[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 31 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H1335-H1337]
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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. POMEROY (for himself, Mr. Kolbe, Mrs. Kennelly
of Connecticut, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Levin, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Payne, Mr. Green, Mr.
Boswell, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Frost, Mr. Yates, Mr.
Stupak, Mr. Torres, Mr. Evans, Ms. DeLauro, Mr.
Underwood, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms.
Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Sessions):
H.R. 3503. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to enhance the portability of retirement benefits, 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 condition of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. SHUSTER (for himself and Mr. Oberstar) (both by
request):
H.R. 3504. A bill to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act
to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts and to further define the criteria
for capital repair and operation and maintenance; to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. DOOLEY of California (for himself and Mr. Boyd):
H.R. 3505. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for
the implementation of the revised ozone and particulate
matter standards, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Commerce.
By Mr. EHLERS (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Lewis of
Kentucky, Mr.
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Tiahrt, Mr. Horn, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Aderholt, Ms.
Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Smith of Michigan,
Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Boehner, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Chambliss,
Mr. Traficant, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Hastings of
Washington, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Hansen,
Mr. LaTourette, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Gilman,
Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr.
Bateman, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Camp,
Mr. Leach, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr. Burr of North
Carolina, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Kildee, Mr.
Bilbray, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Linder, Mr. Hastert, Mr.
Stump, Mr. Everett, Mr. Deal of Georgia, and Mr.
Callahan):
H.R. 3506. A bill to award a congressional gold medal to
Gerald R. and Betty Ford; to the Committee on Banking and
Financial Services.
By Mr. SPENCE:
H.R. 3507. A bill to suspend until December 31, 2001, the
duty on certain electrical transformers for use in the
manufacture of audio systems; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
H.R. 3508. A bill to suspend until December 31, 2001, the
duty on loudspeakers not mounted in their enclosures; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3509. A bill to suspend until December 31, 2001, the
duty on parts for use in the manufacture of loudspeakers; to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. BONIOR (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Fazio of
California, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Ms.
DeLauro, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Frost, Mr. Clay, Mr. Owens, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs.
Clayton, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr.
Becerra, Mr. Berman, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Borski, Mr.
Brown of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cardin,
Ms. Carson, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Conyers, Mr.
Coyne, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr.
DeFazio, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Dixon, Mr.
Engel, Mr. Evans, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Ford, Mr.
Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Green, Mr.
Gutierrez, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hastings of Florida,
Mr. Hefner, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr.
Jackson, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy of
Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr.
Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Klink, Mr.
Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Lantos, Mr.
Levin, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Manton, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Matsui, Mr.
McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meehan,
Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr.
Miller of California, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr.
Moakley, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Ms.
Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Ms.
Pelosi, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Mr.
Rothman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sabo, Ms.
Sanchez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Scott, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Stark, Mr.
Stokes, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Thompson,
Mr. Torres, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Vento, Ms.
Waters, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Wexler, Ms.
Woolsey, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Yates, Mr. Filner, and Mr.
Obey):
H.R. 3510. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage; to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Bilirakis,
Mr. Waxman, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Ensign, Mr. McCrery,
Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Thurman, Mr.
Camp, Mr. Linder, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Christensen, Mr.
Sam Johnson, and Mr. Towns):
H.R. 3511. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security
Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to provide additional exceptions to the imposition of civil
money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries; 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. CHRISTENSEN:
H.R. 3512. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code,
with respect to Federal prisoners, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. CLAYTON (for herself, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr.
Brown of California, Mr. Holden, Mr. Frost, Mr.
Bishop, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Boswell, Mr.
Pastor, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Mascara, Mr.
Hilliard, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Baesler, Mr.
Condit, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Hinchey, Mr.
Towns, Mr. Stark, Ms. Furse, Ms. Danner, Mr. Lewis of
Georgia, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Scott,
Ms. DeLauro, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Dooley of California,
Mr. Sanders, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr.
Faleomavaega, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr.
Rush, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Davis of Illinois,
and Mr. Watt of North Carolina):
H.R. 3513. A bill to reform agricultural credit programs of
the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Morella,
Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Baldacci, Mr.
Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Boucher,
Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown of California, Ms.
Carson, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Clement, Mr. Coyne,
Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cummings, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt,
Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Engel, Ms.
Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Fazio of
California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Ford, Mr.
Frost, Ms. Furse, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Gephardt, Mr.
Gutierrez, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, Mr.
Jackson, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mrs. Kennelly of
Connecticut, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kleczka, Mr.
Lampson, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of Georgia,
Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. McCarthy of New York,
Mr. McDermott, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Maloney of New
York, Mr. Manton, Mr. Markey, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Meehan,
Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Moran
of Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr.
Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Pomeroy, Ms. Roybal-Allard,
Mr. Rush, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sawyer, Mr.
Scott, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Stark, Mr.
Torres, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Vento, Ms. Waters, Mr.
Waxman, Mr. Wexler, and Ms. Woolsey):
H.R. 3514. A bill to prevent violence against women, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in
addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce,
Ways and Means, Commerce, Banking and Financial Services,
National Security, 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. EHRLICH:
H.R. 3515. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
exclude from income, for purposes of determining annual
income for veterans' non-service-connected disability
pension, amounts received by a veteran from any judgment or
settlement of a claim for damages against the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania:
H.R. 3516. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for election
for Federal office, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committees on Ways
and Means, Commerce, 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. FOX of Pennsylvania:
H.R. 3517. A bill to allow postal patrons to contribute to
funding for diabetes research through the voluntary purchase
of certain specially issued United States postage stamps; to
the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Meehan,
and Mr. Foley):
H.R. 3518. A bill to provide for a transition to market-
based rates for power sold by the Federal Power Marketing
Administrations and the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Resources, and in
addition to the Committees on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and 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 Ms. GRANGER (for herself and Mr. Roemer):
H.R. 3519. 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. HASTINGS of Washington:
H.R. 3520. A bill to adjust the boundaries of the Lake
Chelan National Recreation Area and the adjacent Wenatchee
National Forest in the State of Washington; to the Committee
on Resources.
By Mr. HOBSON:
H.R. 3521. A bill to provide for the conveyance of the Army
Reserve Center in Jamestown, Ohio, to benefit the Greeneview
Local School District of Jamestown, Ohio; to the Committee on
National Security.
By Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island:
H.R. 3522. A bill to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to
establish the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage
Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island'' to reauthorize
assistance for historic, recreational, and environmental
education projects related to
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the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor; to
the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. McCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, Mr.
Aderholt, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baldacci, Mr.
Barr of Georgia, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Boyd,
Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Collins, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Diaz-
Balart, Mr. Foley, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Goss,
Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Inglis of
South Carolina, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr.
Livingston, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Meek of
Florida, Mr. Mica, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr.
Moakley, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts,
Mr. Ney, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Olver, Mr. Paul, Mr.
Porter, Mr. Regula, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Scarborough, Mr.
Shaw, Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stenholm, Mr.
Talent, Mr. Thornberry, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Weldon of
Florida, and Mr. Wexler):
H.R. 3523. A bill to amend the false claims provisions of
title 31, United States Code; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. McDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Kleczka, Mr.
Jefferson, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and
Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut):
H.R. 3524. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to increase the standard deduction for joint filers; to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. MORAN of Virginia:
H.R. 3525. A bill to amend the National Highway System
Designation Act of 1995 to specify the number and use of
vehicle lanes on any replacement of the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Roukema,
Mrs. Capps, Mr. Leach, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs.
Morella, Mr. Luther, Mr. Bilbray, Mrs. Maloney of New
York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Minge, Mr. Wexler, Mr.
Barrett of Wisconsin, and Mr. Allen):
H.R. 3526. A bill to reform the financing of Federal
elections; to the Committee on House Oversight, and in
addition to the Committees on 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. SISISKY:
H.R. 3527. A bill to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to
establish a national military park at the battle fields of
the siege of Petersburg, Virginia``, approved July 3, 1926,
to limit the authority of the Department of the Interior to
impose fees for entrance to the City Point Unit of Petersburg
National Battlefield; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Diaz-Balart,
and Mr. Lewis of Georgia):
H. Con. Res. 247. Concurrent resolution recognizing the
contributions of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to
the civil society of the United States and the world and to
the cause of nonviolent social and political change to
advance social justice and equality for all races and calling
on the people of the United States to study, reflect on, and
celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the
thirtieth anniversary of his death; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
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