biological or scenic reasons through eminent domain at full fair market value.	2025-08-19T17:30:06Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5765
107-hr-5766	107	hr	5766	To create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business concerns, and for other purposes.	Government Operations and Politics	2002-11-22	2002-11-22	Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-15]	MI	D	K000180	0	Requires each executive agency with procurement authority to: (1) take specified steps to ensure substantial participation in Federal advertising procurements by minority businesses; (2) develop a long-term comprehensive plan for implementing such requirement; and (3) assess efforts to increase the utilization of minority businesses in the advertising industry as prime contractors and subcontractors.Amends the Small Business Act to require current small business procurement contracting and subcontracting goals with the Government to apply separately to small businesses in the advertising industry.Directs the Administrators of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and General Services (GSA) to expand inclusion on GSA schedules of small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and other minority businesses in the advertising industry and to provide greater opportunities for such businesses to participate in orders under such schedules.Requires each executive agency to submit to the SBA Administrator for review any proposed bundling of contract requirements which includes Federal advertising requirements.Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the SBA Administrator to jointly carry out a feasibility study to determine the appropriateness of establishing an awards program for executive agencies for increasing minority business opportunity in Federal advertising procurement.	2025-02-04T16:54:13Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5766
107-hr-5767	107	hr	5767	To accelerate the effective date for the expansion of the adoption tax credit and the adoption assistance programs by 1 year.	Taxation	2002-11-22	2002-11-22	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]	CA	D	M000714	0	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the effective date for the expansion of the adoption tax credit and the adoption assistance programs by one year, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.	2025-01-02T16:53:59Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5767
107-hr-5758	107	hr	5758	To extend the national flood insurance program.	Emergency Management	2002-11-19	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.	House	Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4]	OH	R	O000163	0	Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through 2004: (1) the authority under which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may issue notes and other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of carrying out the national flood insurance program; and (2) the authority to enter into new flood insurance contracts.	2025-01-02T16:53:54Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5758
107-hr-5759	107	hr	5759	To extend the national flood insurance program.	Emergency Management	2002-11-19	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.	House	Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4]	OH	R	O000163	0	Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through 2004: (1) the authority under which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may issue notes and other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of carrying out the national flood insurance program; (2) the authority to enter into new flood insurance contracts; (3) requirements for carrying out emergency implementation of the flood insurance program; and (4) the authorization of appropriations for carrying out studies under the Act.	2025-01-02T16:53:40Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5759
107-hr-5760	107	hr	5760	Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Commission Act	Crime and Law Enforcement	2002-11-19	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.	House	Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]	MI	D	C000714	0	Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Commission Act - Establishes the Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Study Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the existing legal framework governing Internet gambling and the issues involved with the licensing and regulation of Internet gambling.Includes within the matters to be studied by the Commission: (1) a review of existing laws governing various forms of wagering over the Internet; (2) assessments of the impact of Internet gambling with respect to problem gambling, the availability of gambling to minors, and its susceptibility to money laundering by terrorists or criminal enterprises; (3) the potential of regulatory measures to minimize adverse impacts of Internet gambling; (4) federalism issues; and (5) the problems of unregulated international Internet wagering and Federal options in seeking international cooperation.Requires the Commission to issue proposed changes to Federal laws and regulations providing for the licensing and regulation of Internet gambling in the United States which: (1) preserve the prerogatives of States and tribal sovereignty; (2) include measures to minimize adverse impacts of Internet gambling and to eliminate the disparate treatment of various forms of Internet gambling (with an exception); (3) provide for the appropriate taxation of Internet gambling enterprises (comparable to land-based gambling); (4) provide for the licensing of enterprises both within and outside of the United States; (5) remain consistent with U.S. goals, principles, and obligations in other international negotiations governing electronic commerce; and (6) include measures to discourage, prohibit, or prevent U.S. citizens from wagering with unlicensed Internet gambling operations outside the United States.	2025-08-19T17:30:05Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5760
107-hr-5761	107	hr	5761	United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002	International Affairs	2002-11-19	2002-11-19	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	House	Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]	IL	R	H001022	1	United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 - Requires the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, five-year strategy to combat the global spread of HIV and AIDS.Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a comprehensive plan to empower women to protect themselves against the spread of HIV/AIDS.Establishes within the Department of State a presidentially appointed Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.Authorizes the United States to participate in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and increases financial assistance for vaccine contributions.Authorizes the President to provide assistance and coordination between international organizations for the global prevention, treatment, monitoring, and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President to establish a program to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating services of American health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of USAID, to establish a program of assistance that would demonstrate the feasibility of providing care and treatment to orphans, other children, and young people affected by HIV/AIDS in foreign countries.Sets forth principles for U.S. firms operating in countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.	2025-08-19T17:30:53Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5761
107-hr-5762	107	hr	5762	Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2002	Government Operations and Politics	2002-11-19	2002-11-19	Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.	House	Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]	GA	D	M000523	0	Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2002 - Directs the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to commence establishment of a collection of all Government records relating to the life and assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Requires the Archivist of the United States to: (1) ensure the physical integrity and original provenance of all records; (2) prepare and publish a subject guidebook and index to the collection which will be available to the public and searchable electronically; and (2) enter into an agreement with an entity outside NARA for the establishment of a secondary location for a portion of the collection.Requires each Government office having possession or control of related records to: (1) identify and organize its records and prepare them for transmission to the Archivist; and (2) review, identify, and organize each related record in its custody or possession for disclosure to the public, review by the Review Board (established by this Act), and transmission to the Archivist.Sets forth grounds for postponement of public disclosure of related records. Establishes the Records Review Board to consider and render decisions on a Government office determination to seek to postpone disclosure.Authorizes the Board to request the Attorney General to petition any court to release information or physical evidence relevant to King's life or assassination that is held under court seal.Creates a private right of action for individuals aggrieved by a violation of this Act.	2025-08-19T17:28:51Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5762
107-hr-5728	107	hr	5728	Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002	Taxation	2002-11-14	2002-11-15	Received in the Senate.	House	Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]	CA	R	T000188	0	Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 - Title I: Fairness in Tax Collection Procedures - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to stipulate that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may enter into installment agreements with taxpayers that do not provide for full payment of liabilities. Requires the IRS to review partial payment installment agreements at least every two years.(Sec. 102) Extends from nine months to two years the period in which proceeds errantly acquired by the IRS may be returned.(Sec. 103) Authorizes a taxpayer to deposit money in an IRA without regard to the normally applicable limits on IRA contributions and rollovers if the IRS has sent back the money being deposited due to a wrongful levy and it originally came from an IRA. Requires the contribution to be to the same type of IRA from which the amounts were withdrawn. Stipulates that in such a scenario any tax on the withdrawal from the IRA is abated. Interest paid by the IRS to the taxpayer is considered part of the original payment and is not counted as gross income.(Sec. 104) Modifies the suspension date of the statute of limitations for taxpayers suffering significant hardship by applying it only if the date of the decision by the National Taxpayer Advocate is at least seven days after the date of the taxpayer's application.(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to study IRS practices concerning liens and levies.(Sec. 106) Increases the limitation on the amount of grants for low-income taxpayer clinics. Excludes clinics providing routine tax return preparation unless in connection with a controversy with the IRS. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to promote the use of these clinics.Title II: Improved Administrative Efficiency and Confidentiality - Subtitle A: Efficiency of Tax Administration - Requires the Commissioner of the IRS to issue guidelines for discipline, including for firing employees, and to take action for certain violations. Removes certain acts from the list of violations, and adds others. Declares that a ruling by the…	2025-04-07T13:38:33Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5728
