[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H668-H669]
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. GILMAN (for himself and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 836. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     deem certain service in the organized military forces of the 
     Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the 
     Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of 
     benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BACHUS:
       H.R. 837. A bill to improve the administration of the Fair 
     Debt Collection Practices Act; to the Committee on Banking 
     and Financial Services.
           By Mrs. CHENOWETH (for herself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. 
             Smith of Oregon):
       H.R. 838. A bill to require adoption of a management plan 
     for the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area that allows 
     appropriate use of motorized and nonmotorized river craft in 
     the recreation area, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Evans, 
             Mrs. Meek of Florida, and Ms. Waters):
       H.R. 839. A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development to administer a program of construction and 
     revitalization of public housing, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Calvert, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Mascara, and Mr. Fattah):
       H.R. 840. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in 
     applying $10,000,000 limit on such issues, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Royce, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Gejdenson, and Mr. 
             Waxman):
       H.R. 841. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     relating to the unemployment tax for individuals employed in 
     the entertainment industry; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. 
             Holden):
       H.R. 842. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exempt small issues from the restrictions on the deduction 
     by financial institutions for interest; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FORD (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Thompson, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Jackson, 
             Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. 
             Clyburn, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Stark, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, and Ms. Kilpatrick):
       H.R. 843. A bill to prohibit the location of solid and 
     hazardous waste facilities near residential, day care, 
     church, and school properties; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 844. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the disposition of a

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     firearm to, and the possession of a firearm by, nonpermanent 
     resident aliens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut:
       H.R. 845. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide a minimum mandatory penalty for conveying false bomb 
     threats through instrumentalities of interstate and foreign 
     commerce; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       H.R. 846. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to require gain recognition in the case of certain 
     transactions that are equivalent to sales of financial 
     instruments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 847. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a program of providing information and education to 
     the public on the prevention and treatment of eating 
     disorders; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. McHUGH:
       H.R. 848. A bill to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of the AuSable 
     Hydroelectric Project in New York, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. PACKARD (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr. 
             Traficant):
       H.R. 849. A bill to prohibit an alien who is not lawfully 
     present in the United States from receiving assistance under 
     the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
     Acquisition Policies Act of 1970; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself and Mr. Gilman):
       H.R. 850. A bill to amend certain provisions of law 
     concerning communications between Government agencies and the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. Torres, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, and Mr. Baldacci):
       H.R. 851. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993 to allow leave to address domestic violence and its 
     effects, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the 
     Workforce, Government Reform and Oversight, and 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. TALENT:
       H.R. 852. A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United 
     States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
     to minimize the burden of Federal paperwork demands upon 
     small businesses, educational and nonprofit institutions, 
     Federal contractors, State and local governments, and other 
     persons through the sponsorship and use of alternative 
     information technologies; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight, 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. TRAFICANT:
       H.R. 853. A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the 
     United States to study the effect that a tax system comprised 
     of a 10 percent Federal consumption tax and a 10 percent flat 
     Federal income tax would have on the Federal Government and 
     the U.S. economy; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 854. A bill to discourage domestic corporations from 
     establishing foreign manufacturing subsidiaries in order to 
     avoid Federal taxes by including in gross income of U.S. 
     shareholders in foreign corporations the retained earnings of 
     any such subsidiary which are attributable to manufacturing 
     operations in runaway plants or tax havens; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 855. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide administrative support and information to States 
     for the establishment and operation of prepaid tuition 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
             McIntosh, Mr. Souder, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. 
             Kelly, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Frost, and Mrs. Kennelly of 
             Connecticut):
       H. Res. 56. Joint resolution celebrating the end of slavery 
     in the United States; to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H. Res. 77. Resolution providing amounts for the expenses 
     of the Committee on Science in the 105th Congress; to the 
     Committee on House Oversight.
           By Mr. PAPPAS:
       H. Res. 78. Resolution designating majority membership on 
     certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana:
       H. Res. 79. Resolution amending the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives to discourage frivolous ethics complaints; to 
     the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. KASICH:
       H. Res. 80. Resolution providing amounts for the expenses 
     of the Committee on the Budget in the 105th Congress; to the 
     Committee on House Oversight.

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