[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 30 (Thursday, February 25, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H814-H816]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

           By Ms. DUNN (for herself and Mr. Tanner):
       H.R. 8. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GILMAN:
       H.R. 849. A bill to provide for adjustment of status for 
     certain nationals of Bangladesh; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Armey, 
             Mr. DeLay, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Cox, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Gephardt, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Frost, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Sensenbrenner, 
             Mr. Gekas, Mr. Coble, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Pease, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
             Rogan, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Frank 
             of Massachusetts, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Nadler, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Waters, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Archer, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Barrett of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Barton of 
             Texas, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown 
             of Florida, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Burr of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Camp, Mr. 
             Campbell, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, 
             Mrs. Christian-Christensen, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. 
             Clement, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Cook, Mr. 
             Cooksey, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Cunningham, 
             Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
             Duncan, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Ehlers, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
             English, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Fossella, Mr. 
             Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Goodling, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Gutknecht, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. 
             Hobson, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Holden, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Mr. Horn, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Inslee, Mr. 
             Istook, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Kasich, Mrs. Kelly, 
             Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kind of Wisconsin, Mr. Kingston, 
             Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Largent, 
             Mr. Latham, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
             Linder, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. Luther, Ms. 
             McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Manzullo, Mr. Markey, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. 
             Meek of Florida, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Mica, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, 
             Mr. Moakley, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Morella, 
             Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
             Nussle, Mr. Olver, Mr. Packard, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Pastor, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Pombo, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Quinn, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Reynolds, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Rush, Mr. Salmon, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Schaffer, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shays, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Souder, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stark, Mr. Sununu, Mr. 
             Tanner, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Taylor of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Vento, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watkins, 
             Mr. Weller, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Woolsey, 
             and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 850. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     affirm the rights of United States persons to use and sell 
     encryption and to relax export controls on encryption; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on International Relations, 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. TAUZIN (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Bliley, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Upton, Mr. Gillmor, Mrs. 
             Cubin, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Largent, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Blunt, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. John, Mr. Goss, and Mr. 
             Boehlert):
       H.R. 851. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to establish improved predictive models for 
     determining the availability of television broadcast signals; 
     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. LaHOOD:
       H.R. 852. A bill to require the Department of Agriculture 
     to establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to 
     enable the public to file all required paperwork 
     electronically with the Department and to have access to 
     public information on farm programs, quarterly trade, 
     economic, and production reports, and other similar 
     information; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. NUSSLE (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kasich, Mr. 
             Dreier, Mr. Goss, Mr. Minge, Mr. Sununu, Mr. 
             Radanovich, and Mr. Stenholm):
       H.R. 853. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to provide for joint resolutions on the budget, reserve 
     funds for emergency spending, strengthened enforcement of 
     budgetary decisions, increased accountablility for Federal 
     spending, accrual budgeting for Federal insurance programs, 
     mitigation of the bias in the budget process toward higher 
     spending, modifications in paygo requirements when there is 
     an on-budget surplus, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Rules, and Appropriations, 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. BENTSEN:
       H.R. 854. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the presumptive eligibility of Medicare 
     beneficiaries for the qualified Medicare beneficiary and 
     special low-income Medicare beneficiary programs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.