107-hr-5729	107	hr	5729	Medicare Reimbursement Equity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2002	Health	2002-11-14	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.	House	Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]	TN	D	T000038	9	Medicare Reimbursement Equity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to rural health care and: (1) enhanced disproportionate share hospital (DSH) treatment for rural hospitals and urban hospitals; (2) phased-in increase in the standardized amount in rural and small urban areas; (3) update in weights used in hospital market basket; (4) the critical access hospital program; and (5) a temporary increase for home health services.Amends SSA title XVIII provisions relating to: (1) part A (Hospital Insurance) and inpatient hospital services, covered skilled nursing facility services payments, and coverage of hospice services; and (2) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) and physicians' services. Revises requirements or provides for: (1) payment of ambulance services; (2) an extended moratorium on therapy caps; (3) renal dialysis; (4) coverage of an initial preventive physical examination; (5) modified payment for certain mammography services; (6) waiver of the part B late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees; and (7) part B coverage of cholesterol and other blood lipid screening tests.Amends SSA title XVIII provisions relating to parts A and B and home health services and direct graduate medical education.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and appoint an OASIS Task Force to examine the data collection and reporting requirements under the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS).Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on payment margins of home health agencies under the home health prospective payment system.Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects for: (1) the application of disease management to certain Medicare beneficiaries with diagnosed diabetes; and (2) medical adult day care services.Amends Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice) with respect to: (1) equalizing payments between fee-for-service and Medicare+Choice; (2) including D…	2025-08-19T17:32:06Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5729
107-hr-5730	107	hr	5730	To relocate the drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT.	Transportation and Public Works	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]	AK	R	Y000033	0	Requires the vessel EX-COMPETENT (also known as the AFDM-6) to be towed from its present location in Hawaii to a location specified by its transferee (a corporation that received such vessel as surplus Government property) within 12 months after funds are appropriated for such purpose. Allows the transferee to use the vessel as a drydock in Hawaii until such time. Ratifies and confirms the 2001 transfer of the vessel.Reinstates the transferee to good standing and eligibility to participate in the General Service Administration's Federal Donation Program in Alaska.Establishes in the Maritime Administration a five-year pilot project under which the transferee, using such vessel as appropriate, shall remove and dismantle up to 20 vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet on the U.S. Pacific coast.Authorizes appropriations for an advance direct lump-sum payment to the transferee.	2025-06-06T14:17:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5730
107-hr-5731	107	hr	5731	To provide for additional benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.	Labor and Employment	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]	OR	D	W000793	0	Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend temporary extended unemployment compensation (TEUC) program agreements through weeks of unemployment ending before April 1, 2003 (currently January 1, 2003).Sets an alternative trigger, based on total unemployment rate, for TEUC second-tier extended benefit periods for high unemployment States.	2025-01-02T16:53:59Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5731
107-hr-5732	107	hr	5732	Safe Highways and Roads Act of 2002	Environmental Protection	2002-11-14	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.	House	Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]	TX	R	B000755	0	Safe Highways and Roads Act of 2002 - Amends the Clear Air Act to permit the use of emissions estimates from motor vehicles and necessary emissions reductions contained in a submitted State implementation plan if an approved implementation plan is not available. Deems the estimates adequate if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not act within 90 days.Permits a transportation project to proceed during a conformity lapse of the applicable plan or improvement program if it was included in the first three years of the most recent conforming plan and program and its design concept and scope has not significantly changed.Requires the Administrator to revise criteria and procedures for determining plan, program, and project conformity.	2025-08-19T17:28:39Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5732
107-hr-5733	107	hr	5733	Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 2002	International Affairs	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.	House	Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-27]	CA	D	S001150	0	Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that certain projects and activities that are partly or wholly funded by the United States under the Act, including development assistance and assistance to the independent states of the former Soviet Union, be identified in English and the appropriate local language as "American Aid" or "Assistance from the People of the United States" (Current law requires programs under the Act to be identified appropriately overseas as "American Aid"). Applies this Act to projects and activities under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.Specifies examples of methods of complying with this Act, including use of print or broadcast media at the local, national, and regional levels. Requires the relevant contractors or aid recipients to provide plans to the United States describing how they will comply with the identification requirement under this Act. Permits a waiver of the identification requirement if complying would have an adverse impact on the objectives of a project or activity.	2025-08-19T17:28:22Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5733
107-hr-5734	107	hr	5734	Retirement Security Act	Labor and Employment	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]	MI	R	S000597	0	Retirement Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to create a new Individual Retirement Security Program (Program) involving an Interim Investment Fund (IIF), established in the Treasury by this Act and governed by the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes a participating individual and spouse, upon the attainment of a minimum deposit balance of $2,500 in the IIF to designate one or more personal retirement savings accounts, to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall make deposits from the IIF with respect to the individual according to prescribed formulae. Mandates that the Board divide the IIF into three accounts for investment in common stock and corporate bonds. Requires the Secretary to deposit into the IIF, from amounts otherwise available in the general fund of the Treasury, a total amount equal, in the aggregate, to 100 percent of the redirected social security taxes for such calendar year of each covered individual for such calendar year.Requires a reduction in Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance appropriations, according to a certain formula.Provides for adjustments to primary OASDI insurance amounts of such covered individuals with designated accounts in the IIF.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction in the case of an electing personal retirement savings account participant in an amount equal to 50 percent (up to $2,000) of the amount the individual contributed during the taxable year to a personal retirement savings account maintained, regardless of whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions; (2) exclude from gross income any amount deposited in a personal retirement savings account; (3) include distributions in gross income as if they were social security benefits; and (4) provide for Program refundable credit.Amends SSA title II to provide for: (1) transfers of budget surpluses to the …	2025-08-19T17:29:09Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5734
107-hr-5735	107	hr	5735	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for Social Security taxes paid on up to $25,000 of wages.	Taxation	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26]	NY	D	H000627	0	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a refundable tax credit (up to $1,550) annually for social security taxes.	2025-01-02T16:53:46Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5735
107-hr-5736	107	hr	5736	To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the Administrator of General Services.	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.	House	Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]	FL	R	R000435	1	Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey by sale to the City of Key West, Florida, or the Monroe County Land Authority in Monroe County, Florida, the Poinciana Plaza Housing property, located in Key West.Directs the Administrator to deposit the net proceeds received as payment for the sale into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990.Authorizes the property only to be used for the purpose of providing housing and housing assistance for low- and moderate-income individuals and families for at least the first 30 years after the conveyance.	2025-02-04T16:54:13Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5736
107-hr-5737	107	hr	5737	Cuban Victims of Torture Act	Immigration	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]	FL	R	R000435	8	Cuban Victims of Torture Act - Directs the Attorney General to (posthumously) revoke the naturalization of Eriberto Mederos based upon his illegal procurement of U.S. citizenship through concealment of his role in torturing political prisoners in Cuba.	2025-08-19T17:31:53Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5737
107-hr-5738	107	hr	5738	To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians.	Health	2002-11-14	2002-12-17	Became Public Law No: 107-360.	House	Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20]	IL	R	S000364	4	Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for the special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians through FY 2008. Extends until January 1, 2007, the date by which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a final report to Congress evaluating such programs.	2025-04-07T13:38:37Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5738
107-hr-5739	107	hr	5739	Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002	Agriculture and Food	2002-11-14	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]	CA	D	H001034	12	Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in collaboration with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish an Office of Choking Hazard Evaluation to require warning labels on food products primarily consumed by children that pose a demonstrably high choking risk to them.Grants the Office mandatory recall authority over food products determined to pose a significant and unacceptable choking hazard to the general public.Mandates establishment of a Choking Hazard Evaluation Task Force whose staff shall be designated jointly by such agencies to establish criteria for determining whether a food product poses a significant and unacceptable choking hazard, using age-differentiated criteria for choking hazards.Directs the FDA to: (1) establish a national database of unusual food choking incidents; and (2) provide for an adequate reporting system throughout its field offices, which members of the health care profession and the general public can readily access to report new incidents.	2025-08-19T17:30:16Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5739
107-hr-5740	107	hr	5740	To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).	Health	2002-11-14	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3]	LA	R	T000058	3	Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to revise the rule for redistribution and extended availability of FY1998 and 1999 allotments to States, permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2000 allotment, and permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2001 allotment.	2025-01-02T16:53:53Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5740
