[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 55 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2154-H2156]
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 Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself and Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia):

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       H.R. 1508. A bill to reform the multifamily rental assisted 
     housing programs of the Federal Government and maintain the 
     affordability and availability of low-income housing, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services, 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. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Crane, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Houghton, Mr. 
             Herger, Mr. Portman, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. 
             Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Jefferson, and Mr. Becerra):
       H.R. 1509. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to include liability to pay compensation under workmen's 
     compensation acts within the rules relating to certain 
     personal liability assignments; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Spence, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Ford, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Ms. Christian-Green, Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York, Mr. LaFalce, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Clement, Mr. Collins, Mr. Castle, Mr. Brady, Mr. 
             Sessions, Ms. Granger, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. Bonilla, 
             Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Archer):
       H.R. 1510. A bill to exempt agreements relating to 
     voluntary guidelines governing telecast material from the 
     applicability of the antitrust laws; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. McKEON (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Klug, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Luther, Mr. 
             Norwood, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Gordon, Mr. Petri, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. 
             Underwood, Mr. Upton, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. 
             Bonilla, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Shays, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Horn, Mr. Frost, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Clement, Mr. DeLay, and Mr. 
             Boehner):
       H.R. 1511. A bill to establish a National Commission on the 
     Cost of Higher Education; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 1512. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide incentives for public-private educational 
     partnerships for public educational institutions serving 
     disadvantaged students and to provide tax relief to families 
     who are struggling to pay for college; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. 
             Poshard):
       H.R. 1513. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
     to designate the Lincoln National Historic Trail as a 
     component of the National Trails System; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BOUCHER:
       H.R. 1514. A bill to restore the exclusion of employees' 
     death benefits from gross income; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. FAWELL (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Hastert, 
             Mr. Armey, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Traficant, Mr. McHale, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Costello, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Condit, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Stenholm, 
             Mr. Boswell, Mr. Rush, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Petri, Mrs. 
             Roukema, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
             Sam Johnson, Mr. Talent, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. 
             Knollenberg, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Graham, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             McIntosh, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. 
             Scarborough, Mr. Baker, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Barton of Texas, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Bonilla, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Campbell, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Collins, Mr. 
             Cooksey, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Dickey, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mrs. 
             Emerson, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ewing, Mr. 
             Foley, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Goss, Mr. Herger, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
             Kim, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Leach, 
             Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Linder, Mr. McCollum, 
             Mr. McHugh, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. 
     Morella, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Ney, Mr. Packard, 
     Mr. Porter, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Regula, Mr. 
     Royce, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Dan Schaefer of Colorado, Mr. 
     Schiff, Mr. Shays, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mrs. 
     Linda Smith of Washington, Mr. Snowbarger, Mr. Solomon, 
     Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watkins, 
     Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
     Weldon of Florida, Mr. Weller, and Mr. Wicker):
       H.R. 1515. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide new 
     portability, participation, solvency, and other health 
     insurance protections and freedoms for workers in mobile work 
     force, to increase the purchasing power of employees and 
     employers by removing barriers to the voluntary formation of 
     association health plans, to increase health plan competition 
     providing more affordable choice of coverage, to expand 
     access to health insurance coverage for employees of small 
     employers through open market, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. CLAY (for himself, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, 
             Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Tierney, 
             Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Dingell, 
             Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Filner, Mr. Green, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Johnson 
             of Wisconsin, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Maloney of 
             New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
             Pastor, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Sawyer, and Mr. Towns):
       H.R. 1516. A bill to support local reading programs for 
     children so that all children are able to read well and 
     independently by the end of the third grade; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. COOKSEY:
       H.R. 1517. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the capital gains tax on individuals and to 
     index the basis of assets of individuals for purposes of 
     determining gains and losses; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. COSTELLO (for himself and Mr. Ewing):
       H.R. 1518. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit farmers to rollover into an individual 
     retirement account the proceeds from the sale of a farm; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Gejdenson, 
             Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Towns, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Fazio of 
             California, Mr. Herger, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
             Roemer, Mr. Stearns, Ms. Norton, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
             Mr. Clay, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. 
             Whitfield, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Torres, Mr. 
             Clement, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Frost, 
             Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Leach, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. McCollum, 
             Mr. Duncan, Mr. Petri, Mr. Bentsen, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 
             Shuster, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
             Porter, and Mr. Martinez:
       H.R. 1519. A bill to provide for the recognition and 
     designation of the official society to administer and 
     coordinate activities in the United States to commemorate and 
     celebrate the achievements of the second millennium and to 
     promote even greater achievements in the millennium to come 
     by endowing an international cross-cultural scholarship fund 
     to further the development and education of the world's 
     future leaders; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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 Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 1520. A bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to authorize the use of clinical social workers 
     to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional 
     and mental illnesses; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY:
       H.R. 1521. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
     concerning the treatment of certain aircraft as public 
     aircraft; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HEFLEY:
       H.R. 1522. A bill to extend the authorization for the 
     National Historic Preservation Fund, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA:
       H.R. 1523. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to exempt 
     subcontracts for dredging activities from local buy 
     requirements under the business development program 
     authorized by section 89(a) of that act; to the Committee on 
     Small Business.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. 
             Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Boucher, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Bunning of 
             Kentucky):
       H.R. 1524. A bill to establish a National Center for Rural 
     Law Enforcement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 1525. A bill to assure equitable treatment in health 
     care coverage of prescription

