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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 409
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Community Role Models Week,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 2002
Mr. KNOLLENBERG submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Government Reform
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Community Role
Models Week, and for other purposes.
Whereas individuals who are motivated every day by tradi-
tional American values such as selflessness, compassion,
dedication, courage, and integrity have a positive effect
on society by encouraging others to act in a similar man-
ner;
Whereas individuals in local communities located throughout
the United States embody these values in their daily
work, communities, and homes;
Whereas children and adults would benefit from learning
about individuals in their community who embody these
values and about what motivates them;
•HCON 409 IH
Whereas because children learn and act by examples they ex-
perience on a daily basis, they need role models from
their local community with whom they can realistically
relate;
Whereas inspiring stories about an individual that a child
knows or might meet in the community can make a dif-
ference in that child’s decisions and life;
Whereas the Recognizing Achievement—Rewarding Excel-
lence Foundation (R.A.R.E. Foundation) based in Troy,
Michigan, has established a program to recognize excep-
tional people who work in the community and further
educate children in the community about such people;
Whereas the R.A.R.E. Foundation is willing to provide guid-
ance to any community interested in starting such a pro-
gram; and
Whereas National Community Role Models Week is a fitting
tribute to the many individuals who displayed motivation,
selflessness, compassion, dedication, courage, and integ-
rity during the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against
the United States which occurred on September 11,
2001: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That Congress—
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National
Community Role Models Week;
(2) commends the Recognizing Achievement—
Rewarding Excellence Foundation based in Troy,
Michigan, for establishing a program to recognize
exceptional people who work in the community and
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further educate children in the community about
such people; and
(3) encourages the establishment of similar pro-
grams in communities throughout the United States.
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IV
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 40
Expressing the sense of the Congress that national news organizations should
refrain from projecting the winner of a Presidential election until all
of the polls in the Continental United States have closed.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 27, 2001
Mr. BURTON of Indiana submitted the following concurrent resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that national news
organizations should refrain from projecting the winner
of a Presidential election until all of the polls in the
Continental United States have closed.
Whereas voter participation is vital to a healthy democracy;
Whereas every eligible American should be encouraged to
vote;
Whereas events and actions that may discourage individuals
from voting should be avoided whenever possible;
Whereas there is a clear consensus that in Presidential elec-
tions, news organization projections of the winner in cer-
tain States can affect voter turnout in other States where
the polls have not yet closed;
•HCON 40 IH
Whereas, on election night in 1980, network news organiza-
tions announced that their projections showed that Ron-
ald Reagan had won a sufficient number of States to win
the Presidential election well before the polls closed on
the west coast;
Whereas numerous studies have concluded that those projec-
tions discouraged individuals in Western States from vot-
ing, and may have reduced voter turnout in California by
more than two percent;
Whereas there is widespread agreement that early projections
of the Presidential election in 1980 affected numerous
Congressional, State, and local races in Western States;
Whereas, on election night in 2000, all of the major news or-
ganizations announced that their projections showed that
Vice President Al Gore had won the State of Florida
prior to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time;
Whereas these projections of one of the most decisive States
in the Presidential election came more than three hours
before polls closed on the west coast, and roughly ten
minutes before the polls closed in several counties in the
panhandle of Florida itself;
Whereas these projections were found to be erroneous and
had to be retracted;
Whereas later projections that George W. Bush had won the
State of Florida were also retracted;
Whereas early projections again appear to have discouraged
voter turnout in many Western States; and
Whereas these early projections again likely affected many
closely contested Congressional, State, and local elections
in Western States: Now, therefore, be it
•HCON 40 IH
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that na-
tional news organizations should, through a voluntary, in-
dustry-wide agreement, refrain from reporting projections
of the winner of a Presidential election, or the winner of
any State in a Presidential election, until all the polls have
closed in the Continental United States.
