[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 16, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H508-H510]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the 
following

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titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. Talent, Mr. Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Condit, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Barcia, Mr. 
             Goode, Mr. Ewing, Mr. English, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
             Sweeney, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Wise, and Mrs. 
             Emerson):
       H.R. 3669. A bill to establish a 5-year pilot project for 
     the General Accounting Office to report to Congress on 
     economically significant rules of Federal agencies, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. OBERSTAR:
       H.R. 3670. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
             DeLay, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Duncan, Mr. John, Mr. Pombo, 
             Mrs. Chenoweth-Hage, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Thornberry, 
             Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Tancredo, 
             Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Cubin, and Mr. 
             Hill of Montana):
       H.R. 3671. A bill to amend the Acts popularly known as the 
     Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-
     Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to enhance the funds 
     available for grants to States for fish and wildlife 
     conservation projects and increase opportunities for 
     recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, archery, and 
     fishing, by eliminating opportunities for waste, fraud, 
     abuse, maladministration, and unauthorized expenditures for 
     administration and execution of those Acts, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mrs. MORELLA:
       H.R. 3672. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for voluntary reporting by health care providers of 
     medication error information in order to assist appropriate 
     public and nonprofit private entities in developing and 
     disseminating recommendations and information with respect to 
     preventing medication errors; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. GILMAN:
       H.R. 3673. A bill to provide certain benefits to Panama if 
     Panama agrees to permit the United States to maintain a 
     presence there sufficient to carry out counternarcotics and 
     related missions; to the Committee on International 
     Relations, 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. TANCREDO (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Hefley, and 
             Mr. Paul):
       H.R. 3674. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow tax-free rollovers of amounts in one qualified 
     State tuition program to another qualified State tuition 
     program for the benefit of the same beneficiary; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BAIRD:
       H.R. 3675. A bill to direct the Attorney General to carry 
     out a pilot program under which the Attorney General shall 
     establish methamphetamine incident response and training 
     teams for drug emergency areas; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. BONO:
       H.R. 3676. A bill to establish the Santa Rosa and San 
     Jacinto Mountains National Monument in the State of 
     California; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Horn, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
             LaHood, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McIntosh, Mrs. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Paul, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. 
             Scarborough, and Mr. Stump):
       H.R. 3677. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to restrict the authority of the Food and Drug 
     Administration to issue clinical holds regarding 
     investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to 
     such drugs; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. COLLINS:
       H.R. 3678. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the allowance for burial and funeral expenses of 
     certain veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. COOK (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Baker, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bartlett 
             of Maryland, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop, 
             Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boehlert, Mrs. Bono, Ms. Brown of 
             Florida, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Danner, Mr. Davis 
             of Virginia, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. 
             Deutsch, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Doolittle, Ms. Dunn, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. Engel, Mr. English, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ewing, 
             Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Filner, 
             Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Graham, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. 
             Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hill of 
             Montana, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holden, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Houghton, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
             Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Kingston, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             LaTourette, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. 
             LoBiondo, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McKeon, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Mr. Metcalf, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Mr. Ney, Ms. Norton, Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
             Ortiz, Mr. Owens, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
             Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Pombo, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Reynolds, 
             Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas, Mr. Salmon, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Simpson, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Stump, Mr. 
             Sweeney, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Thune, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Turner, Mr. Vento, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Watts 
             of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. 
             Young of Alaska):
       H.R. 3679. A bill to provide for the minting of 
     commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic 
     Winter Games and the programs of the United States Olympic 
     Committee; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. DREIER (for himself and Ms. Lofgren):
       H.R. 3680. A bill to amend the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 with respect to the 
     adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of 
     high performance computers; to the Committee on International 
     Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, 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. ETHERIDGE (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       H.R. 3681. A bill to improve character education programs; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GEJDENSON:
       H.R. 3682. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to prohibit the use of Medicare risk-based 
     managed care payments for administrative costs not permitted 
     under the Federal Acquisition Regulation; 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 Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 3683. A bill to prohibit further extension or 
     establishment of any national monument in Washington State 
     without full public participation and an express Act of 
     Congress, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself and Mr. 
