[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 9, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H537-H538]
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. ARCHER (for himself and Mr. Rangel):
       H.R. 630. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reiterate the denial of the charitable contribution 
     deduction for transfers associated with split-dollar 
     insurance arrangements; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       H.R. 631. 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, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELDON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Brady of Texas, 
             Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Rothman, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Talent):
       H.R. 632. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to conduct a study on mortality and adverse 
     outcome rates of Medicare patients of providers of anesthesia 
     services, 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 Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland:
       H.R. 633. A bill to provide for investment in broad-based 
     private equities indices of amounts held in trust for payment 
     of benefits from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the 
     Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Department of 
     Defense Military Retirement Fund, the Civil Service 
     Retirement and Disability Fund, and the Railroad Retirement 
     Account, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, 
     Government Reform, the Budget, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and 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. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Gilchrest, and Mr. 
             Cummings):
       H.R. 634. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to guarantee that Medicare beneficiaries 
     enrolled in MedicareChoice plans offering prescription drug 
     coverage have access to a Medigap policy that offers similar 
     presciption drug coverage in the event the MedicareChoice 
     plan terminates service in the area in which the beneficiary 
     resides; 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. COLLINS:
       H.R. 635. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to permit the use of block grant funds under the 
     Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program for 
     classroom construction and hiring of teachers in elementary 
     and secondary public schools; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. COOKSEY:
       H.R. 636. A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act relating to the placement of children in 
     alternative educational settings under that Act and relating 
     to corrective action against States under part B of that Act; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Barrett 
             of Nebraska, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Shows, and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 637. A bill to give gifted and talented students the 
     opportunity to develop their capabilities; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. Horn, Mr. Pomeroy, 
             and Mr. Paul):
       H.R. 638. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the Lifetime Learning Credit for tuition expenses 
     for continuing education for secondary teachers in their 
     fields of teaching; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
             Paul, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Burton of Indiana, 
             Mr. Dickey, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Hoekstra, 
             Mr. Hostettler, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Hansen, Mr. 
             Doolittle, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
             Shows, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Largent, Mr. Pickering, Mrs. Chenoweth, 
             Mr. Stearns, Mr. Spence, Mr. Packard, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Souder, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Barcia of 
             Michigan, Mr. Ney, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Petri, Mr. Taylor 
             of Mississippi, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. Terry):
       H.R. 639. A bill to implement equal protection under the 
     14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right 
     to life of each born and preborn human person from the moment 
     of fertilization; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. Frost, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Gutknecht, 
             and Mr. Bentsen):
       H.R. 640. A bill to authorize appropriations for the United 
     States Customs Cybersmuggling Center; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McNULTY (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
             Leach, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Boehlert, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             LaFalce, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. McHugh, 
             Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Filner, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Towns, Ms. Carson, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 641. A bill to establish the Kate Mullany National 
     Historic Site in the State of New York, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD (for herself, Mr. Becerra, 
             Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Lee, Mr. George Miller of California, 
             Mr. Sherman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Horn, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Calvert, and Mr. Farr of California):
       H.R. 642. A bill to redesignate the Federal building 
     located at 701 South Santa Fe Avenue in Compton, California, 
     and known as the Compton Main Post Office, as the ``Mervyn 
     Malcolm Dymally Post Office Building``; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD (for herself, Mr. Becerra, 
             Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Lee, Mr. George Miller of California, 
             Mr. Sherman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Horn, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Calvert, and Mr. Farr of California):
       H.R. 643. A bill to redesignate the Federal building 
     located at 10301 South Compton Avenue, in Los Angeles, 
     California, and known as the Watts Finance Office, as the 
     ``Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building``; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H.R. 644. A bill to establish requirements for the 
     cancellation of automobile insurance policies; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. Horn, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
             McCollum, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Bachus, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Bereuter, 
             Mr. Leach, Ms. Biggert, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mr. Berman, Mr. Boehlert, and Mrs. Tauscher):
       H.R. 645. A bill to provide for teacher technology 
     training; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 646. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide that motor carriers safety permits for the 
     transportation of hazardous material be subject to annual 
     renewal; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Salmon, 
             Mrs. Cubin, and Mr. Metcalf):
       H.R. 647. A bill to prohibit the use of funds appropriated 
     to the Department of Defense from being used for the 
     deployment of United States Armed Forces in Kosovo unless 
     that deployment is specifically authorized by law; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PICKETT (for himself, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Kennedy, 
             and Mr. Ortiz):
       H.R. 648. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     restore military retirement benefits that were reduced by the 
     Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. RIVERS:
       H.R. 649. A bill to amend the Real Estate Settlement 
     Procedures Act of 1974 to prohibit a lender from requiring a 
     borrower in a residential mortgage transaction to provide the 
     lender with unlimited access to the borrower's tax return 
     information; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Ms. RIVERS:
       H.R. 650. A bill to assess the impact of the North American 
     Free Trade Agreement on domestic job loss and the 
     environment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.

