[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 106 (Tuesday, September 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H7501-H7502]
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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. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. DeLay, 
             and Mr. Rogan):
       H.R. 5146. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prohibit the use of amounts in the Presidential 
     Election Campaign Fund for presidential nominating 
     conventions of political parties; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. HALL of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Wolf, and Ms. 
             McKinney):
       H.R. 5147. A bill to prohibit the importation of diamonds 
     mined in certain countries, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York):
       H.R. 5148. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     national database of ballistics information about firearms 
     for use in fighting crime, and to require firearms 
     manufacturers to provide ballistics information about new 
     firearms to the national database; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland:
       H.R. 5149. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party 
     conventions; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Hooley 
             of Oregon, and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 5150. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     conduct studies and ecosystem restoration projects within the 
     Lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay Estuaries, Oregon and 
     Washington; 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. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota, and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota):
       H.R. 5151. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     establish an outpatient presciption drug assistance program 
     for low-income Medicare beneficiaries and Medicare 
     beneficiaries with high drug costs; 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. CAMP (for himself, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Sam Johnson 
             of Texas, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Upton, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mr. Paul, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
             McNulty, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Canady of 
             Florida, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Skelton, and Mr. 
             Rangel):
       H.R. 5152. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to update the renal dialysis composite rate; 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. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Minge, Mr. Stupak, 
             and Mrs. Kelly):
       H.R. 5153. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to ensure adequate payment rates for ambulance 
     services, to apply a prudent layperson standard to the 
     determination of medical necessity for emergency ambulance 
     services, and to recognize the additional costs of providing 
     ambulance services in rural areas; to the Committee on

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     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. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Rogan, and Mr. Bilbray):
       H.R. 5154. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and 
     failure to file reports concerning defects in foreign motor 
     vehicle products, and to require the timely provision of 
     notice of such defects, and for other purposes; 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. KOLBE (for himself and Mr. Dreier):
       H.R. 5155. A bill to provide that a certification of the 
     cooperation of Mexico with United States counterdrug efforts 
     not be required in fiscal year 2001 for the limitation on 
     assistance for Mexico under section 490 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 not to go into effect in that fiscal 
     year; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 5156. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to establish standards for payment under the 
     Medicare Program for certain orthotic, prosthetic, and 
     pedorthic devices; 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 Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD (for herself and Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma):
       H.R. 5157. A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
     ensure preservation of the records of the Freedmen's Bureau; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
       H.R. 5158. A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of a 
     person upon the unconditional release of that person from 
     prison and the completion of sentence, including parole; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H.R. 5159. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative 
     housing corporations into condominiums; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. POMEROY:
       H.R. 5160. A bill to provide compensation to wheat 
     producers and elevator operators who sold wheat between May 
     2, 1993, and January 24, 1994, when the Federal Grain 
     Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for 
     official inspections of wheat protein content; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT:
       H.R. 5161. A bill to provide the appointment of an 
     independent counsel to investigate whether officials from the 
     People's Republic of China tried to illegally influence the 
     1996 Presidential Election.; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself and Mrs. 
             Morella):
       H.R. 5162. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to create an independent and nonpartisan commission to 
     assess the health care needs of the uninsured and to monitor 
     the financial stability of the Nation's health care safety 
     net; 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 Mr. STARK (for himself and Mr. Coyne):
       H.J. Res. 107. A joint resolution expressing the sense of 
     Congress regarding the need for a White House Conference to 
     discuss and develop national recommendations concerning 
     quality of care in assisted living facilities in the United 
     States; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H. Con. Res. 394. Concurrent resolution directing the 
     Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the 
     enrollment of S. 1374; considered and agreed to
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of 
             Rhode Island, Mr. Porter, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
             Hall of Ohio, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. McKinney, 
             Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Crowley, and Mr. Evans):
       H. Con. Res. 395. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress condemning the September 6, 2000, 
     militia attack on United Nations refugee workers in West 
     Timor and calling for an end to militia violence in East and 
     West Timor; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BLILEY:
       H. Con. Res. 396. Concurrent resolution celebrating the 
     birth of James Madison and his contributions to the Nation; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Bereuter, 
             Mr. Hoyer, and Mr. Forbes):
       H. Con. Res. 397. Concurrent resolution voicing concern 
     about serious violations of human rights and fundamental 
     freedoms in most states of Central Asia, including 
     substantial noncompliance with their Organization for 
     Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) commitments on 
     democratization and the holding of free and fair elections; 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Holt, 
             Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Blagojevich, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Weiner, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             Tierney, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Shays, Mr. Minge, Mr. 
             Becerra, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Doyle, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. 
             Knollenberg):
       H. Res. 572. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that it is in the interest of both the 
     United States and the Republic of India to expand and 
     strengthen United States-India relations, intensify bilateral 
     cooperation in the fight against terrorism, and broaden the 
     ongoing dialogue between the United States and India, of 
     which the upcoming visit to the United States of the Prime 
     Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is a significant 
     step; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. BLILEY:
       H. Res. 573. A resolution expressing the condolences of the 
     House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable 
     Herbert H. Bateman, a Representative from the Commonwealth of 
     Virginia; considered and agreed to
           By Mr. GOODE (for himself and Mr. Goodlatte):
       H. Res. 575. A resolution supporting Internet safety 
     awareness; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself and Mr. Hall of 
             Ohio):
       H. Res. 576. A resolution supporting efforts to increase 
     childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.

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