[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 124 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8035]
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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. CASTLE:
       H.R. 4590. A bill to allow all States to participate in 
     activities under the Education Flexibility Partnership 
     Demonstration Act; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       H.R. 4591. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for home health case manager services 
     under the Medicare Program; 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. STARK:
       H.R. 4592. A bill to amend titles XI and XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to establish a program to ensure that 
     home health agencies do not employ individuals who have a 
     history of patient or resident abuse or have been convicted 
     of certain crimes; 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. CRAPO:
       H.R. 4593. A bill to establish a National Resources 
     Institute at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
     Laboratory; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Bliley, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Ensign, and Mr. Klug):
       H.R. 4594. A bill to provide funds to States to establish 
     and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay 
     programs for elementary and secondary school teachers; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. REGULA (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Weller, Mr. 
             Hyde, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Fawell, 
             Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Dicks, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. Crane, Mr. Porter, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
             Poshard, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Evans, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Ewing, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Kolbe, 
             Mr. Wamp, Mr. Skaggs, Mr. McDade, and Mr. Murtha):
       H.R. 4595. A bill to redesignate a Federal building located 
     in Washington, D.C., as the ``Sidney R. Yates Federal 
     Building''.; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SMITH of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Thune):
       H.R. 4596. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that certain farming-related section 1231 
     gains and losses shall not be taken into account in 
     determining whether a taxpayer is eligible for the earned 
     income credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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