107-hr-5741	107	hr	5741	T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-11-14	2002-11-19	Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.	House	Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]	NM	R	W000789	0	T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act - Establishes the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area (the "Area") within the Cibola National Forest and the Sandia Mountain Wilderness in New Mexico. Recognizes and protects in perpetuity the Pueblo of Sandia's rights and interests in such Area.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), acting through the Forest Service, to continue to administer the Area as National Forest System lands.Sets forth the rights and interests of the Pueblo in such Area, including free and unrestricted access for traditional and cultural uses (except as they conflict with the Wilderness Act and Federal wildlife protection laws).Requires the United States to compensate the Pueblo as if it held fee title interest in the affected portion if Congress: (1) diminishes the Wilderness and National Forest designation of the Area by authorizing a prohibited use in all or any portion of it; or (2) permanently denies the Pueblo access for any traditional and cultural uses in all or any portion of the Area.Limits the Pueblo's rights and interest in the Area to exclude certain activities, including any right to sell, grant, lease, convey, encumber or exchange lands in the Area.Specifies allocation of criminal and civil jurisdiction over such Area among the Pueblo, New Mexico, and the United States.Extinguishes all Pueblo claims not specifically recognized within this Act.Declares that the Pueblo, the County of Bernalillo, New Mexico, and any person who owns or has owned property inside the exterior boundaries of the Area, and incurred cost as a result of participating in the case of Pueblo of Sandia v. Babbitt, may apply for reimbursement.	2025-08-19T17:31:10Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5741
107-hr-5742	107	hr	5742	To prohibit a State from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents, and for other purposes.	Taxation	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]	NJ	R	F000372	5	Prohibits a State from imposing a tax on the income earned in the State by nonresidents unless the tax is of substantial equality of treatment for the citizens of the State and the nonresidents so commuting.	2025-01-02T16:53:51Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5742
107-hr-5743	107	hr	5743	Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act	Commerce	2002-11-14	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]	FL	R	F000238	0	Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers.Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers.Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval.Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services.Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions.	2025-08-19T17:31:58Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5743
107-hr-5744	107	hr	5744	Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002	Finance and Financial Sector	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]	PA	R	G000121	0	Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) domestic support obligations; (4) consumer protections, including protection of personally identifiable information; (5) measures to discourage bankruptcy abuse, including reduction of the homestead exemption for fraud; (6) guidelines for general and small business bankruptcies, including appointment of a committee of retired employees; (7) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (8) ancillary and other cross-border cases to incorporate the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (9) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership.Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income.Brings family fishermen within the purview of Federal bankruptcy protection.Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and related patients' rights.Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Judicial Code to mandate appointments for additional temporary bankruptcy judgeships in designated States. (This provision does not appear in H.R. 5745, as inserted in H.R. 333).Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures, including open end credit plans and introductory rates.	2025-08-19T17:29:42Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5744
107-hr-5745	107	hr	5745	Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002	Finance and Financial Sector	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]	PA	R	G000121	0	Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) domestic support obligations; (4) consumer protections, including protection of personally identifiable information; (5) measures to discourage bankruptcy abuse, including reduction of the homestead exemption for fraud; (6) guidelines for general and small business bankruptcies, including appointment of a committee of retired employees; (7) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (8) ancillary and other cross-border cases to incorporate the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (9) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership.Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income.Brings family fishermen within the purview of Federal bankruptcy protection.Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and related patients' rights.Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures, including open end credit plans and introductory rates.	2025-08-19T17:29:27Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5745
107-hr-5746	107	hr	5746	To provide that the State and local income tax withholding provisions of section 11502 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to the Metro-North Railroad or its employees.	Transportation and Public Works	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9]	TX	D	L000043	0	Excludes Metro-North Railroad and its employees from otherwise applicable provisions requiring the withholding and reporting of State and local income taxes only for the State and locality where an employee actually resides (as opposed to works).	2025-01-02T16:53:43Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5746
107-hr-5747	107	hr	5747	Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act	Agriculture and Food	2002-11-14	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]	NY	D	L000480	20	Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define " major food allergen" as any of the following: milk, eggs, fish, Crustacea, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, and soybeans. Includes spices, flavorings, colorings, or incidental additives that are or intentionally contain a major food allergen. Requires food that is not a raw agricultural commodity, and that is, or intentionally bears or contains, a major food allergen, to state that information on its label by January 1, 2006.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to increasing the number of inspections under the Act to ensure that foods comply with practices to reduce or eliminate cross-contact with major food allergen residues and to ensure that major food allergens are properly labeled on foods. Sets forth reporting requirements.Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a review of the science relating to glutens in food and celiac disease, and to issue a report to the Secretary and Congress on its findings. Directs the Secretary to issue a proposed rule followed by a final rule to define, and permit use of, the term "gluten-free" on the labeling of foods.Directs the Secretary, in the Conference for Food Protection, as part of its cooperative activities between the States under the Public Health Service Act, to pursue certain revisions of the Food Code to provide guidelines for preparing allergen-free foods in food establishments.Requires the Secretary to include assistance relating to the use of different modes of treatment for and prevention of allergic responses to foods when he or she provides technical assistance relating to trauma care and emergency medical services under the Public Health Service Act.	2025-08-19T17:33:09Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5747
107-hr-5748	107	hr	5748	Public Lands Forever Wild Act	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-11-14	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]	GA	D	M000523	0	Public Lands Forever Wild Act - Prohibits, without exception, certain actions on Federal public lands, including: (1) tree cutting; (2) road building; (3) logging; (4) mining; and (5) drilling. Forbids the leasing, sale, or exchange of such lands or the sale, removal, or destruction of any resource from such lands, including timber and minerals.Requires that all roads on Federal public lands be inventoried, with unnecessary ones to be obliterated and revegetated. Directs the Federal agencies having jurisdiction over Federal public lands to inventory them by acre, roads, rivers, and streams by mile. States that such inventory shall include a recommendation of what can be done to restore natural conditions on the lands.Declares fires, insects, disease, and other natural destructive forces on Federal public lands to be considered acts of nature, with no further attempts to correct for them permitted.Allows any citizen harmed by a violation of this Act to bring suit in any district court of the United States. Permits the court to impose damages for findings of violation.Sets forth that the United States (including its agents and employees) waives its sovereign immunity in all respects in all actions with regard to court proceedings under this Act.	2025-08-19T17:30:31Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5748
107-hr-5749	107	hr	5749	Child Care Lending Pilot Act	Commerce	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.	House	Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]	MA	D	M000627	0	Child Care Lending Pilot Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow the proceeds of loans made through the Small Business Administration (SBA) to local development companies for plant acquisition, construction, or expansion to be used to assist small, nonprofit child care businesses, provided that: (1) the loan will be used for a sound business purpose approved by the SBA; and (2) each business receiving the assistance meets eligibility requirements applicable to for-profit businesses.	2025-08-19T17:28:52Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5749
107-hr-5750	107	hr	5750	Immigration Bond Fairness Act of 2002	Immigration	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17]	FL	D	M000628	0	Immigration Bond Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the prohibition on judicial review of the Attorney General's discretionary authority governing apprehension and detention of aliens; and (2) provide an alien in a removal or summary removal proceeding with the right to a bond hearing before an immigration judge, except where the alien is a threat to security, danger to society, or likely to abscond.	2025-08-19T17:32:25Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5750
107-hr-5751	107	hr	5751	Haitian Immigrant Equitable Adjustment Act of 2002	Immigration	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17]	FL	D	M000628	0	Haitian Immigrant Equitable Adjustment Act of 2002 - Amends the Cuban Adjustment Act to apply its provisions to citizens and nationals of Haiti.	2025-08-19T17:30:08Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5751
107-hr-5752	107	hr	5752	To provide for the use or distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, Docket Nos. 19 and 188, United States Court of Federal Claims.	Native Americans	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on Resources.	House	Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]	MN	D	O000006	0	Requires the Secretary of the Interior to distribute the funds awarded to specified constituent bands of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, together with all interest and investment income accrued on deposit in trust account JA1041696.Requires that 20 percent of such funds be set aside for social and economic development, education, reservation infrastructure needs, and other governmental purposes.	2025-01-02T16:53:55Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5752
107-hr-5753	107	hr	5753	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Yuma East Wetlands Project in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona.	Water Resources Development	2002-11-14	2002-11-19	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.	House	Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-2]	AZ	D	P000099	0	Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and subject to specified cost-sharing requirements, to provide financial assistance and otherwise participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Yuma East Wetlands Project along the Colorado River in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona. Lists as project purposes: (1) restoration of wetlands and riparian habitat; (2) revegetation of riparian areas; and (3) providing river access and opportunities for recreation and environmental education.Prohibits the use of Federal funds to pay operation and maintenance costs associated with the Project, except those directly attributable to the responsibilities of the Secretary for long-term environmental restoration on the Colorado River.	2025-01-02T16:54:00Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5753
