[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 126 (Friday, September 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8665]
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. KOLBE:
       H.R. 2941. A bill to establish the Las Cienegas National 
     Conservation Area in the State of Arizona; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of Michigan (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and 
             Mr. Pickering):
       H.R. 2942. A bill to extend for 6 additional months the 
     period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
     Code is reenacted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BISHOP (for himself and Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
             Island):
       H.R. 2943. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide incentive grants to 
     improve the quality of child care; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas:
       H.R. 2944. A bill to promote competition in electricity 
     markets and to provide consumers with a reliable source of 
     electricity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure, Resources, 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. DEAL of Georgia (for himself and Mr. 
             Strickland):
       H.R. 2945. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and 
     family therapist services under part B of the Medicare 
     Program, 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. GEKAS:
       H.R. 2946. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Merit Systems Protection Board to conduct an 
     alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist 
     Federal Government agencies in resolving serious workplace 
     disputes, and to establish an administrative judge pay 
     schedule for administrative judges employed by the Merit 
     Systems Protection Board; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
             Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Baird, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boehlert, 
             Mr. Cook, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr 
             of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, 
             Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Metcalf, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
             Strickland, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico, Mr. Underwood, and Mr. Vento):
       H.R. 2947. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to promote 
     energy independence and self-sufficiency by providing for the 
     use of net metering by certain small electric energy 
     generation systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       H.R. 2948. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restore the deduction for lobbying expenses in 
     connection with State legislation; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Ms. RIVERS:
       H.R. 2949. A bill to amend the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act relating to the minimum amount of 
     State grants for any fiscal year under that Act; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. WALDEN of Oregon:
       H.R. 2950. A bill to provide for the exchange of certain 
     land in the State of Oregon; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself and Mr. Lipinski):
       H. Res. 304. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives concerning the war crimes committed by the 
     Japanese during World War II; to the Committee on 
     International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on 
     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.

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