[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 100 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H5686-H5687]
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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. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Boehner, 
             Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Ackerman, 
             and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H.R. 2527. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for research on the disease known as 
     lymphangioleiomyomatosis (commonly known as LAM); to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. ROGERS (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
             Reyes, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, 
             Mr. Becerra, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bonilla, 
             Mrs. Bono, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Brady of Texas, 
             Mr. Callahan, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Cannon, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Clement, Mr. Collins, Mr. 
             Condit, Mr. Costello, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Goodlatte, Ms. Granger, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hobson, Mr. 
             Hunter, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Latham, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
             Metcalf, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Minge, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Packard, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
             Royce, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Skeen, Mr. 
             Snyder, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stump, Mr. Sununu, Mr. 
             Traficant, Mr. Turner, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Weldon of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Whitfield):
       H.R. 2528. A bill to establish the Bureau of Immigration 
     Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement within the 
     Department of Justice; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. Dreier, Mr. DeLay, 
             Mr. Blunt, Mr. Foley, Mr. Linder, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, 
             Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Portman, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
             Sweeney, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Ryan of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Forbes, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
             Walden of Oregon, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Weller, Mr. Watts 
             of Oklahoma, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Shimkus, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Terry, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Simpson, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Goss, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
             English, Mr. Camp, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Gary Miller of California, Mr. Green 
             of Wisconsin, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Pickering, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Ose, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. 
             Scarborough, and Mrs. Fowler):
       H.R. 2529. A bill to take certain steps toward recognition 
     by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Ewing, 
             Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Whitfield, 
             Mr. Hill of Montana, and Ms. Danner):
       H.R. 2530. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     increase the maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan 
     deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive 
     during the 1999 crop year; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself and Mr. Hall of 
             Texas) (both by request):
       H.R. 2531. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 2000, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. HEFLEY:
       H.R. 2532. A bill to provide for the establishment of 
     national heritage areas; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. Gekas, and Mr. 
             Goodlatte):
       H.R. 2533. A bill to amend the Clayton Act and the 
     Administrative Procedures Act; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, 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. LARSON (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
             Brown of California, Mr. Costello, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Cook, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Wu, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Udall of Colorado, 
             Mr. Gejdenson, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Crowley, and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas):
       H.R. 2534. A bill directing the National Science Foundation 
     to develop a report on the establishment of high-speed, large 
     bandwidth capacity Internet access for all public elementary 
     and secondary schools and libraries in the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Science.
           By Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Kucinich, and Ms. 
             Schakowsky):
       H.R. 2535. A bill to preserve, protect, and promote the 
     viability of the United States Postal Service; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.

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           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 2536. A bill to reduce the risk of oil pollution and 
     improve the safety of navigation in San Francisco Bay by 
     removing hazards to navigation, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. NETHERCUTT:
       H.R. 2537. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exempt farm equipment and other property used in 
     farming from the requirement that all gain on the sale of 
     such property be recognized in the year of the sale; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Becerra, 
             Mr. Bentsen, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Boswell, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Carson, Mrs. 
             Clayton, Mr. Cox, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Ms. Danner, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Dooley 
             of California, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Frost, 
             Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Granger, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. 
             Norton, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Kildee, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Mr. McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. Mink 
             of Hawaii, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Morella, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
             Pastor, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peterson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
             Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Rush, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sandlin, 
             Mr. Scott, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Shows, Mr. Skelton, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stark, Mr. Stupak, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
             Walsh, Ms. Waters, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wise, 
             and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 2538. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a national folic acid education program to 
     prevent birth defects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. SANCHEZ (for herself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Brown of 
             California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Condit, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mr. Horn, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Radanovich, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Mr. Waxman, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 2539. A bill to designate the United States Post 
     Office building located at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in 
     Santa Ana, California, as the ``Hector G. Godinez Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. 
             Oberstar):
       H.R. 2540. A bill to establish grant programs and provide 
     other forms of Federal assistance to pregnant women, children 
     in need of adoptive families, and individuals and families 
     adopting children; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, Commerce, the Judiciary, Banking and Financial 
     Services, Armed Services, and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. TAYLOR of Mississippi:
       H.R. 2541. A bill to adjust the boundaries of the Gulf 
     Islands National Seashore to include Cat Island, Mississippi; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. PORTMAN:
       H. Res. 249. A resolution returning to the Senate the bill 
     S. 254; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. LUTHER (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Horn, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Minge, Mr. 
             Visclosky, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Stark, and Mr. 
             Capuano):
       H. Res. 251. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with regard to the escalating violence in 
     East Timor; to the Committee on International Relations.

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