107-hr-5754	107	hr	5754	Foreign Tax Credit Revenue Enhancement Act of 2002	Taxation	2002-11-14	2002-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]	MN	R	R000033	0	Foreign Tax Credit Revenue Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to state that refunded accrued taxes relating to the foreign tax credit don't need to be redetermined by the Secretary of the Treasury if the refund was a result of a court determination that the imposed tax is unlawful.	2025-08-19T17:30:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5754
107-hr-5755	107	hr	5755	To authorize the establishment of a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor James Madison in recognition of his distinguished career in public service.	Commemorations	2002-11-14	2002-11-19	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.	House	Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3]	IN	D	R000385	0	Authorizes the establishment of a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor former President James Madison.	2025-01-02T16:53:55Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5755
107-hr-5756	107	hr	5756	To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes.	Energy	2002-11-14	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.	House	Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]	NM	D	U000039	0	Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe guidelines for a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard under which retail electric suppliers submit renewable energy credits to the Secretary.	2025-01-15T18:51:50Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5756
107-hr-5757	107	hr	5757	To extend temporarily waivers granted to States with respect to programs of aid to families with dependent children.	Social Welfare	2002-11-14	2002-11-15	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2074-2075)	House	Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]	OR	D	W000793	4	Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that any waiver which relates to the provision of assistance under a State TANF plan which would otherwise expire in the period that begins on September 30, 2002, and ends on September 30, 2003, shall expire on the later of the date that is one year after the date the waiver would otherwise expire or one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.	2025-01-02T16:53:59Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5757
107-hr-5712	107	hr	5712	To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic.	Transportation and Public Works	2002-11-13	2002-11-14	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2005-2006)	House	Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3]	PA	D	B000644	0	Amends Federal highway provisions to include within the definition of "safety improvement project" a project that installs or maintains fluorescent, yellow-green signs at pedestrian or bicycle crossings or school zones.Authorizes the payment from apportioned funds for the entire cost of construction projects involving the maintenance of protective devices at railway-highway crossings. Makes specified sums available for each fiscal year for that purpose.Provides for biennial (currently, annual) reports by each State to the Secretary of Transportation on progress being made to implement the railway-highway crossings program.Requires each State to identify roadway safety improvement needs for hazardous locations, sections, and elements which may constitute a danger to motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Authorizes the Secretary to approve as a project under the hazard elimination program any safety improvement project that reduces the likelihood of crashes involving road departures, intersections, pedestrians, bicycles, older drivers, or construction work zones. Makes funds available for: (1) police assistance for traffic and speed management in construction work zones; or (2) compilation and analysis of data.Directs the Secretary to: (1) transmit to specified congressional committees biennial reports on the results of the hazard elimination program; and (2) issue regulations to decrease the likelihood of worker injury and maintain the free flow of vehicular traffic by requiring workers whose duties place them on or in close proximity to a Federal-aid highway to wear high visibility garments. Authorizes such regulations to require other worker-safety measures.	2025-01-02T16:53:43Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5712
107-hr-5713	107	hr	5713	Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2002	Taxation	2002-11-13	2002-11-13	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]	CA	R	T000188	1	Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make technical corrections to the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 concerning: (1) the special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001 and before September 11, 2004; (2) the application of the temporary suspension of the 90 percent alternative minimum taxable income limit on certain carrybacks of net operating losses; (3) certain tax benefits for areas of New York City which sustained damage from the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001; (4) the interest rate range for certain additional funding requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); and (5) a technical correction to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.Makes technical corrections to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 concerning: (1) modifications to educational individual retirement accounts (IRAs); (2) an increase in benefit and contribution limits for defined benefit plans; and (3) a waiver of tax for nondeductible contributions to domestic and similar workers.Makes technical corrections to the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 concerning the disclosure of tax information in terrorism and national security investigations.Makes technical corrections to the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 concerning the tax treatment of securities futures contracts.Makes technical corrects to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 concerning constructive sales treatment for appreciated financial positions and the extension and modification of taxes funding the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.Redefines valid taxpayer identification number for the earned income credit.	2025-08-19T17:31:54Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5713
107-hr-5714	107	hr	5714	National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002	Science, Technology, Communications	2002-11-13	2002-11-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.	House	Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]	MI	R	S000597	16	National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for FY 2003 through 2005.Requires the NSF Director to: (1) carry out specified scientific research activities, including information technology, science, mathematics, and engineering, and plant genome research; (2) carry out the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; (3) award grants for mathematics and science education partnership programs and for recruiting and training mathematics and science teachers; (4) award grants to establish Centers for Research on Learning and Education Improvement; (5) take steps to avoid NSF duplicative programs; (6) award grants to expand previously implemented reforms of undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, or technology education; (7) assess gender differences in the careers of science and engineering faculty; and (8) assess any increases in the number and quality of students completing degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education.Instructs the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering to describe NSF policies and activities to encourage the full participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science, mathematics, and engineering fields.Directs NSF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to jointly establish an Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee.Authorizes the Director to establish a program to award grants to certain minority-serving institutions to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering education.Requires the Director to provide for a study to determine discrepancies in Federal reports on obligations and actual expenditures of Federal research and development spending.	2025-08-19T17:31:40Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5714
107-hr-5715	107	hr	5715	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render inadmissible to the United States the extended family of international child abductors, and for other purposes.	Immigration	2002-11-13	2002-11-13	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6]	IN	R	B001149	2	Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the U.S. admission of aliens supporting international child abductors and relatives of such abductors until the child is surrendered to the legal custodian and such child and custodian are permitted to return to the United States or the custodian's residence. (Currently such prohibition applies to relatives of abductors.) Expands the scope of "relatives" to include cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, and grandparents. Includes the spouse of the abducted child within such prohibition.Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) identify inadmissible aliens supporting child abductors and relatives of abductors; and (2) provide notice, upon request, to custodial parents and guardians if such an alien has been authorized to enter the United States.	2025-01-02T16:53:36Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5715
107-hr-5716	107	hr	5716	Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002	Health	2002-11-13	2002-12-02	Became Public Law No: 107-313.	House	Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]	OH	R	B000589	3	Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to extend mental health parity provisions through 2003.	2025-07-21T19:44:15Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5716
107-hr-5717	107	hr	5717	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, as the "Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".	Commemorations	2002-11-13	2002-11-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]	NY	D	C001038	30	Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, as the Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.	2025-01-02T16:53:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5717
107-hr-5718	107	hr	5718	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand and improve the program of loan forgiveness for teachers, and to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to focus the expenditure of certain recruitment and professional development funds on high-need local educational agencies.	Education	2002-11-13	2002-11-13	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.	House	Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]	MO	R	G000546	0	Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise student loan forgiveness for teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs. Expands forgiveness eligibility by: (1) eliminating requirements allowing only certain new borrowers to participate; and (2) increasing the types of eligible teaching locations and subjects. Includes, as separate bases for eligibility, full-time teaching in: (1) a school qualifying for Perkins loan cancellation; (2) a school in a high-need local educational agency; (3) special education; or (4) mathematics or science. Eliminates a service requirement that an individual teach at least five consecutive complete school years before being eligible for program benefits. Increases to $20,000 the aggregate amount of an individual teacher's student loan obligation which may be forgiven, and revises the rate of repayment.Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require State educational agencies to give priority to high-need local educational agencies, under a program of grants to States for preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers and principals.	2025-07-21T19:44:15Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5718
107-hr-5719	107	hr	5719	To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs under the Medicare Program.	Health	2002-11-13	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]	PA	R	G000439	1	Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs under the Medicare program.	2025-01-02T16:53:46Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5719
