[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H4733-H4735]
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. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2290. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on the 
     chemical 2 Chloro Amino Toluene; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 2291. A bill to implement certain restrictions on 
     purchases from Federal Prison Industries by the Secretary of 
     Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BACHUS:
       H.R. 2292. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to repeal the housing guaranty program under that Act; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself and Mr. Stenholm):
       H.R. 2293. A bill to reform the budget process; to the 
     Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Rules, and Appropriations, 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. BERKLEY (for herself, Mrs. Roukema, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Borski, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
             Mrs. Capps, Ms. Woolsey, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Hastings 
             of Florida, Mr. Rush, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Costello, 
             Mr. Wynn, Ms. Norton, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
             Carson, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Mr. Shows, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, Mr. Capuano, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 2294. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 
     to help prevent osteoporosis; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 2295. A bill to terminate the participation of the 
     Forest Service in the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program 
     and to offset the revenues lost by such termination by 
     prohibiting the use of appropriated funds to finance 
     engineering support for sales of timber from National Forest 
     System lands; to the Committee on Agriculture, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Resources, 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. CHRISTENSEN:
       H.R. 2296. A bill to amend the Revised Organic Act of the 
     Virgin Islands to provide that the number of members on the 
     legislature of the Virgin Islands and the number of such 
     members constituting a quorum shall be determined by the laws 
     of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ENGLISH:
       H.R. 2297. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     ferroniobium; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. EVANS:
       H.R. 2298. A bill to provide certain temporary employees 
     with the same benefits as permanent employees; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. EVANS:
       H.R. 2299. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of

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      1974 to ensure proper treatment of temporary employees under 
     employee benefit plans; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Armey, 
             Mr. DeLay, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Talent, Mr. Graham, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
             McIntosh, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
             Mrs. Northup, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
             Miller of Florida, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Franks of New 
             Jersey, Ms. Dunn, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
             Metcalf, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Sununu, 
             Mr. Herger, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hastings of Washington, 
             Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Bliley, 
             Mr. Gary Miller of California, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
             Bachus, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Stump, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Smith 
             of Michigan, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Peterson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Hall of 
             Texas, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Shays, Mr. Portman, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
             Royce, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Cook, Mr. 
             Pombo, Mr. Terry, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Hostettler):
       H.R. 2300. A bill to allow a State to combine certain funds 
     to improve the academic achievement of all its students; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
             Ballenger, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Bartlett of 
             Maryland, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Chabot, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Collins, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Doolittle, 
             Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. English, Mr. Gibbons, 
             Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hill of 
             Montana, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Istook, Mr. Jones of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Largent, Mr. Lucas of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Gary Miller of California, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Ney, 
             Mr. Paul, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Riley, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
             Royce, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Stump, Mr. 
             Talent, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Wicker, 
             and Mr. Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 2301. A bill to require Congress and the President to 
     fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal 
     responsibility for Federal laws; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, 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. HINCHEY:
       H.R. 2302. A bill to designate the building of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 307 Main Street in Johnson 
     City, New York, as the ``James W. McCabe, Sr. Post Office 
     Building''.; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. LARSON (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Gephardt, 
             Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. LaHood, 
             Mr. Davis of Virginia, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Underwood, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Gejdenson, Mr. Wu, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
             Stark, Mr. Frost, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             LaFalce, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. King, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Metcalf, 
             Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Clay, Mr. Castle, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Stump, Ms. McKinney, 
             Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Forbes, Mr. Ackerman, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Quinn, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Holden, Mr. Udall 
             of Colorado, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
             Goodling, Mr. Vento, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Hoeffel, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
             Skelton, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Clyburn, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
             Bliley, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. 
             Norwood, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Filner, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Duncan, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Moore, Ms. Lee, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Borski, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Norton, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Ney, 
             Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Hill of Indiana, Ms. 
