[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 149 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9799-H9800]
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. BLAGOJEVICH:
       H.R. 2773. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3750 North Kedzie Avenue in 
     Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
           By Mr. BLAGOJEVICH (for himself and Mr. Schumer):
       H.R. 2774. A bill to prohibit the transfer of a handgun by 
     a licensed dealer unless the

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     transferee states that the transferee is not the subject of a 
     restraining order with respect to an intimate partner or 
     child of the transferee; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DOYLE:
       H.R. 2775. A bill to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs medical center in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, as the 
     ``H. John Heinz III Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
     Center''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN:
       H.R. 2776. A bill to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to 
     provide for the establishment of the Morristown National 
     Historical Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other 
     purposes'' to authorize the acquisition of property known as 
     the Warren property; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. GEPHARDT (for himself, Mr. Fazio of California, 
             Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Frost, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Edwards, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Farr of California, Mr. Baesler, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Clyburn, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Berry, Mr. Brown of 
             California, Mr. Condit, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Ms. Harman, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Matsui, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. Torres, Ms. Waters, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Maloney of 
             Connecticut, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
             Wexler, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Lipinski, 
             Mr. Rush, Mr. Yates, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Barcia of Michigan, Ms. Rivers, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Minge, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Hefner, Mr. 
             Price of North Carolina, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Spratt, Mr. 
             Gordon, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. 
             Dicks, Mr. Wise, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Towns, Mr. McHale, Mr. 
             Stenholm, Mr. McDermott, Mr. John, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
             Mr. Holden, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. Scott, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. 
             Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Green, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Furse, and Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York):
       H.R. 2777. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to limit the amount of non-Federal money that may 
     be contributed to national political parties, to treat 
     certain communications as independent expenditures subject to 
     regulation under the Act, to restrict the solicitation and 
     transfer of funds by candidates and parties to certain 
     nonprofit organizations, and to require certain candidates to 
     make monthly reports under the Act and to post such reports 
     on the Internet; to the Committee on House Oversight.
           By Ms. MCKINNEY:
       H.R. 2778. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the child care credit and provide that the 
     credit will be refundable; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Johnson 
             of Connecticut, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Ms. Furse, Ms. 
             Carson, Mr. Vento, Mr. Stark, Mr. Frost, Mr. Payne, 
             Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Sanders):
       H.R. 2779. A bill to provide grants to establish and 
     operate supervised visitation centers for the purposes of 
     facilitating supervised visitation of children and visitation 
     exchange; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 2780. A bill to provide for an annual statement of 
     accrued liability of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     Program; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 2781. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit 
     specific legislative recommendations to ensure the solvency 
     of the Social Security trust funds; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 2782. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 and the Social Security Act to provide for personal 
     investment plans funded by employee social security payroll 
     deductions, to extend the solvency of the old-age, survivors, 
     and disability insurance program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. SHERMAN:
       H.R. 2783. A bill to provide that a Member of, or Member-
     elect to, the House of Representatives shall not receive any 
     annual pay increase except upon an appropriate written 
     election; to the Committee on House Oversight.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 2784. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to limit the ability of physicians to demand 
     more money through private contracts during periods in which 
     the patient is in an exposed condition; 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 Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Davis of 
             Virginia, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Ms. Furse, Ms. 
             Carson, Mr. Vento, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Stark, Mr. Frost, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Sanders):
       H. Con. Res. 182. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress with respect to child custody, child abuse, 
     and victims of domestic and family violence; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARR of Georgia:
       H. Res. 298. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to repeal the rule allowing subpoened 
     witnesses to choose not to be photographed at committee 
     hearings; to the Committee on Rules.

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