[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 124 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H9504-H9505]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

           By Mr. SPENCE:
       H.R. 5408. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2001 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, 
     Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, International 
     Relations, the Judiciary, Resources, Science, Transportation 
     and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Ways and Means, and 
     Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. SMITH of Michigan:
       H.R. 5409. A bill to extend for 9 additional months the 
     period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
     Code is reenacted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
             Ehlers, Mr. Ney, Mr. Mica, Mr. Linder, and Mr. 
             Fattah):
       H.R. 5410. A bill to establish revolving funds for the 
     operation of certain programs and activities of the Library 
     of Congress, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.
           By Mr. COOK:
       H.R. 5411. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to permit the State of Utah to construct a hook ramp as part 
     of the highway project to reconstruct the interchange at 
     Interstate Route 15 and University Parkway in Orem, Utah; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DEAL of Georgia:
       H.R. 5412. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     eliminate the five-month waiting period in the disability 
     insurance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DINGELL:
       H.R. 5413. A bill to require the Secretary of 
     Transportation to issue regulations addressing safety 
     concerns in minimizing delay for automobile traffic at 
     railroad grade crossings; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 5414. A bill to promote global efforts to protect 
     biological diversity by protecting the Tongass Rain Forest, 
     the United States' largest temperate rain forest, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. FILNER (for himself and Mr. Kucinich):
       H.R. 5415. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a windfall profit tax on wholesale electric 
     energy sold in the Western System Coordinating Council; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON:
       H.R. 5416. A bill to promote economic development and 
     stability in Southeast Europe by providing countries in that 
     region with additional trade benefits; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LaFALCE (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Leach, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Waters, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Baker, Mr. Lazio, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Velazquez, 
             Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Bentsen, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Ms. Hooley of 
             Oregon, Ms. Carson, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Lee, Mr. Mascara, 
             Mr. Inslee, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Moore, Mr. Gonzalez, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
             Castle, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Ney, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. LaTourette, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
             Oberstar, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Minge, Mr. Wise, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Mink of 
             Hawaii, Mr. Spratt, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. 
             Danner, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Boswell, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, and Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma):
       H.R. 5417. A bill to rename the Stewart B. McKinney 
     Homeless Assistance Act as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act''; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Murtha, Mr. 
             Gekas, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Toomey, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Borski, Mr. Sherwood, 
             Mr. Fattah, Mr. Holden, Mr. English, Mr. Kanjorski, 
             Mr. Klink, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Hoeffel, and Mr. Mascara):
       H.R. 5418. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 431 North George Street in 
     Millersville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert S. Walker Post 
     Office''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself and Mrs. Capps):
       H.R. 5419. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a demonstration project at the National Cancer 
     Institute to provide funding for research concerning the 
     prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure for cancer; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 5420. A bill to establish a National Commission to 
     Eliminate Waste in Government; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself and Mr. Stark):
       H.R. 5421. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose an excise tax on persons who acquire 
     structured settlement payments in factoring transactions, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Boehlert, and 
             Mr. Metcalf):
       H.R. 5422. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to establish an integrated 
     environmental reporting program; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, 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. SIMPSON (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
             Baker, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mrs. 
             Chenoweth-Hage, Mr. Combest, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Foley, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Washington, 
             Mr. Jefferson, Mr. John, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Minge, Mrs. 
             Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. Tauzin, and Mrs. Thurman):
       H.R. 5423. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to prevent circumvention of the sugar 
     tariff-rate quotas; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5424. A bill to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 to authorize communities receiving 
     community development block grants to use grant amounts to 
     provide assistance to local firefighting, emergency medical, 
     and rescue services; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5425. A bill to amend the National and Community 
     Service Act of 1990 to include participation in a volunteer 
     firefighting agency as one of the national service programs 
     specifically authorized to receive assistance under the 
     AmeriCorps program; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. SKEEN:
       H.R. 5426. A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. STUMP (for himself and Mr. Hyde):
       H. Con. Res. 419. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress on the propriety and need for expeditious 
     construction of the National World War II Memorial at the 
     Rainbow Pool on the National Mall in the Nation's Capitol; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself and Mr. Gejdenson):
       H. Res. 614. A resolution condemning the Government of Iran 
     for the continued imprisonment of 10 Jews and 2 Muslims on 
     false

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     charges of espionage and urging the President to sustain 
     United States sanctions against Iran, including opposition to 
     assistance provided by international institutions, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations.

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