[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H416-H419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. KASICH (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. DeLay, Mr. 
             Cox of California, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baker, Mr. Blunt, 
             Mr. Boehner, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Doolittle, Ms. Dunn of 
             Washington, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Ewing, Mr. 
             Foley, Mrs. Fowler, Ms. Granger, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Istook, Mr. Kolbe, 
             Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Gary Miller of California, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Packard, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. Royce, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tancredo, and Mr. Taylor of 
             North Carolina):
       H.R. 3. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce individual income tax rates by 10 percent; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. WILSON (for herself, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Oxley, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Wynn, 
             Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Luther, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. 
             Pickering, and Mr. Gillmor):
       H.R. 514. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic 
     eavesdropping, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. CARSON (for herself, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
             Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Stark, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Luther, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Christian-Christensen, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Ford, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. McGovern, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. 
             Clay, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mrs. Clayton, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. George Miller of California, and Mr. 
             Abercrombie):
       H.R. 515. A bill to prevent children from injuring 
     themselves with handguns; 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 Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Taylor of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Latham, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
             Skeen, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Hall of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 516. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury 
     and the Federal banking agencies from implementing ``know 
     your customer'' regulations which overburden financial 
     institutions and invade the privacy of United States 
     citizens; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 517. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network established 
     by the Secretary of the Treasury to allow an individual to 
     obtain a copy of any record maintained by the Network 
     pertaining to such person and to have corrections made to 
     such records, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Government Reform, 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. PAUL:
       H.R. 518. A bill to sunset the provisions of subchapters II 
     and III of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and 
     chapter 2 of Public Law 91-508; to the Committee on Banking 
     and Financial Services.
           By Mr. GILMAN:
       H.R. 519. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to remove 
     the limitation on the amount of outside income which a Social 
     Security beneficiary may earn while receiving benefits; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Eshoo, 
             and Ms. Pelosi):
       H.R. 520. A bill relating to the period of availability of 
     certain emergency relief funds allocated under section 125 of 
     title 23, United States Code, for carrying out a project to 
     repair or reconstruct a portion of a Federal-aid primary 
     route in San Mateo County, California; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 521. A bill concerning denial of passports to 
     noncustodial parents subject to State arrest warrents in 
     cases of nonpayment of child support; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 522. A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to 
     establish a parent-child privilege; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 523. A bill to encourage States to enter into 
     agreements with other States for the establishment of 
     conforming regulations governing the provision of limousine 
     service between the States; to the Committee on Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committee on 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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 524. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require 
     that group and individual health insurance coverage and group 
     health plans provide coverage for annual screening 
     mammography

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     for any class of covered individuals if the coverage or plans 
     include coverage for diagnostic mammography for such class, 
     and to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act 
     to provide for coverage of annual screening mammography; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
     on Ways and Means, and 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. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Olver, Ms. 
             DeGette, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. 
             Waters, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Delahunt, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Christian-
             Christensen, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rush, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Dixon, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Gejdenson, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Evans, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Mr. McGovern, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. Lee, Mr. Ford, Mr. Owens, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. Towns, Mr. Stark, Mr. Frost, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Vento, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Capps, 
             Mr. Crowley, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Matsui, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Moore, Ms. Kilpatrick, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Clay, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Obey, Mr. Allen, and Mr. 
             Green of Texas):
       H.R. 525. A bill to provide for the defense of the 
     environment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 
     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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 526. A bill to protect the retirement security of 
     Americans; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and Government Reform, 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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 527. A bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act to provide 
     that a contractor under that Act who has repeated violations 
     of the Act shall have its contract with the United States 
     canceled and to require the disclosure under freedom of 
     information provisions of Federal law of certain payroll 
     information under contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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. ARCHER:
       H.R. 528. A bill to amend section 353 of the Public Health 
     Service Act to exempt physician office laboratories from the 
     clinical laboratories requirements of that section; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. BARCIA of Michigan:
       H.R. 529. A bill to require the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service to approve a permit required for importation 
     of certain wildlife items taken in Tajikistan; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. BARR of Georgia (for himself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. 
             Baker, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Campbell):
       H.R. 530. A bill to provide that the ``Know Your Customer'' 
     regulations proposed by the Federal banking agencies may not 
     take effect unless such regulations are specifically 
     authorized by a subsequent Act of Congress and to require the 
     Federal banking agencies to conduct a comprehensive study on 
     various economic and privacy issues raised by the proposed 
     regulations and submit a report on such study to the 
     Congress, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking 
     and Financial Services.
