[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 11 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H398-H399]
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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. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 566. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to consolidate the surface and subsurface estates of certain 
     lands within three conservation system units on the Alaska 
     Peninsula, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BENTSEN:
       H.R. 567. A bill to require that the President transmit to 
     Congress, that the congressional Budget Committees report, 
     and that the Congress consider a balanced budget for each 
     fiscal year; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, 
     and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. MURTHA:
       H.R. 568. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for improved treatment of future actuarial gains and 
     losses to the Department of Defense military retirement fund; 
     to the Committee on National Security.
           By Mr. BEILENSON:
       H.R. 569. A bill to provide for the separate administration 
     of the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Naturalization 
     Service; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       H.R. 570. A bill to provide for the improved enforcement of 
     the employer sanctions law, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
     by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
     provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
     concerned.
           By Mr. BONILLA (for himself, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Pombo, 
             Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Combest, Mr. 
             Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
             Brewster, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Rogers, Mr. 
             Stenholm, Mr. Royce, Mr. Parker, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. 
             Everett, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hutchinson, 
             Mr. Calvert, Mr. Bono, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. 
             Shadegg, Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Ballenger):
       H.R. 571. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to provide that no species may be determined to be an 
     endangered species or threatened species, and no critical 
     habitat may be designated, until that act is reauthorized; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Minge, Mr. Gene 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Farr, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. Maloney, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, 
             Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Barcia):
       H.R. 572. A bill to provide for return of excess amounts 
     from official allowances of Members of the House of 
     Representatives to the Treasury for deficit reduction; to the 
     Committee on House Oversight.
           By Mr. CLEMENT:
       H.R. 573. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula 
     for workers who attain age 65 in or after 1982 and to whom 
     applies the 15-year period of transition to the changes in 
     benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security 
     Amendments of 1977 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide 
     prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COLEMAN:
       H.R. 574. A bill to provide for the operation of 
     laboratories to carry out certain public-health functions for 
     the region along the international border with Mexico; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 575. A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to provide that annuities for Members of 
     Congress be computed under the same formula as applies to 
     Federal employees generally, and for other purposes; 
     [[Page H399]] to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
           By Mr. HAYES:R. 576. A bill to amend the Internal 
             Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a tax credit for fuels 
             produced from offshore deep-water projects; to the 
             Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 577. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit for the production of oil and gas 
     from existing marginal oil and gas wells and from new oil and 
     gas wells; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 578. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to treat geological, geophysical, and surface casing costs 
     like intangible drilling and development costs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. Crane, and Mr. 
             Doolittle):
       H.R. 579. A bill to amend the National Foundation on the 
     Humanities and the Humanities Act of 1965 to abolish the 
     National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on 
     the Humanities; to the Committee on Economic and Educational 
     Opportunities.
           By Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, 
             Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Condit, and Mr. Sam 
             Johnson):
       H.R. 580. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act and title 10, United States Code, to allow the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse the 
     Military Health Services System for care provided to 
     Medicare-eligible military retirees and their spouses in the 
     Military Health Services System; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, and National Security, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Upton, 
             Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Smith of Michigan, 
             Mr. Camp, and Mr. Chrysler):
       H.R. 581. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit areas 
     not contributing to more than 35 percent of ozone 
     concentrations to comply with marginal area requirements for 
     purposes of ozone nonattainment; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. KIM:
       H.R. 582. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to revise the rules for determining the employment status of 
     individuals as employees or independent contractors; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LEACH (for himself, Mr. Minge, and Mrs. 
             Lincoln):
       H.R. 583. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain fish hatcheries to the States of Iowa, 
     Minnesota, and Arkansas; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LEACH:
       H.R. 584. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey a fish hatchery to the State of Iowa; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN:
       H.R. 585. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the accrual of pay and allowances by members of the 
     Armed Forces who are confined pending dismissal or a 
     dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge; to the Committee on 
     National Security.
           By Mrs. MALONEY:
       H.R. 586. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to require States to administer qualifying 
     examinations to all State employees with new authority to 
     make decisions regarding child welfare services, to expedite 
     the permanent placement of foster children, to facilitate the 
     placement of foster children in permanent kinship care 
     arrangements, and to require State agencies, in considering 
     applications to adopt certain foster children, to give 
     preference to applications of a foster parent or caretaker 
     relative of the child; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MOORHEAD (for himself, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Mr. Coble, Mr. Frank  of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
             Gekas, Mr. Bono, Mr. Canady of Florida, and Mr. 
             Hoke):
       H.R. 587. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, 
     with respect to patents on biotechnological processes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 588. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, 
     relating to drunk driving; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR:
       H.R. 589. A bill to improve the safety and convenience of 
     air travel by establishing the Federal Aviation 
     Administration as an independent Federal agency; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       H.R. 590. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
     relating to air carrier safety; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. POSHARD:
       H.R. 591. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to ban activities of political action committees in 
     elections for Federal office and to reduce the limitation on 
     contributions to candidates by persons other than 
     multicandidate political committees; to the Committee on 
     House Oversight.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 592. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to repeal the provision allowing adjustment of status of 
     unlawful aliens in the United States; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
             Moorhead, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Hastert, Mr. Stump, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Blute, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. King, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Zimmer, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, 
             Mr. Spence, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Bunn of Oregon, Mr. 
             Forbes, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Fox, 
             Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Istook, and Mr. Solomon):
       H.R. 593. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the dollar limitation on the one-time exclusion 
     of gain from sale of a principal residence by individuals who 
     have attained age 55, to increase the amount of the unified 
     estate and gift tax credits, and to reduce the tax on capital 
     gains; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       H.R. 594. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, 
     with respect to photographing, recording, and broadcasting 
     court proceedings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TEJEDA:
       H.R. 595. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
     convey certain excess real property located at Fort Sam 
     Houston, TX; to the Committee on National Security, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period 
     to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
     for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mrs. VUCANOVICH:
       H.R. 596. A bill to require the identification of certain 
     high-fire-risk Federal forest lands in the State of Nevada, 
     the clearing of forest fuels in such areas, and the 
     submission of a fire prevention plan and budget; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. BEILENSON:
       H.J. Res. 56. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to restrict the 
     requirement of citizenship at birth by virtue of birth in the 
     United States to persons with a legal resident mother or 
     father; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DEUTSCH:
       H.J. Res. 57. Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget 
     amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOKE:
       H.J. Res. 58. Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget 
     amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. POSHARD:
       H.J. Res. 59. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution authorizing the President to disapprove or 
     reduce an item of appropriations; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       H.J. Res. 60. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to a Federal 
     balanced budget; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H. Res. 39. Resolution requiring the House of 
     Representatives to take any legislation action necessary to 
     verify the ratification of the equal rights amendment as a 
     part of the Constitution, when the legislatures of an 
     additional three States ratify the equal rights amendment; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRYANT of Texas (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Fazio  of California, Mr. Obey, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. 
             Miller of California, Mr. Peterson of Florida, Mr. 
             Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Minge, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Kanjorski, and Mr. Schumer):
       H. Res. 40. Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives concerning the receipt of gifts from 
     lobbyists and other persons and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.

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