[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7261-H7262]
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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 Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Ms. 
             Christian-Green, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Weller, Ms. Brown 
             of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Holden, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Davis 
             of Illinois, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Brown of California, 
             Mr. Filner, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Engel, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Owens, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Dellums, 
             Mr. Dixon, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Carson, Mr. Hilliard, 
             Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Ford):
       H.R. 2453. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the African-American Civil 
     War veterans; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2454. A bill to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 
     to prohibit any financial institution which accepts the 
     direct deposit of Social Security benefits into the account 
     of an accountholder from imposing any fee on the withdrawal 
     of any amount from such account by such accountholder by 
     electronic fund transfer, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. Wise, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. Traficant, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Costello, 
             Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Filner, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
             Holden, and Mr. Lampson):
       H.R. 2455. A bill to reform the safety practices of the 
     railroad industry, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, 
     and hazardous materials releases, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. McIntosh, Mrs. Cubin, 
             Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Herger, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Baker, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
             Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
             Bilbray, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Boehner, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Bono, Mr. Brady, Mr. 
             Bryant, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Burr of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
             Canady of Florida, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. 
             Christensen, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Combest, 
             Mr. Condit, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dreier, 
             Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Ehrlich, Mrs. Emerson, 
             Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Ewing, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Fox of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Gibbons, 
             Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, Ms. 
             Granger, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Hunter, 
             Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Inglis of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Istook, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             Kim, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Largent, 
             Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lewis of California, 
             Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Manzullo, 
             Mr. McCollum, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McInnis, 
             Mr. McKeon, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Ney, Mrs. 
             Northup, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Packard, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Parker, Mr. Paul, Mr. Paxon, 
             Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Peterson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pombo, 
             Mr. Portman, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Riley, 
             Mr. Rogan, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
             Scarborough, Mr. Bob Schaffer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Shadegg, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mrs. Linda Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Solomon, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stump, Mr. 
             Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Tiahrt, Mr. Upton, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watkins, 
             Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. White, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Wolf, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
             Armey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
             Goodling, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Linder, Mr. Redmond, Mr. 
             Royce, Mr. Ryun, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Mica, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. 
             Dunn of Washington, Mr. Horn, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Cramer, 
             Mr. Moran of Kansas, and Mr. Thornberry):
       H.R. 2456. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that married couples may file a combined 
     return under which each spouse is taxed using the rates 
     applicable to unmarried individuals; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2457. A bill to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 
     to prohibit any financial institution which accepts the 
     direct deposit of veterans benefits paid by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs into the account of an accountholder from 
     imposing any fee on the withdrawal of any amount from such 
     account by such accountholder by electronic fund transfer, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
           By Mrs. CHENOWETH (for herself, Mr. Herger, and Mr. Bob 
             Schaffer):
       H.R. 2458. A bill to provide new authority to the Secretary 
     of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to safeguard 
     communities, lives, and property from catastrophic wildfire 
     by eliminating hazardous fuels buildup, and to undertake 
     other forest management projects to protect noncommodity 
     resources, on Federal lands where wildlands abut, or are 
     located in close proximity to, urban areas; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Resources, 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. EVANS (for himself, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Capps, Mr. 
             Underwood, Mr. Allen, Mr. Filner, Ms. Furse, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Sanchez, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Harman, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mr. Wexler, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Upton, Mr. Bonior, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. LaFalce, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Olver, Mr. Clay, Mr. English of

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             Pennsylvania, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Fox of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Klug, Mr. Porter, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. 
             Gilchrest, Mr. Castle, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Shays, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Markey, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Weller, Mr. Brown of California, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Gephardt, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Rush, Mr. Manton, Mr. 
             LoBiondo, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Flake, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Mr. Towns, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. 
             Yates, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
             Strickland, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Costello, 
             Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Leach, Mr. Pastor, Ms. Kilpatrick, 
             Ms. Carson, Mr. Adam Smith of Washington, Mr. Kennedy 
             of Rhode Island, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Minge, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Torres, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Mr. John, Ms. Waters, Ms. DeGette, Mr. 
             Moakley, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mr. Engel, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
             Davis of Virginia, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Clement, Mr. 
             Hamilton, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Foley, Mr. Camp, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Skaggs, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Obey, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. Frost, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Poshard, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
             Dellums, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. LaTourette, 
             Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Horn, Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Weygand, Mr. Baldacci, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, and Mr. 
             Wolf):
       H.R. 2459. A bill to restrict the use of funds for new 
     deployments of antipersonnel landmines, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on National Security, 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. SAM JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. McCollum, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Norwood, and Mr. Smith of Texas):
       H.R. 2460. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to scanning receivers and similar devices; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 2461. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint and issue coins in commemoration of the centennial 
     anniversary of the first manned flight of Orville and Wilbur 
     Wright in Kitty Hawk, NC, on December 17, 1903; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. KASICH (for himself, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Hobson, Mr. Portman, Mrs. Cubin, and Mrs. 
             Northup):
       H.R. 2462. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow the taxable income of each spouse of a married 
     couple to be taxed using either the rates applicable to 
     single filers or the rates applicable to joint returns; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut (for herself, Mrs. Meek 
             of Florida, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Ms. Christian-Green, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Frost, Mr. Stark, and Mr. 
             LaFalce):
       H.R. 2463. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to prevent States from requiring employees of 
     work experience and community service programs to work in 
     exchange for child support collected on their behalf; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM (for himself and Mr. Delahunt):
       H.R. 2464. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to exempt internationally adopted children under age 10 
     from the immunization requirement; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 2465. A bill to make medical savings accounts 
     available in connection with certain health plans under 
     chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight, 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. STARK:
       H.R. 2466. A bill to amend the Social Security Act with 
     respect to limiting the use of automatic stays and discharge 
     in bankruptcy proceedings for provider liability for health 
     care fraud; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. STUPAK:
       H.R. 2467. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to relieve a spouse or former spouse of liability for 
     income tax for a taxable year if the divorce decree allocates 
     such liability to the other spouse; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. FATTAH (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Borski, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Olver, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Hilliard, 
             Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Mr. 
             Lipinski):
       H.R. 2468. A bill to provide that Federal contracts and 
     certain Federal subsidies shall be provided only to 
     businesses which have qualified profit-sharing plans; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. Towns, Mr. Klug, Mr. 
             Hall of Texas, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Manton, Mr. Burr of 
             North Carolina, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Barton 
             of Texas, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Upton, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
             Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Dingell):
       H.R. 2469. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act and other statutes to provide for improvements 
     in the regulation of food ingredients, nutrient content 
     claims, and health claims, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. McCollum, 
             Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Bliley, Mr. John, Mr. 
             Hayworth, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
             Tauzin, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Gilman):
       H. Res. 227. Resolution expressing the condolences of the 
     House of Representatives on the death of Mother Teresa of 
     Calcutta; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Meehan, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mr. Gejdenson, and Mr. Farr of California):
       H. Res. 229. Resolution amending the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives to limit admission of ex-Members of the House 
     of Representatives to the House floor and rooms leading 
     thereto in certain instances where personal or pecuniary 
     interests are involved; to the Committee on Rules.

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