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Whereas when the S.S. Henry Bacon began to sink, her cap-
tain ensured that all 19 Norwegian refugees aboard re-
ceived a place in one of the undamaged lifeboats;
Whereas when the lifeboat supply was exhausted, crewmen
made rough rafts from the railroad ties that had been
used to secure locomotives delivered to Russia;
Whereas the S.S. Henry Bacon went down with 28 members
of her crew, including Captain Alfred Carini, Chief Engi-
neer Donald Haviland, Bosun Holcomb Lammon Jr., and
the commanding officer of the United States Navy Armed
Guard unit aboard, Lieutenant John Sippola, but in its
sinking kept the German planes from looking further and
locating the main body of the convoy;
Whereas the 19 Norwegian refugees, as well as the other sur-
vivors, were rescued by British destroyers and those refu-
gees were ultimately returned to Norway; and
Whereas the actions of the officers and crew of the S.S.
Henry Bacon were in the finest tradition of the United
States Merchant Marine and the United States Navy and
have been recognized by the people of Norway and Russia
but, until now, have not been acknowledged by their own
Nation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) recognizes the valiant deeds of the officers
and crew of the S.S. Henry Bacon, a World War II
United States Liberty ship that was sunk by Ger-
man aircraft on February 23, 1945; and
•HCON 410 IH
who have died and more than 2,000,000 who
have been driven from their homes;
(D) the President should forthwith send
representatives of the United States to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, to countries
whose armed forces occupy the Democratic Re-
public of the Congo, and to countries whose
support sustains rebel groups operating in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, to advise
the leaders of those countries—
(i) that peace in the Democratic Re-
public of the Congo is in the national secu-
rity interests of all countries, including the
United States; and
(ii) that continued strife in that coun-
try threatens to impede the war against
terrorism; and
(E) the United States Government should
not grant a visa to any individual who is sus-
pected of committing war crimes in the Demo-
cratic Republic of the Congo, or to members of
the individual’s family, and should transfer any
such individual found in the United States to
•HCON 410 IH
the jurisdiction of the International War Crimes
Tribunal for prosecution.
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HR 5025 RH 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days 
before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or 
full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or 
more is announced by the department or its modal ad-
ministrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program 
of the Federal Highway Administration other than the 
emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement 
program of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) 
any program of the Federal Transit Administration other 
than the formula grants and fixed guideway moderniza-
tion programs: Provided, That no notification shall in-
volve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 196. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appro-
priations of the Department of Transportation and allo-
cated to elements of the Department of Transportation 
using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be 
available until expended. 
SEC. 197. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to
IV
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 411
Recognizing the exploits of the officers and crew of the S.S. Henry Bacon,
a United States Liberty ship that was sunk on February 23, 1945,
in the waning days of World War II.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 2002
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. FORBES,
and Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia) submitted the following concurrent
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing the exploits of the officers and crew of the
S.S. Henry Bacon, a United States Liberty ship that
was sunk on February 23, 1945, in the waning days
of World War II.
Whereas during World War II the United States Liberty ship
S.S. Henry Bacon was assigned the task of conveying
war materials and supplies to the beleaguered Russian
nation via the dangerous Arctic Ocean passage (referred
to as the Murmansk Run) from Iceland or Scotland to
Murmansk in northern Russia, and faithfully fulfilled its
mission;
Whereas in early 1945 the British navy, having rescued a
number of Norwegian civilians from occupied Norway
and transported them to Murmansk, distributed them
•HCON 411 IH
among the S.S. Henry Bacon and certain other merchant
ships for transportation to England, with 19 of such ref-
ugees being assigned to the Henry Bacon;
Whereas a convoy carrying those refugees, designated as Con-
voy RA 64 and consisting of 35 ships and naval escorts,
departed Murmansk on February 17, 1945, amid the
worst storms ever registered in the Arctic Ocean;
Whereas the S.S. Henry Bacon, with a full crew and refugees
aboard, sailing as part of that convoy, suffered damage
from the force of the storms and from internal mechan-
ical problems;
Whereas the S.S. Henry Bacon, while suffering from a loss
of steering capacity, lost its place in the convoy and be-
came a stray, unable to communicate with the convoy
and required to maintain radio silence;
Whereas the S.S. Henry Bacon was left to its own devices
and was in such dire straits that engine room workers
used a sledgehammer and wedge to physically turn the
ship;
Whereas on February 23, 1945, the S.S. Henry Bacon, alone
in the freezing sea over 60 miles from the convoy, came
under attack by 23 Junker JU–88 torpedo bombers of
the German Luftwaffe;
Whereas armed with only small guns, the United States Navy
Armed Guard aboard the ship and the ship’s merchant
mariners fought gallantly against the oncoming torpedo
bombers;
Whereas although mortally wounded after a German pilot
was successful in delivering a torpedo to the ship, the
S.S. Henry Bacon fought back, shooting down nine
enemy planes;
IV
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 412
Honoring General Bernard A. Schriever, United States Air Force (retired),
for his dedication and service to the United States Air Force, for his
essential service in the development of the United States ballistic missile
program, and for his lifetime of work to enhance the security of the
United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 2002
Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas) submitted the
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring General Bernard A. Schriever, United States Air
Force (retired), for his dedication and service to the
United States Air Force, for his essential service in
the development of the United States ballistic missile
program, and for his lifetime of work to enhance the
security of the United States.
