[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5485-H5487]
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. COBLE:
       H.R. 2180. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     provide limitations on copyright liability relating to 
     material on-line, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Buyer, 
             Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coble, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Gekas, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. Meehan, 
             and Mr. Wexler):
       H.R. 2181. A bill to ensure the safety of witnesses and to 
     promote notification of the interstate relocation of 
     witnesses by States and localities engaging in that 
     relocation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Jackson-Lee, and Ms. 
             Lofgren):
       H.R. 2182. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 to clarify the authority of the inspector general of the 
     Department of Justice; to the Committee on Government Reform 
     and Oversight.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Cook, Mr. 
             Davis of Florida, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hulshof, 
             Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Berry, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Brady, Ms. DeGette, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Ford, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Mr. John, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Redmond, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Wexler, and Mr. Weygand):
       H.R. 2183. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for 
     elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on House Oversight.
           By Mr. BRYANT:
       H.R. 2184. A bill to permit reviews of criminal records of 
     applicants for private security officer employment, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
     for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
     each

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      case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mrs. CLAYTON (for herself, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Bishop, 
             Mr. Thompson, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Jackson-
             Lee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Scott, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Dixon, 
             Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. McKinney, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Ms. Waters, 
             and Mrs. Mink of Hawaii):
       H.R. 2185. A bill to establish equitable service for 
     customers and equal opportunity for employees of the United 
     States Department of Agriculture; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Government 
     Reform and Oversight, 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 Mrs. CUBIN:
       H.R. 2186. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic 
     Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, WY; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Velazquez, and Mrs. Maloney of New York):
       H.R. 2187. A bill to designate the U.S. Courthouse located 
     at 40 Foley Square in New York, NY, as the ``Thurgood 
     Marshall United States Courthouse''; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. FOWLER (for herself, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. 
             Gibbons, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. McIntosh, 
             Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Spence, Mr. Solomon, and Mr. Royce):
       H.R. 2188. A bill to ensure that commercial activities of 
     the People's Liberation Army of China or any Communist 
     Chinese military company are not extended normal tariff 
     treatment by the United States or treated as normal 
     commercial intercourse with the United States; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committees on International Relations, National Security, and 
     Banking and Financial Services, 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. HYDE (for himself and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 2189. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 and the Social Security Act to repeal provisions 
     relating to the State enforcement of child support 
     obligations and to require the Internal Revenue Service to 
     collect child support through wage withholding and other 
     means, and to authorize the Social Security Administration to 
     distribute child support collections; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Cox of California, 
             Mr. Solomon, Mr. Spence, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Sam Johnson, 
             Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. 
             Hutchinson):
       H.R. 2190. A bill to provide for an annual report to 
     Congress on the intelligence activities of the People's 
     Republic of China directed against or affecting the interests 
     of the United States; to the Committee on Intelligence 
     (Permanent Select).
           By Mr. NEUMANN (for himself, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Solomon, 
             Mr. Livingston, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Ballenger, 
             Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
             Bass, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Bono, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Burr of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Campbell, 
             Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Christensen, Mr. 
             Coburn, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. 
             Cubin, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
             Ehrlich, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
             Ewing, Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fox of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Goode, 
             Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hastings 
             of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hill, 
             Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Horn, Mr. Hostettler, 
             Mr. Hunter, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. Jones, 
             Mr. Kingston, Mr. Klug, Mr. Largent, Mr. LaTourette, 
             Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Minge, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Ney, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Parker, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Pitts, 
             Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
             Royce, Mr. Ryun, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Bob 
             Schaffer, Mr. Shays, Mrs. Linda Smith of Washington, 
             Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Snowbarger, Mr. Souder, 
             Mr. Talent, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Traficant, 
             Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida, Mr. Weller, Mr. Whitfield, and Mr. Wicker):
       H.R. 2191. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 regarding procedures for budget resolutions and to amend 
     title 31, United States Code, to direct repayment of the 
     public debt; to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Rules, 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 Mrs. NORTHUP:
       H.R. 2192. A bill to establish a National Panel on Early 
     Reading Research and Effective Reading Instruction; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SANDLIN:
       H.R. 2193. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     clarify the definition of depot-level maintenance and repair 
     as the definition applies to the Department of the Army; to 
     the Committee on National Security.
           By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Frost, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Walsh, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Kelly, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. LaFalce, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Klink, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Bilbray, 
             Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Torres, Mr. Brown of 
             California, Ms. Harman, Mr. Fazio of California, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Carson, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
             Bereuter, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gallegly, 
             and Mr. Sandlin):
       H.R. 2194. A bill to provide for telephone access to the 
     FBI database that tracks the movement and whereabouts of 
     sexual offenders; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Cox of 
             California, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Spence, Mr. Solomon, Mr. 
             Shadegg, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Gibbons, 
             and Mr. Sam Johnson):
       H.R. 2195. A bill to provide for certain measures to 
     increase monitoring of products of the People's Republic of 
     China that are made with forced labor; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
     International Relations, 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. SOLOMON (for himself, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Spence, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. McIntosh, 
             Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. Shadegg):
       H.R. 2196. A bill to reduce the Federal funds to be 
     provided to any international financial institution by the 
     United States portion of any subsidy provided by the 
     institution to the People's Republic of China; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Stump, 
             and Mr. Evans):
       H.R. 2197. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     specify the entities eligible to purchase pharmaceutical 
     products from the Federal Supply Schedule; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
             Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Foley, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. 
             Gekas, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Green, Mr. Herger, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Massachusetts, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. McCollum, 
             Mr. McHugh, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Oberstar, 
             Mr. Oxley, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Stump, Mr. Taylor of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Upton, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Weldon of Florida, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 2198. A bill to establish limitations with respect to 
     the disclosure and use of genetic information in connection 
     with group health plans and health insurance coverage, to 
     provide for consistent standards applicable in connection 
     with hospital care and medical services provided under title 
     38 of the United States Code, to prohibit employment 
     discrimination on the basis of genetic information and 
     genetic testing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Government 
     Reform and Oversight, Education and the Workforce, and 
     Veterans' Affairs, 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. TIERNEY (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Miller of 
             California, Mr. Nadler, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Gejdenson, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Weygand, 
             Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Markey, Mr. Olver, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Jackson, 
             Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Moran of Virginia, and Ms. 
             DeLauro):
       H.R. 2199. A bill to reform the financing of Federal 
     elections; to the Committee on House Oversight, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Government Reform 
     and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
     the Speaker, in each

