[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H1970-H1972]
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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 Mr. ARCHER (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
             Thomas, Mr. Shaw, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Houghton, Mr. Herger, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Camp, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Ms. 
             Dunn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Portman, Mr. English, Mr. 
             Watkins,

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             Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Weller, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. McInnis, 
             Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Foley, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Levin, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Kleczka, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             Tanner, Mr. Becerra, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
             Fossella, and Mr. Sweeney):
       H.R. 1376. A bill to extend the tax benefits available with 
     respect to services performed in a combat zone to services 
     performed in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/
     Montenegro) and certain other areas, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
             Mr. Hastert, Mr. Crane, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
             Porter, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Evans, Mr. Davis 
             of Illinois, Mr. Blagojevich, Mrs. Biggert, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Costello, Mr. Rush, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mr. Manzullo, Mr. LaHood, and Mr. Phelps):
       H.R. 1377. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service at 13234 South Baltimore Avenue in 
     Chicago, Illinois, as the ``John J. Buchanan Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself and Mr. Hall of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 1378. A bill to authorize appropriations for carrying 
     out pipeline safety activities under chapter 601 of title 49, 
     United States Code; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. GILMAN:
       H.R. 1379. A bill to amend the Omnibus Consolidated and 
     Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, to make a 
     technical correction relating to an emergency supplemental 
     appropriation for international narcotics control and law 
     enforcement assistance; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BALLENGER (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Ms. Dunn, 
             Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Stenholm, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Dooley 
             of California, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Shays, Ms. Pryce of 
             Ohio, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Granger, Mrs. Northup, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mrs. Cubin, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Barrett of 
             Nebraska, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Boehner, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
             Talent, Mr. Graham, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. 
             Deal of Georgia, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Latham, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Peterson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Miller 
             of Florida, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Goodlatte, 
             Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Coble, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Riley, Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Spence, and Mr. 
             Hastings of Washington):
       H.R. 1380. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the 
     private sector; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. BALLENGER (for himself, Mr. Goodling, and Mr. 
             Dickey):
       H.R. 1381. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide that an employee's ``regular rate'' for 
     purposes of calculating overtime compensation will not be 
     affected by certain additional payments; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BATEMAN:
       H.R. 1382. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide an exemption from overtime compensation for 
     firefighters and rescue squad members who volunteer their 
     services; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       H.R. 1383. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow registered vendors to administer refunds of 
     Federal excise taxes on kerosene used in unvented heaters for 
     home heating purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CANNON (for himself, Mr. McInnis, and Mr. 
             Hayworth):
       H.R. 1384. A bill to authorize an interpretive center and 
     related visitor facilities within the Four Corners Monument 
     Tribal Park, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.R. 1385. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to repeal the financial limitation on 
     rehabilitation services under part B of the Medicare Program; 
     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. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
             Nussle, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Shows, Mr. Metcalf, 
             Mr. Istook, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. McHugh, 
             Mr. Hansen, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
             Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. Ryan of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Petri, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Hastings of Washington):
       H.R. 1386. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale of a 
     family farming business to a family member; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Shows, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             English, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Ney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Underwood, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Doyle, 
             Mrs. Morella, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Davis of 
             Florida, Mr. Clement, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mrs. Meek 
             of Florida, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Levin, Mr. Wolf, Mrs. Myrick, 
             Mr. Goodling, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, and Mr. Spratt):
       H.R. 1387. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for Government furnished headstones or markers for 
     the marked graves of veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. English, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
             Salmon, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Oberstar, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Shows, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Moore, and Mr. 
             Gonzalez):
       H.R. 1388. A bill to establish a demonstration project to 
     study and provide coverage of routine patient care costs for 
     Medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an 
     approved clinical trial program; 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. MANZULLO (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Taylor of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Istook, Mr. Stump, 
             Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Condit, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. 
             Gejdenson, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Moran of 
             Kansas, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Hill of Montana, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Filner, Mr. Bachus, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Bilbray, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Thornberry, 
             Mr. Sununu, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Nethercutt, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, and Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York):
       H.R. 1389. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the information reporting requirement relating 
     to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits imposed 
     on educational institutions and certain other trades and 
     businesses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 1390. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the rates of income tax imposed on indvidual 
     taxpayers by 3 percentage points, to provide for a carryover 
     basis of property acquired from a decedent, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. REGULA (for himself and Mr. Murtha):
       H.R. 1391. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under 
     which States may be certified to carry out voluntary 
     environmental cleanup programs and to amend CERCLA regarding 
     the liability of landowners and prospective purchasers; 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. STARK:
       H.R. 1392. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to enter into contracts with providers of services 
     to furnish certain inpatient hospital services at an all-
     inclusive rate of payment; 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. WATTS of Oklahoma:
       H.R. 1393. A bill to provide wage parity for certain 
     Department of Defense employees in Texas and Oklahoma; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Canady of Florida, 
             Mr. Goss, Mr. Young of Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
             Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Foley, Mr. Davis of 
             Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Mica, Mr. Weldon of 
             Florida, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, and Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 1394. A bill to provide for the appointment of 
     additional Federal district judges in the State of Florida, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HUNTER (for himself and Mr. Calvert):

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       H.R. 1395. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to suspend the 
     application of certain motor vehicle fuel requirements in 
     areas within the State of California during certain periods 
     in order to reduce the retail cost of gasoline, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. McKINNEY (for herself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Ackerman, 
             Mr. Andrews, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings 
             of Florida, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Wexler, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Rush, Mr. Clay, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Stark, Mr. Luther, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
             Kleczka, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Markey, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
             Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Owens, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Meeks of New 
             York, Ms. Lee, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Larson, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Franks of 
             New Jersey, Ms. Waters, Mr. Ford, Mr. Brown of 
             California, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Holt, Mr. Towns, and Ms. 
             Baldwin):
       H.R. 1396. A bill to save taxpayers money, reduce the 
     deficit, cut corporate welfare, and protect and restore 
     America's natural heritage by eliminating the fiscally 
     wasteful and ecologically destructive commercial logging 
     program on Federal public lands and to facilitate the 
     economic recovery and diversification of communities 
     dependent on the Federal logging program; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, 
     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. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. Bass, Mr. 
             Frelinghuysen, Mr. Castle, Mr. McKeon, Mrs. Roukema, 
             Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Graham, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Hayworth, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
             Baldacci, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Dunn, Mr. English, Mr. 
             Ewing, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hill of Montana, 
             Mrs. Kelly, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Moore, Mr. Moran of 
             Kansas, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Nussle, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. Shows, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Thune, Mr. Traficant, and 
             Mr. Weldon of Florida):
       H. Con. Res. 84. Concurrent resolution urging the Congress 
     and the President to fully fund the Federal Government's 
     obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
     Act; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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