[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 97 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5131-H5132]
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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. CRANE (for himself and Mr. Matsui):
       H.R. 2132. A bill to extend nondiscriminatory treatment--
     most-favored-nation treatment--to the products of the Lao 
     People's Democratic Republic, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 2133. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment--most-favored-nation treatment--
     to the products of Mongolia; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM:
       H.R. 2134. A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal 
     Procedure with respect to bail bond forfeitures; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Hansen, 
             Mr. Meehan, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Capps, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Dellums, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
             Mr. Luther, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Olver, Ms. 
             Pelosi, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 2135. A bill to make exports of tobacco products and 
     the advertising of tobacco products abroad subject to the 
     restrictions on labeling and advertising applicable to 
     tobacco products in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Ways and Means, 
     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. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Gibbons):
       H.R. 2136. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey, at fair market value, certain properties in Clark 
     County, NV, to persons who purchased adjacent properties in 
     good faith reliance on land surveys that were subsequently 
     determined to be inaccurate; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2137. A bill to require the review of all Federal 
     departments and agencies and their programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for 
     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. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. Pastor, and Mr. 
             Gallegly):
       H.R. 2138. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to provide for the use of biological monitoring 
     and whole effluent toxicity tests in connection with publicly 
     owned treatment works, municipal separate storm sewer 
     systems, and municipal combined sewer overflows, including 
     control facilities, and other wet weather control facilities, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin:
       H.R. 2139. A bill to amend the Dairy Production 
     Stabilization Act of 1983 to ensure that all persons who 
     benefit from the dairy promotion and research program 
     contribute to the cost of the program; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. KLINK (for himself, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mascara, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
             Holden, and Mr. Coyne):
       H.R. 2140. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to improve accountability and reform certain programs; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. 
             Spence):
       H.R. 2141. A bill to provide for a judicial remedy for U.S. 
     persons injured as a result of violations by foreign states 
     of their arbitral obligations under international law; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McNULTY:
       H.R. 2142. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend eligibility to receive dependency and indemnity 
     compensation to veterans' surviving spouses whose subsequent 
     marriages have terminated; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 2143. A bill to provide that certain escrowed oil and 
     gas revenues be available for improving National Park System 
     visitor facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii (for herself and Mr. 
             Abercrombie):
       H.R. 2144. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     expansion of the columbarium of the National Memorial 
     Cemetery of the Pacific; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. PICKERING:
       H.R. 2145. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     make guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed farm 
     operating loans of up to $600,000, and to increase such 
     maximum loan amounts with inflation; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       H.R. 2146. A bill to designate the U.S. Post Office 
     building located at 750 Highway 28 East in Taylorsville, MS, 
     as the ``Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building''; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington (for herself, Mr. 
             Sanford, and Mr. Wamp):
       H.R. 2147. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of soft money by political 
     parties and to require annual written authorization for the 
     use of amounts withheld from an individual's wages or salary 
     for political activities, and

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     for other purposes; to the Committee on House Oversight.
           By Mr. SPENCE (for himself and Mr. Sisisky):
       H.R. 2148. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty of 
     certain other single viscose rayon yarn; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. VENTO:
       H.R. 2149. A bill to enhance the conservation and 
     protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. Yates, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Underwood, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Miller of 
             California, Ms. Waters, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Pastor, and 
             Ms. Danner):
       H. Con. Res. 114. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress concerning the world-wide trafficking 
     of women and girls, whereby women and girls are coerced, 
     abducted, or deceived into migrating within or across 
     national borders, and particularly the trafficking of Burmese 
     women and girls in Thailand for the purposes of forced 
     prostitution; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H. Res. 183. Resolution honoring the life of Betty Shabazz; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

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