[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H8527-H8528]
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. BOSWELL:
       H.R. 4607. A bill to extend trade authorities procedures 
     with respect to reciprocal trade agreements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. CRANE:
       H.R. 4608. A bill to reauthorize the Generalized System of 
     Preferences, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN:
       H.R. 4609. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify local law 
     enforcement agencies of allegations of a missing patient or 
     of certain misconduct and to enable such agencies to 
     investigate such allegations; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. GIBBONS:
       H.R. 4610. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to make reimbursement for certain damages incurred as a 
     result of bonding regulations adopted by the Bureau of Land 
     Management on February 28, 1997, and subsequently determined 
     to be in violation of Federal law; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Matsui, 
             Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. 
             Paul):
       H.R. 4611. A bill to provide a temporary waiver for taxable 
     year 1998 of the minimum tax rules that deny many families 
     the full benefit of nonrefundable personal credits, pending 
     enactment of permanent legislation to address this inequity; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROGAN:
       H.R. 4612. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     require certain notices in any mailing using a game of chance 
     for the promotion of a product or service, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       H.R. 4613. A bill to authorize the President to award a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Mrs. Yaffa Eliach in 
     recognition of

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     her outstanding and enduring contributions toward scholarship 
     about the Holocaust, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. SUNUNU:
       H.R. 4614. A bill to provide for the conveyance of Federal 
     land in New Castle, New Hampshire, to the town of New Castle, 
     New Hampshire, and to require the release of certain 
     restrictions with respect to land in such town; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
             Watkins, Mr. Minge, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Pomeroy, and 
             Mr. Peterson of Minnesota):
       H.R. 4615. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act to provide for the retroactive lifting of the 
     caps on loan rates for marketing assistance loans for the 
     1998 crop; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
             Hamilton, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Pease, Mr. Roemer, Ms. 
             Carson, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Buyer, and Mr. 
             Hostettler):
       H.R. 4616. A bill to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 3813 Main Street in East Chicago, Indiana, 
     as the ``Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office``; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
           By Mr. HINCHEY:
       H. Con. Res. 329. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the reduction of the Federal 
     Funds rate by the Federal Open Market Committee; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

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