             Meehan):
       H.R. 3684. A bill to amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 
     1930 to allow duty drawback for grape juice concentrates made 
     from Concord or Niagara grapes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HILL of Montana:
       H.R. 3685. A bill to facilitate the timely resolution of 
     back-logged civil rights discrimination cases of the 
     Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, 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. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 3686. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act and titles 23 
     and 49, United States Code, to provide for continued 
     authorization of funding of transportation projects after a 
     lapse in transportation conformity; 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. McINNIS:
       H.R. 3687. A bill to establish the Canyons of the Ancients 
     National Conservation Area; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. MOORE (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, 
             Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Evans, Ms. Pelosi, 
             Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Minge, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
             Boswell, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Ford, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, 
             Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mr. Crowley, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hill of

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             Indiana, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Larson, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Phelps, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Shows, Mr. Thompson 
             of California, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 3688. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require certain political organizations under such 
     Code to report information to the Federal Election 
     Commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     Administration, 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. MORAN of Kansas (for himself and Mr. Latham):
       H.R. 3689. A bill to establish in the Antitrust Division of 
     the Department of Justice a position with responsibility for 
     agricultural antitrust matters; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
             Klink):
       H.R. 3690. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to assure the financial solvency of 
     Medicare+Choice organizations and Medicaid managed care 
     organizations; 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. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas):
       H.R. 3691. A bill to provide that the inferior courts of 
     the United States do not have jurisdiction to hear partial-
     birth abortion-related cases; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 3692. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on the 
     sale of animals which are raised and sold as part of an 
     educational program; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 3693. A bill to provide for the acquisition of Castle 
     Rock Ranch in the State of Idaho and to authorize the use of 
     the acquired ranch in a series of land exchanges involving 
     lands within the boundaries of the City of Rocks National 
     Reserve and the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, 
     Idaho; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SWEENEY:
       H.R. 3694. A bill to amend rule 26 of the Federal Rules of 
     Civil Procedure to provide for the confidentiality of a 
     personnel record or personal information of a law enforcement 
     officer; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. 
             Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Green 
             of Wisconsin, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Bartlett 
             of Maryland, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
             Cox, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Paul, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
             Tancredo, Mrs. Chenoweth-Hage, Mr. Terry, Mr. Gary 
             Miller of California, and Mr. Largent):
       H.R. 3695. A bill to ensure that the fiscal year 2000 on-
     budget surplus is used to reduce publicly-held debt; to the 
     Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 3696. A bill to establish the President's Commission 
     on Veterans and Smoking; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Hayes, 
             Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, and Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia):
       H.R. 3697. A bill to provide for participation of certain 
     Medicare-eligible individuals in Department of Defense 
     pharmacy programs; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself and Mr. Bilbray):
       H.R. 3698. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to continue State Medicaid disproportionate share 
     hospital (DSH) allotments for fiscal years 2001 and 2002 at 
     the levels for fiscal year 2000; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. KOLBE (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. 
             Blunt, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Manzullo, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Leach, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Cook, Mr. 
             Kleczka, Mrs. Thurman, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. 
             Lampson, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Knollenberg, Mr. Latham, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Price of 
             North Carolina, and Mr. Boswell):
       H. Con. Res. 252. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding ensuring a competitive North 
     American market for softwood lumber; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
             Armey, Mr. Barcia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. John, 
             Mr. Pitts, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Sherwood, and Mr. Tancredo):
       H. Con. Res. 253. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress strongly objecting to any effort to 
     expel the Holy See from the United Nations as a state 
     participant by removing its status as a Permanent Observer; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Skeen, 
             Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. 
             Herger, Mr. Simpson, Mrs. Chenoweth-Hage, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. Shadegg, and Mr. Kolbe):
       H. Con. Res. 254. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the President should seek input 
     from all stakeholders, State and local governments, and the 
     Congress before declaring any national monument under the 
     authorities granted in the Act popularly known as the 
     Antiquities Act of 1906; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H. Con. Res. 255. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding Federal spending on veterans 
     programs and allocation of funds received by the Federal 
     Government for claims arising from smoking-related illnesses 
     or an increased risk of smoking-related illnesses; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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