[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 40 (Thursday, April 14, 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. GILMAN:
       H.R. 4210. A bill to authorize the President to establish a 
     program to assist the transition to full NATO membership of 
     Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia by January 
     1999; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUTE (for himself and Ms. Eshoo):
       H.R. 4211. A bill to provide for the coordination within 
     the Federal Government of biotechnology research and 
     development; jointly, to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology.
       H.R. 4212. A bill to stimulate the research and development 
     of biotechnologies; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RICHARDSON (for himself, Ms. Furse, Mr. Wynn, 
             Mr. Kopetski, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Norton, Mr. Kildee, 
             Mr. Olver, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Hamburg):
       H.R. 4213. A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation 
     Fund Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     establish a national registry of rivers and watersheds to be 
     protected and restored, and for other purposes; jointly, to 
     the Committees on Natural Resources, Merchant Marine and 
     Fisheries, and Agriculture.
           By Mr. APPLEGATE:
       H.R. 4214. A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to provide that the 2 percent reduction in 
     annuity for each year a Federal employee is under 55 years of 
     age at the time of retiring be eliminated if the separation 
     is due to a reduction in force; to the Committee on Post 
     Office and Civil Service.
           By Mr. BAKER of California (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Stump, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Levy, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Cox, and Ms. Eshoo):
       H.R. 4215. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the deduction for retirement savings, to 
     permit nonemployed spouses a full IRA deduction, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COYNE:
       H.R. 4216. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to limit the amount a provider may charge an 
     individual for an outpatient hospital service furnished under 
     part B of the Medicare Program to 20 percent of the 
     reasonable cost of the service, and for other purposes; 
     jointly, to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. de la GARZA (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South 
             Dakota, and Mr. Minge) (all by request):
       H.R. 4217. A bill to reform the Federal crop insurance 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             Becerra, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. de la Garza, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Richardson, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Tejeda, Mr. Torres, Mr. Underwood, and 
             Ms. Velazquez):
       H.R. 4218. A bill to reform certain housing programs 
     administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development; to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. FOWLER (for herself, Mr. Hutto, Mr. Peterson of 
             Florida, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Mica, Mr. Young of 
             Florida, Mr. Goss, Mr. Bacchus of Florida, Mr. Lewis 
             of Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
             McCollum, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Canady, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Johnston of Florida, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Diaz-Balart, 
             Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Hastings):
       H.R. 4219. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to make technical revisions to maps relating to the Coastal 
     Barrier Resources System; to the Committee on Merchant Marine 
     and Fisheries.
           By Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
             Fawell, and Mr. McKeon):
       H.R. 4220. A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to 
     protect school districts and the Department of Agriculture 
     from anticompetitive activities of suppliers that sell 
     commodities to schools that participate in the school lunch 
     program, the school breakfast program, the special milk 
     program, and the summer food service program for children, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
           By Mr. GOODLING (for himself and Mr. Ford of Michigan):
       H.R. 4221. A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to 
     provide increased flexibility elating to the use of 
     information submitted to determine eligibility under programs 
     under that act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, to 
     provide for the establishment of commodity letter of credit 
     [CLOC] demonstration programs in certain States, and to 
     establish a program to assist schools in offering greater 
     quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables under the school 
     lunch program; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. GUNDERSON (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Petri, 
             Mr. Castle, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Shays, Mr. Johnston of 
             Florida, and Mr. Poshard):
       H.R. 4222. A bill to amend the Job Training Partnership Act 
     to establish a workforce skils and development loan program 
     to provide grants to States to guarantee loans made to 
     employers, representatives of employees, and other entities 
     to provide skills upgrading for non-managerial employees, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. KYL:
       H.R. 4223. A bill to establish a commission to examine the 
     costs and benefits, and the impact on voter turnout, of 
     changing the deadline for filing Federal income tax returns 
     to the date on which Federal elections are held; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LAMBERT (for himself, Mr Emerson, Mr. Barlow, 
             Mr. Thornton, Mr. Whitten, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Fields of 
             Louisiana, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. 
             McCrery, and Mr. Tanner):
       H.R. 4224. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     and the Secretary of Energy to undertake initiatives to 
     address certain needs in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region, 
     and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Natural 
     Resources, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and 
     Technology, and Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEHMAN:
       H.R. 4225. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prevent fraudulent claims for the earned income 
     credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MACHTLEY:
       H.R. 4226. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to provide for a national estuary pollution 
     prevention demonstration program; jointly, to the Committees 
     on Public Works and Transportation and Merchant Marine and 
     Fisheries.
           By Mr. MANTON (for himself, Mr. Rose, and Ms. Dunn):
       H.R. 4227. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide that the mandatory retirement age for members of the 
     Capitol Police be made the same as the age applicable to law 
     enforcement officers; jointly, to the Committee on Post 
     Office and Civil Service and House Administration.
           By Mr. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Doolittle, and Mr. Richardson):
       H.R. 4228. A bill to extend Federal recognition to the 
     United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 
     California; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RICHARDSON (for himself and Mr. Thomas of 
             Wyoming):
       H.R. 4229. A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     enable Indian tribes to enforce provisions of the act 
     relating to leaking underground storage tanks on Indian 
     lands, and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committees on 
     Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 4230. A bill to amend the American Indian Religious 
     Freedom Act to provide for the traditional use of peyote by 
     Indians for religious purposes, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RICHARDSON (for himself and Mr. Thomas of 
             Wyoming):
       H.R. 4231. A bill to prohibit regulations that classify, 
     enhance, or diminish the privileges and immunities of an 
     Indian tribe relative to other federally recognized Indian 
     tribes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 4232. A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal 
     relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally 
     recognized Indian tribe, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SUNDQUIST:
       H.R. 4233. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a taxpayer to elect to deduct either State and 
     local income taxes or State and local sales taxes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 4234. A bill to make grants to local educational 
     agencies and community-based organizations to provide 
     assistance to localities most directly affected by hate 
     crimes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. VOLKMER (for himself, Mr. Rose, Mr. Stenholm, 
             Ms. Long, Mr. Sarpalius, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, 
             Mr. Holden, Mr. Pomeroy, Ms. Danner, Mr. Andrews of 
             Maine, and Ms. Snowe):
       H.R. 4235. A bill to enable milk producers to implement a 
     national Class IV Pool to establish a fair and equitable 
     blend price for milk use in export dairy products, to 
     establish the Dairy Export Marketing Board to administer the 
     Class IV Pool and otherwise work to expand exports of and 
     develop markets for milk and dairy products, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. MINETA (for himself, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Cramer, 
             Mr. Klein, Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Brown of California, Mr. Bacchus of Florida, Mr. 
             Valentine, Mr. Kopetski, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Skeen, Mr. 
             Baker of California, Ms. Danner, Mr. Hughes, Mr. 
             Pickett, Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Packard, Mr. Bevill, Ms. Brown of 
             Florida, Mr. Filner, Mr. McCloskey, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Borski, Mr. Frost, Mr. Andrews of Texas, Mr. 
             Mollohan, Mr. Fingerhut, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, and 
             Mr. Lipinski):
       H.J. Res. 353. Joint resolution designating July 16 through 
     July 24, 1994, as ``National Apollo Anniversary Observance''; 
     to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
           By Mr. REED:
       H.J. Res. 354. Joint resolution designating May 22, 1994, 
     as ``National Neighbor Day''; to the Committee on Post Office 
     and Civil Service.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       H. Con. Res. 239. Concurrent resolution concerning the 27th 
     anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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