[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2253-H2254]
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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. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Stump, Mr. Bono, Mr. Royce, Mr. Brown of California, 
             Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. Mica, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. 
             Miller of Florida, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Solomon, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Holden, Mr. Green, 
             Mr. Norwood, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
             Saxton, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. 
             Gutknecht, Mr. Manton, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, 
             Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Everett, Mr. Frost, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Cooksey, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Gekas, Mr. Armey, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Skelton, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Regula, Mr. Vento, 
             Mr. Dicks, Mr. Foley, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Kaptur, 
             Mr. Thomas, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Roemer and Mr. Smith of 
             Michigan):
       H.R. 1532. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     create criminal penalties for theft and willful vandalism at 
     national cemeteries; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1533. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, 
     relating to environmental improvements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY:
       H.R. 1534. A bill to simplify and expedite access to the 
     Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and 
     privileges, secured by the U.S. Constitution, have been 
     deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other 
     government officials or entities acting under color of State 
     law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from 
     exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law 
     claim is alleged; to permit certification of unsettled State 
     law questions that are essential to resolving Federal claims 
     arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when 
     government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain 
     Federal claims arising under the Constitution; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GIBBONS:
       H.R. 1535. A bill to amend the Public Law 99-548 to expand 
     the right of the city of Mesquite, NV, to purchase certain 
     public lands in the vicinity of the city; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself and Mr. Goode):
       H.R. 1536. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     reduce the size of grand juries; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MEEK of Florida:
       H.R. 1537. A bill to amend subchapter III of chapter 13 of 
     title 31, United States Code, popularly known as the Anti-
     Deficiency Act, to allow the United States to enter into 
     contracts or obligations during a lapse in appropriations if 
     the President determines that a sufficient appropriation is 
     likely to be made for that purpose before the end of the 
     fiscal year, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1538. A bill to direct certain Federal law enforcement 
     agencies to enter into cooperative agreements with the 
     Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia to 
     assist the department in crime prevention and law enforcement 
     activities in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight, 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. NORWOOD (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Deal of Georgia, Mr. Klink, Mr. Hastert,

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             Mr. Boucher, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Gordon, 
             Mr. Cramer, Ms. Carson, Mr. Clement, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Murtha, Mr. Riley, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Kucinich, and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 1539. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to require the Federal Communications Commission to preserve 
     low-power television stations that provide community 
     broadcasting, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota:
       H.R. 1540. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a presumption of service connection for certain 
     specified diseases and disabilities in the case of veterans 
     who were exposed during military service to carbon 
     tetrachloride; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Horn):
       H.R. 1541. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to require that communications advocating the 
     election or defeat of a candidate for election for Federal 
     office contain specific information regarding the sponsor of 
     the communication and whether or not the communication is 
     authorized by the candidate involved; to the Committee on 
     House Oversight.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Bunning of Kentucky, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ackerman, 
             Mr. Engel, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Borski, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Foley, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
             Ehrlich, Mr. King of New York, and Mr. Manton):
       H. Con. Res. 73. Concurrent resolution concerning the death 
     of Chaim Herzog; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H. Con. Res. 74. Concurrent resolution concerning the 
     situation between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 
     and the Republic of Korea; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BEREUTER:
       H. Res. 144. Resolution to express support for the 
     bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition; to the 
     Committee on Resources.

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