             Danner, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Rhode Island, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Ehrlich, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Kucinich, 
             Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Blagojevich, 
             Mr. Pitts, Mr. Rogan, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Spence, 
             Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Kleczka, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Lipinski, 
             Mr. Sabo, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Archer, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bass, 
             Mr. Dixon, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Murtha, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Souder, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Mica, 
             Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hoyer, 
             Mr. Boyd, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, 
             Mr. Scott, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, 
             Mr. Crane, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Young of 
             Florida, Mr. Shays, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. 
             Porter, Mr. Berman, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Sawyer, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Clement, Mr. 
             Oxley, Mr. Horn, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Shaw, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Berry, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Bateman, Mr. 
             Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Payne, Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Shows, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. 
             Tiahrt, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Green of 
             Wisconsin, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Roemer, 
             Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Allen, 
             Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lampson, 
             Mr. Callahan, Mr. Evans, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Hayworth, 
             Mr. Olver, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Moakley, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Rush, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. 
             Bishop, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Baird, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
             Boswell, Mr. Dooley of California, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Holt, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Goode, Mr. Deal 
             of Georgia, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Foley, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Toomey, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Skeen):
       H.R. 2303. A bill to direct the Librarian of Congress to 
     prepare the history of the House of Representatives, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut:
       H.R. 2304. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow employers who maintain a self-insured health 
     plan for their employees a credit against income tax for a 
     portion of the cost paid for providing health coverage for 
     their employees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Weygand, 
             Ms. Berkley, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Brown of California, Ms. 
             Carson, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Owens, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Tierney, and 
             Mr. Towns):
       H.R. 2305. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit community 
     organizations for the development of open space on 
     municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, and Mrs. Clayton):
       H.R. 2306. A bill to amend the qualification requirements 
     for serving with the Census Monitoring Board; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. McGOVERN (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Frank 
             of Massachusetts, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mr. Olver, and Mr. Markey):
       H.R. 2307. A bill to designate the building of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 5 Cedar Street in Hopkinton, 
     Massachusetts, as the ``Thomas J. Brown Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Armey, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Kuykendall, 
             Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Moakley, 
             Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Shays, Mr. Latham, Mr. 
             Cummings, Ms. Lee, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Shows, Mr. Reyes, 
             Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Filner, Mr. Pitts, 
             Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Scott, Mr. Pickering, 
             Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Cook, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. McIntosh, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Ms. Carson, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             Horn, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, and Mr. Hinchey):
       H.R. 2308. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand the deduction for computer donations to 
     schools and public libraries and to allow a tax credit for 
     donated computers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 2309. A bill to require group health plans and health 
     insurance issuers to provide independent review of adverse 
     coverage determinations; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mr. SUNUNU:
       H.R. 2310. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain ion-exchange resin; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       H.R. 2311. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain ion-exchange resin; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       H.R. 2312. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain ion-exchange resin; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT:
       H.R. 2313. A bill to restrict United States assistance for 
     reconstruction efforts in Kosova to United States-produced 
     articles and services; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, 
             Mrs. Northup, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Rogers, Mr. 
             Fletcher, Mr. Ney, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Hilleary, and 
             Mr. Bryant):
       H.R. 2314. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude 
     beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from 
     the definition of volatile organic compounds; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. TOWNS:
       H. Con. Res. 138. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress concerning the adverse impact of the 
     current administration Medicare payment policy for 
     noninvasive positive pressure ventilators on individuals with 
     severe respiratory diseases; 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. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. 
             Waxman, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Smith of Washington, Mr. Cook, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bentsen, 
             Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Lampson, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. Borski, Mr. Markey, and Mr. 
             Green of Texas):
       H. Con. Res. 139. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     success of lay person CPR training in increasing the rate of 
     survival of cardiac arrest and supporting efforts to enhance 
     public awareness of the need for such training; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, 
             and Mr. Conyers):
       H. Con. Res. 140. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that Haiti should conduct free, fair, 
     transparent, and peaceful elections, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. LaFalce, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. George Miller 
             of California, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Watt of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Crowley, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Frost, Mr. Rahall, Mrs. 
             Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Hall of Ohio):
       H. Con. Res. 141. Concurrent resolution celebrating One 
     America; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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