[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4 of rule XXII, public bills and 
resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

           By Mr. LANTOS:
       H.R. 3785. A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
     Interactive Entertainment Rating Commission, and for other 
     purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 
     and the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TAUZIN (for himself, Mr. Studds, Mr. Fields of 
             Texas, Mr. Coble, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
             Manton, Mr. Laughlin, and Mr. Pickett):
       H.R. 3786. A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to 
     establish requirements to ensure safe operation of 
     recreational vessels, to require allocation of State 
     recreational boating safety assistance based on State 
     adoption laws regarding boating while intoxicated, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and 
     Fisheries.
           By Mr. BLUTE (for himself, Mr. Bachus of Alabama, Mr. 
             Horn, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Canady, Mr. Torkildsen, and 
             Mr. Quinn):
       H.R. 3787. A bill to amend the formula for determining the 
     official mail allowance for Members of the House of 
     Representatives; to amend the provisions of title 39, United 
     States Code, relating to the franking privilege for Members 
     of Congress and provide that the provisions of law preventing 
     Members from sending mass mailings within the 60-day period 
     immediately before an election be expanded so as to prevent 
     Members from mailing any unsolicited franked mail within that 
     period; and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committees on 
     Post Office and Civil Service and House Administration.
           By Mr. DOOLITTLE:
       H.R. 3788. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to make it clear that States and local governments may 
     not tax Social Security benefits; jointly, to the Committees 
     on Ways and Means and the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAMS (for himself, Mr. Walker, Mr. Armey, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Doolittle, 
             Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Linder, Mr. 
             Knollenberg, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gilchrest, and Mr. Sam 
             Johnson):
       H.R. 3789. A bill to terminate Federal programs that are 
     not reauthorized by the Congress; jointly, to the Committees 
     on Rules, Government Operations, and Ways and Means.
           By Ms. LONG (for herself, Mr. Skelton and Mr. 
             Gunderson):
       H.R. 3790. A bill to protect rural electric borrowers; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. JEFFERSON:
       H.R. 3791. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an exemption from the gas guzzler tax for 
     automobiles that are lengthened by certain small 
     manufacturers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. QUILLEN:
       H.R. 3792. A bill to provide that a nongovernnmental person 
     may use a private express for the private carriage of certain 
     letters and packets without being penalized by the Postal 
     Service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post 
     Office and Civil Service.
           By Mr. RIDGE:
       H.R. 3793. A bill to provide for the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development to make grants for economic development 
     activities in connection with loan guarantees under section 
     108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to 
     enhance the security of such loans and improve the viability 
     of projects financed with such loans, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Dooley, 
             Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
             Bereuter, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Ewing, Mr. 
             Camp, and Mr. Oxley):
       H.R. 3794. A bill to defer temporarily the deadline for 
     compliance with conservation plans for certain highly 
     erodible cropland due to damage to such land caused by 
     damaging weather or related condition; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey:
       H.R. 3795. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide enhanced sentences for Social Security fraud 
     in connection with illegal immigration; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Upton, 
             Mr. DeLay, Mr. Armey, Mr. Bachus of Alabama, Mr. 
             Baker of California, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Boehner, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Canady, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Ewing, Mr. 
             Goss, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Huffington, Mr. 
             Kim, Mr. Lewis of Florida, and Mr. Rohrabacher):
       H.R. 3796. A bill to provide that a person may use a 
     private express for the private carriage of certain letters 
     and packets without being penalized by the Postal Service, 
     and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committee on Post 
     Office and Civil Service and the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY:
       H.R. 3797. A bill to transfer certain administrative 
     functions of the Department of the Interior relating to the 
     U.S. territories to the Department of Commerce; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Barrett 
             of Nebraska, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
             Fawell, and Mr. Petri):
       H.R. 3798. A bill to amend the Head Start Act to make 
     quality improvements in Head Start by enhancing parental 
     involvement and providing family literacy services; and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. GRAMS (for himself, Mr. Dooley, Mr. McCandless, 
             Mr. Huffington, Mr. Cox, Mr. Calvert, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
             Gallegly, and Mr. McCollum):
       H.R. 3799. A bill to facilitate recovery from the recent 
     earthquakes in California by providing greater flexibility 
     for depository institutions and their regulators, and for 
     other purposes; jointly, to the Committee on Banking, Finance 
     and Urban Affairs and the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SWIFT (for himself (by request), Mr. Dingell, 
             Mr. Mineta, Mr. Rostenkowski, and Mr. Applegate):
       H.R. 3800. A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and for 
     other purposes; divided and referred as follows: titles I 
     through VIII jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 
     and Public Works and Transportation; and title IX to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HAMILTON:
       H.R. 3801. A bill to improve the operations of the 
     legislative branch of the Federal Government; and for other 
     purposes; jointly, to the Committee on Public Works and 
     Transportation House Administration, and Government 
     Operations.
           By Mr. SMITH of Michigan:
       H.R. 3802. A bill to improve that cost-of-living 
     adjustments to payments made under Federal law shall be 
     determined using a new price index which does not take into 
     account tobacco products and distilled spirits; jointly, to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means, Post Office and Civil 
     Service, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services.
           By Mr. THOMAS of California:
       H.R. 3803. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 and the Social Security Act to reduce Social Security 
     taxes and to provide for Social Security individual 
     retirement accounts funded by Social Security payroll 
     deductions; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
     Education and Labor.
           By Mr. WAXMAN:
       H.R. 3804. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise and extend programs relating to the health of 
     individuals who are members of minority groups, and for other 
     purposes; jointly to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WELDON (for himself and Mr. Holden):
       H.R. 3805. A bill to authorize matching funds for State and 
     local firearm buy-back programs; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. de la Garza (for himself and Mr. Roberts):
       H.J. Res. 317. Joint resolution to proclaim March 20, 1994, 
     as ``National Agriculture Day''; to the Committee on Post 
     Office and Civil Service.
           By Mr. SHAW:
       H.J. Res. 318. Joint resolution to designate the month of 
     April 1994 as ``Civil War History Month''; to the Committee 
     on Post Office and Civil Service.
           By Mr. de la Garza:
       H. Res. 340. Resolution providing amounts from the 
     contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations 
     and studies by the Committee on Agriculture in the 2d session 
     of the 103d Congress; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. MONTGOMERY (for himself and Mr. Stump):
       H. Res. 341. Resolution providing amounts from the 
     contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations 
     and studies by the Committee on Veterans Affairs in the 2d 
     session of the 103d Congress; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. GLICKMAN:
       H. Res. 342. Resolution providing amounts from the 
     contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations 
     and studies by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
     in the 2d session of the 103d Congress; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Hoyer, Mr. Gingrich, Ms. Norton, Mr. Porter, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Bereuter, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Swett, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. King, Mr. Blute, 
             Mr. Klein, and Mr. Torkildsen):
       H. Res. 343. Resolution to express the sense of the House 
     of Representatives condemning the racist, anti-Catholic, and 
     anti-Semitic speech given by a senior representative of the 
     Nation of Islam and all manifestations and expressions of 
     hatred based on race, religion and ethnicity; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN of California:
       H. Res. 344. Resolution providing amounts from the 
     contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations 
     and studies by the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology in the 2d session of the 103d Congress; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. FORD of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Williams):
       H. Res. 345. Resolution providing amounts from the 
     contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations 
     and studies by the Committee on Education and Labor in the 2d 
     session of the 103d Congress; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H. Res. 346. Resolution providing amounts from the 
     contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations 
     and studies by the Committee on the District of Columbia in 
     the 2d session of the 103d Congress; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.

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