107-hr-5720	107	hr	5720	To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to foreign air transportation.	Transportation and Public Works	2002-11-13	2002-11-13	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.	House	Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3]	IL	D	L000342	2	Amends Federal law to prohibit a foreign air carrier from being granted a permit by the Secretary of Transportation authorizing it to transport passengers for compensation between the United States and a foreign country on any flight that does not stop in the country under the laws of which the carrier is organized. Allows the issue of such a permit for any flight that does not stop in such country if the right to perform such air transportation has been specifically granted by an applicable international agreement for both scheduled and charter service.Permits the Secretary of Transportation to exempt a foreign carrier from such prohibition only if no U.S. air carrier is willing and able to provide the equivalent air transportation at a commercially feasible price.	2025-01-02T16:53:55Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5720
107-hr-5721	107	hr	5721	San Isabel National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2002	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-11-13	2002-11-19	Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.	House	Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]	CO	R	M000477	0	San Isabel National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land in the San Isabel National Forest, Colorado, to E. Michael Senter of Buena Vista, Colorado, in exchange for certain other land within the boundaries of the San Isabel National Forest. States that the lands exchanged shall be equal. Declares that the Secretary shall pay all direct costs associated with the conveyance. Directs that the land received by the Secretary shall become part of the San Isabel National Forest.	2025-08-19T17:29:04Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5721
107-hr-5722	107	hr	5722	To designate certain lands in Colorado as wilderness.	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-11-13	2002-11-19	Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.	House	Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]	CO	R	M000477	0	Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993, Public Law 96-560 (designating certain National Forest System lands in the State of Colorado for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System), and the American Wilderness Act of 1978 to designate specified lands in Acorn Creek, Gunnison, and Pitkin Counties, Colorado, as wilderness areas.Designates certain land in Eagle County, Colorado, as wilderness, the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area (the "Area"). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to allow for the maintenance of rights-of-way and access roads located within the Area in order to operate a transmission line or electrical power line.Withdraws all Federal lands within the Area from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.Permits continued aerial navigation training exercises by the Colorado Army National Guard in the Area.Declares that Congress does not intend for the establishment of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the Area.States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) constitute a reservation of any water or water rights in lands designated as wilderness; (2) affect any conditional or absolute water rights in Colorado; (3) establish a precedent with regard to future wilderness designations; or (4) affect compacts and decrees apportioning water among and between Colorado and other States.Prohibits the Secretary from making instream flow permit conditions within or upstream of the Area on existing facilities on National Forest System lands.	2025-01-02T16:53:55Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5722
107-hr-5723	107	hr	5723	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain student loan financing businesses from treatment as personal holding companies.	Taxation	2002-11-13	2002-11-13	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]	CO	R	M000477	0	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain student loan financing businesses from treatment as personal holding companies.	2025-01-02T16:53:46Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5723
107-hr-5724	107	hr	5724	Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act of 2002	Commerce	2002-11-13	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.	House	Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]	MA	D	M000627	1	Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act of 2002 - Regulates the transit sale of tobacco. Defines transit sale to mean any sale where the product is not delivered directly to the consumer at the time and place of purchase. Includes purchase by electronics, such as through the Internet, and by mail.Prohibits the transit sale of tobacco products to minors.Requires transit sellers of tobacco products to: (1) be authorized as a tobacco distributor by any State in which they make sales; (2) verify consumer age, identity, and address before a sale; (3) provide notice to addressee of intended tobacco delivery (and halting shipment if a notice is received in return that the sale is improper); (4) provide carriers with information concerning the product being shipped (transit tobacco sale) and the sellers' documentation of State authorization; and (5) accept payment only by debit, charge or credit card issued to the consumer where both the billing and residential address match.Requires a signature and proof of identity for delivery.Limits the frequency, content, and amount of transit tobacco sales.Establishes requirements for Internet websites offering tobacco products for sale, including proof of age, identity, and address before access.Excludes Indian tribe tobacco sales within the tribe from certain State authorization requirements.Sets forth duties of carriers and tobacco suppliers concerning their commercial dealings with transit tobacco sellers.Sets forth recordkeeping and database use requirements Establishes civil penalties for violations. Grants enforcement authority to both Federal and State agencies.States that more stringent State laws are not superceded by these requirements.	2025-08-19T17:29:39Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5724
107-hr-5725	107	hr	5725	World Trade Center National Memorial Act	Commemorations	2002-11-13	2002-11-19	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.	House	Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]	NY	D	N000002	0	World Trade Center National Memorial Act - Authorizes the establishment as a unit of the National Park System of a national memorial at or near the site of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City to commemorate the significance to the Nation of the events of September 11, 2001. Requires the design and boundary of the memorial to be: (1) determined through a public planning process established by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (a public agency created to oversee the rebuilding of the WTC site and surrounding area); and (2) approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Governor of New York, and the Mayor of New York City..Establishes the World Trade Center Memorial Advisory Board upon transfer of the completed memorial to the National Park Service.	2025-08-19T17:27:53Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5725
107-hr-5726	107	hr	5726	Health Care for Working Families Act of 2002	Health	2002-11-13	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.	House	Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]	NJ	D	P000034	0	Health Care for Working Families Act of 2002 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a new title II, Health Benefits for Employees and Their Families.Requires each large employer to: (1) offer to each of its employees the opportunity to enroll in a qualifying health benefit plan that provides coverage for the employee and the employee's family; (2) contribute to the cost of such plan; and (3) withhold the employee share of the plan premium from the employee's wages.Defines a large employer as one that employed an average of at least 50 full-time employees (including contract workers) on business days during the preceding calendar year, and employs at least 50 employees on the first day of the plan year.Defines a qualifying health benefit plan as one that: (1) provides benefits for health care items and services actuarially equivalent to or greater in value than those offered as of January 1, 2002, under the Blue Cross-Blue Shield (BC-BS) Standard Plan provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP); and (2) meets applicable requirements under the Public Health Service Act. Sets the minimum required contribution by an employer at the same portion of the total premium as the Federal Government pays for such BC-BS Standard Plan under FEHBP.Requires any employee covered under a Federal health insurance program (including Medicare, Medicaid, FEHBP, and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services), with certain exceptions, to accept an employer's offer of health insurance coverage and agree to payroll withholdings, or request the Federal health insurance program to pay the employee share of the premium.Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a health insurance issuer that offers employee health insurance coverage to an employer to ensure that it complies with requirements of this Act.	2025-08-19T17:29:44Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5726
107-hr-5727	107	hr	5727	Medicare Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2002	Health	2002-11-13	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.	House	Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]	MN	R	R000033	1	Medicare Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2002 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) allow specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries to be any type of coordinated care plan; (2) provide for specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries; and (3) restrict enrollment for specialized Medicare+Choice plans to individuals within one or more classes of special needs beneficiaries.	2025-08-19T17:32:08Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5727
107-hr-5707	107	hr	5707	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Erie Street in Linesville, Pennsylvania, as the "James R. Merry Post Office".	Commemorations	2002-11-12	2002-11-12	Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.	House	Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21]	PA	R	E000187	20	Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 141 Erie Street in Linesville, Pennsylvania, as the James R. Merry Post Office.	2025-02-04T16:54:13Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5707
107-hr-5708	107	hr	5708	To reduce preexisting PAYGO balances, and for other purposes.	Economics and Public Finance	2002-11-12	2002-12-02	Became Public Law No: 107-312.	House	Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2]	IA	R	N000172	0	Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to reduce to zero any PAYGO balances of direct spending and receipts legislation for all fiscal years under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).	2025-04-07T13:39:31Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5708
107-hr-5709	107	hr	5709	Life, Liberty, and Property Protection Act	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-11-12	2002-11-12	Referred to the House Committee on Resources.	House	Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1]	UT	R	H000172	0	Life, Liberty, and Property Protection Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exempt from required consultation with the appropriate Secretary any agency action affecting an endangered species that: (1) is authorized, funded, or carried out by the Department of Defense on land under its jurisdiction; or (2) occurs on privately owned land.Exempts from the prohibition against any act or omission considered a taking of any endangered species of fish or wildlife any act or omission that occurs on land that is either under Department of Defense jurisdiction or privately owned.Limits the application of the consultation requirement for actions involving plant species.	2025-08-19T17:28:13Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5709
