[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2349-H2350]
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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. BONO (for himself and Mr. Goode):
       H.R. 1542. A bill to provide certain immunities from civil 
     liability for trade and professional associations; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DELLUMS:
       H.R. 1543. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to permit certain nonimmigrant aliens to study in 
     publicly funded

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     adult education programs if the alien provides reimbursement 
     for such study; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GEKAS (for himself and Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts):
       H.R. 1544. A bill to prevent Federal agencies from pursuing 
     policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence in, and 
     relitigation of, precedents established in the Federal 
     judicial circuits; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ:
       H.R. 1545. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
     Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the numerical 
     limitations relating to cancellations of removal and 
     suspensions of deportation; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HAMILTON (for himself and Mr. Combest):
       H.R. 1546. A bill to provide for a system to classify 
     information in the interests of national security and a 
     system to declassify such information; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Mr. HEFLEY:
       H.R. 1547. A bill to provide for notification regarding 
     crimes committed by diplomats; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. PORTER:
       H.R. 1548. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the 
     duty on Diiodomethyl-p-tolylsulfone; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD (for himself, Mr. Kleczka, Mrs. Emerson, 
             Mr. Campbell, Mr. Castle, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gilchrest, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Klug, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. 
             Wolf):
       H.R. 1549. A bill to establish a commission to be known as 
     the Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. SCARBOROUGH (for himself, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. 
             Traficant, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
             Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Souder, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, and Mr. Ney):
       H.R. 1550. A bill to provide for the withdrawal of most-
     favored-nation status from Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Syria, and 
     to provide for the restoration of such status with respect to 
     Syria if the President determines that Syria is participating 
     in the Middle East peace process in good faith; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 1551. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     ensure that local officials are permitted to participate in 
     the selection of certain surface transportation program 
     projects undertaken in areas of less than 50,000 population, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HEFLEY:
       H.J. Res. 77. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to provide that Federal 
     judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 10 years; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARCIA of Michigan (for himself, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Baker, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Brown of 
             California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Burr of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Camp, Mr. Coble, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Davis of Virginia, 
             Mr. Dingell, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Edwards, 
             Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Evans, Mr. Fazio of California, Mrs. 
             Fowler, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Hayworth, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Istook, Mrs. 
             Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kleczka, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lipinski, 
             Mr. Luther, Mr. McHale, Mr. Mica, Ms. Molinari, Mr. 
             Pastor, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Adam Smith 
             of Washington, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Stupak, Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Tauscher, Mrs. Thurman, 
             Mr. Upton, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Weldon of Florida, and Mr. 
             Weller):
       H. Con. Res 75. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that States should work more aggressively to 
     attack the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat 
     offenders and criminals serving abbreviated sentences; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Frost, 
             and Mrs. Clayton):
       H. Con. Res. 76. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that any capital gains exclusion on the 
     transfer of a primary residence enacted by the 105th Congress 
     should take effect on January 1, 1997; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.

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