[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 91 (Thursday, July 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. BROWN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Studds):
       H.R. 4755. A bill to provide for demonstration projects for 
     worksite health promotion programs; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio:
       H.R. 4756. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to take into account the health of a primary 
     caregiver in determining whether an item of durable medical 
     equipment is considered medically necessary and appropriate 
     under part B of the Medicare Program; jointly, to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Richardson, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Dicks, and Ms. Dunn):
       H.R. 4757. A bill to provide for the settlement of the 
     claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 
     concerning their contribution to the production of hydropower 
     by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Pallone, 
             and Mr. Flake):
       H.R. 4758. A bill to strengthen and improve the Natural Gas 
     Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, and for other purposes; jointly, 
     to the Committees on Public Works and Transportation and 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SAWYER:
       H.R. 4759. A bill to establish within the Department of 
     Energy a national Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator 
     Fellowship Program for outstanding elementary and secondary 
     mathematics and science teachers; to the Committee on 
     Science, Space, and Technology.
           By Mr. STUDDS (for himself and Mr. Manton) (both by 
             request):
       H.R. 4760. A bill to implement the Agreement to Promote 
     Compliance with International Conservation and Management 
     Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, adopted by the 
     Conference on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the 
     United Nations on November 24, 1993; to the Committee on 
     Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
           By Mr. TEJEDA:
       H.R. 4761. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize educational assistance for alternative teacher 
     certification programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 4762. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     require the Postal Service to accept a change-of-address 
     order from a commercial mail receiving agency and to forward 
     mail to the new address; to the Committee on Post Office and 
     Civil Service.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 4763. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to increase certain firearm license application 
     fees and require the immediate suspension of the license of a 
     firearm licensee upon conviction of a violation of that 
     chapter, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut:
       H.R. 4764. A bill to provide for the payment of aid to 
     families with dependent children through the use of debit 
     cards; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HORN (for himself, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Canady, 
             Mr. Condit, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, 
             Mr. Kyl, Mr. Thomas of California, Mrs. Thurman, and 
             Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 4765. A bill to provide for the negotiation of 
     bilateral prisoner transfer treaties with foreign countries 
     and to provide for the training in the United States of 
     border management personnel from foreign countries; jointly, 
     to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KANJORSKI (for himself, Mr. Ridge, Mr. 
             Traficant, Mr. Hinchey):
       H.R. 4766. A bill to enhance the availability of credit to 
     businesses in order to foster economic growth and 
     stabilization and to create new employment opportunities in 
     communities facing economic distress, and for other purposes; 
     to Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MATSUI (for himself, Mr. Miller of California, 
             Mr. Becerra, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Kopetski, Mr. McDermott, Ms. McKinney, 
             Mr. Mineta, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sabo, Ms. Velazquez, and 
             Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 4767. A bill to reform the welfare system; jointly, to 
     the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy 
     and Commerce, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Foreign 
     Affairs, Veterans' Affairs, and Agriculture.
           By Mr. MONTGOMERY (for himself, Mr. Stump, and Mr. 
             Hutchinson):
       H.R. 4768. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make changes in veterans' education programs, and for other 
     purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       H.R. 4769. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the treatment of long-term care 
     insurance, and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committees 
     on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. TAUZIN:
       H.R. 4770. A bill to require the Director of the U.S. Fish 
     and Wildlife Service to conduct a study to determine the 
     lands and waters comprising the LaBranche Wetlands in St. 
     Charles Parish, LA, and to acquire those lands and waters for 
     inclusion in the Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife 
     Refuge; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
           By Mr. TOWNS (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Barrett of Wisconsin, and Mr. Payne of New Jersey):
       H.R. 4771. A bill to strengthen the partnership between the 
     Federal Government and State, local, and tribal governments, 
     to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration 
     by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal 
     governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may 
     displace other essential governmental priorities, to better 
     assess both costs and benefits of Federal legislation and 
     regulations on State, local, and tribal governments, and for 
     other purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Rules and 
     Government Operations.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT (for himself, Mr. Lancaster, and Mrs. 
             Clayton):
       H.R. 4772. A bill to designate the Federal building and 
     U.S. courthouse located at 215 South Evans Street in 
     Greenville, NC, as the ``Walter B. Jones Federal Building and 
     United States Courthouse''; to the Committee on Public Works 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. WALKER:
       H.R. 4773. A bill to eliminate the exemption for the 
     payment by Amtrak of certain costs relating to pedestrian 
     bridges over Amtrak rights-of-way; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.J. Res. 388. Joint resolution recognizing the 
     anniversaries of the Warsaw uprising and the Polish 
     resistance to the invasion of Poland during World War II; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Andrews of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Bacchus of Florida, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
             Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bilirakis, Ms. Brown of 
             Florida, Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Clayton, Mrs. 
             Collins of Illinois, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Emerson, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Evans, Mr. Filner, Mr. Fingerhut, Mr. 
             Fish, Mr. Flake, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Frost, Ms. Furse, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Gene 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Hilliard, Mr. Hochbrueckner, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Hutto, 
             Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
             Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mrs. Kennelly, Mr. 
             Kleczka, Mr. Klein, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
             McCloskey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McHale, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Mineta, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. 
             Moran, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Ms. Norton, Mr. Orton, Mr. Parker, Mr. 
             Poshard, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quillen, 
             Mr. Quinn, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. 
             Richardson, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Rose, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Scott, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Stokes, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
             Walsh, Ms. Waters, and Mr. Wynn):
       H.J. Res. 389. Joint resolution to designate the second 
     Sunday in October of 1994 as ``National Children's Day''; to 
     the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H. Con. Res. 266. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress concerning the need to preserve the 
     traditional lifeways in certain Alaska Native villages; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio:
       H. Res. 478. Resolution to recognize Mennonite Mutual Aid; 
     jointly, to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H. Res. 479. Resolution returning to the Senate the Senate 
     amendments to the bill H.R. 4539; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. DeLAY (for himself, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Doolittle, Ms. 
             Dunn, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr. 
             Solomon):
       H. Res. 4800. Resolution establishing July 10, 1994, as 
     ``Cost of Government Day''; to the Committee on Post Office 
     and Civil Service.
           By Mr. DOOLITTLE (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. McInnis, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Smith of 
             Oregon, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. 
             Solomon, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             Hefley, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Stump, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
             Mr. Crane, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Linder, 
             Mr. Bachus of Alabama, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Blute, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Grams, Mr. 
             Miller of Florida, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. 
             DeLay, Mr. Kim, Mr. Bliley, and Mr. McKeon):
       H. Res. 481. Resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     regarding the case of United States versus Knox; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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