[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 26 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H1158-H1159]
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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. EVANS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Mascara, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
             Reyes, and Mr. Rodriguez):
       H.R. 3444. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide that in the case of past-due benefits awarded an 
     individual pursuant to a proceeding before the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs, any payment of attorneys fees allowed with 
     respect to such award shall be paid directly to the attorney 
     by the Secretary; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. Gilchrest, and Mr. 
             Bilbray):
       H.R. 3445. A bill to establish the Commission on Ocean 
     Policy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky (by request):
       H.R. 3446. A bill to provide for the elimination of duty on 
     Ziram; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 3447. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the income threshold amounts for determining 
     the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 3448. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an inflation adjustment of the income 
     threshold amounts at which 85 percent of Social Security 
     benefits become includible in gross income; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 3449. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the adjusted gross income threshold applicable 
     in determining the deduction for medical care and to increase 
     the mileage deduction for transportation for medical care; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 3450. A bill to protect the retirement security of 
     Americans; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and Government Reform and 
     Oversight, 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. BOSWELL:
       H.R. 3451. A bill to amend the conservation reserve program 
     to treat a non-profit organization that rents land from a 
     State (or a political subdivision or agency thereof) as a 
     separate person for purposes of applying the limitation on 
     payments under conservation reserve contracts; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 3452. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow 
     the sale of certain gasoline, alternative motor fuels, and 
     motor oil at duty-free sales enterprises; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CUBIN:
       H.R. 3453. A bill to designate the Federal Building and 
     Post Office located at 100 East B Street, Casper, Wyoming, as 
     the ``Dick Cheney Federal Building``; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. EHRLICH:
       H.R. 3454. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to 
     modify the common bond requirements for members of Federal 
     credit unions; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 3455. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     extend the term of marketing assistance loans; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. KASICH (for himself and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 3456. A bill to provide for personal Social Security 
     plus accounts funded by surpluses in the total budget of the 
     United States Government and available for private investment 
     in indexed funds; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LUTHER:
       H.R. 3457. A bill to prohibit movies in which a tobacco 
     company has paid to have its tobacco product featured; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR:
       H.R. 3458. A bill to amend Public Law 90-419 to repeal a 
     condition imposed in granting the consent of Congress to the 
     Great Lakes Basin Compact; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. 
             Martinez):
       H.R. 3459. A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security 
     Act to require the medical improvement standard to be used in 
     redetermining the eligibility of 18-year-olds for 
     supplemental security income benefits by reason of 
     disability, and to allow funds in dedicated savings accounts 
     to be used for food, clothing, shelter, utility, and personal 
     items of a child; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SAXTON (by request):
       H.R. 3460. A bill to approve a governing international 
     fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic 
     of Latvia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SAXTON (by request):
       H.R. 3461. A bill to approve a governing international 
     fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic 
     of Poland; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself and Mr. Kucinich):
       H.R. 3462. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require notification of recalls of drugs and 
     devices, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT:
       H.R. 3463. A bill to provide for the installation of 
     enhanced vision technologies to replace and enhance 
     conventional lighting systems with respect to airport 
     improvement

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     projects; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Yates, 
             and Mr. Thompson):
       H.R. 3464. A bill to amend title 28 of the United States 
     Code to revise the authority of the independent counsel, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MCGOVERN:
       H. Con. Res. 242. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress favoring the authorization, in the 
     manner provided by law, of the establishment of a 
     commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor the 
     veterans of the Persian Gulf War; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ROGAN:
       H. Con. Res. 243. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the FederalGovernment should 
     increase its support for basic and applied scientific 
     research, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Science.

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