[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H7657-H7658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      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. ROGERS:
       H.R. 3814. A bill making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Commerce, Justice, and State, the judiciary, and related 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and 
     for other purposes.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H.R. 3815. A bill to make technical corrections and 
     miscellaneous amendments to trade laws; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MYERS of Indiana:
       H.R. 3816. A bill making appropriations for energy and 
     water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1997, and for other purposes.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Christensen, and Mr. Ensign):
       H.R. 3817. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HAMILTON (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, 
             Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Gordon, Mr. McIntosh, and Mr. 
             Ward):
       H.R. 3818. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude 
     beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from 
     the definition of volatile organic compounds; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. HANSEN (for himself, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Torkildsen, 
             Mr. Saxton, Mr. Goss, Mr. Kasich, Mr. DeFazio, and 
             Mr. Richardson):
       H.R. 3819. A bill to amend the act establishing the 
     National Park Foundation; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, 
             Mr. DeLay, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Fawell, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Ehlers, Ms. Greene of Utah, 
             Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Fox, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
             Walker, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Livingston, Mr. 
             Weldon of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Coble):
       H.R. 3820. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to reform the financing of Federal election 
     campaigns, and

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     for other purposes; to the Committee on House Oversight, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Economic and Educational 
     Opportunities, 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. HANSEN:
       H.R. 3821. A bill to restrict the advertising and promotion 
     of tobacco products; to the Committee on Commerce, 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. LAUGHLIN:
       H.R. 3822. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to transfer the Palmetto Bend Project; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       H.R. 3823. A bill to provide for the liquidation or 
     reliquidation of certain entries; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. LONGLEY:
       H.R. 3824. A bill to provide for the refunding of expenses 
     incurred by innocent persons in the State of Maine required 
     to comply with automobile inspection and maintenance 
     requirements negligently imposed by the Environmental 
     Protection Agency; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI:
       H.R. 3825. A bill to establish Federal, State, and local 
     programs for the investigation, reporting, and prevention of 
     bias crimes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 3826. A bill to amend the Community Reinvestment Act 
     to require the reporting of actual performance data in order 
     to verify the availability of credit on a nondiscriminatory 
     basis; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       H.R. 3827. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to provide for the establishment of a women in 
     enterprise development program to support the economic 
     empowerment of women in developing countries; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Miller of 
             California, and Mr. Richardson):
       H.R. 3828. A bill to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 
     1978, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ARMEY:
       H.J. Res. 184. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to further protect 
     religious freedom, including the right of students in public 
     schools to pray without Government sponsorship or compulsion, 
     by clarifying the proper construction of any prohibition on 
     laws respecting an establishment of religion; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WHITE (for himself, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Bass, Mr. 
             Brownback, and Mr. Frisa):
       H. Res. 478. Resolution to amend the rules of the House of 
     Representatives to provide public access to committee 
     documents over the Internet, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     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 Mr. BASS (for himself, Mr. Dreier, Mr. White, Mr. 
             Brownback, and Mr. Allard):
       H. Res. 480. Resolution amending the rules of the House of 
     Representatives to implement the recommendations of the task 
     force on committee review regarding committee operations, 
     procedures, and staffing, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     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.

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