[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H5091-H5092]
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. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Lantos, 
             Mr. Gilman, and Ms. McKinney):
       H.R. 2367. A bill to reauthorize a comprehensive program of 
     support for victims of torture; to the Committee on 
     International Relations, 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. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 2368. A bill to assist in the resettlement and 
     relocation of the people of Bikini Atoll by amending the 
     terms of the trust fund established during the United States 
     administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. NETHERCUTT (for himself and Mr. LaFalce):
       H.R. 2369. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of certain 
     biologicals used in treating lower extremity ulcers in 
     patients with diabetes; 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. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Frost, 
             Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, Ms. Rivers, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mr. Bonior, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
             Carson, and Mrs. McCarthy of New York):
       H.R. 2370. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that no individual shall be denied 
     unemployment compensation solely on the basis of leaving 
     employment due to a reasonable fear of domestic violence; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BONIOR (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, 
             Mr. Crowley, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Cummings, and Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 2371. A bill to make schools safer by waiving the 
     local matching requirement under the Community Policing 
     program for the placement of law enforcement officers in 
     local schools; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Dooley of California, Mr. Goode, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
             Diaz-Balart, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Barcia, and Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana):
       H.R. 2372. A bill to simplify and expedite access to the 
     Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and 
     privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have 
     been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other 
     government officials or entities acting under color of State 
     law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from 
     exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law 
     claim is alleged; to permit certification of unsettled State 
     law questions that are essential to resolving Federal claims 
     arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when 
     government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain 
     Federal claims arising under the Constitution; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself and Mr. Baird):
       H.R. 2373. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for Start-up Success Accounts; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FOSSELLA:
       H.R. 2374. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     grant a Federal charter to the National Lighthouse Center and 
     Museum; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GILMAN:
       H.R. 2375. A bill to authorize a demonstration project to 
     expand eligibility under existing State prescription drug 
     assistance programs for low-income seniors; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Simpson, 
             Mr. Fletcher, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Ose, Mr. 
             Kuykendall, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Sweeney, and 
             Mrs. Biggert):
       H.R. 2376. A bill to require executive agencies to 
     establish expedited review procedures for granting a waiver 
     to a State under a grant program administered by the agency 
     if another State has already been granted a similar waiver by 
     the agency under such program; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. HOEFFEL:
       H.R. 2377. A bill to provide for a study and report to the 
     Congress on the use of antique firearms in crime; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
             Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Levin, Mr. Levin, Ms. 
             Dunn, and Ms. Dunn):
       H.R. 2378. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify that advance pricing agreements between 
     taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service are confidential 
     return information; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. 
             Smith of Washington):
       H.R. 2379. A bill to ensure that adequate frequencies of 
     the electromagnetic spectrum are available for biomedical 
     telemetry; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. MATSUI (for himself, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Becerra, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
             Waxman, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             Mr. Minge, Mr. Frost, Mr. Filner, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Ms. Lee, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Vento, 
             Mr. LaFalce, and Mr. Berman):
       H.R. 2380. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide incentives to reduce energy consumption; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NEY:
       H.R. 2381. A bill to prohibit United States economic 
     assistance for countries that ratify the treaty known as the 
     Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, a treaty 
     that provides for the establishment of an International 
     Criminal Court, an illegal and illegitimate institution that 
     violates the principles of self-government and popular 
     sovereignty, as well as accepted norms of international law, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself and Mr. Oxley):
       H.R. 2382. A bill to promote the improvement of information 
     on, and protections against, child sexual abuse; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, 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. STUMP (for himself and Mr. Gibbons):
       H.R. 2383. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to produce and sell products and to sell 
     publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit 
     revenues generated from the sales into the Colorado River Dam 
     fund; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. TAUZIN (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Mr. 
             Dingell):
       H.R. 2384. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to authorize appropriations for the Corporation for Public 
     Broadcasting; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT:
       H.R. 2385. A bill to require that the General Accounting 
     Office study and report on possible connections between the 
     recurring incidence of violence by postal employees and 
     workplace-related frustrations experienced by postal workers 
     generally; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 2386. A bill to amend the Expedited Funds Availability 
     Act to prohibit the imposition of fees for any check returned 
     due to insufficient funds for payment, other than a fee 
     imposed on the maker of the check, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 2387. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational 
     agencies to encourage girls to pursue studies and careers in 
     science, mathematics, and technology; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
             Gejdenson, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Slaughter, and Mrs. 
             Capps):
       H. Con. Res. 144. Concurrent resolution urging the United 
     States Government and the United Nations to undertake urgent 
     and strenuous efforts to secure the release of Branko Jelen, 
     Steve Pratt, and Peter Wallace, 3 humanitarian workers 
     employed in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by CARE 
     International, who are being unjustly held as prisoners by 
     the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Mr. Turner, Mr. Spratt, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Ms. Brown 
             of Florida, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
             Stupak, Mr. Evans, Mr. Payne, Mr. Davis of Florida, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Boyd, Mr. Bishop, Mr.

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             McDermott, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Meehan, 
             Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Skelton, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             Murtha, Mr. Deutsch, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Sisisky):
       H. Con. Res. 145. Concurrent resolution expressing 
     congratulations and thanks to United States and NATO troops 
     for successfully bringing peace to Kosovo and halting the 
     brutal ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H. Con. Res. 146. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the imposition of sanctions on 
     persons under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 
     1994 regarding exports to India or Pakistan should be imposed 
     only for direct and material contributions to nuclear weapons 
     and the missiles for delivering them; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Gejdenson, Mrs. Kelly, and Mrs. Maloney of New York):
       H. Con. Res. 147. Concurrent resolution commending the 
     decision to grant women in Kuwait the right to vote and run 
     for elected office; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. OSE (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Pombo, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Herger, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
             Horn, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. 
             Baird, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cox, 
             Mr. Dreier, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Holt, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Stark, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
             Goode, Mr. Crowley, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Brady 
             of Texas, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Watkins, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. 
             Dixon, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
             Becerra, Mr. Martinez, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Tierney, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Hobson, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Gary Miller of 
             California, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Royce, 
             Mr. Packard, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hall of 
             Texas, Mrs. Meek of Florida, and Mr. Ackerman):
       H. Res. 226. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives condemning the acts of arson at three 
     Sacramento, California, area synagogues on June 18, 1999, and 
     affirming its opposition to such crimes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. McCollum, Mr. 
             Blagojevich, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Franks of 
             New Jersey, Mr. Rush, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
             Wexler, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas):
       H. Res. 227. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     Congress in opposition to the Government of Pakistan's 
     support for armed incursion into Jammu and Kashmir, India; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Ballenger, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Farr of 
             California, and Mr. Davis of Florida):
       H. Res. 228. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the peace process in Colombia 
     and calling on the government and all other parties to the 
     current conflict in Colombia to take steps to advance the 
     peace process so as to end the ongoing violence which 
     continues to pose a serious threat to democracy, human 
     rights, and economic and social stability in that nation; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Weiner, and 
             Mrs. Lowey):
       H. Res. 229. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Rabbi Morris Sherer should be 
     recognized for his leadership role in the growth and 
     development of the Orthodox Jewish community in the United 
     States and for fostering religious liberty and understanding 
     around the world; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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