[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 58 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H2966]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. BARR of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, and 
             Mr. Coble):
       H.R. 4423. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to the authority of probation officers and 
     pretrial services officers to carry firearms; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. 
             Smith of Texas, and Ms. Granger):
       H.R. 4424. A bill to provide a temporary alternative to 
     fingerprint-based background checks, allowing the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation the time necessary to put in place a 
     national fingerprint-based system accessible by youth serving 
     organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       H.R. 4426. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to testing pregnant women and newborn infants 
     for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. LaFALCE (for himself, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Maloney 
             of New York, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Meeks of New York, 
             and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H.R. 4427. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to 
     require the payment of interest on reserves maintained at 
     Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions that 
     make affordable transaction accounts available to their 
     customers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 4428. A bill to ensure that schools develop and 
     implement comprehensive school safety plans; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BARCIA (for himself, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, and Mr. Calvert):
       H.R. 4429. A bill to require the Director of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology to assist small and 
     medium-sized manufacturers and other such businesses to 
     successfully integrate and utilize electronic commerce 
     technologies and business practices; to the Committee on 
     Science.
           By Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Ehrlich, 
             Mr. Gilchrest, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mr. Wynn, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Evans, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Ortiz, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Becerra, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Gonzalez, and Mrs. 
             Napolitano):
       H.R. 4430. A bill to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 11831 Scaggsville Road in 
     Fulton, Maryland, as the ``Alfred Rascon Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Waxman, 
             Ms. Rivers, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Borski):
       H.R. 4431. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide support for the modernization and construction of 
     biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory 
     instrumentation; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 4432. A bill to increase the legal age of smoking from 
     18 to 21; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey:
       H.R. 4433. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to waive the income inclusion on a distribution from an 
     individual retirement account or a section 401(k) plan to the 
     extent that the distribution is contributed to a charity; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Rangel, and Mr. 
             Sweeney):
       H.R. 4434. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that ancestors and lineal descendants of past 
     or present members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into 
     account in determining whether a veterans' organization is 
     exempt from tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina:
       H.R. 4435. A bill to clarify certain boundaries on the map 
     relating to Unit NC01 of the Coastal Barrier Resources 
     System; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. MASCARA:
       H.R. 4436. A bill to authorize a study concerning the 
     George C. Marshall Plaza in Uniontown, Pennsylvania; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. McHUGH (for himself and Mr. Fattah):
       H.R. 4437. A bill to grant to the United States Postal 
     Service the authority to issue semipostals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Commerce, and 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. MICA:
       H.R. 4438. A bill to provide compensation for certain World 
     War II veterans who survived the Bataan Death March and were 
     held as prisoners of war by the Japanese; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself, Mr. Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Hill of 
             Indiana, Mr. Larson, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Blagojevich, 
             Ms. Berkley, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Moore, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Baird, Mr. Baca, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Martinez, Ms. Carson, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Becerra, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Ms. 
             Sanchez, Ms. Waters, Mr. Horn, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. 
             Bono, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Filner, Mr. Berman, and Mr. 
             Dreier):
       H.R. 4439. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a program for the prevention of suicide among 
     Latina adolescents; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. PORTER:
       H.R. 4440. A bill to authorize appropriations to expand and 
     enhance United States international broadcasting operations 
     around the world, specifically enhancing the depth and scope 
     of programming throughout the People's Republic of China; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. RAHALL:
       H.R. 4441. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation 
     provided by certain motor carriers, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
             Dingell, and Mr. Cunningham):
       H.R. 4442. A bill to establish a commission to promote 
     awareness of the National Wildlife Refuge System among the 
     American public as the System celebrates its centennial 
     anniversary in 2003, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. STRICKLAND:
       H.R. 4443. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish an Office of Correctional Health; to the Committee 
     on Commerce.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. DeLay, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Royce, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
             Wolf, and Ms. Sanchez):
       H. Con. Res. 322. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding Vietnamese Americans and 
     others who seek to improve social and political conditions in 
     Vietnam; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. HALL of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
             Gejdenson, Mr. Royce, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Houghton, and Ms. McKinney):
       H. Con. Res. 323. Concurrent resolution supporting peace 
     and democracy in the Republic of Sierra Leone; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. HOEFFEL (for himself, Mr. Gejdenson, and Mr. 
             Berman):
       H. Con. Res. 324. Concurrent resolution expressing support 
     for United States participation in the Sixth Nonproliferation 
     Treaty Review Conference; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself, Mr. Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Hill of 
             Indiana, Mr. Larson, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Blagojevich, 
             Ms. Berkley, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Moore, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
             Mr. Baird, Mr. Baca, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
             Reyes, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Martinez, Ms. Carson, Ms. 
             Velazquez, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Underwood, 
             Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Horn, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Berman, and Mr. Dreier):
       H. Con. Res. 325. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the need to more appropriately 
     address the health and well being of Hispanic adolescent 
     girls and endorsing the findings and recommendations of the 
     National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services 
     Organizations (COSSMHO) now known as The National Alliance 
     for Hispanic Health; to the Committee on Commerce.

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