[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H3294-H3296]
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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. CRANE:
       H.R. 1833. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 2000 and 2001 for the United States Customs Service for 
     drug interdiction and other operations, for the Office of the 
     United States Trade Representative, for the United States 
     International Trade Commission, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 1834. A bill to promote the growth of free enterprise 
     and economic opportunity in the Caribbean Basin region, to 
     increase trade between the region and the United States, and 
     to encourage the adoption by Caribbean Basin countries of 
     trade and investment policies necessary for participation in 
     the Free Trade Area of the Americas; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cox, 
             Mr. Kasich, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Sanford, and Mr. 
             McIntosh):
       H.R. 1835. A bill to impose conditions on assistance 
     authorized for North Korea, to impose restrictions on nuclear 
     cooperation and other transactions with North Korea, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BEREUTER:
       H.R. 1836. A bill to properly balance the wind and water 
     erosion criteria and the wildlife suitability criteria to be 
     used in the 18th signup of land in the conservation reserve 
     program; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. BURR of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mr. McCrery, and Mr. Pallone):
       H.R. 1837. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide certain Medicare beneficiaries with 
     an exemption to the financial limitations imposed on 
     physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy 
     services under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other 
     purposes; 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. DELAY (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Deutsch, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Wu, Mr. Cox, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Cook, and Mr. Weldon of Florida):
       H.R. 1838. A bill to assist in the enhancement of the 
     security of Taiwan, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on International Relations, 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 Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1839. A bill to authorize the Director of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency to make grants to fire 
     departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. 
             Wexler):
       H.R. 1840. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the maximum taxable income for the 15 
     percent rate bracket, to provide a partial exclusion from 
     gross income for dividends and interest received by 
     individuals, to provide a long-term capital gains deduction 
     for individuals, to increase the traditional IRA contribution 
     limit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 1841. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to restore eligibility for adjustment of status under 
     section 245(i) of that Act; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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           By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself and Mr. Pomeroy):
       H.R. 1842. A bill to provide matching grants for the 
     construction, renovation and repair of school facilities in 
     areas affected by Federal activities, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 Mr. HYDE (for himself and Mrs. Lowey):
       H.R. 1843. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to permit States to use funds under the State Children's 
     Health Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant 
     women, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. LAHOOD (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Frost, Mr. Dingell, and 
             Mr. LaTourette):
       H.R. 1844. A bill to provide for adjustment of status for 
     certain aliens granted temporary protected status in the 
     United States because of conditions in Lebanon; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Evans, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Borski, Mr. Holden, and Mr. 
             McGovern):
       H.R. 1845. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide for congressional review of civil aviation 
     agreements; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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 Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 1846. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to permit the Attorney General to deem that an applicant 
     for naturalization has taken an oath of renunciation and 
     allegiance in certain cases where the applicant is medically 
     unable to take the oath; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Maloney 
             of Connecticut, Mrs. Kelly, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 1847. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to 
     protect the confidentiality of communications between 
     dependents of members of the Armed Forces and professionals 
     providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or 
     domestic abuse; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Shays, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Morella, Ms. Norton, and Mr. 
             Dooley of California):
       H.R. 1848. A bill to ensure a woman's right to breastfeed 
     her child on any portion of Federal property where the woman 
     and her child are otherwise authorized to be; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mrs. Kelly, 
             Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Christensen, Mrs. 
             Clayton, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Frost, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Mr. McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Meehan, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mrs. Morella, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Olver, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Romero-
             Barcelo, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Mr. Stark, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Weiner, 
             and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 1849. A bill to require the Attorney General to 
     promulgate regulations relating to gender-related 
     persecution, including female genital mutilation, for use in 
     determining an alien's eligibility for asylum or withholding 
     of deportation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mr. Goss, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
             Forbes, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Royce, Mr. Shays, Mr. Wolf, 
             Mrs. Northup, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. 
             Sununu, Mr. Stark, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Bass, 
             Mr. Campbell, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Portman, 
             Mr. Berman, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Castle, Mr. Hansen, Mr. 
             Cook, Mr. Coyne, Mr. English, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. 
             Porter, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Horn, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Wamp, 
             Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Kingston, and 
             Mr. Salmon):
       H.R. 1850. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act to convert the price support program for 
     sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse 
     loans and to provide for the gradual elimination of the 
     program; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. Clay, Mr. George Miller 
             of California, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Payne, Mr. Kucinich, 
             and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 1851. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Act of 1970 to enhance protections for employees 
     reporting workplace hazards to the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Coble, and Mr. 
             Berman):
       H.R. 1852. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain 
     jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for 
     trial; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 1853. A bill to provide for each American the 
     opportunity to provide for his or her retirement through a 
     S.A.F.E. account, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, 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. SHAYS (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             Ms. Berkley, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mr. English, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gilman, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Johnson 
             of Connecticut, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kolbe, Ms. Lee, 
             Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. Petri, Mr. Schaffer, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. 
             Underwood):
       H.R. 1854. A bill to temporarily increase the number of 
     visas available for backlogged spouses and children of lawful 
     permanent resident aliens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Ms. Lofgren, and 
             Mr. Hutchinson):
       H.R. 1855. A bill to exempt agreements relating to 
     voluntary guidelines governing telecast material, movies, 
     video games, Internet content, and music lyrics from the 
     applicability of the antitrust laws; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 1856. A bill to direct the Attorney General to 
     establish a panel to study the issue of Federal benefits 
     received by persons convicted of drug offenses; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. THURMAN (for herself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Canady of 
             Florida, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
             and Ms. Hooley of Oregon):
       H.R. 1857. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993 to allow leave for individuals who give living organ 
     donations, to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to paying travel and subsistence expenses that are 
     incurred by individuals in donating or receiving of organs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, 
     Government Reform, House Administration, 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 Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. 
             Houghton, Mr. Berman, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Ose, Mr. Frost, Mr. Porter, 
             Mr. Bonior, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Dixon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. 
             Meek of Florida, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Berry, Mr. Holt, 
             Mr. Farr of California, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Hastings 
             of Florida, Mr. Filner, Mr. Payne, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Blagojevich, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Minge, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Horn, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Meehan, 
             Mr. Allen, Mr. Engel, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
             Bentsen, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             King, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. 
             Forbes, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Condit, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Mr. Rothman):
       H. Con. Res. 109. A concurrent resolution commending the 
     people of Israel for reaffirming, in its elections, its 
     dedication to democratic ideals, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. 
             Clyburn, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
             Cummings, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Scott, Mr. 
             Rush, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Owens, Ms. Brown of 
             Florida, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Fattah, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. Ford, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Towns, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Meeks of New 
             York, Ms. Lee, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
             Mr. Frost, Ms. Carson, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Waters, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, and Mr. Watt of North Carolina):
       H. Res. 176. A resolution recognizing the historical 
     significance of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in 
     Brown v. Board of Education, repudiating segregation,

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      and reaffirming the fundamental belief that we are all ``one 
     Nation under God, indivisible''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BALDACCI:
       H. Res. 177. A resolution relating to the treatment of 
     veterans with Alzheimer's disease; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Porter, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Cox, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Shays, Mr. Waxman, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Horn, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Clay):
       H. Res. 178. A resolution concerning the tenth anniversary 
     of the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989, in the 
     People's Republic of China; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.

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