[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H3623-H3624]
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:


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           By Mr. ROGERS:
       H.R. 3904. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to improve the administrative structure for carrying out 
     the immigration laws in accordance with the recommendations 
     of the United States Commission on Immigration Reform; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HYDE:
       H.R. 3905. A bill to establish legal standards and 
     procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive and efficient 
     resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos 
     exposure, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRYANT:
       H.R. 3906. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide that a person sentenced by a court-martial to 
     confinement for life may not be granted parole until the 
     person has been confined for at least 30 years; to the 
     Committee on National Security.
           By Mr. BRYANT:
       H.R. 3907. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for a 95 percent income tax rate on 
     attorneys' fees paid in connection with the settlement (as 
     part of the tobacco settlement agreement dated June 20, 1997) 
     of any action maintained by a State; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. BRYANT:
       H.R. 3908. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income the dividends paid by 
     tobacco companies which meet youth smoking reduction targets; 
     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. CANNON:
       H.R. 3909. A bill to make technical corrections and minor 
     adjustments to the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-
     Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Bonior, Mr. Upton, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Levin, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Camp, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Ms. Rivers, Mr. Stupak, and Mr. Barcia of Michigan):
       H.R. 3910. A bill to authorize the Automobile National 
     Heritage Area; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FARR of California (for himself, Mr. Gallegly, 
             and Mr. Bilbray):
       H.R. 3911. A bill to designate all unreserved and 
     unappropriated California coastal rocks and islands currently 
     administered by the Bureau of Land Management as a component 
     of the National Wilderness Preservation System; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. Sam JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Bonilla):
       H.R. 3912. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have 
     attained retirement age; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. Sam JOHNSON:
       H.R. 3913. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify that natural gas gathering lines are 7-year 
     property for purposes of depreciation; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 3914. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to continue Medicare direct graduate medical 
     education payment rates for certain training programs in 
     osteopathy after their operation is assumed by another 
     hospital; 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. KENNEDY of Rhode Island:
       H.R. 3915. A bill to adjust the immigration status of 
     certain Liberian nationals who were provided refuge in the 
     United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Campbell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. McDade, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
             Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Schumer, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Stark, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
             Holden, and Ms. Furse):
       H.R. 3916. A bill expressing the sense of the Congress 
     regarding the need to address Nigerian advance fee fraud, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. MCCRERY (for himself, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. 
             John, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma):
       H.R. 3917. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to change the determination of the 50,000-barrel 
     refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction from a daily 
     basis to an annual average daily basis; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Ms. MCKINNEY (for herself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Evans, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Olver, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Lee, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, and Mr. Farr of California):
       H.R. 3918. A bill to prohibit the transfer of lethal 
     military equipment, helicopters, replacement structural 
     components and ammunition for that equipment and helicopters, 
     and other related assistance to the Government of Indonesia 
     unless the President certifies that the Government of 
     Indonesia has been elected in free and fair elections, does 
     not repress civilian political expression, and has made 
     substantial improvement in human rights conditions in 
     Indonesia, East Timor, and Irian Jaya (West Papua); to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. NETHERCUTT (for himself, Mr. Livingston, Ms. 
             Dunn of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. 
             Emerson, Mr. Latham, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. 
             Hastert, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Souder, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Mica, Mr. Sessions, and 
             Ms. Granger):
       H.R. 3919. A bill to direct the United States Sentencing 
     Commission to provide penalty enhancements for drug offenses 
     committed in the presense of children; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 3920. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act to eliminate Congressional review of newly-passed 
     District laws, to provide the District of Columbia with 
     autonomy over its budgets, 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. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Condit, Mr. 
             Davis of Virginia, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Talent, Mr. Sanford, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Sununu, Ms. Kilpatrick, and Mr. Weygand):
       H.R. 3921. A bill to improve the effectiveness and 
     performance of Federal financial assistance programs, 
     simplify Federal financial assistance application and 
     reporting requirements, and improve the delivery of services 
     to the public; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
           By Mr. SKEEN:
       H.R. 3922. A bill to eliminate the regional system of 
     organizing the National Forest System and to replace the 
     regional offices of the Forest Service with State offices; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. STRICKLAND (for himself and Mr. Whitfield):
       H.R. 3923. A bill to authorize the Worker and Community 
     Transition Office of the Department of Energy to manage a 
     fund to assist workers at, and communities surrounding, the 
     Piketon, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky uranium enrichment 
     plants; to the Committee on Commerce.

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