[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 29 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H812]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4 of the rule XXII, public bills 
and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, and 
             Mr. Stenholm):
       H.R. 1000. A bill to require States to establish a system 
     to prevent prisoners from being considered part of any 
     household for purposes of determining eligibility of the 
     household for food stamp benefits and the amount of food 
     stamp benefits to be provided to the household under the Food 
     Stamp Act of 1997; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 1001. A bill to extend the term of appointment of 
     certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment 
     Commission and the Physician Payment Review Commission; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Greenwood, Ms. Molinari, Ms. Dunn of 
             Washington, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Mr. Stearns, Ms. Furse, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Kildee, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Yates, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mr. Evans, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Ms. Rivers, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Manton, and Mr. 
             Faleomavaega):
       H.R. 1002. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to standardize coverage of bone mass 
     measurements under part B of 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. MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, 
             Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Meek of 
             Florida, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Stark, Mr. Owens, Mr. Porter, and 
             Mr. Ehlers):
       H. Res. 87. Resolution expressing the sense of the House of 
     Representatives that the United States and the United Nations 
     should condemn coral reef fisheries that are harmful to coral 
     reef ecosystems and promote the development of sustainable 
     coral reef fishing worldwide; to the Committee on Resources, 
     and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 
     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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