           By Mr. BLILEY:
       H.R. 531. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the amount allowable for qualified adoption 
     expenses, to permanently extend the credit for adoption 
     expenses, and to adjust the limitations on such credit for 
     inflation; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. Farr of California, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Luther, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Smith of Washington, and Mr. 
             Underwood):
       H.R. 532. A bill to amend the Act of September 30, 1961, to 
     limit the antitrust exemption applicable to broadcasting 
     agreements made by leagues of professional sports, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT (for himself and Mr. Borski):
       H.R. 533. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize programs for 
     predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of 
     disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. BONO:
       H.R. 534. A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of the 
     United States Code to permit each party to certain contracts 
     to accept or reject arbitration as a means of settling 
     disputes under the contracts; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASTLE:
       H.R. 535. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier 
     Resources System; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. CASTLE:
       H.R. 536. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require 
     the establishment of a regional or branch office of the Small 
     Business Administration in each State; to the Committee on 
     Small Business.
           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. Upton, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Houghton, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
             Shays, Mr. Graham, Mr. Boehlert, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. 
             Roukema, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Gilman, 
             Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Luther, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Minge, Mr. 
             English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Greenwood):
       H.R. 537. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to provide for budgeting for emergencies through the 
     establishment of a budget reserve account, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Budget, 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. CLEMENT (for himself, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Reyes, 
             Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Sandlin, 
             Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Filner, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Lipinski, 
             Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Gejdenson):
       H.R. 538. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula 
     for workers who attain age 65 in or after 1982 and to whom 
     applies the 15-year period of transition to the changes in 
     benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security 
     Amendments of 1977 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide 
     prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. DANNER:
       H.R. 539. A bill to establish 9-1-1 as the universal 
     emergency assistance number for wireless telecommunications 
     users, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Florida (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, 
             Mr. Dingell, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. Markey, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. 
             Deutsch, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Stupak, Mr. McCollum, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Pallone, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Goss, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Wexler, 
             Mr. Rush, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
             Bentsen, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Lantos, and Ms. Brown of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 540. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of 
     nursing facilities as a result of a voluntary withdrawal from 
     participation in the Medicaid Program; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Gephardt, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Costello, Mr. Gejdenson, Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Olver, Ms. Kaptur, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Stark, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Sanders, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mrs. 
             Tauscher):
       H.R. 541. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
     discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. FOLEY:
       H.R. 542. A bill to reduce the number of Trident ballistic 
     missile submarines subject to a statutory limitation on 
     retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery 
     systems and to provide that any funds saved by retiring such 
     submarines should be used for national missile defense 
     programs; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. 
             Pickering, and Mr. Oxley):
       H.R. 543. A bill to require the installation and use by 
     schools and libraries of a technology for filtering or 
     blocking material on the Internet on computers with Internet 
     access to be eligible to receive or retain universal service 
     assistance; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself and Mr. Lewis of Georgia):
       H.R. 544. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the small issuer exemption from pro rata 
     allocation of interest expense of financial institutions to 
     tax-exempt interest; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       H.R. 545. A bill to combat fraud in, and to improve the 
     administration of, the disability programs under titles II 
     and XVI of the Social Security Act; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 546. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     protect the sanctity of religious communications; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       H.R. 547. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish and provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate 
     Cancer Research Fund, and for other purposes; 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 Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Frost, 
             Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
             Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown 
             of Florida, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rodriguez, 
             Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Shows, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Waters, and Ms. 
             Velazquez):
       H.R. 548. A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to 
     provide for a just apportionment of Representatives in 
     Congress for all States; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Moakley, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Olver, 
             Mr. Meehan, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Delahunt, 
             and Mr. Capuano):
       H.R. 549. A bill to provide for the non-preemption of State 
     prescription drug benefit laws in connection with 
     MedicareChoice plans; 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. McKEON (for himself and Mr. Stump):
       H.R. 550. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide that persons who have been convicted of a capital 
     crime may not be awarded the Purple Heart; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. McNULTY:
       H.R. 551. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide that military reservists who are retained in active 
     status after qualifying for reserve retired pay shall be 
     given credit toward computation of such retired pay for 
     service performed after so qualifying; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. McNULTY (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bishop, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Fossella, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Borski, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Green 
             of Texas, Mr. Shays, Mr. Holden, Mr. King of New 
             York, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Underwood, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Towns, Mr. Shows, Mr. Clement, Mr. Doyle, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Foley, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mrs. 
             Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. LoBiondo, 
             Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Hall of 
             Texas, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Allen, Mr. Filner, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, and Mr. Kolbe):
       H.R. 552. A bill to provide for award of the Navy Combat 
     Action Ribbon based upon participation in ground or surface 
     combat as a member of the Navy or Marine Corps during the 
     period between July 4, 1943, and March 1, 1961; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. McNULTY:
       H.R. 553. A bill to prohibit discrimination by the States 
     on the basis of nonresidency in the licensing of dental 
     health care professionals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
       H.R. 554. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow roll-over contributions to individual retirement 
     plans from deferred compensation plans maintained by States 
     and local governments and to allow State and local 
     governments to maintain 401(k) plans; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FATTAH (for himself, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Martinez, and Mr. Rush):
       H.R. 555. A bill to require States to equalize funding for 
     education throughout the State; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. MICA (for himself and Mr. Pickett):
       H.R. 556. A bill to amend titles 5 and 37 of the United 
     States Code to allow members of the armed forces to 
     participate in the Thrift Savings Plan; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, 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. NEY (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, 
             Mr. Hobson, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Whitfield, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. Shows, and Mr. Boehlert):
       H.R. 557. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute 
     for hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and 
     supplies; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to 
     the Committee on 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. REGULA (for himself and Mr. Rohrabacher):
       H.R. 558. A bill to provide for the retrocession of the 
     District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Government Reform, 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. ROEMER (for himself and Mr. Houghton):
       H.R. 559. A bill to provide for the continuation of the 
     United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO:
       H.R. 560. A bill to designate the Federal building located 
     at 300 Recinto Sur Street in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, as 
     the ``Jose V. Toledo United States Post Office and 
     Courthouse''; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN:
       H.R. 561. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the operation in certain metropolitan areas of civil 
     subsonic turbojets that fail to comply with stage 3 noise 
     levels; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 562. A bill to approve and ratify certain transfers of 
     land and natural resources by or on behalf of the Delaware 
     Nation of Indians, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 563. A bill to encourage Members of Congress and the 
     executive branch to be honest with the public about true on-
     budget circumstances, to exclude the Social Security trust 
     funds from the annual Federal budget baseline, to prohibit 
     Social Security trust funds surpluses to be used as off-sets 
     for tax cuts or spending increases, and to exclude the Social 
     Security trust funds from official budget surplus/deficit 
     pronouncements; to the Committee on the Budget, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 564. A bill to repeal the Federal estate and gift 
     taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 565. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce individual income taxes by increasing the amount of 
     taxable income which is taxed at the lowest income tax rate; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. VENTO (for himself, Ms. Danner, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Bishop, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Carson, Mr. Olver, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mr. Underwood, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Doyle, Mr. Payne, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Rahall, Mrs. 
             Meek of Florida, Mr. Filner, Ms. Lee, Mr. Skelton, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Borski, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Kaptur, 
             Mr. Evans, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             LaFalce, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Metcalf, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Shows, Mr. 
             Oberstar, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. 
             Allen, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Minge, Mr. 
             Stupak, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Sabo, and Mrs. 
             Capps):
       H.R. 566. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to conduct Stand Down events and to establish a pilot 
     program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event in 
     each State; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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           By Mr. VISCLOSKY:
       H.R. 567. A bill to assure that the services of a 
     nonemergency department physician are available to hospital 
     patients 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week in all non-Federal 
     hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
           By Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Traficant, 
             Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Rothman, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Campbell, and Mr. Hilliard):
       H.R. 568. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 
     1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years 
     totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula 
     under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the 
     changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social 
     Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
     on the Budget, 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. FILNER (for himself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Capps, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Owens, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Clyburn, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Berman, Ms. Norton, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Brown of 
             California, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Underwood, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Hilliard, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Velazquez, and Mrs. 
             Napolitano):
       H.J. Res. 22. A joint resolution to commemorate the 
     birthday of Cesar E. Chavez; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. Chabot):
       H. Con. Res. 22. Concurrent resolution providing that the 
     President should seek a public renunciation by the People's 
     Republic of China of any use of force, or threat to use 
     force, against Taiwan, and that the United States should help 
     Taiwan in case of threats or a military attack by the 
     People's Republic of China; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. McKEON:
       H. Con. Res. 23. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that during 1999 theSecretaries of the military 
     departments should provide honor guard details for the 
     funerals of veterans in the same manner as is required by law 
     effective January 1, 2000; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H. Res. 37. A resolution requiring the House of 
     Representatives to take any legislative action necessary to 
     verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as a 
     part of the Constitution, when the legislatures of an 
     additional 3 States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Obey, Mr. 
             Skelton, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Brown 
             of California, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Rangel, and Mr. Dixon):
       H. Res. 38. A resolution prohibiting the payment of any 
     amount from the reserve fund established for unanticipated 
     expenses of committees without the apporoval of the House; to 
     the Committee on Rules.

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