[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 150 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9864-H9865]
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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. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Pickett, Ms. Harman, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Bono, Mr. 
             Gibbons, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Pappas, Mr. Riley, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
             Spence, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Thornberry, 
             Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
             Solomon, Mr. McHale, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Fox of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. McKeon, 
             Mr. Reyes, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Coble, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Stump, Mr. Cox 
             of California, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Saxton,

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             Mr. Turner, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Ryun, 
             Mr. Murtha, Mr. Talent, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Scarborough, 
             Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Hastings 
             of Washington, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Pitts, 
             Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Holden, Mr. Goss, Mr. Lazio of New 
             York, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Young of Alaska, 
             Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Collins, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
             Barton of Texas, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Combest, 
             Mr. King of New York, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. Weller, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Ballenger, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Diaz-Balart, 
             Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
             Dicks, Mr. Metcalf, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. 
             Everett, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Thomas, 
             Mr. White, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Barrett of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Hilleary, 
             Mr. Cooksey, and Mrs. Chenoweth):
       H.R. 2786. A bill to authorize additional appropriations 
     for the Department of Defense for ballistic missile defenses 
     and other measures to counter the emerging threat posed to 
     the United States and its allies in the Middle East and 
     Persian Gulf region by the development and deployment of 
     ballistic missiles by Iran; 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 Ms. DELAURO:
       H.R. 2787. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located in New Haven, Connecticut, as the ``Richard C. Lee 
     United States Courthouse``; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON:
       H.R. 2788. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to promote the grant of incentive stock options to 
     nonhighly compensated employees; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. MCKINNEY (for herself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. Stark, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Dixon, and Mr. 
             Waxman):
       H.R. 2789. A bill to save taxpayers money, reduce the 
     deficit, cut corporate welfare, and protect and restore 
     America's natural heritage by eliminating the fiscally 
     wasteful and ecologically destructive commercial logging 
     program on Federal public lands and to facilitate the 
     economic recovery and diversification of communities 
     dependent on the Federal logging program; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, 
     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. RIGGS:
       H.R. 2790. A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration from closing certain flight 
     service stations; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. ROUKEMA:
       H.R. 2791. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to prohibit Internet service providers from providing 
     accounts to sexually violent predators; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. SOLOMON:
       H.R. 2792. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the treatment of expenses incurred in 
     asserting any claim of employment discrimination and for 
     damages and back pay received on account of employment 
     discrimination; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SALMON (for himself and Mr. Scarborough):
       H. Con. Res. 183. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress with respect to the failure of Attorney 
     General Janet Reno to seek application for an independent 
     counsel to investigate a number of matters relating to the 
     financing of campaigns in the 1996 Federal election, 
     including the conduct of President Clinton and Vice President 
     Gore; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ETHERIDGE (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Clement, Ms. Brown of 
             Florida, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Ms. Furse, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Boswell, Mr. Roemer, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Maloney of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Rahall, and 
             Mr. Dingell):
       H. Res. 299. A resolution expressing support for the States 
     in adopting challenging academic standards in core curricula; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             Mr. Stark, Ms. Carson, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Frost, 
             Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Coyne, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Dellums, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Clay, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Scott, 
             Mr. Rush, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Flake, Ms. Furse, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Payne, Mr. McGovern, 
             and Mr. Torres):
       H. Res. 300. A resolution expressing Support for a National 
     Week of Reflection and Tolerance; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.

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