[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 81 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H5083-H5084]
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. MATSUI (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, and Mr. Abercrombie):
       H.R. 4729. A bill to authorize the Board of Regents of the 
     Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip 
     laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base 
     operations for the Smithsonian Astrophyical Observatory 
     Submillimeter Array located on Mauna Kea at Hilo, Hawaii; to 
     the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. BISHOP (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. McKinney, and Mr. Collins):
       H.R. 4730. A bill to provide for Federal recognition of the 
     Lower Muscogee-Creek Indian Tribe of Georgia, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. GILMAN:
       H.R. 4731. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to provide that it is not contrary to the foreign policy 
     interest of the United States to bring an antitrust lawsuit 
     asserting the manipulation of energy supplies or prices, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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. GILMAN:
       H.R. 4732. A bill to require certain actions with respect 
     to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 
     or any other cartel engaged in oil price fixing, production 
     cutbacks, or other market-distorting practices; to the 
     Committee on International Relations, 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. PACKARD:
       H.R. 4733. A bill making appropriations for energy and 
     water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2001, and for other purposes.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Pascrell):
       H.R. 4734. A bill to establish a National Center for 
     Military Deployment Health Research to provide an independent 
     means for the conduct and coordination of research into 
     issues relating to the deployment of members of the Armed 
     Forces overseas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs, 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. BECERRA (for himself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Wu, 
             Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Berman, 
             Mr. Underwood, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Eshoo, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Frost, Mr. Baca, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Stark, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
             Reyes, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Lee, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Rodriguez, 
             and Mr. Gonzalez):
       H.R. 4735. A bill to allow certain individuals of Japanese 
     ancestry who were brought forcibly to the United States from 
     countries in Latin America during World War II and were 
     interned in the United States to be provided restitution 
     under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Boucher, 
             Mr. Talent, and Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 4736. A bill to remove civil liability barriers 
     surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire 
     companies; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 4737. A bill to require an inventory of documents and 
     devices containing Restricted Data at the national security 
     laboratories of the Department of Energy, to improve security 
     procedures for access to the vaults containing Restricted 
     Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KOLBE:
       H.R. 4738. A bill to establish the High Level Commission on 
     Immigrant Labor Policy; 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. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. 
             Pallone, and Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin):
       H.R. 4739. A bill to amend section 308 of the Clean Air Act 
     to authorize the mandatory licensing of patents on 
     reformulated gasoline and other fuels, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mrs. Morella, 
             Mr. Roemer, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
             Leach, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Horn, Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Porter, Mr. 
             Borski, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
             Clay, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clement, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Dicks, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Evans, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hilliard, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy 
             of Rhode Island, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kind, Mr. LaFalce, 
             Mr. Lantos, Mr. Larson, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Maloney of 
             New York, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Martinez, 
             Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McNulty, 
             Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             George Miller of California, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
             Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Pastor, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Reyes, Ms. 
             Sanchez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Sawyer, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Scott, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Tierney, 
             Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Weygand, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 4740. A bill to amend the National and Community 
     Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
     1973 to extend the authorizations of appropriations for the 
     programs carried out under such Acts, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. UNDERWOOD (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Romero-Barcelo, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Faleomavaega):
       H.R. 4741. A bill to require that the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget explain any omission of any 
     insular area from treatment as part of the United States in 
     statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget; 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. WEINER (for himself and Mr. Pascrell):
       H.R. 4742. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to require the Federal Communications Commission to establish 
     minimum standards regarding the quality of wireless telephone 
     service and to monitor complaints regarding such service; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Hunter, and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
       H.J. Res. 103. A joint resolution disapproving the 
     extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) 
     of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the People's 
     Republic of China; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Walsh, 
             Mr. Filner, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, and Ms. Norton):
       H. Con. Res. 363. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that a day of peace and sharing should be 
     established at the beginning of each year; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania:
       H. Con. Res. 364. Concurrent resolution calling for the 
     immediate release of Mr. Edmond Pope from prison in Russia 
     for humanitarian reasons, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, 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. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Rothman, and Mr. Menendez):
       H. Res. 531. A resolution condemning the 1994 attack on the 
     AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 
     urging the Argentine Government to punish those responsible, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.

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