[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H3604-H3605]
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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. LAZIO (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Foley, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Clement, Mr. Farr 
             of California, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Etheridge, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. 
             English, Mr. Luther, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Armey, and Mr. DeLay):
       H.R. 1915. A bill to provide grants to the States to 
     improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Price of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Sessions, and Mr. Sandlin):
       H.R. 1916. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce to 36 months the amortization period for 
     reforestation expenditures and to increase to $25,000 the 
     maximum annual amount of such expenditures which may be 
     amortized; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McGOVERN (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Weygand, 
             Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Hilleary, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. 
             Ackerman):
       H.R. 1917. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to make additional payments under the Medicare 
     Program to certain home health agencies with high-cost 
     patients, to provide for an interest-free grace period for 
     the repayment of overpayments made by the Secretary to home 
     health agencies, and for other purposes; 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. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Clement, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Weller, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Tanner):
       H.R. 1918. A bill to provide for implementation of 
     prohibitions against payment of Social Security benefits to 
     prisoners, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. Clement, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Weller, and Mr. Foley):
       H.R. 1919. A bill to require the Commissioner of Soical 
     Security to provide prisoner information obtained from the 
     States to Federal and federally assisted benefit programs as 
     a means of preventing the erroneous provision of benefits to 
     prisoners; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. Obey):
       H.R. 1920. A bill to establish a program to provide grants 
     to expand the availability of public health dentistry 
     programs in medically underserved areas, health professional 
     shortage areas, and other Federally-defined areas that lack 
     primary dental services; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Campbell, 
             Mr. Cox, and Mr. Ehrlich):
       H.R. 1921. A bill to provide that the provision of the Fair 
     Labor Standards Act of 1938 on the accounting of tips in 
     determining the wage of tipped employees shall preempt any 
     State or local provision precluding a tip credit or requiring 
     a tip credit less than the tip credit provided under such Act 
     and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
     that tips received for certain services shall not be subject 
     to income or employment taxes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, 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. DOOLITTLE (for himself, Mr. DeLay, Mrs. Cubin, 
             Mr. Shadegg, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
             Mr. Dickey, Mr. Paul, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Largent, 
             Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Tiahrt, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Hansen, 
             Mr. Crane, Mr. Armey, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
             Young of Alaska, Mr. Linder, Mr. Spence, Mr. Dreier, 
             Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. 
             Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Traficant, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Camp, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Collins, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Baker, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Cook, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Hunter, Mr. King, 
             Mr. Norwood, Mr. Packard, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
             Tauzin, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Gary Miller of California, 
             Mr. McCrery, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Jones of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Bliley, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
             Weldon of Florida, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
             Simpson, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
             Everett, and Mr. Herger):
       H.R. 1922. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for election 
     for Federal office; to the Committee on House Administration, 
     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. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Frost, 
             Ms. Sanchez, and Mrs. Thurman):
       H.R. 1923. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restore the exclusion from gross income for damage 
     awards for emotional distress; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. GEKAS:
       H.R. 1924. A bill to prevent Federal agencies from pursuing 
     policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence in, and 
     relitigation of, precedents established in the Federal 
     judicial courts; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin:
       H.R. 1925. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit sex offenders from entering National Parks; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Mr. Shows, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Diaz-Balart, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. 
             Fossella, Mr. English, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Whitfield, Ms. Granger, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mrs. 
             Kelly, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Fletcher, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Lucas of 
             Kentucky, Mr. McGovern, Mr. King, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Hostettler):
       H.R. 1926. A bill to provide for the granting of refugee 
     status in the United States to nationals of certain foreign 
     countries in which American Vietnam War POW/MIAs or American 
     Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those nationals assist 
     in the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs alive; 
     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. HOLT (for himself, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, and 
             Mr. Moore):
       H.R. 1927. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to preserve all budget surpluses until legislation is 
     enacted significantly extending the solvency of the Social 
     Security and Medicare trust funds; to the Committee on the 
     Budget, 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. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, and Mr. English):
       H.R. 1928. A bill to simplify certain provisions of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Filner, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 1929. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act to control the disclosure by financial institutions of 
     personal financial information of customers of the 
     institutions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. LOBIONDO:
       H.R. 1930. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to require the operator of a World Wide Web site that offers 
     to provide communication with any prisoner to disclose on the 
     site the crime for which the prisoner is incarcerated and the 
     release date for the prisoner; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Bachus, 
             and Mrs. Roukema):
       H.R. 1931. A bill to require agreements entered into 
     between depository institutions and private parties relating 
     to the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to be made 
     available to the public and the appropriate Federal banking 
     agency, to require each party to the agreement to regular 
     report to such agency any amount received from other parties, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. ROEMER (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Souder, Mrs. Northup, Mr. 
