[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2444-H2445]
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. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Waxman, and 
             Mr. Stokes):
       H.R. 1553. A bill to amend the President John F. Kennedy 
     Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 to extend the 
     authorization of the Assassination Records Review Board until 
     September 30, 1998; 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. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Sandlin, 
             and Mr. Edwards):
       H.R. 1554. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that the commercial activities of an Indian 
     tribal organization shall be subject to the unrelated 
     business income tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FATTAH (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Jackson-
             Lee, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Rush, Mr. Clay, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
             Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Thompson, 
             Mr. Ford, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Carson, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Shays, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Evans, Mr. Borski, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
             Mascara, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Brown of 
             California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Christian-
             Green, Mr. Flake, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Allen, Mr. Towns, 
             Ms. Waters, Mr. Snyder, and Mr. Rangel):
       H.R. 1555. A bill to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to 
     authorize Federal Home Loan Banks to make guaranteed advances 
     for community development activities to units of general 
     local government and advances of future community development 
     block grant entitlement amounts, and to expand the community 
     participation requirements relating to community development 
     loan guarantees to include participation of major community 
     stakeholders, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. BOUCHER (for himself and Mr. Gilchrest):
       H.R. 1556. A bill to provide for protection of the flag of 
     the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ARCHER:
       H.R. 1557. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the dollar limitation on the exclusion under 
     section 911 of such Code to reflect inflation since the 
     current limitation was imposed; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. BAKER (for himself, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Tauzin, 
             Mr. McCrery, Mr. Cooksey, and Mr. John):
       H.R. 1558. A bill to authorize the relocation of the Gillis 
     W. Long Hansen's Disease Center, to provide for the transfer 
     to the State of Louisiana of the current site of such center, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Bono, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
             Hilleary, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Stump, Mr. Livingston, Mr. 
             DeLay, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. 
             Weldon of Florida, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mrs. 
             Chenoweth, Mr. Largent, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Jones, Mr. Snowbarger, Mr. 
             Dickey, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Coburn, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Herger, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
             McIntosh, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Scarborough, 
             Mr. McHale, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Collins, Mr. Crane, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Fox of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Shuster, Mr. 
             Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Metcalf, 
             Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Barcia of Michigan, Mr. 
             Gilchrest, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
             Barr of Georgia, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Bliley, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Coble, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Packard, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Bunning of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Hutchinson, 
             Mr. Bryant, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. 
             Calvert, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Brown of 
             California, Mr. Parker, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Shadegg, 
             Mr. Everett, Mrs. Emerson, and Mr. Istook):
       H.R. 1559. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require that recruit basic training in the Army, Navy, Air 
     Force, and Marine Corps be conducted separately for male and 
     female recruits; to the Committee on National Security.
           By Mr. BEREUTER:
       H.R. 1560. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the 
     Lewis & Clark Expedition, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN (for herself, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
             and Mr. Underwood):
       H.R. 1561. A bill to amend the National Highway System 
     Designation Act of 1995 and title 23, United States Code, to 
     allow the Virgin Islands and the other territories to 
     participate in the State infrastructure bank program and to 
     use surface transportation program funds for construction of 
     certain access and development roads; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CLAY (for himself and Mr. Kildee):
       H.R. 1562. A bill to provide assistance to States and local 
     communities to improve adult education and literacy, to help 
     achieve the national educational goals for all citizens, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. COSTELLO:
       H.R. 1563. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the nonrecognition of gain on long-term 
     real property which is involuntarily converted as the result 
     of the exercise of eminent domain, without regard to whether 
     the replacement property is similar or of like kind; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 1564. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children 
     under the Medicaid Program; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Watts 
             of Oklahoma, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
             Graham):
       H.R. 1565. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the amount of depreciable business assets 
     which may be expensed, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 1566. A bill to amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
     Solidarity [LIBERTAD] Act of 1996 relating to the exclusion 
     from the United States of certain aliens; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. HANSEN (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. 
