[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6962]
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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. DELAHUNT:
       H.R. 2411. A bill to provide for a land exchange involving 
     the Cape Cod National Seashore and to extend the authority 
     for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 2412. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to modify the religious worker visa programs and to 
     extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to amend the 
     Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
     of 1996 to modify the effective date for certain paperwork 
     changes in the employer sanctions programs; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
       H.R. 2413. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act; title 18, United States Code; the Illegal Immigration 
     Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996; and the 
     Immigration Act of 1990 to make technical corrections to such 
     statutes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASTLE:
       H.R. 2414. A bill to provide for a 10-year circulating 
     commemorative coin program to commemorate each of the 50 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking 
     and Financial Services.
           By Mr. CONDIT:
       H.R. 2415. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act concerning the effect of administrative orders on 
     civil penalty actions; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HEFLEY:
       H.R. 2416. A bill to provide for the transfer of certain 
     rights and property to the U.S. Forest Service in exchange 
     for a payment to the occupant of such property, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island:
       H.R. 2417. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to fight 
     fraud by hospitals under the Medicare Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD (for herself, Mr. Fazio of 
             California, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Towns, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Rush, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Dellums, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Dixon, and Mr. Davis of Illinois):
       H.R. 2418. A bill to extend the National Bone Marrow Donor 
     Program, and to establish a provision regarding the bone 
     marrow registry and persons of mixed ancestry; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. REYES:
       H.R. 2419. A bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and 
     Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act 
     to decrease the requisite blood quantum required for 
     membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 2420. A bill to permit the transportation of 
     passengers between U.S. ports by certain foreign-flag vessels 
     and to encourage U.S. flag vessels to participate in such 
     transportation; to the Committee on National Security.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 2421. A bill to repeal the Military Selective Service 
     Act; to the Committee on National Security.
       H.R. 2422. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     provide for findings of presumptive disability under title II 
     of such act in the same manner and to the same extent as is 
     currently applicable under title XVI of such act; 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. TOWNS:
       H.R. 2423. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to disseminate to the public information 
     relating to fraud, abuse, and quality of care in nursing 
     homes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 2424. A bill to recognize businesses which show an 
     exemplary commitment to participating with schools to enhance 
     educators' technology capabilities and to make every student 
     technologically literate; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Berman, 
             Mr. Lantos, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Fox of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. 
             Weller, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Weldon of Florida, 
             Mr. Bob Schaffer, Mr. Cook, Mr. Ryun, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Porter, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Foley):
       H. Con. Res. 146. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the terrorist bombing in 
     Jerusalem on September 4, 1997; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       H. Con. Res. 147. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that a postage stamp should be issued 
     commemorating Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain; to the Committee 
     on Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Mr. FAZIO of California:
       H. Res. 221. Resolution designating minority membership on 
     certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.

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