[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2423]
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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. WELLER (for himself, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Riley, 
             and Mr. Herger):
       H.R. 3734. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty by providing that the 
     income tax rate bracket amounts, and the amount of the 
     standard deduction, for joint returns shall be twice the 
     amounts applicable to unmarried individuals; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Tauzin, 
             Mr. Brady, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Taylor of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. John, 
             and Mr. Bonilla):
       H.R. 3735. A bill to disapprove a rule requiring the use of 
     bycatch reduction devices in the shrimp fishery of the Gulf 
     of Mexico; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 3736. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to make changes relating to H-1B nonimmigrants; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       H.R. 3737. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1996 to deauthorize the remainder of the project at 
     East Boothbay Harbor, Maine; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Massachusetts, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hansen, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Olver, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Mr. Stark, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Vento, 
             Mr. Underwood, Mrs. Tauscher, and Mr. Pallone):
       H.R. 3738. A bill to establish a responsible United States 
     international tobacco policy, to prevent tobacco companies 
     from targeting tobacco products to children, to ensure no 
     government promotion of tobacco overseas, to curb smuggling 
     of tobacco products, to establish the American Center on 
     Global Health and Tobacco, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means, International Relations, National Security, 
     Resources, 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. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 3739. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to allow for distribution of the lump sum death payment, 
     in the absence of a widow or widower or surviving children, 
     to any other person as certified by the deceased worker to 
     the Commissioner of Social Security; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. GOSS:
       H.R. 3740. A bill to amend the Act of October 11, 1974 
     (Public Law 93-440; 88 Stat. 1257), to provide for the 
     continued operation of certain tour businesses in recently 
     acquired areas of Big Cypress National Preserve; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 3741. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     require congressional approval of civil aviation agreements; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. RIGGS (for himself, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. 
             Talent, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
             Souder, and Mr. Wamp):
       H.R. 3742. A bill to provide flexibility to certain local 
     educational agencies that develop voluntary public and 
     private parental choice programs under title VI of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.J. Res. 116. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the UnitedStates relative to abolishing 
     personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the 
     United States Government from engaging in business in 
     competition with its citizens; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island:
       H. Con. Res. 261. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     importance of rivers to the United States and supporting 
     efforts to inform and educate the people of the United States 
     regarding rivers and the importance of their preservation; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. KIM:
       H. Con. Res. 262. Concurrent resolution authorizing the 
     1998 District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement 
     Torch Run to be run through the Capitol Grounds; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. KIM:
       H. Con. Res. 263. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol Grounds for the seventeenth annual National 
     Peace Officers' Memorial Service; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Sandlin, 
             Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, 
             and Mr. Rothman):
       H. Con. Res. 264. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress with respect to documentation 
     requirements for physicians who submit claims to Medicare for 
     office visits and for other evaluation and management 
     services; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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