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           By Ms. RIVERS:
       H.R. 651. A bill to prevent Members of Congress from 
     receiving any automatic pay adjustment which might otherwise 
     take effect in 1999; to the Committee on House 
     Administration, 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. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Romero-
             Barcelo, Ms. Norton, Mr. Underwood, and Mr. Ney):
       H.R. 652. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the allowance for burial and funural expenses of 
     certain veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 653. A bill to mandate price stability as the primary 
     goal of the monetary policy of the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee; 
     to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. Price of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Salmon, and Mr. Campbell):
       H.R. 654. A bill to make available on the Internet, for 
     purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain 
     information available through the Congressional Research 
     Service web site; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Weygand, 
             Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Frost, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Strickland, 
             and Mr. George Miller of California):
       H.R. 655. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to exclude clinical social worker services from 
     coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility 
     prospective payment system; 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. STEARNS (for himself and Ms. Rivers):
       H.R. 656. A bill to guarantee honesty in budgeting; 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. SWEENEY (for himself, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Houghton, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mrs. Lowey, and Mrs. Maloney of New York):
       H.R. 657. A bill to reduce acid deposition under the Clean 
     Air Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. SWEENEY:
       H.R. 658. A bill to establish the Thomas Cole National 
     Historic Site in the State of New York as an affiliated area 
     of the National Park System; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Pitts, 
             Mr. English, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Gekas, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Holden, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Coyne, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
             Klink, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
             Murtha, Mr. Castle, and Mr. Goodling):
       H.R. 659. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     protection of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields in 
     Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park Service to conduct 
     a special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine 
     Battlefields, to authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the 
     American Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.J. Res. 25. A joint resolution recognizing the sacrifice 
     and dedication of members of the Armed Forces throughout the 
     Nation's history; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. Sam JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Regula):
       H.J. Res. 26. A joint resolution providing for the 
     reappointment of Barber B. Conable, Jr. as a citizen regent 
     of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Instiution; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. Sam JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Regula):
       H.J. Res. 27. A joint resolution providing for the 
     reappointment of Dr. Hanna H. Gray as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. Sam JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Regula):
       H.J. Res. 28. A joint resolution providing for the 
     reappointment of Wesley S. Williams, Jr. as a citizen regent 
     of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to 
     the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. METCALF:
       H. Con. Res. 26. Concurrent resolution to express the sense 
     of the Congress that any Executive order that infringes on 
     the powers and duties of the Congress under article I, 
     section 8 of the Constitution, or that would require the 
     expenditure of Federal funds not specifically appropriated 
     for the purpose of the Executive order, is advisory only and 
     has no force or effect unless enacted as law; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DREIER (for himself and Mr. Moakley):
       H. Res. 45. A resolution providing amounts for the expenses 
     of the Committee on Rules in the One Hundred Sixth Congress; 
     to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Skelton):
       H. Res. 46. A resolution honoring Future Business Leaders 
     of America-Phi Beta Lambda; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Ms. RIVERS:
       H. Res. 47. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives to require that the expenses of special-order 
     speeches be paid from the Members Representational Allowance 
     of the Members making such speeches; to the Committee on 
     Rules.
           By Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin:
       H. Res. 48. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Congress and the President should 
     undertake the Social Security Guarantee Initiative to 
     strengthen and protect the retirement income security of all 
     Americans through the creation of a fair and modern Social 
     Security Program for the 21st century; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself and Mr. Berman):
       H. Res. 49. A resolution providing amounts for the expenses 
     of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the One 
     Hundred Sixth Congress; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.

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