[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 103 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H7364-H7365]
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. CALVERT:
       H.R. 5120. A bill to amend the Small Reclamation Projects 
     Act of 1956 to establish a partnership program in the Bureau 
     of Reclamation for small reclamation projects, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SHAW:
       H.R. 5121. A bill to authorize a comprehensive Everglades 
     restoration plan; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. BLILEY:
       H.R. 5122. A bill to amend the Health Care Quality 
     Improvement Act of 1986 to provide for the availability to 
     the public of information reported to the National 
     Practitioner Data Bank under such Act, to establish 
     additional reporting requirements, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. TANCREDO:
       H.R. 5123. A bill to require the Secretary of Education to 
     provide notification to States and State educational agencies 
     regarding the availability of certain administrative funds to 
     establish school safety hotlines; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BALDACCI:
       H.R. 5124. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 14 Municipal Way in 
     Cherryfield, Maine, as the ``Gardner C. Grant Post Office''; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BEREUTER:
       H.R. 5125. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act to provide for the payment of special loan 
     deficiency payments to producers who are eligible for loan 
     deficiency payments, but who suffered yield losses due to 
     damaging weather or related condition in a federally declared 
     disaster area; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, 
             Mr. Underwood, and Mr. Faleomavaega):
       H.R. 5126. A bill to amend titles XI and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to remove the cap on Medicaid payments for 
     Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and 
     to adjust the Medicaid statutory matching rate for those 
     territories; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
       H.R. 5127. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States with respect to the production incentive 
     certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the 
     United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COLLINS (for himself and Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts):
       H.R. 5128. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit against 
     income tax for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes 
     prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DEUTSCH:
       H.R. 5129. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the unified credit against estate and gift 
     taxes to the equivalent of a $5,000,000 exclusion and to 
     provide an inflation adjustment of such amount; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DOOLITTLE (for himself, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Pombo, 
             Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Packard, and Mr. Thomas):
       H.R. 5130. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to provide cost sharing for the CALFED water 
     enhancement programs in California; to the Committee on 
     Resources, 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. FILNER:
       H.R. 5131. A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission to roll back the wholesale price of electric 
     energy sold in the Western System Coordinating Council, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (for himself, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
             Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. 
             Roukema, Mr. Saxton, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             King, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
             Lazio, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. 
             Fossella, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Andrews, Mr. Kleczka, and Mr. Rothman):
       H.R. 5132. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a comprehensive program for testing and treatment 
     of veterans for the Hepatitis C virus; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.

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           By Mr. GILCHREST:
       H.R. 5133. A bill to amend the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to 
     revise and enhance authorities, and to authorize 
     appropriations, for the Chesapeake Bay Office, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 5134. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 219 South Church Street in 
     Odum, Georgia, as the ``Ruth Coleman Post Office''; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Barr of 
             Georgia, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Collins, Mr. 
             Deal of Georgia, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
             Linder, Ms. McKinney, and Mr. Norwood):
       H.R. 5135. A bill to designate a fellowship program of the 
     Peace Corps promoting the work of returning Peace Corps 
     volunteers in underserved American communities as the ``Paul 
     D. Coverdell Fellows Program``; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM:
       H.R. 5136. A bill to make permanent the authority of the 
     Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to 
     provide security beyond the Supreme Court building and 
     grounds; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MICA (for himself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Wolf, 
             Mr. Waxman, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
             Ramstad, Mr. Portman, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Reyes, and Mrs. Morella):
       H.R. 5137. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent 
     underage drinking in the United States; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. MORAN of Kansas:
       H.R. 5138. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the unified credit against estate and gift 
     taxes to the equivalent of $4,000,000; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NORWOOD:
       H.R. 5139. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     real property at the Carl Vinson Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical Center, Dublin, Georgia; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 5140. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage of pharmaceutical care 
     services under part B of the Medicare Program; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, 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. SPRATT:
       H.R. 5141. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     release the reversionary interest of the United States in 
     certain land located in Sumter County, South Carolina, to 
     facilitate a land exchange involving that land and to provide 
     for an exchange of the mineral interests of the United States 
     in that land; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. STARK:
       H.R. 5142. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide under contract with a Medicare 
     carrier for an official website through which Medicare 
     beneficiaries and others can obtain Internet access to safe 
     and competitively priced domestic and international 
     prescription drugs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, 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. WHITFIELD (for himself and Mrs. Northup):
       H.R. 5143. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3160 Irvin Cobb Drive, in 
     Paducah, Kentucky, as the ``Morgan Station''; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself and Mrs. Northup):
       H.R. 5144. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 203 West Paige Street, in 
     Tompkinsville, Kentucky, as the ``Tim Lee Carter Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. BOEHLERT (for himself and Ms. Slaughter):
       H. Con. Res. 391. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     contributions of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
     to the women's suffrage movement; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. FORBES (for himself, Mr. Fossella, Mrs. Capps, 
             Ms. Danner, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Frost, and Mr. 
             Lipinski):
       H. Con. Res. 392. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued 
     in recognition of the services rendered by this Nation's 
     volunteer firefighters; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. LAMPSON:
       H. Con. Res. 393. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress in remembrance of the 100th anniversary 
     of the devastating hurricane which struck Galveston, Texas, 
     on September 8, 1900; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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