[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 30 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H1985-H1986]
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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. CALVERT:
       H.R. 3041. A bill to supplement the Small Reclamation 
     Projects Act of 1956 and to supplement the Federal 
     Reclamation Laws by providing for Federal cooperation in 
     nonfederal projects and for participation by nonfederal 
     agencies in Federal projects; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana:
       H.R. 3042. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow individuals an exclusion from gross income for 
     certain amounts of unearned income; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 3043. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to promote the continuity and portability of health 
     insurance coverage by restricting discrimination based on 
     health status, limiting use of preexisting condition 
     exclusions, and making COBRA continuation coverage more 
     affordable; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GOSS:
       H.R. 3044. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     provide disaster assistance loans for small businesses that 
     operate within a unit of the National Park System or the 
     National Wildlife Refuge System, and have suffered 
     substantial economic injury as a result of a partial shutdown 
     of the Federal Government during the period beginning 
     December 15, 1995, and ending January 5, 1996; to the 
     Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself and Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii):
       H.R. 3045. A bill to amend chapter 3 of title 28, United 
     States Code, to provide for the appointment in each Federal 
     judicial circuit court of appeals, of at least one resident 
     of each State in such circuit, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAKER of Louisiana:
       H.R. 3046. A bill to provide for one additional Federal 
     judge for the middle district of Louisiana; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mrs. Vucanovich):
       H.R. 3047. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit individual retirement accounts and certain 
     individually directed accounts to acquire gold, silver, 
     platinum, or palladium bullion without treating the 
     acquisition as a distribution; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. EWING:
       H.R. 3048. A bill to authorize small entities to seek 
     judicial review of agency certifications of the economic 
     impacts of rules on small entities, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Small Business, 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. GOODLING (for himself and Mr. Kildee):
       H.R. 3049. A bill to amend section 1505 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide for the continunity of the 
     Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and 
     Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; to the Committee 
     on Economic and Educational Opportunities.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, and Mr. Allard):
       H.R. 3050. A bill to prohibit imports into the United 
     States of meat products from the European Union until certain 
     unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. 
             Kasich, and Mr. Markey):
       H.R. 3051. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     further restrict certain activities relating to biological 
     weapons, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. KENNELLY:
       H.R. 3052. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide annual screening mammography and 
     waive deductibles and coinsurance for screening mammography 
     under the Medicare Program; to the Committee on Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. MARKEY:
       H.R. 3053. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 for a voluntary system of spending limits and 
     benefits for congressional election campaigns, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on House Oversight, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Commerce, the Judiciary, Ways 
     and Means, and Government Reform and Oversight, 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. MYRICK:
       H.R. 3054. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to permit State and local government workers to perform 
     volunteer services for their employer or community 
     organization or purpose without requiring the employer to pay 
     them compensation; to the Committee on Economic and 
     Educational Opportunities.
           By Mr. NORWOOD (for himself, Mr. Goodling, and Mr. 
             Clay):
       H.R. 3055. A bill to amend section 326 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 to permit continued participation by 
     historically black graduate professional schools in the grant 
     program authorized by that section; to the Committee on 
     Economic and Educational Opportunities.
           By Mr. RIGGS
       H.R. 3056. A bill to permit a county-operated health 
     insuring organization to qualify as an organization exempt 
     from certain requirements otherwise applicable to health 
     insuring organizations under the Medicaid Program 
     notwithstanding that the organization enrolls Medicaid 
     beneficiaries residing in another county; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mrs. SCHROEDER (for herself, Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Stark, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. 
             Norton, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Wilson, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Torkildsen, Mr. Thompson, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Fazio of 
             California, Mr. Olver, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Berman, Mrs. 
             Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Farr, Mr. Skaggs, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
             Yates, Mr. Greenwood, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Coleman, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Bryant of Texas, Mr. Gejdenson, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. 
             Miller of California, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Watt of 
             North Carolina):
       H.R. 3057. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     eliminate the prohibitions on the transmission of abortion 
     related matters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Spence, Mr. 
             Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Boehner, Ms. 
             Molinari, Mrs. Vucanovich, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Solomon, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. 
             Andrews, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. 
             Barton of Texas, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Bono, Mr. Brewster, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown 
             of Ohio, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
             Chabot, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Clinger, 
             Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Condit, Mr. Diaz-Balart, 
             Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dornan, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Funderburk, Mr. 
             Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Goodling, Mr. 
             Goss, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hastert, Mr. 
             Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Sam Johnson, 
             Mr. Kingston, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. McInnis, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Metcalf, 
             Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Porter, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Royce, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Scarborough, 
             Mrs. Seastrand, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Souder, 
             Mr. Stearns, Mr. Talent, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. 
             Underwood, Mr. Walker, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. 
             Weller, and Mr. Zimmer):
       H. Con. Res. 148. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the United States is committed to 
     the military stability of the Taiwan Straits and United 
     States military forces should defend Taiwan in the event of 
     invasion, missile attack, or blockade by the People's 
     Republic of China; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Berman, 
             Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Boehlert, 
             Mr. Borski, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Canady, Mr. Coyne, 
             Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Dornan, 
             Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fox, Mr. 
             Franks of Connecticut, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Frisa, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Gunderson, 
             Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Hutchinson, Mrs. Kennelly, 
             Mr. King, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Klug, Mr. Lazio of New 
             York, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Longley, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McDade, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mr. Metcalf, Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Nethercutt, 
             Mr. Olver, Mr. Orton, Mr. Payne of Virginia, Ms. 
             Pryce, Mr. Ramstad, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
             Sanford, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Sawyer, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Souder, Mr. Tejeda, Mr. 
             Underwood, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Meek

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             of Florida, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Bunn of Oregon, Mr. 
             Kim, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Torkildsen, and Mr. 
             Torricelli):
       H. Con. Res. 149. Concurrent resolution condemning terror 
     attacks in Israel; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. CHRYSLER:
       H. Con. Res. 150. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for an event sponsored by the 
     Specialty Equipment Market Association; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Armey, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Frost, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Baker of California, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barr, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bateman, Mr. 
             Bereuter, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blute, Mr. 
             Bono, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Cox, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
             Dornan, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Everett, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             Franks of Connecticut, Mr. Frisa, Mr. Funderburk, Mr. 
             Gejdenson, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Hall of Texas, Ms. 
             Harman, Mr. Heineman, Mr. Holden, Mr. Hostettler, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
             Skelton, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Stockman, Mr. 
             Torricelli, Mrs. Vucanovich, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, 
             Mr. Weller, and Mr. Zimmer):
       H. Res. 374. Resolution condemning the visit of Louis 
     Farrakhan to Libya, Iran, and Iraq and urging the President 
     to take appropriate action to determine if such visits and 
     actions resulting from agreements or understandings reached 
     during these visits violate Federal law; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. 
             McDermott):
       H. Res. 377. Resolution providing amounts for further 
     expenses of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in 
     the second session of the 104th Congress; to the Committee on 
     House Oversight.

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