[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8927]
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         REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to 
the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as 
follows:

                      [Filed on October 14, 1997]

       Mr. GOODLING: Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
     H.R. 2616. A bill to amend titles VI and X of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand 
     charter schools; with an amendment (Rept. 105-321). Referred 
     to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
     Union.

                      [Submitted October 21, 1997]

       Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Resources. H.R. 1270. A 
     bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; with an 
     amendment (Rept. 105-290 Pt. 2). Referred to the Committee of 
     the Whole House on the State of the Union.
       Mr. GOODLING. Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
     H.R. 2535. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to allow the consolidation of student loans under the Federal 
     Family Loan Program and the Direct Loan Program; with an 
     amendment (Rept. 105-322). Referred to the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the State of the Union.
       Mr. COBLE: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1534. A bill to 
     simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for 
     injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the 
     U.S. Constitution, have been deprived by final actions of 
     Federal agencies, or other Government officials or entities 
     acting under color of State law; to prevent Federal courts 
     from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in 
     actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit 
     certification of unsettled State law questions that are 
     essential to resolving Federal claims arising under the 
     Constitution; and to clarify when Government action is 
     sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising 
     under the Constitution; with an amendment (Rept. 105-323). 
     Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union.
       Mr. GEKAS: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 764. A bill to 
     make technical corrections to title 11, United States Code, 
     and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 105-324). 
     Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union.
       Mr. COBLE: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1967. A bill to 
     amend title 17, United States Code, to provide that the 
     distribution before January 1, 1978, of a phonorecord shall 
     not for any purpose constitute a publication of the musical 
     work embodied therein (Rept. 105-325). Referred to the 
     Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
       Mr. HYDE: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1085. A bill to 
     revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain 
     general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national 
     observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, 
     United States Code, ``Patriotic and National Observances, 
     Ceremonies, and Organizations''; with an amendment (Rept. 
     105-326). Referred to the House Calendar.
       Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Resources. H.R. 134. A 
     bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide a 
     loan guarantee to the Olivenhain Water Storage Project, and 
     for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 105-327). 
     Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     Union.
       Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Resources. H.R. 136. A 
     bill to amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 
     to designate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and to 
     amend the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion 
     Act of 1989 to designate the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center; 
     with an amendment (Rept. 105-328). Referred to the Committee 
     of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
       Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Resources. H.R. 1856. A 
     bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to direct the 
     Secretary of the Interior to conduct a volunteer pilot 
     project at one national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and 
     Wildlife Service region, and for other purposes; with an 
     amendment (Rept. 105-329). Referred to the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the State of the Union.
       Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Resources. House 
     Concurrent Resolution 151. Resolution expressing the sense of 
     the Congress that the United States should manage its public 
     domain National Forests to maximize the reduction of carbon 
     dioxide in the atmosphere among many other objectives and 
     that the United States should serve as an example and as a 
     world leader in actively managing its public domain national 
     forests in a manner that substantially reduces the amount of 
     carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere: with an amendment 
     (Rept. 105-330). Referred to the House Calendar.
       Mr. BURTON: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. 
     H.R. 1962. A bill to provide for the appointment of a Chief 
     Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer in the 
     Executive Office of the President; with amendments (Rept. 
     105-331). Referred to the committee of the Whole House on the 
     State of the Union.
       Mr. ARCHER: Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 2646. A bill 
     to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free 
     expenditures from education individual retirement accounts 
     for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the 
     maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and 
     for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 105-332). 
     Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union.
       Mr. DREIER: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 269. 
     Resolution providing for consideration of the joint 
     resolution (H.J. Res. 97) making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other 
     purposes (Rept. 105-333). Referred to the House Calendar.
       Ms. PRYCE of Ohio: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 
     270. Resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
     2247) to reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize 
     appropriations for Amtrak, and for other purposes (Rept. 105-
     334). Referred to the House Calendar.
       Mr. McINNIS: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 271. 
     Resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
     1534) to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts 
     for injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by 
     the U.S. Constitution, have been deprived by final actions of 
     Federal agencies, or other government officials or entities 
     acting under color of State law; to prevent Federal courts 
     from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in 
     actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit 
     certification of unsettled State law questions that are 
     essential to resolving Federal claims arising under the 
     Constitution; and to clarify when government action is 
     sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising 
     under the Constitution (Rept. 105-335). Referred to the House 
     Calendar.

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