107-hr-5710	107	hr	5710	Homeland Security Information Sharing Act	Government Operations and Politics	2002-11-12	2002-11-14	Received in the Senate.	House	Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26]	TX	R	A000217	9	Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Title I: Department of Homeland Security - (Sec. 101) Establishes a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as an executive department of the United States, headed by a Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to: (1) prevent terrorist attacks within the United States; (2) reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism; (3) minimize the damage, and assist in the recovery, from terrorist attacks that occur within the United States; (4) carry out all functions of entities transferred to DHS; (5) ensure that the functions of the agencies and subdivisions within DHS that are not related directly to securing the homeland are not diminished or neglected except by a specific Act of Congress; (6) ensure that the overall economic security of the United States is not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland; and (7) monitor connections between illegal drug trafficking and terrorism, coordinate efforts to sever such connections, and otherwise contribute to efforts to interdict illegal drug trafficking. Vests primary responsibility for investigating and prosecuting acts of terrorism in Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies with proper jurisdiction except as specifically provided by law with respect to entities transferred to DHS under this Act.(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to appoint a Special Assistant to carry out specified homeland security liaison activities between DHS and the private sector.(Sec. 103) Creates the following: (1) a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; (2) an Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; (3) an Under Secretary for Science and Technology; (4) an Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security; (5) an Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response; (6) a Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services; (7) an Under Secretary for Management; (8) not more than 1…	2025-04-07T13:39:31Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5710
107-hr-5711	107	hr	5711	For the relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan.	Private Legislation	2002-11-12	2002-11-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.	House	Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]	NJ	D	H001032	0	Makes Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.	2025-01-02T16:53:51Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5711
107-hr-5705	107	hr	5705	Health Care Freedom of Choice Act	Taxation	2002-11-08	2002-11-08	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47]	CA	R	C000830	0	Health Care Freedom of Choice Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a deduction any medical expenses not compensated by insurance.	2025-08-19T17:32:42Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5705
107-hr-5706	107	hr	5706	Family Heritage Preservation Act	Taxation	2002-11-08	2002-11-08	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47]	CA	R	C000830	0	Family Heritage Preservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, gift tax, and tax on generation-skipping transfers.	2025-08-19T17:30:17Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5706
107-hr-5704	107	hr	5704	September 11th Aid Preservation Act of 2002	Taxation	2002-11-04	2002-11-04	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]	NY	D	N000002	6	September 11th Aid Preservation Act of 2002 - Creates an exclusion from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code for certain community development grant funds received as part of the recovery effort from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.	2025-08-19T17:28:32Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5704
107-hr-5702	107	hr	5702	To provide for the privatization of the United States Postal Service.	Government Operations and Politics	2002-10-28	2002-10-28	Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.	House	Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8]	IL	R	C000873	1	Provides for the transfer of the U.S. Postal Service to a private corporation.Directs the President to transmit to the Congress: (1) a comprehensive plan providing for the transfer of property subject to this Act; and (2) recommendations for legislation as necessary.Establishes the Postal Privatization Commission to: (1) carry out functions relating to the issuance of securities to postal employees; and (2) consult with the President on the transfer.	2025-02-04T16:54:13Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5702
107-hr-5703	107	hr	5703	Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2002	Health	2002-10-28	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33]	CA	D	R000486	17	Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants for newborn screening education and training, including followup.	2025-08-19T17:29:20Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5703
107-hr-5698	107	hr	5698	Klamath River Basin Restoration and Emergency Assistance Act of 2002	Water Resources Development	2002-10-24	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.	House	Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]	CA	D	T000460	1	Klamath River Basin Restoration and Emergency Assistance Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Restoration Program.Requires such program to provide loans, grants, and technical assistance for short- and long-term water conservation projects in the Klamath Basin.Covers projects which: (1) provide incentives for growing crops requiring less water; (2) acquire property interests; (3) restore habitat; and (4) feature tail-water recovery programs, lining of earthen irrigation channels and groundwater recharge and management systems.Prohibits the use of funds to bring newly irrigated lands into agricultural production.Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of costs, permitting in-kind contributions for the non-Federal share.Requires the Secretary to provide emergency financial assistance to persons in northern California and Oregon coastal communities adversely affected by the Klamath Basin salmon kill disaster of 2002.Directs the Secretary to modify the operation of the Klamath Project so that Klamath River flows meet a specified standard.Establishes the Klamath Basin Restoration Task Force.Requires the Secretary to implement the low release requirements for the Trinity River, permitting modifications as specified.Maintains existing tribal fishery, water, and other rights.	2025-08-19T17:31:03Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5698
107-hr-5699	107	hr	5699	California Missions Preservation Act of 2002	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-10-24	2002-10-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.	House	Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]	CA	D	F000030	46	California Missions Preservation Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make matching grants to the California Missions Foundation to support its efforts to restore and repair the California missions, and to preserve associated artworks and artifacts.	2025-08-19T17:27:58Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5699
107-hr-5700	107	hr	5700	Federal Employees, Uniformed Service and Foreign Service Members Humanitarian Travel Act of 2002	Government Operations and Politics	2002-10-24	2002-10-24	Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8]	MD	R	M000941	0	Federal Employees, Uniformed Service and Foreign Service Members Humanitarian Travel Act of 2002 - Authorizes the head of an agency to pay the travel expenses of family and agency representatives to support the needs of certain employees traveling on official business who abandon or interrupt their travel assignments prior to completion because of an incapacitating illness or injury.Authorizes an agency head, the Secretary of Defense or the military department concerned, or the Secretary of State with regard to members of the Foreign Service to pay the travel expenses of employees involved in a disaster or other catastrophic event, their family representatives, and agency representatives to, from, and at the site of such disaster or such catastrophic event, the site of a memorial service related to such disaster or event, and any other location as determined by the appropriate official.	2025-08-19T17:28:37Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5700
107-hr-5701	107	hr	5701	Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2002	Crime and Law Enforcement	2002-10-24	2002-11-12	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	House	Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]	OH	D	S001004	0	Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award non-renewable grants to eligible applicants to prepare a comprehensive plan for and implement an adult or juvenile collaboration program, which targets adults or juveniles with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders in order to promote public safety and public health.Directs that grants be used to create or expand: (1) mental health courts; (2) programs that offer specialized training to the officers and employees of a criminal or juvenile justice agency and mental health personnel in procedures for identifying the symptoms of mental illness; and (3) programs that support cooperative efforts by criminal, juvenile justice, and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health and substance abuse treatment services.Requires the Attorney General: (1) to develop a procedure under which applicants may apply simultaneously for a planning grant and an implementation grant; (2) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an interagency task force to identify policies which hinder or facilitate local collaborative initiatives; and (3) to develop a list of best practices for appropriate diversion from incarceration of adult and juvenile offenders. Requires applicants for an implementation grant to meet specified requirements, including ensuring individualized, needs-based assessments and access to community-based mental health services.	2025-08-19T17:31:11Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5701
107-hr-5696	107	hr	5696	Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Funding Reform Act of 2002	Finance and Financial Sector	2002-10-21	2002-10-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.	House	Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25]	TX	D	B000400	3	Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Funding Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to make funding available for the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight without reference to "the extent provided in appropriation Acts."	2025-08-19T17:28:35Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5696
107-hr-5697	107	hr	5697	Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act	Crime and Law Enforcement	2002-10-21	2002-11-12	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	House	Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]	WA	D	L000560	0	Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs, to carry out the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative to provide funds to reimburse eligible northern border States (or local governments thereof) for costs incurred for handling dispositions of: (1) eligible federally initiated criminal cases; and (2) Federal criminal cases referred to a State or local jurisdiction for investigation and possible prosecution.	2025-08-19T17:31:58Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5697
107-hr-5694	107	hr	5694	National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002	Energy	2002-10-17	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.	House	Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]	NV	D	B001231	0	National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, to: (1) evaluate all Federal hydroelectric facilities on Federal lands and identify candidates for interconnection with potential renewable energy generation facilities; (2) evaluate and identify renewable energy production candidate sites on Federal lands; (3) complete an engineering feasibility analysis for such sites; and (4) expeditiously make the most promising of the candidate sites available for long-term lease pursuant to a competitive bidding process to qualified renewable energy development firms.Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to Congress on the existing impediments to construction of renewable energy projects on Federal lands and the measures necessary to expedite project development.	2025-08-19T17:30:36Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5694
107-hr-5695	107	hr	5695	Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2002	Families	2002-10-17	2002-10-17	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]	CA	D	M000714	0	Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2002 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) screening; (3) training; (4) educational requirements; (5) Federal and non-Federal share of funds for the Program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds.Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a State.Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or Website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care.Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the Federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor.	2025-08-19T17:30:13Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5695