Whereas the United States Air Force recognizes General Ber-
nard A. Schriever, United States Air Force (retired), as
the architect of the Nation’s ballistic missile and military
space program;
Whereas General Schriever began his military career in 1931
as an Army artillery officer, later transferring to the
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identical profile in different State because they are
prohibited from deducting their State sales taxes
from their Federal income taxes in lieu of a State
income tax;
(4) the design of the Federal tax code is pref-
erential in its treatment of States with State income
taxes over those without State income taxes;
(5) the current Federal tax code infringes upon
States’ rights to tax their citizens as they see fit in
that the Federal tax code exerts unjust influence on
States without State income taxes to impose one
their citizens;
(6) the current surpluses that our Government
holds provide an appropriate time and opportunity
to allow taxpayers to deduct either their State sales
taxes or their State income taxes from their Federal
income tax returns; and
(7) over 50 Members of the House have cospon-
sored legislation to restore the sales tax deduction
option to the Federal tax code.
(b) SENSE OF HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House
of Representatives that the Committee on Ways and
Means should consider legislation that makes State sales
tax deductible against Federal income taxes.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 413
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas on July 17, 1902, Dr. Willis H. Carrier submitted
designs to a printing plant in Brooklyn, New York, for
equipment to control temperature, humidity, ventilation,
and air quality, marking the birth of modern air condi-
tioning;
Whereas air-conditioning has become an integral technology
enabling the advancement of society through improve-
•HCON 413 EH
ments to the Nation’s health and well-being, manufac-
turing processes, building capacities, research, medical
capabilities, food preservation, art and historical con-
servation, and general productivity and indoor comfort;
Whereas Dr. Carrier debuted air-conditioning technology for
legislative activity in the House of Representatives Cham-
ber in 1928, and the Senate Chamber in 1929;
Whereas the air-conditioning industry now totals $36 billion
on a global basis and employs more than 700,000 people
in the United States; and
Whereas the year 2002 marks the 100th anniversary of mod-
ern air-conditioning: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress honors the invention of
modern air-conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier on the
occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Con. Res. 413
Agreed to July 19, 2002
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
Concurrent Resolution
Whereas on July 17, 1902, Dr. Willis H. Carrier submitted designs
to a printing plant in Brooklyn, New York, for equipment to
control temperature, humidity, ventilation, and air quality,
marking the birth of modern air conditioning;
Whereas air-conditioning has become an integral technology
enabling the advancement of society through improvements to
the Nation’s health and well-being, manufacturing processes,
building capacities, research, medical capabilities, food preserva-
tion, art and historical conservation, and general productivity
and indoor comfort;
Whereas Dr. Carrier debuted air-conditioning technology for legisla-
tive activity in the House of Representatives Chamber in 1928,
and the Senate Chamber in 1929;
Whereas the air-conditioning industry now totals $36 billion on
a global basis and employs more than 700,000 people in the
United States; and
Whereas the year 2002 marks the 100th anniversary of modern
air-conditioning: Now, therefore, be it
H. Con. Res. 413—2
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That the Congress honors the invention of modern air-condi-
tioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier on the occasion of its 100th anniver-
sary.
Attest:
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 413
Honoring the invention of modern air-conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier
on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 5, 2002
Mr. WALSH submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Government Reform
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring the invention of modern air-conditioning by Dr.