             Bliley, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cummings, Ms. 
             Danner, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Frost, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Holden, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy 
             of Rhode Island, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. LaFalce,

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             Mr. LaHood, Mr. Martinez, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Meeks of 
             New York, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Romero-Barcelo, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Underwood, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Pickering, Mr. Kind, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Wamp, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Hill of Indiana, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Moore, Mr. Inslee, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Dooley of California, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Snyder, Mr. Wu, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Larson, 
             Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Allen, 
             Mr. Turner, Mr. Scott, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Hilliard, 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Hoyer, 
             Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. 
             Capps, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Engel, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. McCarthy 
             of New York, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Mascara):
       H.R. 1932. A bill to authorize the President to award a 
     gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Father Theodore M. 
     Hesburgh, in recognition of his outstanding and enduring 
     contributions to civil rights, higher education, the Catholic 
     Church, the Nation, and the global community; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. SALMON (for himself and Mr. Tancredo):
       H.R. 1933. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide for parental notification 
     and consent prior to enrollment of a child in a bilingual 
     education program or a special alternative instructional 
     program for limited English proficient students; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Mr. 
             LoBiondo):
       H.R. 1934. A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
     of 1972 to establish the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal 
     Rescue Assistance Grant Program; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. 
             Strickland):
       H.R. 1935. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     strengthen the limitations on participation by the Armed 
     Forces in overseas airshows and trade exhibitions involving 
     military equipment; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 1936. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to prevent overpayment for hospital discharges 
     to post-acute care services by eliminating the limitation on 
     the number of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) subject to the 
     special transfer policy; 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. TANCREDO:
       H.R. 1937. A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and the Safe and Drug-
     Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, to allow grants 
     received under such Act to be used to establish and maintain 
     school violence hotlines; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mr. WEXLER:
       H.R. 1938. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require appropriate training and 
     certification for suppliers of certain listed items of 
     orthotics or prosthetics; 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. WEYGAND (for himself, Mr. Stark, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Gilchrest, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Spratt, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. English, Mr. Shows, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Hilliard, Mrs. Kelly, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Roemer, Mr. 
             Snyder, Mr. Goode, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Watt of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             LaHood, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Berman, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Davis of Florida, 
             Mr. Bilirakis, Ms. Danner, Mr. Holden, Mrs. Capps, 
             Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey):
       H.R. 1939. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for Alzheimer's 
     disease research through the voluntary purchase of certain 
     specially issued United States postage stamps; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 1940. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify the tax treatment of Settlement Trusts 
     established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
     Act; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CONDIT (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Turner, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Wise, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Shows, Mr. Kanjorski, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Fattah, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Blagojevich, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Ford, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, 
             and Mr. Stupak):
       H.R. 1941. A bill to protect the privacy of personally 
     identifiable health information; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, 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. KUYKENDALL (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Bateman, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
             Scarborough, and Mr. Taylor of Mississippi):
       H. Con. Res. 112. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
     should be issued in honor of the S.S. LANE VICTORY; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BERRY (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Ford, and 
             Mr. Minge):
       H. Con. Res. 113. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     commitment of Congress to address the emergency that 
     currently exists in American agriculture; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT:
       H. Con. Res. 114. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued 
     as a testimonial to the Nation's tireless commitment to 
     reuniting America's missing children with their families, and 
     to honor the memories of those children who were victims of 
     abduction and murder; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. FORBES:
       H. Con. Res. 115. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     support of the Congress for activities to increase public 
     awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. FORD (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, and Mr. Matsui):
       H. Con. Res. 116. A concurrent resolution expressing 
     congressional support for the International Labor 
     Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and 
     Rights at Work; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN:
       H. Con. Res. 117. A concurrent resolution concerning United 
     Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/6; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mr. Gilman, Mr. Porter, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Greenwood, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Engel, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Hefley, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, and Mr. Olver):
       H. Con. Res. 118. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the culpability of Slobodan 
     Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 
     genocide in the former Yugoslavia, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. 
             Rohrabacher):
       H. Res. 187. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United States should seek to 
     prevent any Talibanled government in Afghanistan from 
     obtaining a seat in the United Nations, and should refuse to 
     recognize any Afghan government, while gross violations of 
     human rights persist against women and girls there; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. FROST:
       H. Res. 188. A resolution designating minority membership 
     on certain standing committees of the House; considered and 
     agreed to

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