[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H6405-H6406]
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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. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       H.R. 2292. A bill to restructure the Internal Revenue 
     Service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform 
     and Oversight, the Budget, and Rules, 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. TAYLOR of North Carolina:
       H.R. 2293. A bill to eliminate attorney fee awards and 
     limit relief available in suits against certain public 
     entities; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. COBLE (by request):
       H.R. 2294. A bill to make improvements in the operation and 
     administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HASTERT (for himself, Mr. Souder, Mr. Portman, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Mica, and Mr. LaTourette):
       H.R. 2295. A bill to amend the National Narcotics 
     Leadership Act of 1988 to extend the authorization for the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy until September 30, 
     1998; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Deutsch, and 
             Mr. Burton of Indiana):
       H.R. 2296. A bill to withhold foreign assistance to 
     Caribbean Basin Initiative countries that support membership 
     for the Government of Cuba into the Caribbean Community 
     [CARICOM] or the Central American Common Market [CACM], and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on International 
     Relations, and in addition to the Committee on 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. BAKER:
       H.R. 2297. A bill to amend the Fair Housing Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Stupak, Ms. DeGette, and Mr. Deutsch):
       H.R. 2298. A bill to improve the regulation of 
     radiopharmaceuticals; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. COBURN:
       H.R. 2299. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     convey lands acquired for the Candy Lake project, Osage 
     County, OK; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       H.R. 2300. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     convey lands acquired for the Sallisaw Creek project, 
     Sequoyah County, OK; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

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           By Ms. DANNER:
       H.R. 2301. A bill to establish a program to improve the 
     control of fraud and abuse in the Medicare Program, to 
     increase the amount of civil monetary penalties which may be 
     assessed against individuals and entities committing fraud 
     against the Medicare Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Commerce, 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. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. 
             Pastor, and Mr. Berman):
       H.R. 2302. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to clarify the relief available under current law, and to 
     provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain 
     aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural 
     rights; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY:
       H.R. 2303. A bill to establish voluntary national 
     guidelines for the safety and training of State correctional 
     officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GOSS:
       H.R. 2304. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to make technical corrections to a map relating to the 
     Coastal Barrier Resources System; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HALL of Ohio:
       H.R. 2305. A bill to establish a commission to assist in 
     commemoration of the centennial of powered flight and the 
     achievements of the Wright brothers; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 2306. A bill to authorize construction of the Fort 
     Peck Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts (by request):
       H.R. 2307. A bill to facilitate the effective and efficient 
     management of the homeless assistance programs of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the 
     merger of such programs into one performance fund, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. McDADE:
       H.R. 2308. A bill to amend the Fair Housing Act to assure 
     the power of States and localities to limit group homes for 
     recovering drug and alcohol abusers; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. POMEROY:
       H.R. 2309. A bill to permit the leasing of mineral rights, 
     in any case in which the Indian owners of an allotment that 
     is located within the boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian 
     Reservation and held in trust by the United States have 
     executed leases to more than 50 percent of the mineral estate 
     of that allotment; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. PORTER:
       H.R. 2310. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from income capital gain from the sale of a 
     principal residence; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BOB SCHAFFER (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. 
             DeGette, Mr. Hefley, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Dan Schaefer of 
             Colorado, and Mr. Skaggs):
       H.R. 2311. A bill to amend section 435(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the definition 
     of an eligible lender; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       H.R. 2312. A bill to amend section 1584 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to clarify that forcing immigrants into slave 
     labor by withholding immigration documents, or by threatening 
     to involve immigration authorities, is a violation of such 
     section; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SOLOMON:
       H.R. 2313. A bill to prohibit the construction of any 
     monument, memorial, or other structure at the site of the Iwo 
     Jima Memorial in Arlington, VA, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WATKINS:
       H.R. 2314. A bill to restore Federal Indian services to 
     members of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma residing in 
     Maverick County, TX, to clarify U.S. citizenship status of 
     such members, to provide trust land for the benefit of the 
     tribe, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources, 
     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. KENNEDY of Rhode Island (for himself, Mr. Leach, 
             Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Stark, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Evans, and 
             Ms. Woolsey):
       H.J. Res. 89. Joint resolution calling on the President to 
     continue to support and fully participate in negotiations at 
     the United Nations to conclude an international agreement to 
     establish an international criminal court; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gephardt, 
             Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Cardin, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Engel, Mr. Fox of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Massachusetts, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. Rothman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Weller, 
             Mr. Wexler, Mr. Yates, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, and Mr. Sherman):
       H. Con. Res. 133. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the terrorist bombing in the 
     Jerusalem market on July 30, 1997; to the Committee on 
     International Relations, discharged; considered and agreed 
     to.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Pappas, 
             Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Klink, Mr. Visclosky, 
             Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. LaFalce, 
             Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Bateman, Mr. 
             Capps, Mr. Filner, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Doyle, 
             Mr. Evans, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Green, Ms. 
             Harman, Mr. Holden, Mr. Horn, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy 
             of Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Manton, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania, and Mr. Bonior):
       H. Con. Res. 134. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol to allow Members of Congress to 
     greet and receive His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew; to 
     the Committee on House Oversight.
           By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Owens):
       H. Con. Res. 135. Concurrent resolution congratulating the 
     people of the Republic of Liberia for holding multiparty 
     elections; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BALDACCI:
       H. Res. 204. Resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that a postage stamp should be issued in 
     honor of Samantha Smith; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform and Oversight.
           By Mr. LAMPSON:
       H. Res. 205. Resolution calling for the prosecution of Pol 
     Pot for crimes against humanity; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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