[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H8299-H8300]
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 (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Bono, 
             Mr. Cannon, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. Delahunt):
       H.R. 2589. A bill to amend the provisions of title 17, 
     United States Code, with respect to the duration of 
     copyright, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Evans, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Green, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. 
             Parker, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Slaughter, and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 2590. A bill to require life and disability insurers 
     to disclose an insurance applicant's medical test results to 
     the applicant, unless the applicant specifically declines to 
     receive the results, and otherwise to restrict the disclosure 
     of such results by such insurers; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. LEACH (for himself and Mr. Gilman):
       H.R. 2591. A bill to provide redress for inadequate 
     restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government during 
     World War II which belonged to victims of the Holocaust, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, and 
             Mr. Barr of Georgia):
       H.R. 2592. A bill to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code to provide private trustees the right to seek judicial 
     review of U.S. trustee actions related to trustee expenses 
     and trustee removal; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mrs. Kennelly of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Weller, Mr. Crane, Mr. Shaw, Mrs. 
             Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Houghton, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Camp, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. Collins, Mr. 
             Portman, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
             Christensen, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, and Mr. Coyne):
       H.R. 2593. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restore the deduction for two-earner married couples; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania, and Ms. Pelosi):
       H.R. 2594. A bill to restrict the access of youth to 
     tobacco products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Pombo, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Graham, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
             Paxon, Mr. Bono, Mr. Collins, Mr. Riley, Mr. Jones, 
             Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 
             Solomon, Mr. Latham, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Berry, Mr. 
             John, Mr. Hastings of Washington, and Mr. Condit):
       H.R. 2595. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary 
     agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition 
     attestation; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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. CAMP (for himself and Mr. Gutknecht):
       H.R. 2596. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to 
     establish procedures for identifying countries that deny 
     market access for agricultural products of the United States; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. FURSE (for herself, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Evans, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Markey, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Waters, and Ms. 
             Woolsey):
       H.R. 2597. A bill to rescind restrictions on welfare and 
     public benefits for legal immigrants enacted by title IV of 
     the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
     Reconciliation Act of 1996, and to reduce arms transfer 
     subsidies; 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. MORAN of Kansas:
       H.R. 2598. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for improved taxpayer access to the Internal 
     Revenue Service, increased equity for taxpayers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FATTAH (for himself, Mr. Rush, Mr. Dellums, Ms. 
             Christian-Green, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Borski, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Foglietta, 
             Mr. Stark, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 2599. A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection 
     Act to make it unlawful to require a credit card as a 
     condition for doing business; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. NUSSLE (for himself, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Moran of 
             Kansas, Mr. Minge, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Pomeroy, 
             Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Camp, Mr. Costello, Mr. Cooksey, 
             Mr. Upton, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
             Boswell, Mr. Latham, Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, and Ms. 
             Christian-Green):
       H.R. 2600. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act and section 4626 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
     1997 to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     from providing any incentive payments to hospitals to reduce 
     the number of residents in graduate medical education 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and 
     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. ROGAN (for himself, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Gallegly, 
             and Mr. McKeon):
       H.R. 2601. A bill to exempt prescribed burning on national 
     forestlands from regulation under the Clean Air Act; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Filner, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Yates, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Miller of California, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Sabo, and Mr. Gutierrez):
       H.R. 2602. A bill to halt sales of surplus military 
     material until the Defense Logistics Agency reclassifies such 
     material according to the level of demilitarization required 
     to render the material safe for public use and to ensure, 
     that, in the future, surplus military material is correctly 
     classified before disposal; to the Committee on National 
     Security.

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           By Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Gilman, 
             Mr. Weller, Mr. Brady, Mr. Snowbarger, Mr. Pappas, 
             Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Horn, 
             Mr. Paxon, Mr. Quinn, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Foley, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Linder, Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. 
             Roukema, Mr. Bono, Ms. Harman, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
             Shimkus, Mr. Engel, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Solomon, and 
             Mr. Cardin):
       H. Con. Res. 163. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the United States should not 
     provide assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with 
     the Palestinian Authority or to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
     Corporation [PBC]; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H. Con. Res. 164. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Government of the Commonwealth 
     of the Northern Marina Islands should provide for a 
     plebiscite on the question of compliance with United States 
     immigration and wage laws or independence from the United 
     States; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. MORELLA:
       H. Con. Res. 165. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Government of Israel should 
     extradite Samuel Sheinbein to the United States; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.

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