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     case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. UNDERWOOD (for himself, Mr. Miller of 
             California, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. 
             Christian-Green, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Holden, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Rhode Island, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
             and Mr. Romero-Barcelo):
       H.R. 2200. A bill to amend the Organic Act of Guam to 
     provide restitution to the people of Guam who suffered 
     atrocities such as personal injury, forced labor, forced 
     marches, internment, and death during the occupation of Guam 
     in World War II, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Lazio of 
             New York, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
             Molinari, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Manton, Mr. King of New 
             York, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Flake, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. McCarthy of 
             New York, Mr. LaFalce, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Owens, and Mr. 
             Boehlert):
       H.R. 2201. A bill to establish the Lower East Side Tenement 
     National Historic Site, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Florida (for himself, Mr. Bliley, Mr. 
             Saxton, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. 
             McDade, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Hefley, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Hilleary, 
             Mr. Borski, Ms. Granger, Mr. Horn, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Pickett, Mr. 
             Mascara, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Thornberry, 
             Mr. Gordon, Mr. Blunt, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Dunn 
             of Washington, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Condit, Mr. 
             Duncan, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Clay, Mr. Bob Schaffer, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Quinn, Ms. Norton, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Wise, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Frost, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Barton of Texas, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Latham, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. Spence, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Boyd, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
             Bonilla, Mr. Abercrombie, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. 
             Porter):
       H.R. 2202. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise and extend the bone marrow donor program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. METCALF (for himself, Ms. Dunn of Washington, 
             Mr. Dicks, Mr. White, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Linda Smith of 
             Washington, and Mr. Adam Smith of Washington):
       H. Con. Res. 117. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the interference of the 
     European Commission in the merger of the Boeing Co. and 
     McDonnell Douglas; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Solomon, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Cox of 
             California, and Mr. Markey):
       H. Res. 188. Resolution urging the executive branch to take 
     action regarding the acquisition by Iran of C-802 cruise 
     missiles; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. COX of California (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson, 
             Mr. Gilman, Mr. Spence, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Royce, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 
             McIntosh, and Mr. Rohrabacher):
       H. Res. 190. Resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Taiwan should be admitted to the 
     World Trade Organization without making such admission 
     conditional on the previous or simultaneous admission of the 
     People's Republic of China to the WTO; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.

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