[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 22 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H480-H481]
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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 613. A bill to amend title 9, United States Code, to 
     allow employees the right to accept or reject the use of 
     arbitration to resolve an employment controversy; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ARCHER (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Thomas, 
             Mr. Crane, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Goss, 
             Mr. Armey, Mr. Royce, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
             Hilleary, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Tancredo, 
             Mr. Stump, Mr. Largent, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Young of 
             Alaska, Mr. Kolbe, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Coburn, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. English, Mr. 
             McCrery, Mr. Hayworth, and Mr. Shadegg):
       H.R. 614. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the availability of medical savings accounts; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H.R. 615. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit early distributions from employee stock ownership 
     plans for higher education expenses and first-time homebuyer 
     purchases; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 616. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit 401(k) contributions which would otherwise be 
     limited by employer contributions to employee stock ownership 
     plans; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. Norwood, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Shows, Mr. Underwood, Mr. English, 
             Ms. Rivers, and Mr. Strickland):
       H.R. 617. A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to ensure 
     full Federal compliance with that Act; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure, 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. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Evans, and Mr. 
             Cramer):
       H.R. 618. A bill to provide for the adjudication of certain 
     claims against the Government of Iraq and to ensure priority 
     for United States veterans filing such claims; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 619. A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to 
     prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in programs 
     receiving Federal fianancial assistance; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. 
             Frelinghuysen, and Mrs. Roukema):
       H.R. 620. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to conduct a test to determine the costs and benefits of 
     requiring jet-propelled aircraft taking off from Newark 
     International Airport, New Jersey, to conduct ascents over 
     the ocean, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HILLEARY:
       H.R. 621. A bill to provide that certain regulations 
     proposed by the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of 
     the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Board of Governors of 
     the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation relating to practices of financial institutions 
     shall not take effect; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Frost, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 622. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income rewards received by reason of 
     providing information leading to the conviction of a crime to 
     the extent that the reward is used to compensate victims of 
     crime; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KNOLLENBERG (for himself, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Barton 
             of Texas, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Canady of 
             Florida, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Cox of California, Ms. 
             Danner, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             English, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hutchinson, 
             Mr. John, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Smith of 
             Michigan, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stump, Mr. Traficant, and 
             Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 623. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and 
     Conservation Act to eliminate certain regulation of plumbing 
     supplies; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. KNOLLENBERG:
       H.R. 624. A bill to amend section 101 of title 11 of the 
     United States Code to modify the definition of single asset 
     real estate and to make technical corrections; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Kasich, 
             Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Portman, Mr. Regula, Mr. Sawyer, 
             and Mrs. Jones of Ohio):
       H.R. 625. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to continue 
     payment of monthly educational assistance benefits to 
     veterans enrolled at educational institutions during periods 
     between terms if the interval between such periods does not 
     exceed eight weeks; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Allen, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Berry, Mrs. Thurman, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. Olver, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Luther, Mr. 
             Waxman, Ms. Schakowsky, and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen):
       H.R. 626. A bill to require persons who undertake federally 
     funded research and development of drugs to enter into 
     reasonable pricing agreements with the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       H.R. 627. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to increase the minimum wage and to provide for an 
     increase in such wage based on the cost of living; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT (for himself, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Bilbray, 
             and Mr. Rohrabacher):
       H.R. 628. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the 
     Armed Forces, under certain circumstances and subject to 
     certain conditions, to assist the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service and the United States Customs Service 
     in the performance of border protection functions; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. VENTO (for himself and Mrs. Roukema):
       H.R. 629. A bill to amend the Community Development Banking 
     and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to reauthorize the 
     Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and to more 
     efficiently and effectively promote economic revitalization, 
     community development, and community development financial 
     institutions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.J. Res. 24. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-
     second amendment relating to Presidential term limitations; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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