[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H5455-H5456]
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. ARCHER:
       H.R. 2488. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce individual income tax rates, to provide 
     marriage penalty relief, to reduce taxes on savings and 
     investments, to provide estate and gift tax relief, to 
     provide incentives for education savings and health care, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CRANE (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Levin, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Jefferson, and 
             Mr. Houghton):
       H.R. 2489. A bill to authorize a new trade and investment 
     policy for sub-Sahara Africa; to the Committee on 
     International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Banking and Financial Services, 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 Mr. KOLBE:
       H.R. 2490. A bill making appropriations for the Treasury 
     Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
     Office of the

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     President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes; House 
     Calendar No. 132. House Report No. 106-231.
           By Mr. COX:
       H.R. 2491. A bill to amend section 213 of the National 
     Housing Act to authorize trusts to hold memberships in 
     nonprofit cooperative ownership housing corporations that own 
     properties with mortgages insured under such section; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. Lazio):
       H.R. 2492. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to revise Medicare payment policy with respect 
     to home health services furnished under the Medicare Program; 
     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 Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. Walsh, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Sweeney, and Mr. Reynolds):
       H.R. 2493. A bill to declare as citizens of the United 
     States certain women who lost citizenship solely by reason of 
     marriage to an alien prior to September 22, 1922; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mrs. 
             Chenoweth, Mr. Paul, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Buyer, Mr. 
             English, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. Stump, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
             Souder, Mr. Shows, Mr. Baldacci, and Mr. Gary Miller 
             of California):
       H.R. 2494. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a religious exemption from providing 
     identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain credits 
     and deductions on a tax return; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 2495. A bill to direct the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations to limit 
     the number of pieces of carry-on baggage that a passenger may 
     bring on an airplane; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ORTIZ:
       H.R. 2496. A bill to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 
     Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. English, Mr. Boehlert, 
             Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Peterson 
             of Pennsylvania, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Largent, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Tancredo, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Hostettler, 
             Mr. DeMint, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Goode):
       H.R. 2497. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale or 
     exchange of farmland which by covenant is restricted to use 
     as farmland and to exclude the value of such farmland from 
     estate taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bilbray, 
             Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Cook, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Foley, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
             Gekas, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hilliard, 
             Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, 
             Mr. Mascara, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Sandlin, and 
             Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 2498. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for recommendations of the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services regarding the placement of automatic external 
     defibrillators in Federal buildings in order to improve 
     survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest 
     in such buildings, and to establish protections from civil 
     liability arising from the emergency use of the devices; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Shays, Ms. Rivers, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Stark, Mr. King, 
             Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Mr. Markey, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Larson, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Ms. Lee, and 
             Mr. Capuano):
       H.R. 2499. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the operation of certain aircraft not complying with 
     stage 4 noise levels; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 2500. A bill to establish demonstration projects to 
     provide family income to respond to significant transitions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. COOK:
       H. Con. Res. 151. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that Federal funding for elementary and 
     secondary teacher training be used first for activities to 
     advance science, mathematics, and engineering education for 
     elementary and secondary teachers; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. MASCARA (for himself, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. 
             Ackerman):
       H. Con. Res. 152. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that urgent action is needed to limit the 
     hardship endured by senior citizens when meeting their 
     prescription drug needs; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. GARY MILLER of California:
       H. Con. Res. 153. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that Federal funding for elementary and 
     secondary teacher training be used first for science 
     scholarships for elementary and secondary teachers; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
           By Mr. KUYKENDALL (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of 
             Connecticut, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Foley, Ms. 
             Dunn, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shays, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Barr of Georgia, 
             Mr. Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Saxton, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Cook, Mr. Bliley, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Chabot, Ms. Eshoo, and Ms. Norton):
       H. Res. 244. Resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with regard to the United States Women's 
     Soccer Team and its winning performance in the 1999 Women's 
     World Cup tournament.

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