[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H4821-H4822]
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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 Mrs. EMERSON (for herself, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Lowey, 
             Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Maloney of New York, and Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen):
       H.R. 2316. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     develop monitoring systems to promote safe motherhood; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mrs. Roukema, and Mr. 
             Holt):
       H.R. 2317. A bill to designate a portion of the Delaware 
     River and associated tributaries as a component of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
             Mr. Lewis of

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             Kentucky, Ms. Dunn, Mr. English, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
             McCrery, Mr. Watkins, and Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut):
       H.R. 2318. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide corporate alternative minimum tax reform; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McHUGH:
       H.R. 2319. A bill to make the American Battle Monuments 
     Commission and the World War II Memorial Advisory Board 
     eligible to use nonprofit standard mail rates of postage; to 
     the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. GARY MILLER of California (for himself and Mr. 
             Green of Wisconsin):
       H.R. 2320. A bill to allow States to use a portion of their 
     welfare block grants for general education spending; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MORELLA:
       H.R. 2321. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     ensure that coverage under the health benefits program for 
     Federal employees is provided for hearing aids and 
     examinations therefor; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. OBEY:
       H.R. 2322. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
     to terminate Federal milk marketing orders; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       H.R. 2323. A bill to require the national pooling of 
     receipts under Federal milk marketing orders; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
       H.R. 2324. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
     to terminate Federal milk marketing orders and to replace 
     such orders with a program to verify receipts of milk; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself and Mrs. Thurman):
       H.R. 2325. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act with respect to changing the requirements 
     for surety bonds of home health agencies, durable medical 
     equipment suppliers, and others under the Medicare and 
     Medicaid Programs; 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. STEARNS:
       H.R. 2326. A bill to prohibit the expenditure of the 
     Federal funds to conduct or support research on the cloning 
     of humans, and to express the sense of the Congress that 
     other countries should establish substantially equivalent 
     restrictions; referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
       H.R. 2327. A bill to provide that pay for Members of 
     Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to 
     take effect in a year immediately following a fiscal year in 
     which a deficit in the budget of the United States Government 
     exists; referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and 
     in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. SWEENEY:
       H.R. 2328. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to reauthorize the Clean Lakes Program; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. VISCLOSKY:
       H.R. 2329. A bill to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to 
     provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National 
     Lakeshore, and for other purposes`` to clarify the authority 
     of the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of lands 
     that are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WELDON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, 
             Mr. Stearns, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Goss, Mr. 
             Diaz-Balart, Mr. Young of Florida, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. 
             Scarborough, Mr. Mica, Mr. Shaw, Mr. McCollum, Mr. 
             Boyd, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Canady 
             of Florida, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Foley, Mrs. 
             Meek of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Deutsch, and Mr. Wexler):
       H.R. 2330. A bill to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs outpatient clinic under construction at 2900 Veterans 
     Way, Melbourne, Florida, as the ``Jerry O'Brien Department of 
     Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic``; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. DUNN (for herself, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Dreier, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. 
             Davis of Virginia, and Mr. Weller):
       H.R. 2331. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase and modify the exclusion relating to 
     qualified small business stock and to provide that the 
     exclusion relating to incentive stock options will no longer 
     be a minimum tax preference; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR:
       H.R. 2332. A bill to authorize the United States to enter 
     into an executive agreement with Canada relating to the 
     establishment and operation of a binational corporation to 
     operate, maintain, and improve facilities on the Saint 
     Lawrence Seaway, and for other purposes; referred to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. ROMERO-BARCELO (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Serrano, and Mr. Rangel):
       H.R. 2333. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to remove special financial limitations that apply to 
     Puerto Rico and certain other territories under the Medicaid 
     Program with respect to medical assistance for Medicare cost-
     sharing and for veterans; 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 Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. Skelton, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Hinojosa, 
             Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Serrano, 
             Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Fattah, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Wynn, Mrs. Clayton, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Ortiz, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
             Waters, Mr. Gutierrez, and Ms. Sanchez):
       H.R. 2334. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     extend and make improvements to the provisions relating to 
     procurement contract goals for small disadvantaged businesses 
     and certain institutions of higher education, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. STEARNS:
       H. Con. Res. 142. A concurrent resolution whereas from the 
     Valley Forge to Yugoslavia, in every battlefield where ever 
     American values have been attacked and American lives 
     sacrificed, the flag of the United States has been the 
     shining, indomitable, eternal spirit of American liberty in 
     visual form; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Gejdenson, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, and Mr. Wexler):
       H. Res. 219. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives condemning the arson attacks against three 
     California synagogues on June 18, 1999; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD (for herself, Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Mrs. Kelly, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. 
             Meek of Florida, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Shows, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio):
       H. Res. 220. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with regard to the heart disease in women; 
     to the Committee on Commerce.

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