[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 174 (Monday, November 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11782]
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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 Mrs. SCHROEDER (for herself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Evans, Mr. LaFalce, 
             Mr. Lipinski, and Miss Collins of Michigan):
       H.R. 2585. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the excise taxes on smokeless tobacco to an 
     amount equivalent to the tax on cigarettes and to use the 
     resulting revenues to fund a trust fund for programs to 
     reduce the use of smokeless tobacco; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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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