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1. H.R.1 : Civil Rights and Women's Equity in Employment Act of 1991
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 1/3/1991)      Cosponsors (175)
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/22/1991 Senate floor actions. Status: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

2. H.R.9 : Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of 1992
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 1/3/1991)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/6/1992 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 575.

3. H.R.1104 : To declare certain portions of Pelican Island, Texas, nonnavigable.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 2/25/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 11/27/1991 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

4. H.R.1223 : To modify the flood control project for Clear Creek, Texas, to direct the Secretary of the Army to remove a railroad bridge, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 3/4/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Public Works and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 3/18/1991 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from Army Corps of Engineers.

5. H.R.1470 : Price Fixing Prevention Act of 1991
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 3/19/1991)      Cosponsors (89)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/10/1991 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On passage Passed by voice vote.
Latest Action: 10/10/1991 Laid on the table. See S. 429 for further action.

6. H.R.1537 : To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 3/20/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/8/1992 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Latest Action: 10/9/1992 Message on Senate action sent to the House.

7. H.R.1604 : National Cooperative Production Amendments of 1991
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 3/22/1991)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/1/1992 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555.

8. H.R.2196 : To modify the flood control project for Clear Creek, Texas, to direct the Secretary of the Army to remove a railroad bridge, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 5/2/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Public Works and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 5/16/1991 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from Army Corps of Engineers.
Latest Action: 5/16/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.

9. H.R.3204 : Audio Home Recording Act of 1992
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 8/2/1991)      Cosponsors (93)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/22/1992 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action: 9/22/1992 Laid on the table. See S. 1623 for further action.

10. H.R.3371 : Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1991
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 9/23/1991)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs; House Education and Labor; House Energy and Commerce; House Merchant Marine and Fisheries; House Public Works and Transportation; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 11/27/1991 Conference report agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by recorded vote: 205 - 203 (Roll no. 443).
Latest Action: 10/2/1992 Cloture on the conference report not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-43. Record Vote No: 262.

11. H.R.3666 : To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional place of holding court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 10/30/1991)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/22/1992 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.

12. H.R.4363 : National Cooperative Research Act Extension of 1992
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 3/3/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/8/1992 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Latest Action: 10/9/1992 Message on Senate action sent to the House.

13. H.R.5096 : Antitrust Reform Act of 1992
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 5/7/1992)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/12/1992 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 487.

14. H.R.5149 : Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 5/13/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/13/1992 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

15. H.R.5688 : Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 7/23/1992)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/26/1992 Became Public Law No: 102-361.

16. H.R.5789 : To authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct a child care facility for Federal employees at Fort Point, Galveston, Texas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 8/6/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 8/12/1992 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from Army.

17. H.R.5840 : Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1992
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 8/12/1992)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/17/1992 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Latest Action: 9/17/1992 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

18. H.R.5982 : Audio Home Recording Act of 1992
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 9/22/1992)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/15/1992 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.

19. H.R.6020 : Bankruptcy Amendments of 1992
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 9/24/1992)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/3/1992 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action: 10/3/1992 Laid on the table. See S. 1985 for further action.

20. H.CON.RES.206 : To provide for the printing of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 9/23/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/6/1992 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Latest Action: 2/18/1992 Message on Senate action sent to the House.

21. H.CON.RES.320 : Declaring the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution relating to compensation for Representatives and Senators.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 5/19/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/21/1992 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

22. H.RES.70 : Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on the Judiciary in the first session of the One Hundred Second Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 2/19/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/26/1991 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

23. H.RES.360 : Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on the Judiciary in the second session of the One Hundred Second Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 2/11/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/26/1992 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

24. H.AMDT.93 to H.R.1 Amendment in the nature of a substitute provides a cap on punitive damages in cases of intentional discrimination of $150,000, or the amount of compensatory damages, whichever is greater; provides that victims of unintentional discrimination will receive equitable relief; restores the definition of "business necessity" in defending employment practices to that of the 1971 Griggs decision; places the burden of proof in defending employment practices on the employer; prohibits the use of quotas by employers as an unlawful employment practice; and prohibits the practice of adjusting test scores based on race, sex, religion, or national origin ("race norming").
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 6/5/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/5/1991 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Brooks amendment (A003) Agreed to by recorded vote: 264 - 166 (Roll no. 130).

25. H.AMDT.323 to H.R.3371 See Gekas amendment (A004) for description.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 10/16/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 10/16/1991 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Brooks amendments (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.

