[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 69 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H3169-H3170]
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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. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. 
             Frelinghuysen, and Mr. Lantos):
       H.R. 1788. A bill to deny Federal public benefits to 
     individuals who participated in Nazi persecution; referred to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. PAUL:
       H.R. 1789. A bill to restore the inherent benefits of the 
     market economy by repealing the Federal body of statutory law 
     commonly referred to as ``antitrust law'', and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLILEY (by request):
       H.R. 1790. A bill to provide for public disclosure of 
     accidental release scenario information in risk management 
     plans, and for other purposes; referred to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Government 
     Reform, 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. WELLER (for himself, Mr. Rothman, and Mr. 
             Chabot):
       H.R. 1791. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide penalties for harming animals used in Federal law 
     enforcement; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Shows, Mr. Etheridge, and Mr. 
             Holden):
       H.R. 1792. A bill to provide crime-fighting scholarships to 
     certain law enforcement officers; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KOLBE (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Smith of 
             Michigan, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Sanford, Ms. 
             McCarthy of Missouri, and Mr. Greenwood):
       H.R. 1793. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for individual security accounts funded by 
     employee and employer Social Security payroll deductions, to 
     extend the solvency of the old-age, survivors, and disability 
     insurance program, and for other purposes; referred to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Rules, 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. BROWN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Chabot):
       H.R. 1794. A bill concerning the participation of Taiwan in 
     the World Health Organization (WHO); to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. BURR of North Carolina (for himself and Ms. 
             Eshoo):
       H.R. 1795. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and 
     Engineering; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Stark, and Mrs. Thurman):
       H.R. 1796. A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to provide for a chronic disease 
     prescription drug benefit under the Medicare Program; 
     referred 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. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. 
             Gutierrez):
       H.R. 1797. A bill to amend section 203 of the National 
     Housing Act to require properties that are subject to 
     mortgages insured under the FHA single family housing 
     mortgage insurance program to be inspected and determined to 
     comply with the minimum property standards established by the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; to the Committee 
     on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Johnson 
             of Connecticut, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Burr of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Leach, Mr. English, 
             Mr. Towns, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Filner, and Ms. Pelosi):
       H.R. 1798. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide additional support for and to expand clinical 
     research programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ:
       H.R. 1799. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise and improve the authorities of the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs relating to the provision of counseling and 
     treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself and Mr. Scott):
       H.R. 1800. A bill to amend the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to ensure that certain 
     information regarding prisoners is reported to the Attorney 
     General; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Romero-Barcelo, and Mr. Underwood):
       H.R. 1801. A bill to make technical corrections to various 
     antitrust laws and to references to such laws; referred to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Armed 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 Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       H.R. 1802. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to provide States with more funding and greater 
     flexibility in carrying out programs designed to help 
     children make the transition from foster care to self-
     sufficiency, and for other purposes; referred 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. KASICH (for himself and Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin):
       H.R. 1803. A bill to preserve and protect the surpluses of 
     the Social Security trust funds by reaffirming the exclusion 
     of receipts and disbursement from the budget, by setting a 
     limit on the debt held by the public, and by amending the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a process to 
     reduce the limit on the debt held by the public; referred to 
     the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Rules, and 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. LATOURETTE (for himself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Bliley, Mr. 
             Blunt, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Borski, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Dixon, Ms. Dunn, Mrs. 
             Emerson, Mr. English, Mr. Fossella, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             Goodling, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hill 
             of Indiana, Mr. Holden, Ms. Norton, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Mr. Horn, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Kennedy 
             of Rhode Island, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Lipinski, Mrs. McCarthy of 
             New York, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McHugh, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Metcalf, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
             Gary Miller of California, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
             Norwood, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pitts, Ms. 
             Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. 
             Sawyer, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sherman, 
             Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shows, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
             Snyder, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Taylor of 
             Mississippi, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
             Underwood, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. 
             Young of Florida):
       H.R. 1804. A bill to authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance 
     Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of 
     Columbia or its environs to soldiers who have lost their 
     lives during peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts, 
     training, terrorist attacks, or covert operations; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mr. Gilman):
       H.R. 1805. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a capital loss deduction with respect to the 
     sale or exchange of a principal residence; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mr. Lazio):
       H.R. 1806. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and 
     individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
     provide adequate access to providers of obstetric and 
     gynecological services; referred to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and 
     the Workforce, and 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. McINNIS:
       H.R. 1807. A bill to establish a matching grant program to 
     help State and local jurisdictions purchase bullet resistant 
     equipment for use by law enforcement departments; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Matsui, and Mr. 
             Gejdenson):
       H.R. 1808. A bill to provide an exemption from certain 
     import prohibitions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Rush, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Lipinski, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Tierney, Ms. Kilpatrick, and Mr. Davis of Illinois):
       H.R. 1809. A bill to prohibit the importation of dangerous 
     firearms that have been modified to avoid the ban on 
     semiautomatic assault weapons; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. NUSSLE (for himself and Mr. Boswell):
       H.R. 1810. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the 
     State volume cap; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PASTOR:
       H.R. 1811. A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
     to provide adequate and certain remedies for sovereign tribal 
     governments, and for other purposes; referred to the 
     Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
     the Judiciary, and 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. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Metcalf, 
             Mr. Clay, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 1812. A bill to amend the Military Selective Service 
     Act to suspend the registration requirement and the 
     activities of civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, 
     and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System, 
     except during national emergencies, and to require the 
     Director of Selective Service to prepare a report regarding 
     the development of a viable standby registration program for 
     use only during national emergencies; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. SWEENEY:
       H.R. 1813. A bill to prohibit the export to Hong Kong of 
     certain high-speed computers; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sandlin, 
             Mr. LaHood, Mr. Roemer, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Skelton, 
             Mr. Coble, Mr. Souder, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Hostettler, 
             Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Ney, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Hill of 
             Montana, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
             Canady of Florida):
       H.R. 1814. A bill to provide incentives for Indian tribes 
     to collect and pay lawfully imposed State sales taxes on 
     goods sold on tribal lands and to provide for penalties 
     against Indian tribes that do not collect and pay such State 
     sales taxes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 1815. A bill to rename Mount McKinley in Alaska as 
     Denali; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
             Sisisky, and Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 1816. A bill to require coverage for colorectal cancer 
     screenings; referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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. VENTO (for himself and Mr. Smith of New Jersey):
       H. Res. 169. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with respect to democracy, free elections, 
     and human rights in the Lao People's Democratic Republic; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. COX (for himself and Mr. Dicks):
       H. Res. 170. A resolution amending House Resolution 5, One 
     Hundred Sixth Congress, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Rules.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H. Res. 171. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with respect to the National Conference of 
     Law Enforcement Emerald Societies for their services in 
     honoring slain Detective John Michael Gibson and Private 
     First Class Jacob Chestnut of the United States Capitol 
     Police; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Talent, and Mr. Rohrabacher):
       H. Res. 172. A resolution to authorize and direct the 
     Archivist of the United States to make available for public 
     use the records of the House of Representatives Select 
     Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.

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