Willis H. Carrier on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Whereas on July 17, 1902, Dr. Willis H. Carrier submitted
designs to a printing plant in Brooklyn, New York, for
equipment to control temperature, humidity, ventilation,
and air quality, marking the birth of modern air condi-
tioning;
Whereas air-conditioning has become an integral technology
enabling the advancement of society through improve-
ments to the Nation’s health and well-being, manufac-
turing processes, building capacities, research, medical
capabilities, food preservation, art and historical con-
servation, and general productivity and indoor comfort;
•HCON 413 IH
Whereas Dr. Carrier debuted air-conditioning technology for
legislative activity in the House of Representatives Cham-
ber in 1928, and the Senate Chamber in 1929;
Whereas the air-conditioning industry now totals $36 billion
on a global basis and employs more than 700,000 people
in the United States; and
Whereas the year 2002 marks the 100th anniversary of mod-
ern air-conditioning: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress honors the invention of
modern air-conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier on the
occasion of its 100th anniversary.
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IV
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 418
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a
National Community Health Center Week to raise awareness of health
services provided by community, migrant, public housing, and homeless
health centers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 13, 2002
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr.
BONILLA, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. ROS-
LEHTINEN, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. CONYERS,
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. FILNER, Mr. ROSS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ANDREWS,
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. THOMP-
SON of California, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. JONES of Ohio,
Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
SHIMKUS, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. WATTS
of Oklahoma) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Government Reform
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be
established a National Community Health Center Week
to raise awareness of health services provided by commu-
nity, migrant, public housing, and homeless health cen-
ters, and for other purposes.
Whereas community, migrant, public housing, and homeless
health centers are nonprofit, community owned and oper-
ated health providers and are vital to the Nation’s com-
munities;
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 413
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 16, 2002
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring the invention of modern air-conditioning by Dr.
Willis H. Carrier on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Whereas on July 17, 1902, Dr. Willis H. Carrier submitted
designs to a printing plant in Brooklyn, New York, for
equipment to control temperature, humidity, ventilation,
and air quality, marking the birth of modern air condi-
tioning;
Whereas air-conditioning has become an integral technology
enabling 
the 
advancement 
of 
society 
through
HCON 413 RFS
improvements to the Nation’s health and well-being,
manufacturing processes, building capacities, research,
medical capabilities, food preservation, art and historical
conservation, and general productivity and indoor com-
fort;
Whereas Dr. Carrier debuted air-conditioning technology for
legislative activity in the House of Representatives Cham-
ber in 1928, and the Senate Chamber in 1929;
Whereas the air-conditioning industry now totals $36 billion
on a global basis and employs more than 700,000 people
in the United States; and
Whereas the year 2002 marks the 100th anniversary of mod-
ern air-conditioning: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress honors the invention of
modern air-conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier on the
occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
•HCON 418 IH
Whereas there are more than 1,000 such health centers serv-
ing 12,000,000 people at more than 4,000 health delivery
sites, spanning urban and rural communities in all 50
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and
the Virgin Islands;
Whereas such health centers have provided cost-effective,
high-quality health care to the Nation’s poor and medi-
cally underserved (including the working poor, the unin-
sured, and many high-risk and vulnerable populations),
acting as a vital safety net in the Nation’s health delivery
system, meeting escalating health needs, and reducing
health disparities;
Whereas these health centers provide care to 1 of every 9 un-
insured Americans, 1 of every 8 low-income Americans,
and 1 of every 10 rural Americans, and these Americans
would otherwise lack access to health care;
Whereas these health centers and other innovative programs
in primary and preventive care reach out to 650,000
homeless persons and 700,000 farmworkers;
Whereas these health centers make health care responsive
and cost effective by integrating the delivery of primary
care with aggressive outreach, patient education, trans-
lation, and enabling support services;
Whereas these health centers increase the use of preventive
health services such as immunizations, Pap smears,
mammograms, and glaucoma screenings;
Whereas in communities served by these health centers, in-
fant mortality rates have been reduced between 10 and
40 percent;
Whereas these health centers are built by community initia-
tive;
•HCON 414 IH
gium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Italy: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress commends the soldiers and
airman of the Pennsylvania National Guard, under the
command of the Pennsylvania Adjutant General, Major
General William B. Lynch, and Deputy Adjutant Gen-
erals, Major General James Skiff and Brigadier General
Jessica Wright, for their exemplary service to the United
States in the war against terrorism and other recent de-
ployments.
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