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           By Mr. FORBES:
       H.R. 855. A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research, 
     and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 relating to the dumping of 
     dredged material in Long Island Sound, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       H.R. 856. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the deduction allowed for interest on education 
     loans; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 857. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow employers a 200 percent deduction for amounts paid 
     or incurred for training employees; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Ms. Norton, and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 858. A bill to amend title 11, District of Columbia 
     Code, to extend coverage under the whistleblower protection 
     provisions of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit 
     Personnel Act of 1978 to personnel of the courts of the 
     District of Columbia; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. DUNN (for herself, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
             Bilbray, and Mr. Cunningham):
       H.R. 859. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow tax-exempt private activity bonds to be issued for 
     highway infrastructure construction; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Ney, 
             Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Olver, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Strickland, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             Wexler, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. 
             Davis of Virginia, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Frost, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Shows, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
             Traficant, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 860. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination 
     provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from 
     benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments 
     exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation 
     of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GOODE (for himself, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Scott, Mr. 
             Sisisky, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Wolf, and 
             Mr. Condit):
       H.R. 861. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the 1993 Federal income tax rate increases on 
     trusts established for the benefit of individuals with 
     disabilities; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HERGER:
       H.R. 862. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to implement the provisions of the Agreement conveying title 
     to a Distribution System from the United States to the Clear 
     Creek Community Services District; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Minge, Mr. Bass, Mr. 
             Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. 
             Gutknecht, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Hoekstra, 
             Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Thomas, Mr. McCrery, Ms. Woolsey, 
             Mr. Crane, and Mr. Campbell):
       H.R. 863. A bill to require appropriate off-budget 
     treatment of Social Security in official budget 
     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. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Watkins, Mr. 
             Cook, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Shows, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. Foley, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Bass, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. 
             Shaw, Mr. Levin, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Coyne, 
             Ms. Rivers, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. English, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Lazio, and Mr. McNulty):
       H.R. 864. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the State ceiling on private activity bonds; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON:
       H.R. 865. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a special rule for members of the uniformed 
     services and the Foreign Service in determining the exclusion 
     of gain from the sale of a principal residence; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Horn, 
             Mr. Underwood, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Shimkus, and Mr. Whitfield):
       H.R. 866. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     protect critical infrastructure radio systems from 
     interference and to promote efficient spectrum management of 
     the private land mobile radio bands, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 867. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require, in the evaluation of bids and proposals for a 
     contract for the procurement by the Department of Defense of 
     property or services, the consideration of the percentage of 
     work under the contract planned to be performed in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       H.R. 868. A bill to establish the Fallen Timbers 
     Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historical Site in the 
     State of Ohio; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. LoBIONDO:
       H.R. 869. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 
     from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the 
     Outer Continental Shelf; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. McCRERY (for himself, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Baker, 
             Mr. Cooksey, Mr. John, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Sandlin, 
             Mr. Largent, Mr. English, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Istook, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             Hefley, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, and Mr. Pickering):
       H.R. 870. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to change the determination of the 50,000-barrel refinery 
     limitation on oil depletion deduction from a daily basis to 
     an annual average daily basis; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
             and Mr. Pomeroy):
       H.R. 871. A bill to provide for investment in private 
     sector securities markets of amounts held in the Federal Old-
     Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund for payment of 
     benefits under title II of the Social Security Act; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 872. A bill to amend certain Federal civil rights 
     statutes to prevent the involuntary application of 
     arbitration to claims that arise from unlawful employment 
     discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national 
     origin, age, or disability, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. NEAL of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Moakley, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Olver, Mr. Tierney, 
             and Mr. Capuano):
       H.R. 873. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify that employees of a political subdivision of a 
     State shall not loose their exemption from the hospital 
     insurance tax by reason of the consolidation of the 
     subdivision with the State; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Sanford, 
             Mr. Istook, Mr. Shays, and Mr. Smith of Michigan):
       H.R. 874. A bill to reform Social Security by creating 
     individual Social Security retirement accounts; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Payne, Mr. Ford, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Christian-Christensen, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Frost, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Hilliard, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, and Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey):
       H.R. 875. A bill to provide for programs to develop and 
     implement integrated cockroach management programs in urban 
     communities that are effective in reducing health risks to 
     inner city residents, especially children, suffering from 
     asthma and asthma-related illnesses; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Stump, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Baker, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Chabot):
       H.R. 876. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the maximum amount of contributions to individual 
     retirement accounts and the amounts of adjusted gross income 
     at which the IRA deduction phases out for active participants 
     in pension plans, and to allow penalty-free distributions 
     from individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans for 
     certain purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 877. A bill to provide for the comparable treatment of 
     Federal employees and Members of Congress and the President 
     during a period in which there is a Federal Government 
     shutdown; to the Committee on Government Reform, and in 
     addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.

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           By Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Paul, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Salmon, Mr. Stump, Mr. Shadegg, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. 
             Largent, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Collins, 
             Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             Blunt, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Ryun of Kansas):
       H.R. 878. A bill to amend the National and Community 
     Service Act of 1990 to repeal the National Service Trust 
     Program under which certain persons who perform national or 
     community service receive stipends and educational awards for 
     such services; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 879. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     exempt licenses in the instructional television fixed service 
     from competitive bidding; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. STUMP (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             Frelinghuysen, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Spence, Ms. Brown 
             of Florida, Mr. Everett, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Buyer, Mr. 
             Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Quinn, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
             Bachus, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Moran 
             of Kansas, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Shows, 
             Mrs. Chenoweth, Ms. Berkley, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Hansen, 
             Mr. McKeon, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Hunter, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Saxton, and Mr. Cunningham):
       H.J. Res. 34. A joint resolution congratulating and 
     commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Ford, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
             Mr. Shows, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Ms. Lee, Ms. Norton, Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Stark, Mr. Davis 
             of Illinois, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Clyburn, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Gonzalez, and Mr. Bonior):
       H. Con. Res. 38. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be 
     issued honoring Paul Leroy Robeson, and that the Citizens' 
     Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster 
     General in 1999, that such a stamp be issued; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.

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