[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H1628-H1629]
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 of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. STUMP (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Quinn, and 
             Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 4131. A bill to increase, effective December 1, 2000, 
     the rates of disability compensation for veterans with 
     service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled 
     veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DOOLITTLE:
       H.R. 4132. A bill to reauthorize grants for water resources 
     research and technology institutes established under the 
     Water Resources Research Act of 1984; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. Clay, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Holden, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Sanders, and Mr. Wynn):
       H.R. 4133. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce tax benefits for foreign corporations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 4134. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize transportation on military aircraft on a space-
     available basis for veterans with a service-connected 
     disability rated 50 percent or more; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. HEFLEY:
       H.R. 4135. A bill to facilitate the acquisition of 
     inholdings in Federal land management units and the disposal 
     of surplus public land, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HEFLEY:
       H.R. 4136. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit against income tax for certain 
     charitable conservation contributions of land by small 
     farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOEFFEL (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Borski, 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
             Waxman, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Engel, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Fattah, and Mr. Markey):
       H.R. 4137. A bill to make Federal law apply to antique 
     firearms in the same way it applies to other firearms; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself and Mr. 
             Gutierrez):
       H.R. 4138. A bill to amend section 249 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney General to create 
     a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for 
     certain aliens who entered the United States prior to 1986; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. METCALF (for himself and Mr. Dicks):
       H.R. 4139. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to engage in certain feasibility studies of water 
     resource projects in the State of Washington; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H.R. 4140. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to authorize appropriations for HIV/AIDS prevention 
     efforts; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. Castle, Mr. McKeon, 
             Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Petri, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Boehner, 
             Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Greenwood, 
             Mr. DeMint, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. McIntosh, 
             Mr. Norwood, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 4141. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. NEY (for himself, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Oxley, and 
             Mr. Green of Wisconsin):
       H.R. 4142. A bill to amend section 3729 of title 31, United 
     States Code, popularly known as the False Claims Act, to 
     eliminate the minimum fine under that section; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 4143. A bill to establish a national teaching 
     fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter and 
     remain in the field of teaching at public schools; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. Ney, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Boucher, Mr. Holden, Mr. Klink, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. 
             Murtha, Mr. Strickland, and Mr. Wise):
       H.R. 4144. A bill to provide for the allocation of interest 
     accruing to the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Porter, 
             Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Ewing, Mrs. 
             Biggert, Mr. Evans, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Blagojevich, Ms. McCarthy of 
             Missouri, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Markey):
       H.R. 4145. A bill to improve safety standards for child 
     restraints in motor vehicles; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. SMITH of Michigan (for himself, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. 
             Bishop, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
             Sherwood, Mr. Larson, Mr. Barcia, and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 4146. A bill to authorize appropriations to address 
     the needs of State and local emergency responders, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Agriculture, Commerce, Resources, and Banking and Financial 
     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. TANCREDO:
       H.R. 4147. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     increase the age of persons considered to be minors for the 
     purposes of the prohibition on transporting obscene materials 
     to minors; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Hayworth):
       H.R. 4148. A bill to make technical amendments to the 
     provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act

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     relating to contract support costs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. DICKEY (for himself and Mr. Watts of Oklahoma):
       H. Con. Res. 296. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the necessity to expedite the 
     settlement process for discrimination claims against the 
     Department of Agriculture brought by African-American 
     farmers; 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.

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