[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 9, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H2769-H2770]
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. NUSSLE (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Goss, Mr. 
             Minge, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Stenholm, and Mr. Dreier):
       H.R. 4397. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to provide for joint resolutions on the budget, reserve 
     funds for emergency spending, strengthened enforcement of 
     budgetary decisions, increased accountability for Federal 
     spending, accrual budgeting for Federal insurance programs, 
     mitigation of the bias in the budget process toward higher 
     spending, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Budget, and in addition to the Committee on 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. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. Strickland, Mr. 
             Kanjorski, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Clement, and Mr. Hall 
             of Ohio):
       H.R. 4398. A bill to establish a compensation and health 
     care program for employees of the Department of Energy, its 
     contractors, subcontractors, and certain vendors, who have 
     sustained beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or 
     death due to the performance of their duties, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and 
     Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Ms. BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 4399. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 440 South Orange Blossom 
     Trail in Orlando, Florida, as the ``Arthur 'Pappy' Kennedy 
     Post Office Building``; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida (for herself and Mr. Hastings 
             of Florida):
       H.R. 4400. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1601-1 Main Street in 
     Jacksonville, Florida, as the ``Eddie Mae Steward Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HORN (for himself and Mr. Calvert):
       H.R. 4401. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for a moratorium on the mandatory 
     delay of payment of claims submitted under part B of the 
     Medicare Program and to establish an advanced informational 
     infrastructure for the administration of Federal health 
     benefits programs; to the Committee on Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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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           By Mr. GOODLING:
       H.R. 4402. A bill to ammend the American Competetiveness 
     and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 to improve the use of 
     amounts deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner 
     Account for demonstration programs and project to provide 
     technical skills training for occupations for which there is 
     a high demand for skilled workers, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT (for himself and Mr. Stupak):
       H.R. 4403. A bill to establish an Office of Science and 
     Technology in the Office of Justice Programs of the 
     Department of Justice; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HANSEN:
       H.R. 4404. A bill to permit the payment of medical expenses 
     incurred by the United States Park Police in the performance 
     of duty to be made directly by the National Park Service, to 
     allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual law 
     enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and 
     a State or political subdivision when required by State law, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources, 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.
           By Mr. MOORE (for himself, Mr. Archer, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Moran of Kansas, and Mr. Paul):
       H.R. 4405. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to clarify the overtime exemption for emergency medicine 
     employees; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. PASTOR:
       H.R. 4406. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants to States to 
     encourage retention of teachers by paying bonuses to 
     teachers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4407. A bill to amend the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require that registered 
     sexually violent offenders provide notice of any attendance 
     at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. SAXTON:
       H.R. 4408. A bill to reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass 
     Conservation Act; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 4409. A bill to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries 
     Act to establish the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation to 
     accept and use donations for the benefit of the National 
     Marine Sanctuary System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. Farr of California, and 
             Mr. Greenwood):
       H.R. 4410. A bill to establish a Commission on Ocean 
     Policy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
             Boehlert, and Mr. Borski) (all by request):
       H.R. 4411. A bill to provide for the conservation and 
     development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
     improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. TIERNEY (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Bonior, 
             Mr. Stark, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Conyers, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Olver, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Capuano):
       H.R. 4412. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects 
     for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-
     effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified 
     administration; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (for himself, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. 
             LoBiondo, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Rothman, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Payne, and 
             Mr. Pallone):
       H. Con. Res. 320. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Health Care Financing 
     Administration should consider current systems that provide 
     better, more cost-effective emergency transport before 
     promulgating any final rule regarding the delivery of 
     emergency medical services; 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 Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Shays, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. 
             Jones of Ohio, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Levin, Mr. Horn, 
             Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mr. Meehan, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Bonior, Ms. Lee, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Nadler, and Ms. Lofgren):
       H. Res. 498. A resolution supporting the Million Mom March; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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