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     drugs; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, 
     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 Mr. QUINN (for himself, Mr. Barcia of Michigan, Mr. 
             Price of North Carolina, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Weller, Mr. Packard, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Davis of 
             Florida, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Klug, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
             Baesler, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Peterson 
             of Minnesota, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
             Graham, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Largent, 
             Mr. LaTourette, and Mr. Nussle):
       H.R. 1526. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to treat 
     as noncounteravailable certain activities relating to timber; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. UPTON (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Greenwood, 
             Mr. Towns, and Mr. Hall of Texas):
       H.R. 1527. A bill to amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
     with respect to the classification of and performance 
     standards for devices; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. HINCHEY:
       H.J. Res. 76. Joint resolution to direct the Secretary of 
     the Interior to design and construct a permanent addition to 
     the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. VENTO (for himself, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, and Ms. Lofgren):
       H. Con. Res. 70. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that State and local governments should be 
     encouraged, and have the right, to pass laws and ordinances 
     designed to preserve and protect the safety and well-being of 
     young people; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. Morella, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Filner, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Fazio of 
             California, and Mr. DeFazio):
       H. Con. Res. 71. Concurring resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that Federal retirement cost-of-living 
     adjustments should not be delayed, and that retirement 
     contributions on the part of Federal agencies and Federal and 
     postal employees should not be increased; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Ms. McKINNEY (for herself, Ms. Carson, Ms. 
             Christian-Green, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Owens, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Clay, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Towns, Mr. Flake, Mr. Wynn, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Bishop, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Sanders, and Mr. Cummings):
       H. Con. Res. 72. Concurrent resolution postponing the 
     relocation of the statue known as the Portrait Monument to 
     the rotunda of the Capitol; to the Committee on House 
     Oversight.
           By Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Goodling, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Istook, Mr. Ryan, Mr. 
             Hulshof, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Snowbarger, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Solomon, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. 
             Herger, and Mr. Hayworth):
       H. Res. 139. Resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Department of Education, States, 
     and local education agencies should spend a greater 
     percentage of Federal education tax dollars in our children's 
     classrooms; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H. Res. 140. Resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that ``Sugar'' Ray Robinson should be 
     recognized for his athletic achievements and commitment to 
     young people; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
           By Mr. YATES:
       H. Res. 141. Resolution waiving clause 2(b) of rule XXII to 
     permit introduction and consideration of a certain bill; to 
     the Committee on Rules.

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