[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H99-H100]
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. LEACH (for himself, Mr. Castle, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Baker, and Mrs. Roukema):
       H.R. 3116. A bill to address the Year 2000 computer 
     problems with regard to financial institutions, to extend 
     examination parity to the Director of the Office of Thrift 
     Supervision and the National Credit Union Administration, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself and Mr. Scott):
       H.R. 3117. A bill to reauthorize the United States 
     Commission on Civil Rights, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself and Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii):
       H.R. 3118. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for 
     Hawaii to 59.8 percent; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. BLUNT:
       H.R. 3119. A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 with 
     respect to the dilution of famous marks; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CANNON (for himself, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Bliley, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Sanford, and Mr. Sessions):
       H.R. 3120. A bill to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 95 West 100 South Street in Provo, Utah, as 
     the ``Howard C. Nielson Post Office Building``; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Solomon, Mr. 
             Yates, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Paxon, Mrs. Maloney 
             of New York, Mr. Saxton, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Frost):
       H.R. 3121. A bill to provide for the recovery of insurance 
     issued for victims of the Holocaust; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. FORBES:
       H.R. 3122. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social 
     Security benefits; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOLDEN:
       H.R. 3123. A bill to suspend the duty on niobium oxide 
     until January 1, 2002; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOLDEN:
       H.R. 3124. A bill to suspend the duty on vanadium pentoxide 
     (anhydride) until January 1, 2002; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Weller, 
             Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Watkins, 
             Mr. Matsui, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Christensen, Mrs. 
             Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Levin, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Coyne, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Ms. Dunn of 
             Washington, Mr. Hulshof, and Mr. Shaw):
       H.R. 3125. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the work opportunity credit for 3 years; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KLECZKA (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. 
             Rivers, and Mr. Pallone):
       H.R. 3126. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to restore the nonapplicability of private 
     contracts for the provision of Medicare benefits; 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 Mr. MANZULLO (for himself and Mr. Matsui):
       H.R. 3127. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the information reporting requirement relating 
     to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits imposed 
     on educational institutions and certain other trades and 
     businesses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Holden, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Yates, and Mrs. 
             Clayton):
       H.R. 3128. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act with respect to restrictions on changes in 
     benefits under MedicareChoice plans; 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. ROUKEMA:
       H.R. 3129. A bill to establish a program to encourage local 
     educational agencies to work with the private sector to 
     provide care to children who are less than the age of 
     compulsory school attendance; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself and Mr. Levin):

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       H.R. 3130. A bill to provide for an alternative penalty 
     procedure for States that fail to meet Federal child support 
     data processing requirements, to reform Federal incentive 
     payments for effective child support performance, and to 
     provide for a more flexible penalty procedure for States that 
     violate interjurisdictional adoption requirements; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. Price of North Carolina, 
             Mrs. Morella, Mr. McHale, Mr. Meehan, and Mr. White):
       H.R. 3131. A bill to make available on the Internet, for 
     purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain 
     information available through the Congressional Research 
     Service web site; to the Committee on House Oversight.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Barcia of Michigan, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Carson, and Mr. Kildee):
       H.R. 3132. A bill to establish food safety research, 
     education, and extension as a priority of the Department of 
     Agriculture, to require the use of a designated team within 
     the Department of Agriculture to enable the Department and 
     other Federal agencies to rapidly respond to food safety 
     emergencies, and to improve food safety through the 
     development and commercialization of food safety technology; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       H.R. 3133. A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal 
     funds to conduct or support research on the cloning of 
     humans, and to express the sense of the Congress that other 
     countries should establish substantially equivalent 
     restrictions; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Science, 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. WEYGAND (for himself, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Rhode Island, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. LaFalce, Ms. Millender-McDonald, and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 3134. A bill to warn senior citizens of the dangers of 
     telemarketing fraud and to provide them with information that 
     will help them protect themselves; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. WEYGAND (for himself and Mr. Frost):
       H.R. 3135. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make the dependent care tax credit refundable and to 
     increase the amount of allowable dependent care expenses, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. 
             Kelly, Mr. Moran of Virginia, and Mr. Lantos):
       H. Con. Res. 205. Concurrent resolution deploring human 
     rights abuses in Kosova and calling for increased American 
     involvement; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. YATES (for himself and Mr. Gilman):
       H. Con. Res. 206. Concurrent resolution permitting the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the 
     commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the 
     Holocaust; to the Committee on House Oversight.
           By Mr. LEWIS of California:
       H. Res. 342. A resolution designating minority membership 
     on certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Archer, 
             Mr. Thomas, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Boehner, Mr. English of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Crane, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Ramstad, 
             Mr. Salmon, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Stump):
       H. Res. 343. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the award of attorneys' fee, costs, 
     and sanctions of $285,864.78 ordered by United States 
     District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on December 18, 1997, should 
     not be paid with taxpayer funds; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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