[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 113 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H7025]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. DAVIS of Virginia:
       H.R. 2696. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for more equitable policies relating to overtime pay 
     for Federal employees and the accumulation and use of credit 
     hours; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. MANZULLO:
       H.R. 2697. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a presumption of service connection for purposes of 
     veterans benefits for certain chronic symptoms occurring in 
     veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DREIER (for himself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Ms. 
             Dunn, and Mr. Rogan):
       H.R. 2698. A bill to promote economic growth and 
     opportunity by increasing the level of visas available for 
     highly specialized scientists and engineers and by 
     eliminating the earnings penalty on senior citizens who 
     continue to work after reaching retirement age; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, 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. BISHOP (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and 
             Mr. Chambliss):
       H.R. 2699. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 223 Broad Street in Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. 
     King United States Courthouse``; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.R. 2700. A bill to require that United States supported 
     clinical research that is conducted in sub-Saharan African 
     countries be conducted in accordance with the most protective 
     ethical standards regarding the use of human research 
     subjects, and to prohibit the revocation or revision of 
     intellectual property or competition laws or policies of sub-
     Saharan African countries that are designed to promote access 
     to pharmaceuticals or other medical technologies; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. HYDE:
       H.R. 2701. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide remedies for losses occasioned by unreasonable delay 
     in the processing of certain Federal Communications 
     Commission licenses; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mrs. Morella, Mrs. Roukema, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Shays, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
             Hinchey, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Martinez, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
             Weiner, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Lee, 
             Mr. Lantos, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Vento, and Mr. 
             Kucinich):
       H.R. 2702. A bill to reestablish the Office of Noise 
     Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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. MINGE:
       H.R. 2703. A bill to ensure that land enrolled in the land 
     conservation program of the State of Minnesota known as 
     Reinvest in Minnesota remains eligible for enrollment in the 
     conservation reserve upon the expiration of the Reinvest in 
     Minnesota contract; to the Committee on Agriculture.
       H.R. 2704. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to 
     restore and improve the farmer owned reserve program, to 
     extend the term of marketing assistance loans made under the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 2705. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 prevent the avoidance of gain recognition through swap 
     funds; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 2706. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and 
     chapter 5, United States Code, to require coverage for the 
     treatment of infertility; to the Committee on Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 
     and Government Reform, 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. WU:
       H.R. 2707. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 
     to establish pension counseling programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Foley, 
             Mr. Greenwood, and Mr. Barcia):
       H.R. 2708. A bill to amend the Victims of Child Abuse Act 
     of 1990 to require electronic communication service providers 
     to report child pornography violations to the Cyber Tip Line 
     at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Moran of 
             Kansas, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Simpson, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Goode, and Mrs. Emerson):
       H.R. 2709. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to 
     provide for a national standard of interoperability and 
     portablility applicable to electronic food stamp benefit 
     transactions; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. HEFLEY:
       H.R. 2710. A bill to establish the National Law Enforcement 
     Museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. 
             Sweeney):
       H.R. 2711. A bill to amend section 4531(c) of the Balanced 
     Budget Act of 1997 to permit payment for ALS intercept 
     services furnished in areas other than rural areas, and for 
     other purposes; 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. ROMERO-BARCELO (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Towns, and Mr. 
             McCrery):
       H.R. 2712. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to increase the percentage of the national rate 
     payable for inpatient hospitals services applicable to 
     hospitals located in Puerto Rico to 100 percent; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Salmon, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Brady of Texas, 
             Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. LoBiondo, Mrs. Bono, Mr. 
             Shadegg, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. LaTourette, 
             Mr. LaHood, Ms. Granger, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Gekas, Mr. 
             DeLay, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mr. Foley, and Mrs. Myrick):
       H.J. Res. 64. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights 
     of crime victims; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Armey, 
             Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Ms. 
             Dunn, Mr. Goode, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hansen, Mr. 
             Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hostettler, 
             Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. Linder, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. 
             McInnis, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Mica, Mr. Gary Miller of 
             California, Mr. Ney, Mr. Ose, Mr. Paul, Mr. Pease, 
             Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. 
             Tancredo, Mr. Terry, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Cook, and 
             Mrs. Myrick):
       H. Con. Res. 172. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress in opposition to a ``bit tax`` on Internet 
     data proposed in the Human Development Report 1999 published 
     by the United Nations Development Programme; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.

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