[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H4816-H4817]
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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. GONZALEZ (for himself, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Bonilla, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Baca, 
             Mr. Filner, and Mr. Hinojosa):
       H.R. 4704. A bill to provide for the appointment of 
     additional Federal district judges, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 4705. A bill to provide for the recoupment of a 
     portion of the Federal investment in research and development 
     supporting the production and sale of pharmaceutical, 
     biologic, or genetic products; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Science, 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. CARDIN:
       H.R. 4706. A bill to establish a commission to review the 
     dispute settlement reports of the World Trade Organization, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
     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. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Morella, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Green of Texas):
       H.R. 4707. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to permit States the option of coverage of legal 
     immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State 
     children's health insurance program; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
     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. GIBBONS:
       H.R. 4708. A bill to establish the California Trail 
     Interpretive Center in Elko, Nevada, to facilitate the 
     interpretation of the history of development and use of 
     trails in the settling of the western portion of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Lazio, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 4709. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving 
     parents (known as ``Gold Star parents'') of members of the 
     Armed Forces who die during a period of war; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LARGENT (for himself, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Pickering, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Stupak, and Mr. 
             Aderholt):
       H.R. 4710. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     prosecution of obscenity cases; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. LARSON (for himself, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Kasich, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Murtha, 
             Mr. Shays, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. LaFalce, 
             Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Clement, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Tanner, Ms. DeGette, 
             Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Ford, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Rangel, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Wu, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Spratt, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. 
             Hoeffel, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Turner, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Tierney, Mr. John, 
             Mr. Shows, Mr. Sawyer, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Allen, Mr. Gonzalez, 
             Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Carson, Mr. Moore, Mr. Owens, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. 
             Borski, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
             Holden, Mr. Klink, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Mascara, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Hill of Indiana, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Weiner, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Blagojevich, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Evans, 
             Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Skelton, Ms. Danner, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Pastor, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr.

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             Boucher, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Engel, Ms. 
             McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Coyne, Mr. 
             Hilliard, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Wynn, Mr. English, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Payne, Mrs. 
             Fowler, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
             Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Goode, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Baca, Mr. Filner, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Berry, Mr. Snyder, Mrs. Emerson, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Baird, Mr. Frost, Mr. Wise, Mr. Pickett, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. 
             Clayton, Mr. Scott, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Boyd, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Condit, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Olver, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. Underwood, Mrs. Meek of 
             Florida, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Stenholm, and Mr. 
             Kuykendall):
       H.R. 4711. A bill to establish an Office of Community 
     Economic Adjustment in the Economic Development 
     Administration of the Department of Commerce to coordinate 
     the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing 
     severe and sudden economic distress, to help these regions 
     and communities, in restructuring their economies, and to 
     expand the authorization of appropriations for these 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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. OXLEY (for himself, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Largent, 
             and Mr. Pickering):
       H.R. 4712. A bill to improve the procedures of the Federal 
     Communications Commission in the conduct of congressional 
     communications; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Camp, 
             Ms. Dunn, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Sessions, 
             and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 4713. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
     1977 to restore stability and equity to the financing of the 
     United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund by 
     eliminating the liability of reachback operators, to provide 
     additional sources of revenue to the Fund, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, and Mr. 
             Sanford):
       H.R. 4714. A bill to establish the Social Security 
     Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, 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. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Foley, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Mr. Coyne, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Ms. 
             Dunn, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mrs. 
             Thurman, and Mr. English):
       H.R. 4715. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the treatment of certain expenses of 
     rural letter carriers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. Shows, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
             Mr. Murtha, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Strickland, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Scott, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, and Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin):
       H.R. 4716. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide that the rate of reimbursement for motor vehicle 
     travel under the beneficiary travel program of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs shall be the same as the rate for private 
     vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       H. Con. Res. 358. Concurrent resolution calling upon the 
     Government of Turkey to withdraw its armed forces from the 
     island of Cyprus and to negotiate, along with the Government 
     of Turkish-occupied Cyprus, for the reunification of the 
     Government of the Republic of Cyprus; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. HOLT (for himself and Mr. Wexler):
       H. Con. Res. 359. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the carrying of firearms into 
     places of worship or educational and scholastic settings 
     should be prohibited; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H. Con. Res. 360. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that Roberto Clemente was a great 
     athlete and should be honored by a national day of 
     recognition; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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