[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H1506-H1507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       2137. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Secretary's 
     certification that the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of 
     Kazakstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine are committed 
     to the courses of action described in section 1203(d) of the 
     Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII of Public 
     Law 103-160), section 1412(d) of the Former Soviet Union 
     Demilitarization Act of 1992 (title XIV of Public Law 102-
     484), and section 502 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 
     102-511); to the Committee on International Relations.
       2138. A letter from the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget, transmitting a report entitled ``Statistical Programs 
     of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 1996,'' pursuant 
     to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(2); to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
       2139. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting 
     the annual report under the Federal Managers' Financial 
     Integrity Act for 1995, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3512(c)(3); to 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
       2140. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, 
     transmitting the Secretary's management report on management 
     decisions and final actions on Office of Inspector General 
     audit recommendations, for the period ending September 30, 
     1995, pursuant to Public Law 101-576, section 306(a) (104 
     Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
       2141. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting 
     the Department's reports entitled ``Fisheries of the United 
     States'' and ``Our Living Oceans,'' pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 
     742d; to the Committee on Resources.
       2142. A letter from the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, 
     Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's 
     December 1995 issue of the ``Treasury Bulletin,'' pursuant to 
     26 U.S.C. 9602; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

  Pursuant to clause 5 of rule X the following action was taken by the 
Speaker:

       H.R. 497. The Committee on Resources discharged from 
     further consideration. Referred to the Committee of the Whole 
     House on the State of the Union.
     
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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. FIELDS of Texas (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. 
             Oxley, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Schaefer, Mr. Barton of 
             Texas, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Gillmor, and Mr. Frisa):
       H.R. 2979. A bill to ensure the financial self-sufficiency 
     of public broadcasting, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 2980. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to stalking; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAKER of Louisiana:
       H.R. 2981. A bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 
     1956 to provide investment opportunities for small bank 
     holding companies; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. BEVILL:
       H.R. 2982. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey the Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery to the State 
     of Alabama; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FOX:
       H.R. 2983. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restore the 10-percent investment credit; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FOX (for himself, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Dornan, and 
             Mr. Zimmer):
       H.R. 2984. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the research credit, to allow an alternative 
     incremental research credit, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FOX (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, 
             Ms. Molinari, Mr. Dornan, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
             Mr. Stockman, Mr. Pomeroy, and Mrs. Kelly):
       H.R. 2985. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow employers a credit for a portion of the 
     expenses of providing dependent care services to employees, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. LEACH (for himself, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Bachus, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Royce, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Heineman, and Mr. Watts of Oklahoma):
       H.R. 2986. A bill to establish a criminal penalty for the 
     production, sale, transportation, or possession of fictitious 
     financial instruments purporting to be instruments issued by 
     a public or private entity, to require forfeiture of 
     counterfeit access devices, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. MANTON:
       H.R. 2987. A bill to declare a portion of Queens County, 
     NY, to be nonnavigable waters of the United States; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. McKEON:
       H.R. 2988. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide 
     that traffic signal synchronization projects are exempt from 
     certain requirements of Environmental Protection Agency 
     rules; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. 
             Skeen):
       H.R. 2989. A bill to redesignate the Jemez Canyon Dam as 
     the ``Tamaya Dam''; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SMITH of Michigan:
       H.R. 2990. A bill to require congressional approval of 
     proposed rules considered by the Congress to be significant 
     rules; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
           By Mr. QUILLEN:
       H.J. Res. 161. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to secure the people's 
     right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of 
     conscience; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FAZIO of California:
       H. Res. 367. Resolution designating minority membership on 
     certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.

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