[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3720]
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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. HINCHEY (for himself and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 1861. A bill to amend the Forest and Range land 
     Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the Federal Land 
     Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Wildlife 
     Refuse System Administration Act of 1966, the National Indian 
     Forest Resources Management Act, and title 10, United States 
     Code, to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and 
     to place restraints upon clearcutting and certain other 
     cutting practices on the forests of the United States; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees 
     on Resources, and 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.
           By Ms. MOLINARI:
       H.R. 1862. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide death benefits to retired 
     public safety officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
             Cooksey, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Talent, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Collins, Mr. Knollenberg, 
             Mr. Boehner, and Mr. Snowbarger):
       H.R. 1863. A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection 
     Agency from establishing a new standard for ozone or 
     particulate matter under the Clean Air Act before existing 
     ozone and particulate matter standards have been attained; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bass, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
             Castle, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Dellums, Mr. 
             Doyle, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
             Fawell, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Frelinghuysen, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hobson, 
             Mr. Holden, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Klug, 
             Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. McIntosh, 
             Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Markey, Mr. Martinez, 
             Mr. McHale, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Packard, Mr. Porter, Mr. Portman, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Rothman, 
             Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Royce, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Mr. Skaggs, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Souder, Mr. Stark, Mr. Torres, Mr. Visclosky, and 
             Mr. Wamp):
       H.R. 1864. A bill to provide for a gradual reduction in the 
     loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 
     and subsequent crops, and to make nonrecourse loans available 
     for peanut producers; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. SKAGGS (for himsef and Mr. McInnis):
       H.R. 1865. A bill to designate certain lands in the San 
     Isabel National Forest, in Colorado, as the Spanish Peaks 
     Wilderness; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself and Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts):
       H.R. 1866. A bill to continue favorable treatment for need-
     based educational aid under the antitrust laws; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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