[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 65 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2873-H2874]
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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. CHRISTENSEN (for himself, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Archer, 
             Mr. Armey, Mr. Baesler, Mr. Baker, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. 
             Barcia of Michigan, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. 
             Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
             Bass, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. 
             Bereuter, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
             Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
             Bonilla, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Brady, Ms. Brown of 
             Florida, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             Mr. Bryant, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Burr of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Buyer, Mr. 
             Callahan, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, Mr. Canady of 
             Florida, Mr. Cannon, Ms. Carson, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. 
             Clay, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clement, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
             Coble, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Cook, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Danner, 
             Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Deal of Georgia, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             DeLay, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Dickey, Mr. 
             Dicks, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Dunn of 
             Washington, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Ehrlich, Mrs. Emerson, 
             Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
     Everett, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, 
     Mr. Flake, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Ford, 
     Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Frank of 
     Massachusetts, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. 
     Frelinghuysen, Mr. Frost, Ms. Furse, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
     Ganske, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 
     Gilchrest, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. 
     Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, 
     Mr. Green, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hall of Ohio, 
     Mr. Hansen, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
     Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. 
     Herger, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, 
     Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Holden, Ms. 
     Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Horn, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Houghton, 
     Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
     Istook, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. 
     John, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of 
     Wisconsin, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Sam Johnson, 
     Mr. Jones, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kasich, Mrs. 
     Kelly, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
     Island, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Kildee, Ms. 
     Kilpatrick, Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, Mr. King of New York, 
     Mr. Kingston, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Klink, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
     Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
     Largent, Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lazio of New 
     York, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
     Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Linder, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
     Livingston, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lucas of 
     Oklahoma, Mr. Manton, Mr. Markey, Mr. Mascara, Ms. 
     McCarthy of Missouri, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
     McCollum, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McDade, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
     McGovern, Mr. McHale, Mr. McInnis, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. 
     McKeon, Ms. McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
     Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Mica, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Miller 
     of Florida, Mr. Moakley, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. 
     Moran of Virginia, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
     Murtha, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
     Nethercutt, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Ney, Mrs. Northup, Ms. 
     Norton, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Owens, Mr. Oxley, 
     Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Parker, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
     Pastor, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peterson of 
     Minnesota, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
     Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Porter, 
     Mr. Portman, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Radanovich, 
     Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Regula, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Riggs, 
     Mr. Riley, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Rogers, Mr. 
     Rohrabacher, Mr. Rothman, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
     Sabo, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Sawyer, 
     Mr. Saxton, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Bob Schaffer, Mr. Schiff, 
     Mr. Scott, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sessions,

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     Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Shays, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
     Shuster, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Adam Smith of 
     Washington, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
     Mrs. Linda Smith of Washington, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. 
     Snyder, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Souder, Mr. Spence, Ms. Stabenow, 
     Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Stump, Mr. 
     Stupak, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Tauzin, 
     Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
     Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. 
     Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
     Underwood, Mr. Upton, Mr. Vento, Mr. Wamp, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
     Watkins, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Watts of 
     Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Weldon of 
     Florida, Mr. Weller, Mr. White, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, 
     Mr. Wise, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Young of 
     Florida, and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 1650. A bill to authorize the President to award a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Mother Teresa of 
     Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding and enduring 
     contributions through humanitarian and charitable activities, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. WELLER:
       H.R. 1651. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require gain recognition in the case of certain 
     transactions that are equivalent to sales of financial 
     instruments; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 1652. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify the exemption from the self-employment tax 
     for termination payments received by former life insurance 
     salesmen; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. Klug, and Mr. Dooley 
             of California):
       H.R. 1653. A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and 
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to create uniform 
     standards with respect to federally-regulated securities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McDade, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
             Walsh, Mr. Towns, Mr. Upton, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hunter, 
             Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Martinez, and Mr. Porter):
       H.R. 1654. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order 
     to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, 
     and practices that deny national treatment to U.S. 
     investment; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Fox of 
             Pennsylvania, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. King of 
             New York, and Mr. Frank of Massachusetts):
       H.R. 1655. A bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 
     1956 to provide additional relief for limited purpose banks 
     from certain outdated restrictions imposed by the Competitive 
     Equality Banking Act of 1987 which by the express terms of 
     such act were intended to be temporary and have now been in 
     place for 10 years, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, and Mr. Fawell):
       H.R. 1656. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide small business employees with a simple, 
     secure, and fully portable defined benefit plan; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce, 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. LaHOOD (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Blagojevich, 
             Mr. Poshard, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Costello, Mr. Jackson, 
             Mr. Evans, and Mr.  Yates):
       H.R. 1657. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, 
     relating to the Interstate 4-R Discretionary Program; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 1658. A bill to reauthorize and amend the Atlantic 
     Striped Bass Conservation Act and related laws; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington (for herself, Mr. 
             Dicks, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, and Mr. Metcalf):
       H.R. 1659. A bill to provide for the expeditious completion 
     of the acquisition of private mineral interests within the 
     Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument mandated by the 
     1982 act that established the monument, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Jackson, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Rush, Mr. Poshard, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Brown of California):
       H. Con. Res. 83. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that the National Basketball Association and the 
     Players Association should extend pension benefits to certain 
     surviving post-World War II, pre-1965 professional basketball 
     players; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       87. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House 
     Resolution No. 25 memorializing the Congress of the United 
     States to make changes in the Ready Reserve Mobilization 
     Income Insurance Program; to the Committee on National 
     Security.
       88. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Georgia, 
     relative to Senate Resolution 278 urging the United States 
     Environmental Protection Agency to reaffirm the existing air 
     quality standards for ozone and particulate matter; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       89. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 17 
     memorializing the President and the Congress of the United 
     States to work for the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization to include the Republic of Poland; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       90. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Oregon, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 urging the 
     Congress of the United States to amend section 143(l)(4)(a) 
     and (b) of the Internal Revenue Code to allow veterans who 
     entered the Armed Forces of the United States after December 
     31, 1976, to become eligible for Oregon home loans for 
     veterans; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       91. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Michigan, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 14 
     memorializing the United States Congress to return to the 
     states the revenue collected under the gasoline tax increase 
     of 1993; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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