[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H572-H574]
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PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the
following were introduced and severally referred, as follows:
By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr.
Moran of Virginia, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Sisisky, Mr.
Scott, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Goode, Mr. Boucher, Mr.
Pickett, and Mr. Goodlatte):
H.R. 3699. A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 8409 Lee Highway in
Merrifield, Virginia, as the ``Joel T. Broyhill Postal
Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Matsui,
Mr. Boehlert, Mr. English, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Conyers,
Mr. Bachus, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Borski, Mr.
Jefferson, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Clement, Mr. Smith of
New Jersey, Mr. Filner, Ms. Millender-McDonald, and
Mr. Blumenauer):
H.R. 3700. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued
by an intercity passenger rail carrier, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr.
Moran of Virginia, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Sisisky, Mr.
Scott, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Goode, Mr. Boucher, Mr.
Pickett, and Mr. Goodlatte):
H.R. 3701. A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 3118 Washington Boulevard in
Arlington, Virginia, as the ``Joseph L. Fisher Post Office
Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
By Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Ackerman,
Mr. Baldacci, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Carson,
Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Dooley of
California, Mr. Frost, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. McGovern, Ms.
McKinney, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Olver, Mr.
Owens, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Waxman, and Mr.
Weygand):
H.R. 3702. A bill to ensure excellent recruitment and
training of math and science teachers at institutions of
higher education; to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce.
By Mr. BAKER (for himself and Mr. Leach):
H.R. 3703. A bill to consolidate and improve the regulation
of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial
Services.
By Mr. BECERRA:
H.R. 3704. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States with respect to certain toys; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. CLAY (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Gephardt, Mr.
Bonior, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr.
Martinez, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii,
Mr. Andrews, Mr. Scott, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Romero-
Barcelo, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Tierney, Mr.
Kind, Mr. Ford, Mr. Kucinich, and Mr. Wu):
H.R. 3705. A bill to authorize Federal financial assistance
for the urgent repair and renovation of public elementary and
secondary schools in high-need areas; to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. BEREUTER:
H.R. 3706. A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act
of 1949 to revise the requirements for areas to be considered
as rural areas for purposes of such Act; to the Committee on
Banking and Financial Services.
H.R. 3707. A bill to authorize funds for the site selection
and construction of a facility in Taipei Taiwan suitable for
the mission of the American Institute in Taiwan; to the
Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Stark,
and Mr. Matsui):
H.R. 3708. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide that a part-time worker who otherwise meets
the eligibility requirements for unemployment compensation
not be precluded from receiving such compensation solely
because such individual is seeking only part-time work; to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Fletcher,
Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Rohrabacher,
Mrs. Bono, and Mr. Camp):
H.R. 3709. A bill to make permanent the moratorium enacted
by the Internet Tax Freedom Act as it applies to new,
multiple, and discriminatory taxes on the Internet; to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Waxman,
Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Green of Texas,
Mr. Klink, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Stark, Mr. Frost, Mr.
Matsui, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Bentsen, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr.
Berman, Mr. LaFalce, and Ms. Millender-McDonald):
H.R. 3710. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security
Act to assure preservation of safety net hospitals through
maintenance of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital
program; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
H.R. 3711. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to impose a 1 year moratorium on certain diesel fuel
excise taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself and Mrs. Meek of Florida):
H.R. 3712. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to conduct a special resource study concerning the
preservation and public use of sites in Auburn, New York,
associated with Harriet Tubman, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. JENKINS:
H.R. 3713. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to release a reversionary interest of the United
States in certain real property previously conveyed to the
State of Tennessee; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
H.R. 3714. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of
duty on DEMT; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. MANZULLO:
H.R. 3715. A bill to revise the article description for
monochrome glass envelopes under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
By Mr. MATSUI:
H.R. 3716. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a
certain ultraviolet dye; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. McCRERY:
H.R. 3717. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
Vinclozolin; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3718. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
Tepraloxydim; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3719. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
Pyridaben; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3720. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
Acetylnicotinic acid; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3721. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on SAMe;
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3722. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
Procion Crimson H-EXL; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3723. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
Dispersol Crimson SF Grains; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
H.R. 3724. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
Procion Navy H-EXL; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3725. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
Procion Yellow H-EXL; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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H.R. 3726. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on ortho-
phenyl phenol (``OPP''); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3727. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
Methoxypropene; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3728. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on 3,5-
Difluroaniline; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3729. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on
Quinclorac; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3730. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
Dispersol Black XF Grains; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
By Mr. McINTOSH:
H.R. 3731. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
fluroxypyr 1-methylheptyl ester (FME); to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
H.R. 3732. A bill to provide for direct payment by foreign
students of the information fee under section 641 of the
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1997;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MOLLOHAN:
H.R. 3733. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on
ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE); to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mrs. MYRICK:
H.R. 3734. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
monolite green 860; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3735. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
monolite green 952; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3736. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
solsperse 17260; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3737. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
solsperse 17000; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3738. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
solsperse 5000; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3739. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
monolite blue 3R; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3740. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
certain TAED chemicals; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3741. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of
duty on a certain polymer; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
H.R. 3742. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
isobornyl acetate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3743. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on sodium
petroleum sulfonate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. NADLER (for himself and Mrs. Maloney of New
York):
H.R. 3744. A bill to require conveyance of Governors
Island, New York, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on
Resources, 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. NUSSLE:
H.R. 3745. A bill to authorize the addition of certain
parcels to the Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa; to the
Committee on Resources.
