[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H1444-H1445]
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. SMITH of Oregon:
       H.R. 3530. A bill to address the destruction and 
     degradation of important forest resources on Federal lands in 
     the United States through a program of recovery and 
     protection consistent with the requirements of existing 
     public land management and environmental laws, to establish a 
     program to inventory and analyze public and private forests, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. 
             Hilliard, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Thurman, and Ms. 
             Woolsey):
       H.R. 3531. A bill to support breastfeeding by new mothers 
     and encourage employers to support workplace lactation 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, House Oversight, Government 
     Reform and Oversight, 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 Mr. DAN SCHAEFER of Colorado:
       H.R. 3532. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 1999, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. COLLINS:
       H.R. 3533. A bill to terminate the exception provided for 
     certain real estate investment trusts from the rules relating 
     to stapled entities; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CONDIT (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Solomon, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Armey, Mr. 
             Stenholm, Mr. Goss, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Linder, Mr. 
             John, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Cramer, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
             Hastings of Washington, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Turner):
       H.R. 3534. A bill to improve congressional deliberation on 
     proposed Federal private sector mandates, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Ney, Mr. Christensen, 
             Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. Shays):
       H.R. 3535. A bill to establish limits on medical 
     malpractice claims, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, 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. KENNEDY of Rhode Island:
       H.R. 3536. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage the construction in the United States of 
     luxury yachts, and for other purposes; 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 Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD (for herself, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Martinez, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Rivers, and Ms. Jackson-Lee):
       H.R. 3537. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the delivery of alcohol to minors; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Mr. Green):
       H.R. 3538. A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to limit the amount of any increase in the 
     payments required by health insurance issuers for health 
     insurance coverage provided to individuals who are guaranteed 
     an offer of enrollment under individual health insurance 
     coverage relative to other individuals who purchase health 
     insurance coverage; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. REDMOND (for himself, Mr. Skeen, and Mr. 
             Schiff):
       H.R. 3539. A bill to amend the Radiation Exposure 
     Compensation Act to provide for payment of compensation to 
     individuals exposed to radiation as the result of working in 
     uranium mines and mills which provided uranium for the use 
     and benefit of the United States Government, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. RIVERS:
       H.R. 3540. A bill to assess the impact of the North 
     American Free Trade Agreement on domestic job loss and the 
     environment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mrs. ROUKEMA:
       H.R. 3541. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that the $500,000 exclusion of gain on the 
     sale of a principal residence shall apply to certain sales by 
     a surviving spouse; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon:
       H.R. 3542. A bill to clarify the Bureau of Land 
     Management's authority to make sales and exchanges of certain 
     Federal lands in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 3543. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to prohibit a political committee from 
     reimbursing a candidate for election for Federal office for 
     amounts provided to the committee in support of the 
     candidate's campaign; to the Committee on House Oversight.
           By Mr. UPTON:
       H.R. 3544. A bill to amend the National Sea Grant College 
     Program Act with respect to the treatment of Lake Champlain; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. BOYD (for himself and Mr. Stenholm):
       H. Con. Res. 248. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     should be reformed by April 15, 2001, in a manner that 
     protects the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, that 
     is revenue neutral, and that results in a fair and less 
     complicated tax code; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
             Mascara, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Reyes, and 
             Mr. Rodriguez):
       H. Con. Res. 249. Concurrent resolution stating the sense 
     of Congress that substantial amounts of the proceeds received 
     by the United States under any congressionally approved 
     tobacco settlement should be allocated to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BEREUTER (for himself and Mr. Berman):
       H. Res. 392. A resolution relating to the importance of 
     Japanese-American relations and

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      the urgent need for Japan to more effectively address its 
     economic and financial problems and open its markets by 
     eliminating informal barriers to trade and investment, 
     thereby making a more effective contribution to leading the 
     Asian region out of its current financial crisis, insuring 
     against a global recession, and reinforcing regional 
     stability and security; to the Committee on International 
     Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Banking and 
     Financial Services, 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.

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