[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 46 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2317-H2318]
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. McINNIS:
       H.R. 3715. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey the facilities of the Pine River Project, 
     to allow jurisdictional transfer of lands between the 
     Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and the Department 
     of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 3716. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     extend the program of research on breast cancer; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. SOLOMON (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Hastert, 
             Mr. Barr of Georgia, and Mr. DeLay):
       H.R. 3717. A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal 
     funds for the distribution of needles or syringes for the 
     hypodermic injection of illegal drugs; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. DeLAY:
       H.R. 3718. A bill to limit the jurisdiction of the Federal 
     courts with respect to prison release orders; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland:
       H.R. 3719. A bill to authorize the construction of a 
     monument to honor those who have served the Nation's civil 
     defense and emergency management programs; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. DeLAY (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Solomon, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Archer, Mr. Stump, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. Herger, Mr. Canady of Florida, and Mr. Hilleary):
       H.R. 3720. A bill to repeal the Bilingual Education Act and 
     for certain other purposes; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mr. BASS:
       H.R. 3721. 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 the 
     Judiciary, 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. CHRISTENSEN (for himself, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, 
             Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Doolittle, Ms. Dunn of Washington, 
             Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Hoekstra, 
             Mr. Istook, Mr. Manzullo, Mrs. Myrick, Ms. Pryce of 
             Ohio, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Sensenbrenner, 
             Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Talent, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
             Traficant, and Mr. Wolf):
       H.R. 3722. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify the standards used for determining whether 
     individuals are not employees; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 3723. A bill to authorize funds for the payment of 
     salaries and expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Coyne, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
             Mr. Jackson, Mr. Scott, Mr. Olver, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Moakley, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Borski, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Bonior, Mr. Clay, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Mr. 
             Payne):
       H.R. 3724. A bill to provide for the continuation of the 
     demonstration program, known as the Healthy Start Initiative, 
     that is carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services as a program of grants to reduce the rate of infant 
     mortality; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. GREENWOOD:
       H.R. 3725. A bill to make the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Act of 1970 applicable to the United States Postal 
     Service in the same manner as any other employer; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to 
     the Committee on 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. GUTIERREZ:
       H.R. 3726. A bill to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 
     to require additional disclosures relating to exchange rates 
     in transfers involving international transactions; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. LAZIO of New York (for himself, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
             Horn, and Mr. Boehlert):
       H.R. 3727. A bill to provide loan forgiveness for 
     individuals who earn a degree in early

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     childhood education, and enter and remain employed in the 
     early child care profession, to provide loan cancellation for 
     certain child care providers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. OBEY:
       H.R. 3728. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and other laws to return 
     primary responsibility for disaster relief to the States, to 
     establish a private corporation to insure States against 
     risks and costs of disasters otherwise borne by the States, 
     and to provide for reimbursable Federal assistance to States 
     for activities in response to disasters, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Agriculture, Small Business, and Banking and Financial 
     Services, 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. PRYCE of Ohio:
       H.R. 3729. A bill to ensure that prisoners are not 
     permitted unsupervised access to any interactive computer 
     service; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself and Mr. Jefferson):
       H.R. 3730. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the elimination of certain foreign base 
     company shipping income from foreign base company income; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SKEEN (for himself, Mr. Redmond, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Pickering):
       H.R. 3731. A bill to designate the auditorium located 
     within the Sandia Technology Transfer Center in Albuquerque, 
     New Mexico, as the ``Steve Schiff Auditorium''; to the 
     Committee on National Security.
           By Mr. TIAHRT:
       H.R. 3732. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to waive the waiting period otherwise required for 
     disability beneficiaries in the case of individuals suffering 
     from terminal illnesses with not more than six months to 
     live, and to amend titles II and XVI of such Act to provide 
     for appropriate treatment of prisoners; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.

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