By Mr. RAMSTAD:
H.R. 3746. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of
duty on 4-hexylresorcinol; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
H.R. 3747. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of
duty on certain sensitizing dyes; to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
H.R. 3748. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of
duty on certain organic pigments and dyes; to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3749. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to temporarily reduce the rates of tax on highway
gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene by 10 cents per gallon;
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. SAXTON:
H.R. 3750. A bill to reform the International Monetary
Fund; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. SIMPSON:
H.R. 3751. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of
duty on certain semi-manufactured forms of gold; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. SPENCE (for himself and Mr. Clyburn):
H.R. 3752. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 4-
Nitro-o-xylene; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. SWEENEY:
H.R. 3753. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
certain copper foils; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3754. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
certain activated carbon; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3755. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
certain buff brushes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. UNDERWOOD:
H.R. 3756. A bill to establish a standard time zone for
Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. WEYGAND:
H.R. 3757. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on
Solvent Blue 124; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3758. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on
Solvent Blue 104; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3759. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on
Pigment Red 176; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3760. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on
benzenesulfonamide, 4-amino-2, 5-dimethyoxy-N-phenyl; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3761. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on
certain Reactive Red 180 solutions; to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
By Mr. WHITFIELD:
H.R. 3762. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on
undecylenic acid; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3763. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on n-
Heptaldehyde; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3764. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on n-
Heptanoic acid; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. WISE:
H.R. 3765. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act,
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent group and individual
health insurance coverage and group health plans from seeking
to recover more than costs in cases of third party
recoveries; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to
the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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. WYNN (for himself, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Bonior,
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Lantos, Mr.
Towns, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. DeLauro,
Mr. Strickland, Mr. Frost, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Pallone,
Ms. McKinney, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Filner, Mr. Cummings,
Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hill
of Indiana, Mr. Ford, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr.
Abercrombie, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Kaptur,
Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Bishop,
Mr. Underwood, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Capuano, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Klink, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Tierney,
Mr. Shows, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Kind, Ms.
Rivers, Mr. Owens, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr.
Hilliard, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Menendez,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Jackson of
Illinois, Ms. Carson, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Levin, Mr.
Becerra, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Rush, and Mr.
Stupak):
H.R. 3766. A bill to ensure that the business of the
Federal Government is conducted in the public interest and in
a manner that provides for public accountability, efficient
delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention
of unwarranted Government expenses, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Government Reform.
By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
H.J. Res. 88. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for
the Office of President a person who has been a United States
citizen for twenty years; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. EWING (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Shimkus,
Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska,
Mr. Boswell, Mr. Leach, Mr. Weller, Mr. Gutierrez,
Mr. Costello, Mr. Evans, Mr. Terry, and Ms.
Schakowsky):
H. Con. Res. 256. Concurrent resolution expressing the
sense of Congress with regard to the use of reformulated
gasoline fuels, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Commerce.
By Mr. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Smith of
New Jersey, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr.
Capuano, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Forbes,
Mr. Wolf, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Evans, Mr. McDermott,
Mr. Rogan, Mr. Abercrombie, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Horn,
Mr. Traficant, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Moore,
Mr. Wexler, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr.
Underwood, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Bateman, Mrs. Lowey,
Mr. Clement, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Coyne, Mr. DeFazio, Ms.
Schakowsky, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, Mr. Engel, Mr. Rahall, and Mr.
Faleomavaega):
H. Con. Res. 257. Concurrent resolution concerning the
emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community; to the
Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself and Mr. Kucinich):
H. Con. Res. 258. Concurrent resolution congratulating the
Republic of Lithuania on the tenth anniversary of the
reestablshment of its independence from the rule of the
former Soviet Union; to the Committee on International
Relations.
By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
H. Res. 424. A resolution providing for the consideration
of the bill H.R. 1753 and the Senate amendments thereto; to
the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. REYNOLDS:
H. Res. 425. A resolution providing for consideration of
motions to suspend the rules; to the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. SESSIONS:
H. Res. 426. A resolution providing for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1827) to improve the economy and efficiency of
Government
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operations by requiring the use of recovery audits by Federal
agencies; to the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. BLAGOJEVICH (for himself and Mr. LaHood):
H. Res. 427. A resolution waiving clause 2(b) of rule XXII
to permit introduction and consideration of a certain bill;
to the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Bonior,
Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Brady
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Jackson
of Illinois, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Weiner, Mr.
Roemer, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Lampson, Mr.
Blumenauer, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Engel, Mr. Romero-
Barcelo, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr.
Meehan, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Forbes, Mrs.
Tauscher, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Rothman, Ms.
Berkley, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Velazquez, Mr.
Green of Texas, Mr. Baldacci, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr.
Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr.
Nadler, Mr. Larson, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr.
Rangel, and Mr. Holt):
H. Res. 428. A resolution condemning the discriminatory
practices prevalent at Bob Jones University; to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
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