[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 127 (Thursday, October 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H9899-H9900]
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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. GREENWOOD:
       H.R. 5455. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to encourage investment in small companies; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Mr. Ose, Mr. Shimkus, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. 
             Strickland, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Reyes, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
             Holden, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Mascara, Ms. 
             Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Wu, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             Pomeroy, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Luther, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Fattah, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Ms. Lee, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
             Larson, Mr. Frost, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Gejdenson, 
             Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Spratt, Ms. Berkley, 
             Mr. Engel, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Granger, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Ms. Sanchez, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Chabot, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Rush, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Kildee, Mrs. Lowey, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. Evans, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Boswell, 
             Mr. Berry, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Costello, Ms. Dunn, 
             Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Ford, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Castle, Mr. Clement, Mrs. 
             Thurman, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Pease, Mr. 
             Scott, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Gutknecht, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             McCrery, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
             Weldon of Florida, Mr. McIntyre, and Mr. Doggett):
       H.R. 5456. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     give district courts of the United States jurisdiction over 
     competing State custody determinations, 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. BILBRAY (for himself, Mrs. Wilson, and Mr. 
             Hunter):
       H.R. 5457. A bill to provide for the interconnection of 
     distributed generation facilities with local electric 
     distribution systems, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. BILBRAY:
       H.R. 5458. A bill to authorize the investor-owned electric 
     utilities in California to purchase electric power directly 
     from the Bonneville Power Administration at specified

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     rates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. SANFORD (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Tancredo, and Ms. McKinney):
       H.R. 5459. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     recommend a water resources development and conservation 
     project for authorization by Congress only if the project has 
     projected benefits that are at least 1.5 times as great as 
     the project's estimated total cost, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT:
       H.R. 5460. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 to increase the efficiency and accountability of Offices 
     of Inspector General within Federal departments, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. CUNNINGHAM:
       H.R. 5461. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to eliminate the wasteful and 
     unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning; to the Committee 
     on Resources.
           By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin:
       H.R. 5462. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     punish the placing of sexual explicit photographs on the 
     Internet without the permission of the persons photographed; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
             and Mr. Levin):
       H.R. 5463. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to affirm the confidentiality of closing and similar 
     agreements and agreements with foreign governments; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. INSLEE:
       H.R. 5464. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize grants to carry out programs to improve recovery 
     rates for organs in eligible hospitals; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. INSLEE:
       H.R. 5465. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a National Living Organ Donor Registry; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. MATSUI:
       H.R. 5466. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the payment of fellowship benefits to 
     pension plan participants; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 5467. A bill to provide for substantial reductions in 
     the price of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries 
     and for women diagnosed with breast cancer; 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. NORTON:
       H.R. 5468. A bill to establish the United States Commission 
     on Security in an Open Society; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. NORWOOD (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Goode, 
             Mr. Bishop, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Pickering, 
             Mr. Coble, and Mr. Graham):
       H.R. 5469. A bill to provide for review in the Court of 
     International Trade of certain determinations of binational 
     panels under the North American Free Trade Agreement; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 5470. A bill to provide for the opposition of the 
     United States to the provision of any resources or assistance 
     by the International Monetary Fund to the Palestinian 
     Authority until the Secretary of State certifies that Israel 
     and the Palestinian Authority have signed an agreement on 
     borders and security arrangements for Israel and a 
     Palestinian state; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 5471. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow individuals an exclusion from gross income for 
     certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated 
     investment companies; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Carson, 
             Mr. Crowley, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Lee, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Millender-
             McDonald, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Engel, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Rhode Island, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 5472. A bill to provide grants for the purchase of 
     firearms to States and units of local government that enforce 
     certain rules designed to protect the public from the misuse 
     of handguns; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEACH:
       H.J. Res. 113. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to abolish the 
     electoral college and to provide for the direct popular 
     election of the President and Vice President of the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, and Mr. Berman):
       H. Con. Res. 425. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the continued participation of the 
     Russian Federation in the Group of Eight must be conditioned 
     on Russia's own voluntary acceptance of and adherence to the 
     norms and standards of democracy; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Armey, 
             Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. Bereuter, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
             Cannon, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Berman, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
             Cooksey, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Ehlers,, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Gekas, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Frost, Mrs. 
             Kelly, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Hoeffel, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Leach, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Morella, Mr. McCollum, Mrs. 
             McCarthy of New York, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
             Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Ose, Mr. 
             Rothman, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Salmon, 
             Mr. Sherman, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Sisisky, Mrs. 
             Roukema, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. 
             Stearns, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Weller, Mr. 
             Weygand, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Holt):
       H. Con. Res. 426. Concurrent resolution concerning the 
     violence in the Middle East; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H. Con. Res. 427. Concurrent resolution directing the 
     Secretary of the Senate to correct the enrollment of the bill 
     S. 3186; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. UPTON:
       H. Con. Res. 428. Concurrent resolution providing for 
     corrections in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 5164) 
     amending title 49, United States Code, to require reports 
     concerning defects in motor vehicles or tires or other motor 
     vehicle equipment in foreign countries, and for other 
     purposes; considered and agree to.
           By Mr. BILBRAY:
       H. Con. Res. 429. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the electricity crisis in San 
     Diego and Orange Counties in California; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Packard, 
             and Mr. Cunningham):
       H. Res. 629. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the basic allowance for housing for 
     members of the Armed Forces stationed in San Diego and Orange 
     Counties, California, should be increased to compensate for 
     increased energy costs there; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.

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