[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 111 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H8556-H8557]
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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. GANSKE:
       H.R. 3895. A bill to authorize amounts required to be paid 
     by the United States pursuant to a judgment or a settlement 
     in favor of an individual to be used to pay child support and 
     alimony obligations of the individual; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana:
       H.R. 3896. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     require the use of dogs or other appropriate animals at major 
     airports for the purpose of detecting plastic explosives and 
     other devices which may be used in airport piracy and which 
     cannot be detected by metal detectors; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. LAZIO of New York (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
             Bereuter, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
             Weller, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Bono, Mr. Ney, Mr. Ehrlich, 
             Mr. Cremeans, Mr. Fox, Mr. Heineman, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, 
             and Mr. Flanagan):
       H.R. 3897. A bill to provide permanent authority for the 
     insurance of home equity conversion mortgages and promote 
     consumer education in connection with such mortgages, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. Porter, and Mr. 
             Canady):
       H.R. 3898. A bill to declare English as the official 
     language of the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 3899. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide that the waiting period for disability 
     benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a disabled 
     individual suffering from a terminal illness; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COMBEST (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. de la 
             Garza, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Allard, Mr. Barrett of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Lucas, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Edwards, and Mr. 
             Tejeda):
       H.R. 3900. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act to provide greater planting flexibility, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Solomon, 
             Mr. Stump, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. Walker, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Hoke, Mr. 
             Buyer, Mr. Moran, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. Christensen, 
             Mr. Cox, Mr. Hunter, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Brewster, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Kim, Mr. 
             English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. 
             Ewing, Mr. Horn, Mr.

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             Bonilla, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Lightfoot, 
             Mr. Roemer, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Gilchrest, 
             Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Ramstad, Mrs. Seastrand, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, and Mr. Torricelli):
       H.R. 3901. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     create criminal penalties for theft and malicious vandalism 
     at national cemeteries; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Stupak, 
             and Mrs. Lincoln):
       H.R. 3902. A bill to amend the Omnibus Consolidated 
     Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 to extend the date 
     specified for the transfer of certain amounts to be available 
     for drinking water State revolving funds from August 1, 1996, 
     to September 30, 1996; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. DOOLITTLE:
       H.R. 3903. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to sell the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
             Leach, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Nadler, and Ms. DeLauro):
       H.R. 3904. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide additional support for and to expand clinical 
     research programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
           By Mr. SOLOMON (for himself, Ms. Dunn of Washington, 
             Ms. Molinari, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. Gallegly, 
             Mr. Oxley, Mr. Tate, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Baker of 
             Louisiana, Mr. Franks of Connecticut, Mrs. Seastrand, 
             Mr. Bilbray, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Pryce, Mr. Ackerman, and 
             Mrs. Fowler):
       H.R. 3905. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     provide an enhanced penalty for distributing a controlled 
     substance with the intent to facilitate a rape or sexual 
     battery, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, 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.
           By Mr. BAKER of California (for himself and Ms. 
             Lofgren):
       H.R. 3906. A bill to encourage the development and use of 
     new and innovative environmental monitoring technology by 
     accelerating the move toward performance-based monitoring 
     methods, establishing target dates for implementing a new 
     regulatory approach across all environmental programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Science, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Commerce, and 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. VOLKMER:
       H.J. Res. 187. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to 
     expenditures to affect congressional, Presidential, State, 
     and local elections; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. Rush, Mr. Jackson, 
             Mr. Flanagan, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Crane, Mr. Yates, Mr. 
             Porter, Mr. Weller, Mr. Costello, Mr. Fawell, Mr. 
             Hastert, Mr. Ewing, Mr. LaHood, and Mr. Durbin):
       H. Con. Res. 201. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress with respect to the implementation by 
     the Secretary of Transportation of exceptions to the train 
     whistle requirement of section 20153 of title 49, United 
     States Code; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut:
       H. Con. Res. 202. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that U.S. companies should acquire 
     technology that was developed by U.S. companies from those 
     companies instead of from their overseas competitors; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.

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