[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H2371-H2373]
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. COBLE:
       H.R. 1565. A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 
     relating to dilution of famous marks, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mrs. FOWLER (for herself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Kasich, 
             Mr. Blunt, and Mr. Chambliss):
       H.R. 1566. A bill to prohibit the use of funds appropriated 
     to the Department of Defense from being used for the 
     deployment of ground elements of the United States Armed 
     Forces in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia unless that 
     deployment is specifically authorized by law; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services, 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. KING (for himself and Mr. Snyder):
       H.R. 1567. A bill to amend the Freedom for Russia and 
     Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 
     1992 to eliminate the restriction on assistance to 
     Azerbaijan; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. TALENT (for himself, Mr. Stump, Mrs. McCarthy of 
             New York, Mr. Evans, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Moran 
             of Kansas, Mr. Filner, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mrs. 
             Kelly, and Mr. Pascrell):
       H.R. 1568. A bill to provide technical, financial, and 
     procurement assistance to veteran owned small businesses, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. FOWLER (for herself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Kasich, 
             Mr. Blunt, and Mr. Chambliss):
       H.R. 1569. A bill to prohibit the use of funds appropriated 
     to the Department of Defense from being used for the 
     deployment of ground elements of the United States Armed 
     Forces in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia unless that 
     deployment is specifically authorized by law; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services, 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. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1570. A bill to create incentives for the People's 
     Republic of China and India to adopt a policy of restraint 
     with respect to its nuclear activities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Banking and Financial 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 Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 1571. A bill to designate the Federal building under 
     construction at 600 State Street in New Haven, Connecticut, 
     as the ``Merrill S. Parks, Jr., Federal Building``; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. GORDON (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. 
             Brown of California):
       H.R. 1572. A bill to require the adoption and utilization 
     of digital signatures by Federal agencies and to encourage 
     the use of digital signatures in private sector electronic 
     transactions; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 1573. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to exempt elementary and secondary schools from the fee 
     imposed on employers filing petitions with respect to non-
     immigrant workers under the H-1B program; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HILLIARD:
       H.R. 1574. A bill to extend the inspection requirements of 
     the Federal Meat Inspection Act to rabbits produced for human 
     consumption; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. HINCHEY:
       H.R. 1575. A bill to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 
     to limit fees charged by financial institutions for the use 
     of automatic teller machines, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       H.R. 1576. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     prohibit the distribution of any negotiable check or other 
     instrument with any solicitation to a consumer by a creditor 
     to open an account under any consumer credit plan or to 
     engage in any other credit transaction which is subject to 
     such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking 
     and Financial Services.
           By Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Stump, 
             Mr. Hayes, and Mr. Tancredo):
       H.R. 1577. A bill to establish certain uniform legal 
     principles of liability with respect to manufacturers of 
     products; 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. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. McHugh, 
             Mr. McCrery, Mr. Istook, Mr. Paul, Mrs. Chenoweth, 
             Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Largent, and Mr. 
             Bartlett of Maryland):
       H.R. 1578. A bill to amend the wetland conservation 
     provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act to permit the unimpeded use of 
     privately owned crop, range, and pasture lands that have been 
     used for the planting of crops or the grazing of livestock in 
     at least five of preceding ten years; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, 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. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. Brown 
             of Ohio, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Bilirakis, 
             Mr. Dingell, Mr. Porter, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Camp, Mr. Ramstad, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Portman, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. English, 
             Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Weller, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
             Bilbray, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Callahan, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Olver, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baird, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. 
             Bentsen, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cook, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
             Inslee, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Larson, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Moakley, 
             Mr. Ney, Mr. Oberstar, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Riley, 
             Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sessions, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Sandlin, 
             Mr. Shows, Mr. Vento, Mr. Weygand, and Mr. Becerra):
       H.R. 1579. A bill to provide for payments to children's 
     hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; 
     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 Ms. LOFGREN (for herself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
             Ms. Waters, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Lantos, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Ms. Lee, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 1580. A bill to prohibit the sale of guns that have 
     not been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Hyde, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gejdenson, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
             Brown of California, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Costello, Mr. Clay, Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Farr of California, 
             Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dicks, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Berman, Mr. Weygand, Ms. Pelosi, 
             Mr. Doyle, Mr. Stark, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Filner, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Deutsch, Mr. Lipinski, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Blagojevich, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Tierney, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Rivers, 
             Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Eshoo, 
             Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Inslee, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Delahunt, and Mr. 
             Luther):
       H.R. 1581. A bill to end the use of steel-jawed leghold 
     traps on animals in the United States; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, International Relations, and 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:
       H.R. 1582. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a 
     certain chemical; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1583. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent law the $5,000 first-time homebuyer 
     credit for the District of Columbia; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. QUINN:
       H.R. 1584. A bill to prohibit the distribution or receipt 
     of restricted explosives without a Federal permit, and to 
     require applications for such permits to include a photograph 
     and the fingerprints of the applicant; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
            Mrs. ROUKEMA:
       H.R. 1585. A bill to streamline the regulation of 
     depository institutions, to safeguard confidential banking 
     and credit union supervisory information, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
       H.R. 1586. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand S corporation eligibility for banks, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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           By Mr. STEARNS:
       H.R. 1587. A bill to encourage States to establish 
     competitive retail markets for electricity, to clarify the 
     roles of the Federal Government and the States in retail 
     electricity markets, to remove certain Federal barriers to 
     competition, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and 
     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. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Towns, 
             and Mrs. Clayton):
       H.R. 1588. A bill to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code to permit all debtors to exempt certain payments 
     receivable on account of discrimination based on race, color, 
     religion, national origin, or gender, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WISE:
       H.R. 1589. A bill to amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools 
     and Communities Act of 1994 to provide for the establishment 
     of school violence prevention hotlines; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. Hefley, Mr. McInnis, 
             Ms. DeGette, Mr. Schaffer, and Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado):
       H. Con. Res. 92. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress with respect to the tragic shooting at Columbine 
     High School in Littleton, Colorado; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Hyde, 
             Mr. McCollum, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Greenwood, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Scott, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, and Mr. 
             Goodling):
       H. Con. Res. 93. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress regarding the social problem of child abuse 
     and neglect and supporting efforts to enhance public 
     awareness of this problem; 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. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Wolf, and 
             Mr. Hall of Ohio):
       H. Res. 152. A resolution recognizing the commitment and 
     dedication of members of America's humanitarian relief 
     nongovernmental organizations and private volunteer 
     organizations for their rapid and courageous response to 
     recent disasters in Central America and Kosova, and of the 
     local nongovernmental organizations and individuals in these 
     regions with whom they work; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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