             Dunn of Washington, Mr. Crapo, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Skeen, 
             Mr. Hill, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, 
             and Mrs. Chenoweth):
       H.R. 1567. A bill to provide for the designation of 
     additional wilderness lands in the eastern United States; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HOYER:
       H.R. 1568. A bill to establish the National Military Museum 
     Foundation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     National Security.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 1569. A bill to require the same distribution of child 
     support arrearages collected by Federal tax intercept as 
     collected directly by the States, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island (for himself and Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York):
       H.R. 1570. A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to 
     remove an exemption from

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     the prohibition on imports of certain firearms and 
     ammunition; to the Committee on International Relations, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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 Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. Shays, Ms. Molinari, 
             Ms. Waters, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Boehlert, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Gilchrest, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Filner, Mr. Horn, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Payne, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Christian-Green, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Stark, Mr. Thompson, and Ms. Brown of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 1571. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish programs of research with respect to women and 
     cases of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. Leach, Mrs. Johnson 
             of Connecticut, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Mr. Ford, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, 
             and Mr. Boehlert):
       H.R. 1572. A bill to provide for teacher technology 
     training; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Klug, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Clement, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Ackerman, Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Gejdenson, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 1573. A bill to provide equal leave benefits for 
     parents who adopt a child or provide foster care for a child; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SALMON (for himself, Mr. Mica, Mr. Ballenger, 
             Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Cannon, 
             Mr. Cooksey, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Duncan, 
             Mr. Ensign, Mr. Foley, Mr. Goss, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Hilleary, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Packard, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Scarborough, Mr. Bob Schaffer, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
             Shadegg, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stump, and Mr. 
             Walsh):
       H.R. 1574. A bill to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to permit Federal employees and annuitants to 
     elect to receive contributions into medical savings accounts 
     under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program [FEHBP]; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 1575. A bill to establish a limitation on the vessels 
     that may engage in harvesting Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic 
     herring within the exclusive economic zone; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. 
             Dellums, Mr. Filner, Mr. Matsui, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Berman, and 
             Mr. Torres):
       H.R. 1576. A bill to provide for the continuation of the 
     operations of the California Urban Environmental Research and 
     Education Center; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Armey, Mr. 
             DeLay, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Solomon, Mr. 
             Livingston, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Neumann, Mr. 
             Scarborough, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
             Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Herger, Mr. Klug, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Souder, Mr. Christensen, Mr. 
             Pappas, Mr. Largent, Mr. Latham, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
             McIntosh, Mr. Ryun, Mr. Goss, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
             LoBiondo, Mr. Snowbarger, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. Pitts, 
             Mr. Paul, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Hill, Mr. Pombo, Mr. 
             Parker, Mr. Petri, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Kelly, and Mr. Moran 
             of Kansas):
       H.R. 1577. A bill to abolish the Department of Energy; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
     on National Security, Science, Resources, Rules, 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. ISTOOK (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Armey, 
             Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baker, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barcia of 
             Michigan, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Barrett of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of 
             Texas, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
             Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Callahan, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Chambliss, 
             Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             Collins, Mr. Combest, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cook, Mr. 
             Crane, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
             Deal of Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
             Dickey, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
             Everett, Mr. Flake, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Goodling, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hansen, 
             Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
             Hilleary, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutchinson, 
             Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. 
             Jones, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Kim, Mr. Kingston, Mr. LaHood, 
             Mr. Largent, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Linder, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. 
             McCollum, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
             McIntosh, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Mica, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
             Neumann, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Packard, Mr. Pappas, Mr. 
             Parker, Mr. Paul, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Peterson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pombo, 
             Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Riley, Mr. Rogers, 
     Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Bob 
     Schaffer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Smith of New 
     Jersey, Mrs. Linda Smith of Washington, Mr. Snowbarger, 
     Mr. Solomon, and Mr. Spence):
       H.J. Res. 78. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States restoring religious 
     freedom; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H. Con. Res. 77. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that Federal civilian and military retirement 
     cost-of-living adjustments should not be delayed; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition 
     to the Committee on National Security, 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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