[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H1235-H1236]
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. DOOLITTLE (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
             Smith of Oregon, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Riggs, Mr. 
             Herger, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Pombo, and Mr. Thomas):
       H.R. 3467. A bill to address the protection of the 
     California spotted owl and its habitat in the Sierran 
     Province of Region 5 of the Forest Service through the use of 
     an interim management direction consistent with the 
     requirements of existing public land management and 
     environmental laws and by setting a date certain for the 
     completion of a final environmental impact statement for the 
     management of the California spotted owl; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BARR of Georgia:
       H.R. 3468. A bill providing that certain intermodal 
     transportation facilities not be exempt from local zoning 
     ordinances; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       H.R. 3469. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and 
     individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
     provide for external appeals in the case of adverse 
     determinations involving experimental treatment, significant 
     costs, or a serious medical condition; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and 
     the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. STARK (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Gephardt, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
             Borski, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Christensen, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Coyne, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Green, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Hoyer, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Rhode Island, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McHale, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Miller of California, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Murtha, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Tierney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Weygand, Mr. Wise, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Yates, Mr. 
             Oberstar, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 3470. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974 to improve access to health insurance and Medicare 
     benefits for individuals ages 55 to 65 to be fully funded 
     through premiums and anti-fraud provisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Commerce, 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. STARK (for himself and Mr. Brown of Ohio):
       H.R. 3471. A bill to amend titles XI and XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in the 
     Medicare Program; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Commerce, and the Judiciary, 
     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. COOK:
       H.R. 3472. A bill to amend the Bank Protection Act of 1968 
     for purposes of facilitating the use of electronic 
     authentication techniques by financial institutions, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.

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           By Mr. FAWELL (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. McKeon, 
             Mr. Andrews, Mr. Roemer, and Mr. Petri):
       H.R. 3473. A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in 
     Employment Act of 1967 to allow institutions of higher 
     education to offer faculty members who are serving under a 
     contract or arrangement providing for unlimited tenure, 
     benefits on voluntary retirement that are reduced or 
     eliminated on the basis of age, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. FAZIO of California (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, 
             Mr. Bonior, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Boswell, Mr. Brown of California, Ms. DeGette, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mr. Ford, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
             Matsui, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             McHale, Mr. Minge, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pomeroy, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Stokes, Mrs. Tauscher, 
             Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Underwood, and Mr. Yates):
       H.R. 3474. A bill to help parents keep their children from 
     starting to use tobacco products, to expose the tobacco 
     industry's past misconduct and to stop the tobacco industry 
     from targeting children, to eliminate or greatly reduce the 
     illegal use of tobacco products by children, to improve the 
     public health by reducing the overall use of tobacco 
     products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, the Judiciary, 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 Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 3475. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a deduction for the health insurance costs of 
     all individuals who are not eligible to participate in 
     employer-subsidized health plans; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       H.R. 3476. A bill to reform the financing of Federal 
     elections; to the Committee on House Oversight, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and 
     the Workforce, Government Reform and Oversight, and the 
     Judiciary, 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. MATSUI:
       H.R. 3477. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a 
     certain drug substance used in the formulation of HIV 
     Antiviral Drug; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MCINNIS (for himself, Mr. Redmond, Mr. Hefley, 
             Mr. Bob Schaffer, Mr. Dan Schaefer of Colorado, and 
             Mr. Skeen):
       H.R. 3478. A bill to amend the Colorado Ute Indian Water 
     Rights Settlement Act to provide for a final settlement of 
     the claims of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. MCKEON (for himself, Mr. Goodling, and Mr. 
             Castle):
       H.R. 3479. A bill to provide for the implementation of 
     recommendations of the National Commission on the Cost of 
     Higher Education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. MOLLOHAN:
       H.R. 3480. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on 
     ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROEMER:
       H.R. 3481. A bill to require the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration to recognize that electronic forms of 
     providing MSDSs provide the same level of access to 
     information as paper copies; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. WAXMAN:
       H.R. 3482. A bill to designate the Federal building located 
     at 11000 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as 
     the ``Abraham Lincoln Federal Building``; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey:
       H. Con. Res. 244. Concurrent resolution calling on the 
     Government of Cuba to extradite JoanneChesimard from Cuba to 
     the United States; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Manton, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and Mr. Walsh):
       H. Con. Res. 245. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the settlement of the decades-long 
     conflict in the North of Ireland should address a number of 
     specific issues in order to foster a just and lasting peace; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. Sawyer, Mrs. Maloney 
             of New York, Mr. Shays, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Baldacci, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Engel, and 
             Mr. Dingell):
       H. Con. Res. 246. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress with respect to the collection of 
     demographic, social, and economic data as part of the 2000 
     decennial census of population; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Mr. BOEHNER:
       H. Res. 386. A resolution electing the Honorable Richard K. 
     Armey of Texas to act as Speaker pro tempore; considered and 
     agreed to.
           By Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. Gejdenson, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Frost, Mr. Hall of Ohio, 
             and Ms. Slaughter):
       H. Res. 387. A resolution prohibiting the payment of any 
     amount from the reserve fund established for unanticipated 
     expenses of committees without the approval of the House; to 
     the Committee on Rules.

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