107-hr-5644	107	hr	5644	To repeal certain provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act) that permit the President to intervene in strikes and lock-outs.	Labor and Employment	2002-10-16	2002-10-16	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.	House	Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]	OH	D	K000336	9	Amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act) to repeal provisions that allow the President to intervene in strikes and lock-outs.	2025-07-21T19:44:15Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5644
107-hr-5645	107	hr	5645	Small Business Access to Credit Act of 2002	Economics and Public Finance	2002-10-16	2002-10-16	Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]	IL	R	M001138	1	Small Business Access to Credit Act of 2002 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to use an approved econometric model to calculate the cost to the Small Business Administration for small business loans and loan guarantees and development company debentures authorized or issued under the Small Business Act.	2025-08-19T17:33:01Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5645
107-hr-5646	107	hr	5646	Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2002	Health	2002-10-16	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]	MA	D	M000133	11	Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2002 - Declares that modifications made by an August 14, 2002, final rule affecting medical privacy to a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section concerning consent for uses or disclosures to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations shall have no force or effect. Directs that such CFR section shall be construed and applied to permit a health care provider to use or disclose an individual's protected health information without prior consent under specified circumstances, provided that the provider obtains written consent from the individual as soon as practicable.Declares that a CFR section dealing with uses and disclosures for which an authorization is required shall be construed and applied so that an authorization shall be invalid unless it meets specified criteria, including that it describes the specific marketing uses and disclosures authorized.States that the modifications made by the August 14 final rule dealing with permitted disclosures for public health activities shall have no force or effect.	2025-08-19T17:27:58Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5646
107-hr-5647	107	hr	5647	To authorize the duration of the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to be more than five years but not more than seven years.	Armed Forces and National Security	2002-10-16	2002-10-29	Became Public Law No: 107-254.	House	Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]	VA	R	D000136	6	Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to authorize the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to have a term in excess of five years, but not more than seven years.	2025-06-06T14:17:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5647
107-hr-5648	107	hr	5648	Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2002	Health	2002-10-16	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]	NJ	D	P000096	5	Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2002 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purposes of: (1) providing comprehensive eye examinations for children, with priority to go to children under nine years old; and (2) developing and disseminating educational materials with regard to the need and benefits of comprehensive eye examinations for children.Directs the Secretary to coordinate the grant program, as appropriate, with other Federal and State programs that provide services to children. Prohibits a grant from being made unless the State involved agrees not to make payments from the grant for any item or service for which payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such item or service by an entity that provides health services on a prepaid basis or under any of the following: (1) any State compensation program; (2) an insurance policy; or (3) any Federal or State health benefits program.Requires a State to submit an annual evaluation of the operations and activities carried out under a grant to the Secretary.Requires a State to submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive a grant, which shall include a plan for the use of the grant.	2025-08-19T17:32:20Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5648
107-hr-5649	107	hr	5649	To allow North Koreans to apply for refugee status or asylum.	Immigration	2002-10-16	2002-11-12	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.	House	Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]	IL	R	H001022	9	Considers North Korean nationals not to be nationals of South Korea for purposes of refugee or asylee status.	2025-01-02T16:53:36Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5649
107-hr-5650	107	hr	5650	Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2002	Foreign Trade and International Finance	2002-10-16	2002-10-17	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1919-1920)	House	Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20]	NY	R	G000212	6	Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2002 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to allow specified apparel articles that are imported directly into the customs territory of the United States from Haiti to enter free of duty if Haiti has satisfied the requirements of this Act.Declares that such articles include apparel articles that are wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti exclusively from fabric components and yarns formed in: (1) the United States; (2) a country that is party to a free trade agreement with the United States on January 1, 2002, that enters into a free trade agreement with the United States subject to trade promotion authority, or that has been designated as a beneficiary country; and (4) any country if the fabrics or yarns are designated as not being commercially available in the United States.Specifies the quantity of articles to which such preferential treatment shall extend.Declares that Haiti shall be eligible for such preferential treatment if the President determines and certifies to Congress that Haiti has met specified conditions, including: (1) establishing or making progress toward establishing a market-based economy that protects private property rights, the rule of law, the elimination of barriers to U.S. trade and investment, economic policies to reduce poverty, a system to combat corruption and bribery, and protection of internationally recognized worker rights; (2) not engaging in activities that undermine U.S. national security or foreign policy interests or gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; (3) not providing support for international terrorism; and (4) cooperating in international efforts to eliminate human rights violations and terrorist activities.	2025-08-19T17:29:10Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5650
107-hr-5651	107	hr	5651	Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002	Health	2002-10-16	2002-10-26	Became Public Law No: 107-250.	House	Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]	PA	R	G000439	1	Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 - Title I: Fees Related to Medical Devices - (Sec. 102) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a new program that subjects, beginning on October 1, 2002, each medical device manufacturer to a medical device fee for certain applications, reports, application supplements, and submissions sent to the Food and Drug Administration for evaluation. Grants exceptions, including for humanitarian devices and certain devices sponsored by State governments or the Federal Government. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive one premarket application, or one premarket report, where the applicant is a small business submitting its first premarket application, or its first premarket report, respectively, for review. Reduces fees for small businesses.Sets performance goals with respect to the amount appropriated for the Food and Drug Administration for devices and radiological products, providing that the appropriations reach a certain level.Restricts the medical device user fees collected to being used to defray increases in the costs of the resources allocated for the review of device applications. Authorizes appropriations. Exempts certain entities submitting premarket reports from being subject to a fee, including a person filing his first such report if before October 1, 2002, the person submitted a premarket application for the same device.(Sec. 103) Establishes requirements for reporting by the Secretary concerning performance goals and fees.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the postmarket surveillance of medical devices.Directs the Secretary to conduct a study regarding the medical device user-fee program established under this Act.(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to consult with the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and various other entities in: (1) developing recommendations to Congress for goals and plans related to …	2025-04-07T13:38:37Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5651
107-hr-5652	107	hr	5652	To designate a paid legal public holiday in honor of Native Americans.	Commemorations	2002-10-16	2002-10-16	Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.	House	Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-42]	CA	D	B001234	2	Requests the President to designate a legal public holiday as Native American's Day.	2025-02-04T16:54:13Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5652
107-hr-5653	107	hr	5653	To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reasonable correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules.	Labor and Employment	2002-10-16	2002-10-16	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]	OH	R	B000589	3	Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow a correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules.	2025-07-21T19:44:15Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5653
107-hr-5654	107	hr	5654	Colonias Gateway Initiative Act	Housing and Community Development	2002-10-16	2002-10-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.	House	Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23]	TX	R	B000617	2	Colonias Gateway Initiative Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants through September 30, 2009, to regional organizations to enhance the availability of affordable housing, economic opportunity, and infrastructure in the colonias.Defines colonia as a recognized community: (1) along the United States-Mexico border region in Arizona, California, New Mexico; and (2) lacking such services as potable water, adequate sewage systems, and safe and sanitary housing.	2025-08-19T17:30:20Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5654
107-hr-5655	107	hr	5655	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs in Houston, Texas, as the "Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".	Commemorations	2002-10-16	2002-11-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]	TX	D	J000032	27	Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Houston, Texas, as the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.	2025-01-02T16:53:43Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5655
107-hr-5656	107	hr	5656	SCHIP Allotment Extension Availability Act of 2002	Health	2002-10-16	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25]	TX	D	B000400	0	SCHIP Allotment Extension Availability Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide for extending the availability through FY 2006 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2002.	2025-08-19T17:31:43Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5656