26. H.AMDT.326 to H.R.3371 Amendments en bloc: (1) authorize the use of 25% of excess unobligated funds in the Asset Forfeiture Fund to support drug abuse prevention and treatment grants; (2) require a national awareness program of federal law which requires states to revoke convicted drug abusers' drivers licenses in order to receive federal highway funds; (3) increase the penalty for unauthorized uses of military medals; (4) require the "Safe Schools" program to be accessible to Spanish-speaking students; (5) expand the definition of "drug emergency areas"; (6) delete certain reporting requirements for firearms dealers; (7) require the National Institute of Justice to conduct a study and assessment of alcohol use and treatment of convicted criminals; (8) require the Justice Department to conduct a study of certain incendiary ammunition; (9) expand the use of Bureau of Justice Assistance grants regarding response to domestic violence; (10) establish a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement; (11) expand federal penalties for providing material support to terrorists; (12) require expanding the availability of treatment for drug addiction as a goal of the National Drug Control Strategy; (13) restore to the bill the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; (14) establish a National Commission to Study the Causes and Demand for.Drugs in the United States; (15) make technical correction to language concerning insurance fraud; (16) make the transfer of Justice Forfeiture Funds subject to appropriations; (17) make technical changes to programs under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee including Safe Schools Assistance grants, child abuse information systems, campus sexual assault, drug abuse resistance education, and the midnight basketball league program; (18) authorize the transfer to states of forfeited real property for state parks or related purposes; (19) authorize funds to help defray uncompensated costs incurred by trauma centers arising from drug-related violence; (20) name the Irwin Rutman Program which extends death benefits to retired public safety officers; (21) extend the death penalty to certain terrorist-related offenses and for rape and child molestation murders; (22) clarify certain provisions of the Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Program; (23) clarify certain provisions of the Certainty of Punishment of Young Offenders state grant program; (24) clarify certain provisions of the General Education Provisions Act concerning the release of education and criminal records; and (25) permit certain U.S.-flag passenger vessels to offer gambling beyond the three mile limit. 190
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 10/17/1991)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 10/17/1991 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Brooks amendments (A008) as modified Agreed to by recorded vote: 216 - 207 (Roll no. 317).

27. H.AMDT.519 to H.R.2039 Amendments en bloc: (1) restore a provision in current law that provides the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) with the ability to waive the 60% attorney requirement for governing bodies; (2) exempt the Inspector General of the LSC from any limitations on access to information that may be adopted by the LSC; (3) clarify that the LSC is not required to provide a full 12-month grant for certain programs; (4) clarify the definition of "staff attorney" in order to cover more program attorneys under the restrictions contained in the bill; (5) require the LSC to provide a fair hearing to employees or other persons before terminating assistance for cause; (6) make a technical correction to the title of the bill; (7) require that non-federal funds received by the LSC or its grantees must be accounted for and reported separately from federal funds; and (8) clarify that members of a governing or policy body may be appointed to more than one governing or policy body.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 5/6/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/6/1992 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Brooks amendments (A001) as modified Agreed to by recorded vote: 410 - 3 (Roll no. 99).

28. H.AMDT.520 to H.R.2039 Amendment allows LSC outreach activities to be sponsored by church groups.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 5/6/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/6/1992 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Brooks amendment (A002) as modified Agreed to by recorded vote: 263 - 150 (Roll no. 100).

29. H.AMDT.581 to S.756 Amendment in the nature of a substitute consists of the text of two bills which passed the House previously: H.R. 2372, concerning fair use and copyright renewal which passed the House November 25, 1991; and H.R. 1612, to eliminate the library reproduction reporting requirement which passed the House November 18, 1991.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 6/4/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/4/1992 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Brooks amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

30. H.AMDT.868 to H.R.5754 Amendment authorizes construction of a child care facility at Fort Point, Galveston, TX, under the management of the Galveston District, Army Corps of Engineers.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 9/23/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/23/1992 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Brooks amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.

31. H.AMDT.887 to S.1002 Amendment in the nature of a substitute creates a new Federal criminal offense with regard to violations of civil child support orders; grants Federal courts the authority to make compliance with child support obligations a condition of parole; authorizes a $10 million grant program for the States for coordination of enforcement efforts; and creates a commission to study child and family welfare.
Sponsor: Rep Brooks, Jack B. [TX-9] (introduced 10/3/1992)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 10/3/1992 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Brooks amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

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