[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17366-17367]
[From the U.S. 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 Ms. BROWN of Florida (for herself, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Shows, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico):
       H.R. 2586. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the amount of veterans' burial benefit paid for plot 
     allowances, and to provide for the payment to States of plot 
     allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national 
     cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ISTOOK:
       H.R. 2587. A bill making appropriations for the government 
     of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
     in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
     purposes.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       H.R. 2588. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that certain employees of 
     Federal, State, and local emergency management and civil 
     defense agencies may be eligible for certain public safety 
     officers death benefits, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRANE (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr. 
             Cox):
       H.R. 2589. A bill to provide for the privatization of the 
     United States Postal Service; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mrs. Morella, 
             Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Frost, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Underwood, Mr. 
             Sanders, and Mr. Lantos):
       H.R. 2590. A bill to amend the Violence Against Women Act 
     of 1994, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the 
     Older Americans Act of 1965, the Public Health Service Act, 
     and the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to ensure that 
     older or disabled persons are protected from institutional, 
     community, and domestic violence and sexual assault and to 
     improve outreach efforts and other services available to 
     older or disabled persons victimized by such violence, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary, Commerce, 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 Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Ryun of 
             Kansas, Mr. Tiahrt, and Mr. Moore):
       H.R. 2591. A bill to designate the United States Post 
     Office located at 713 Elm Street in Wakefield, Kansas, as the 
     ``William H. Avery Post Office''; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. ROGAN (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Ehrlich, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
             Bilbray, Mr. Bryant, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Gallegly, and 
             Mr. Dingell):
       H.R. 2592. A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act 
     to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer 
     products subject to such Act; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Frost, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. 
             Kilpatrick, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Morella, 
             Ms. DeGette, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Lofgren, and Ms. 
             Schakowsky):
       H.R. 2593. A bill to provide for parity in the treatment of 
     mental illness; 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. STRICKLAND:
       H.R. 2594. A bill to provide grants to establish 25 
     demonstration mental health diversion courts; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Bonior, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             Quinn, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Upton, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
             Barcia, Mr. Klink, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. 
             Kucinich, and Mr. Gillmor):
       H.R. 2595. A bill to place a moratorium on the export of 
     bulk fresh water until certain conditions are met; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Weldon 
             of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 2596. A bill to provide for a testing program for the 
     Navy Theater-Wide system and the Theater High-Altitude Area 
     Defense system; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WICKER:
       H.R. 2597. A bill to provide that the Federal Government 
     and States shall be subject to the same procedures and 
     substantive laws that would apply to persons on whose behalf 
     certain civil actions may be brought, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WU:
       H.R. 2598. A bill to terminate the price support and 
     marketing quota programs for peanuts; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       H.R. 2599. A bill to terminate the Federal price support 
     programs for sugar beets and sugarcane; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       H.R. 2600. A bill to require that the level of long-range 
     nuclear forces of the Department of Defense be reduced to 
     3,500 warheads consistent with the provisions of the START II 
     treaty; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       H.R. 2601. A bill to preserve Federal land by requiring a 
     moratorium on new mining activities on such land; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WYNN:
       H.R. 2602. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act with 
     respect to electric reliability and oversight, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. WU:
       H.R. 2603. A bill to eliminate the use of the Savannah 
     River nuclear waste separation facilities in South Carolina; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Armed 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.
       H.R. 2604. A bill to terminate funding for the Fast Flux 
     Test Facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in 
     Washington; to the Committee on Science, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Commerce, and Armed 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. LINDER (for himself, Mr. Kingston, and Mr. 
             Spence):
       H.J. Res. 62. A joint resolution to grant the consent of 
     Congress to the boundary change between Georgia and South 
     Carolina; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CHENOWETH:
       H.J. Res. 63. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to the legal 
     effect of certain treaties and other international 
     agreements; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. BERKLEY (for herself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Ackerman, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Berman, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Crowley, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Frost, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Inslee, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Levin, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Luther, 
             Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy 
             of New York, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Moore, 
             Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Pallone, 
             Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Pomeroy, Ms. Rivers, Ms. Ros-
             Lehtinen, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Shows, Mr. Sisisky, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Udall of Colorado, 
             Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
             Weygand, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wu):
       H. Con. Res. 162. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the Auschwitz-Birkenau state 
     museum in Poland should release seven paintings by Auschwitz

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     survivor Dina Babbitt made while she was imprisoned there, 
     and that the governments of the United States and Poland 
     should facilitate the return of Dina Babbitt's artwork to 
     her; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H. Con. Res. 163. Concurrent resolution calling for the 
     full investigation of the Jewish Cultural Center bombing in 
     Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 1994; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.

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