107-hr-5657	107	hr	5657	Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act	Commerce	2002-10-16	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5]	NC	R	B001135	8	Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act - Requires a "prescriber" (a person permitted under State law to issue prescriptions for contact lenses) to provide to the patient a copy of the patient's contact lens prescription free of charge.Declares that a contact lens prescription shall expire one year after the date of completion of the contact lens fitting if a State's law regarding contact lens prescriptions specifies an earlier date or if the State has no such specified date. Permits an exception for a patient's ocular health.Prohibits advertising that lenses for which a prescription is required may be obtained without a prescription. Prohibits a prescriber from issuing certain waivers.States that any violation of this Act shall be treated as a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.Permits a State to bring a civil action in a district court of the United States for violations of this Act. Requires the attorney general of a State bringing suit to notify the Federal Trade Commission, unless such notification is unfeasible. Allows the Commission to intervene in cases in which it is notified, whereby it shall have the rights: (1) to be heard on any matter; and (2) to file a petition for appeal.	2025-08-19T17:28:22Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5657
107-hr-5658	107	hr	5658	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses.	Taxation	2002-10-16	2002-10-16	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]	MI	R	C000071	1	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to substitute, for the first part of the formula for determining the credit for increasing research activities, the following, a credit equal to 12 percent of so much of the qualified research expenses for the taxable year as exceeds 50 percent of the average qualified research expenses for the three taxable years preceding the taxable year for which the credit is being determined. Provides a special rule where there are no qualified research expenses in any of the three preceding taxable years.	2025-04-07T13:41:42Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5658
107-hr-5659	107	hr	5659	Obesity Prevention Act	Health	2002-10-16	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.	House	Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]	DE	R	C000243	0	Obesity Prevention Act - Amends the National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to State educational agencies to assist in creating model nutrition education and physical fitness programs. Lists activities that grant funds may be used for, including the development and implementation of State standards in health.Directs the Secretary to award grants to educational agencies, at least one per State, for the establishment of pilot projects for purposes of promoting healthy eating habits and increasing physical fitness. Lists activities that grant funds may be used for, including the development and implementation of nutrition education programs and curricula.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program that encourages States to implement plans to carry out activities to assist obese children or children at risk of becoming obese. Sets forth a matching requirement for Federal grants of at least 15 percent of the costs of such activities.Establishes a Commission on Obesity Treatment and Prevention to oversee research, policy formation, and other activities of the Federal Government regarding the prevention and treatment of obesity.Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education to establish the "President's Health and Fitness Awards" for elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretaries to establish "President's Health and Fitness Teacher Achievement Awards" for teachers, coaches, or related personnel and for local educational agencies.Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to include nutrition and health education programs in authorized local activities under 21st century community learning centers.	2025-08-19T17:29:41Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5659
107-hr-5660	107	hr	5660	Aviation Fuel Tax Relief Act of 2002	Taxation	2002-10-16	2002-10-17	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1895)	House	Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3]	GA	R	C000640	0	Aviation Fuel Tax Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax on aviation fuel by 4.3 cents.	2025-08-19T17:31:54Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5660
107-hr-5661	107	hr	5661	College Tuition Assistance Act of 2002	Taxation	2002-10-16	2002-10-16	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]	CT	D	D000216	1	College Tuition Assistance Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the applicable dollar amount for the qualified tuition and related expenses deduction from $3,000 (for 2002 and 2003) and $4,000 (for 2004 and 2005) to $10,000.Increases the Lifetime Learning Credit percentage from 20 to 28 percent.Permits the student loan interest deduction on a per student basis.Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend and increase Pell grant maximum amounts ($6,500 for academic year 2003-2004 and $7,000 for academic year 2004-2005).	2025-08-19T17:29:43Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5661
107-hr-5662	107	hr	5662	Children First SCHIP Improvement Act of 2002	Health	2002-10-16	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8]	WA	R	D000549	8	Children First SCHIP Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) extending the availability through FY 2003 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2000; and (2) SCHIP coverage of children whose family income exceeds the Medicaid applicable income level for eligible States.	2025-08-19T17:32:40Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5662
107-hr-5663	107	hr	5663	BLAST Act	Crime and Law Enforcement	2002-10-16	2002-11-12	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	House	Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]	CA	D	E000215	11	Ballistics, Law Assistance, and Safety Technology Act (BLAST Act) - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require a licensed manufacturer or importer of firearms to: (1) test fire manufactured or imported firearms as specified by the Secretary of the Treasury; (2) prepare ballistics images of the fired bullet and cartridge casings; (3) make the records available to the Secretary for entry into a computerized database; and (4) store the fired bullet and cartridge casings.Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to assist firearm manufacturers and importers in complying with these requirements through: (1) the acquisition, disposition, and upgrades of ballistics equipment and bullet and cartridge casing recovery equipment; (2) the hiring or designation of personnel necessary to develop and maintain a ballistics database; (3) providing education about the role of ballistics; and (4) providing for the coordination among law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and the firearm industry to curb firearm-related crime and illegal firearm trafficking.Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary to: (1) establish a computer system through which State and local law enforcement agencies can promptly access ballistics records; (2) encourage training for ballistics examiners; (3) report to Congress on the impact of this Act on criminal investigations, arrests, indictments, and prosecutions; and (4) conduct mandatory ballistics testing of all firearms obtained by or in the possession of their respective agencies.Prohibits the use of ballistics information of individual guns for prosecutorial purposes unless officials have a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed and that ballistics information would assist in the investigation.	2025-08-19T17:29:05Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5663
107-hr-5664	107	hr	5664	Employee Retirement Preservation Act	Finance and Financial Sector	2002-10-16	2002-11-12	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.	House	Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]	TN	D	F000262	0	Employee Retirement Preservation Act - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to bring within its purview a claim regarding a right or interest in equity securities of the debtor held in a pension plan for the benefit of an individual who is not an officer or director of the debtor, if such securities were attributable to: (1) employer contributions by the debtor; and (2) certain elective deferrals required to be invested in such securities under the terms of the pension plan.Bars claims regarding such securities during any period in which the individual or any beneficiary has the right to direct the plan to divest such securities and to reinvest an equivalent amount in other investment options of the plan.Includes within the fourth order of priorities in bankruptcy allowed unsecured claims regarding equity securities of the debtor that are held in a pension plan without regard to when services were rendered or limitation in amount, and measured by the market value of the stock at the time the stock was contributed to, or purchased by, the plan.Increases from $4,000 to $13,500 allowed unsecured claims for certain employee-earned benefits and compensation.	2025-08-19T17:31:39Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5664
107-hr-5665	107	hr	5665	Dandini Research Park Transfer Act	Public Lands and Natural Resources	2002-10-16	2002-10-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.	House	Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]	NV	R	G000152	0	Dandini Research Park Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain real property in Washoe County, Nevada, previously patented to the University of Nevada under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.Provides for the payment of compensation equal to the value of the property, not including any structures or improvements on the property as of the date it was originally patented to the University.	2025-08-19T17:31:52Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5665
107-hr-5666	107	hr	5666	Access to Diabetes Screening Services Act of 2002	Health	2002-10-16	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]	TX	D	G000410	2	Access to Diabetes Screening Services Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of diabetes screening tests and services.	2026-02-10T13:37:26Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5666
107-hr-5667	107	hr	5667	Medicare Disability Eligibility Improvement Act of 2002	Health	2002-10-16	2002-10-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.	House	Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]	TX	D	G000410	0	Medicare Disability Eligibility Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits.	2025-08-19T17:29:14Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5667
107-hr-5668	107	hr	5668	Medically Accurate and Objective Sex Education Act	Education	2002-10-16	2002-10-17	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1919)	House	Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]	IL	D	G000535	16	Medically Accurate and Objective Sex Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit elementary or schools that receive ESEA funds from providing any factual information that is not medically accurate and objective in the course material or instruction for any sex education course.	2025-08-19T17:28:04Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5668
107-hr-5669	107	hr	5669	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board Act of 2002	Science, Technology, Communications	2002-10-16	2002-11-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.	House	Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]	CA	D	H001034	9	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board Act of 2002 - Establishes the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board which shall: (1) operate in coordination with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and (2) provide advice to the President and the National Science and Technology Council on research investment policy, strategy, program goals, and management processes relating to nanoscience and nanotechnology.Directs the President to establish a National Nanotechnology Coordination Office to provide necessary technical and administrative support to the Advisory Board and to coordinate Federal nanotechnology activities between Federal agencies, private sector industry, and academia.Requires the Advisory Board to: (1) advise the President and the Council, and inform the Congress, on matters relating to the National Nanotechnology Program; (2) consult with academic industrial entities, State and local governments and agencies, and other appropriate entities conducting research on and using nanotechnology; (3) ensure that such Program considers fully the societal implications of nanoscale science and technology; and (4) transmit an annual report, which shall include a technology transition study, to the President, the head of each agency involved in the Program, and specified congressional committees.	2025-08-19T17:28:39Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5669

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