[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 41 (Wednesday, April 5, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H1851-H1852]
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. HOYER:
       H.R. 4180. A bill to authorize the Librarian of Congress to 
     establish certain programs and activities of the Library of 
     Congress as programs to be administered through a revolving 
     fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. Horn, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Biggert, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Davis 
             of Virginia, Mr. Ose, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Shays, Mr. Mica, Mr. Stenholm, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Wamp, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Bachus, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Hall of Texas, 
             and Mr. Gilman):
       H.R. 4181. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to 
     enter into Federal contracts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform, 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. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. 
             Kuykendall, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Dooley of California, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Kind, Mr. Ose, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Aderholt, 
             Mr. Paul, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Armey, Mr. 
             Ehrlich, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Boehner, and 
             Mr. Tancredo):
       H.R. 4182. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to clarify the treatment of stock options under the Act; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. WU (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Lazio, Mr. Larson, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Kind, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Roemer):
       H.R. 4183. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to establish a program for awarding 
     next-generation technology grants to improve teaching and 
     learning in elementary and secondary schools, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Davis of 
             Virginia, and Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 4184. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to implement the recommendation of the National Taxpayer 
     Advocate that the depreciable life of computer software 
     correspond to its actual useful life; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 4185. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     establish a program to market dredged material; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 4186. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to require the use of dredged material in the construction of 
     federally funded transportation projects; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mrs. Bono, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Baca, Mr. Lewis of 
             California, Mr. Gary Miller of California, and Mr. 
             Packard):
       H.R. 4187. A bill to assist in the establishment of an 
     interpretive center and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond 
     Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the protection 
     and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made at 
     the lake and to develop a trail system for the lake for use 
     by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. COLLINS:
       H.R. 4188. A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to 
     provide that the penalty for refusing or neglecting to answer 
     one or more of the questions on a decennial census schedule 
     shall not apply, so long as all of the short-form questions 
     on such schedule have been answered; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. DEFAZIO:
       H.R. 4189. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to carry out a vessel scapping and processing pilot program 
     in the United States; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HILLEARY:
       H.R. 4190. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, 
     relating to the Federal share for reconstruction of a road 
     and causeway in Shiloh Military Park in Hardin County, 
     Tennessee; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Ehlers, 
             Mr. Upton, Mr. Smith of Michigan, and Mr. Camp):
       H.R. 4191. A bill to require the issuance of regulations 
     pursuant to the National Invasive Species Act of 1996 to 
     assure, to the maximum extent practicable, that vessels 
     entering the Great Lakes do not discharge ballast water that 
     introduces or spreads nonindigenous aquatic species and treat 
     such ballast water and its sediments through the most 
     effective and efficient techniques available, including 
     sterilization, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. Neal 
             of Massachusetts, and Mr. Matsui):
       H.R. 4192. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prevent the use of reinsurance with foreign persons 
     to enable domestic nonlife insurance companies to evade 
     United States income taxation; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. ROGAN:
       H.R. 4193. A bill to provide double damages for malicious, 
     frivolous, or vexatious suits against Federal law enforcement 
     officers surviving widows and widowers; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROGAN (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, and Mr. Hyde):
       H.R. 4194. A bill to amend section 7A of the Clayton Act to 
     remove the notification requirement applicable to 
     acquisitions of voting securities and assets that have 
     relatively small value; to modify filing fees applicable to 
     notifications filed under such section, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHAFFER:
       H.R. 4195. A bill to protect Social Security and provide 
     for repayment of the Federal debt; to the Committee on the 
     Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 
     and Rules, 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. SIMPSON (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Walden of 
             Oregon, Mrs. Chenoweth-Hage, and Mr. Schaffer):
       H.R. 4196. A bill to subject the United States to 
     imposition of fees and costs in proceedings relating to State 
     water rights adjudications; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. STUPAK:
       H.R. 4197. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to make a grant to the Traverse City Area 
     Public School District for demolition and removal of a 
     structure at former Coast Guard property located in Traverse 
     City, Michigan; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Luther, 
             Mr. Faleomavaega, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Pastor, 
             Mr. Towns, and Mr. Wexler):
       H. Con. Res. 298. Concurrent resolution congratulating the 
     people and Government of Sri Lanka on the success of the 
     recent Presidential election despite terrorist attacks, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. WATKINS (for himself and Mr. Delahunt):
       H. Con. Res. 299. Concurrent resolution recognizing fragile 
     X as the most common inherited cause of mental retardation 
     and as a powerful research model for other disorders, urging 
     increased funding for research, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. FILNER (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Pallone, 
             Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey):

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       H. Res. 461. A resolution calling for the immediate and 
     unconditional release from prison of certain Kurdish members 
     of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey and for the 
     prompt recognition by the Government of the Republic of 
     Turkey of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish 
     people within its borders; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Evans, 
             Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Ganske, 
             Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Luther, and Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana):
       H. Res. 462. A resolution directing the Clerk of the House 
     of Representatives to post on the official public Internet 
     site of the House of Representatives all lobbying 
     registrations and reports filed with the Clerk under the 
     Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
             Hostettler, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             DeMint, Mr. Paul, and Mrs. Chenoweth-Hage):
       H. Res. 463. A resolution expressing the disapproval of the 
     House of Representatives regarding Presidential circumvention 
     of the legislative authority of the Congress to set public 
     policy; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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