[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 51 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2705-H2706]
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. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, 
             Mr. Andrews, Mr. Pappas, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Fox of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Castle):
       H.R. 3764. A bill to establish a Commission to assess 
     weapons of mass destruction domestic response capabilities; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon:
       H.R. 3765. A bill to gradually increase the fees paid by 
     current holders of Forest Service special use permits that 
     authorize the construction and occupancy of private 
     recreation houses or cabins; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. CANADY of Florida:
       H.R. 3766. A bill to streamline, modernize, and enhance the 
     authority of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to plant 
     protection and quarantine, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees 
     on the Judiciary, Resources, 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. BARRETT of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. 
             Kleczka):
       H.R. 3767. A bill to nullify a certain regulation regarding 
     the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation 
     Network; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. Snyder):
       H.R. 3768. A bill to increase the availability, 
     affordability, and quality of school-based child care 
     programs for children aged 0 through 6 years; 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 
     consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. BAESLER (for himself and Ms. Slaughter):
       H.R. 3769. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to allow compensatory and punitive damages for 
     violations of the anti-discrimination provision of such Act 
     and to provide additional resources to the Secretary of Labor 
     to do studies and outreach on pay disparities; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BROWN of California (for himself and Mr. Lewis 
             of California):
       H.R. 3770. A bill to amend the Act of June 15, 1938, to 
     extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     purchase lands within the boundaries of certain National 
     Forests in the State of California to include the Angeles 
     National Forest and to expand the purposes for which such 
     purchases may be made; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. DEUTSCH (for himself and Mr. Foley):
       H.R. 3771. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture 
     from implementing a rule that would allow the importation of 
     papayas that are the product of Brazil into the continental 
     United States, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of 
     the United States until certain conditions are met, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Houghton, and Mrs. Thurman):
       H.R. 3772. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow the work opportunity credit against the 
     alternative minimum tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Coyne, 
             and Mr. Houghton):
       H.R. 3773. A bill to make permanent certain authority 
     relating to self-employment assistance programs; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Furse, Mr. Towns, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
             Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, and Mr. Brown of 
             California):
       H.R. 3774. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that housing assistance provided under the 
     Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
     of 1996 shall be treated for purposes of the low-income 
     housing credit in the same manner as comparable assistance; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOBSON (for himself, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. 
             Murtha, Mr. McDade, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Hefner, 
             Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Dixon, and 
             Mr. Visclosky):
       H.R. 3775. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require that military physicians possess unrestricted 
     licenses, and to require the establishment of a system for 
     monitoring completion by military physicians of applicable 
     Continuing Medical Education requirements; to the Committee 
     on National Security.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Petri, Mr. Kolbe, and Mr. Sanford):
       H.R. 3776. A bill to require the Federal government to 
     disclose to Federal employees on each paycheck the 
     government's share of taxes for old-age, survivors, and 
     disability insurance and for hospital insurance of the 
     employee, and the government's total payroll allocation for 
     the employee; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Sanford, and 
             Mr. Coburn):
       H.R. 3777. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require that each employer show on the W-2 form of 
     each employee the employer's share of taxes for old-age, 
     survivors, and disability insurance and for hospital 
     insurance for the employee as well as the total amount of 
     such taxes for such employee; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself and Mr. Meehan):
       H.R. 3778. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise the filing deadline for certain claims under the 
     National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. LAZIO of New York (for himself and Mrs. Kennelly 
             of Connecticut):
       H.R. 3779. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide medical assistance for breast and cervical 
     cancer-related treatment services to certain women screened 
     and found to have breast or cervical cancer under a Federally 
     funded screening program; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. MCCRERY (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       H.R. 3780. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for a prospective payment system for 
     services furnished by psychiatric hospitals under the 
     Medicare Program; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MCDADE:
       H.R. 3781. A bill to establish the Lackawanna Valley 
     Heritage Area; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. MILLER of California (by request):
       H.R. 3782. A bill to compensate certain Indian tribes for 
     known errors in their tribal trust fund accounts, to 
     establish a process for settling other disputes regarding 
     tribal trust fund accounts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. OXLEY (for himself, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Manton, 
             Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
             Norwood, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, and 
             Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 3783. A bill to amend section 223 of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 to require persons who are engaged 
     in the business of selling or transferring, by means of the 
     World Wide Web, material that is harmful to minors to 
     restrict access to such material by minors, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.

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           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 3784. A bill to provide health benefits for workers 
     and their families; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, 
     Ways and Means, Government Reform and Oversight, and National 
     Security, 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. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Paxon, Mr. 
             Campbell, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Herger, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Rogan, and Mr. Sanford):
       H.R. 3785. A bill to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act 
     to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the 
     United States Director of the International Monetary Fund to 
     present to the Fund's Executive Board a proposal to amend the 
     Fund's bylaws to eliminate the Fund's policy of providing de 
     facto tax-free salaries to certain Fund employees; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             and Ms. Slaughter):
       H.R. 3786. A bill to restrict the sale of cigarettes in 
     packages of less than 15 cigarettes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Portman, 
             Mr. Coble, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. Hutchinson, and Mr. Gekas):
       H.J. Res. 117. A joint resolution expressing the sense of 
     Congress that marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and 
     should not be legalized for medicinal use; 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 Ms. HARMAN:
       H. Con. Res. 268. Concurrent resolution honoring the 
     international corps of volunteers, known as Machal, who 
     served Israel in its War of Independence; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Ms. SANCHEZ:
       H. Con. Res. 269. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the heroism, sacrifice, and 
     service of former South Vietnamese commandos in connection 
     with United States armed forces during the Vietnam conflict; 
     to the Committee on National Security.
           By Mr. SOLOMON (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr. 
             Cox of California):
       H. Con. Res. 270. Concurrent resolution acknowledging the 
     positive role of Taiwan in the current Asian financial crisis 
     and affirming the support of the American people for peace 
     and stability on the Taiwan Strait and security for Taiwan's 
     democracy; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
             McIntyre, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. DeLay, Mr. 
             Boehner, Mr. Gephardt, and Mr. Bonior):
       H. Res. 417. A resolution regarding the importance of 
     fathers in the raising and development of their children; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Johnson of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. Rivers, and Mr. Quinn):
       H. Res. 418. A resolution expressing the sense of House of 
     Representatives that the President and the Senate should take 
     the necessary actions to prohibit the sale or diversion of 
     Great Lakes water to foreign countries, businesses, 
     corporations, and individuals; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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