[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18781-18782]
[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 Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 2654. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     provide enhanced protection for inventors and innovators, 
     protect patent terms, reduce patent litigation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Metcalf):
       H.R. 2655. A bill to restore the separation of powers 
     between the Congress and the President; to the Committee on 
     International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on 
     the Judiciary, and Rules, 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. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Jackson-
             Lee of Texas, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Scott, and 
             Ms. Waters):
       H.R. 2656. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 to withhold funds in certain cases, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
             Meeks of New York, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. Lee, and Mr. 
             Ackerman):
       H.R. 2657. A bill to amend section 204 of the National 
     Housing Act to make HUD-owned single family properties 
     available at a discount to individuals who teach in inner 
     city schools; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, 
             Mr. McNulty, Ms. McKinney, Mr. McGovern, and Ms. 
             Lee):
       H.R. 2658. A bill to provide that the Commissioner of Food 
     and Drugs shall by regulation require over the counter drug 
     sunscreen products to include an expiration date and storage 
     recommendations on their label; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Maloney of 
             New York, Mr. Ackerman, and Mr. Payne):
       H.R. 2659. A bill to provide grants to eligible urban local 
     educational agencies to enable the agencies to recruit and 
     retain qualified teachers; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mr. FILNER (for himself, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Evans, 
             and Mr. Doyle):
       H.R. 2660. A bill to amend title 38 of the United States 
     Code to provide pay parity for dentists with physicians 
     employed by the Veterans Health Administration; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
             Island, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Udall of 
             New Mexico, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Pomeroy, and Mr. 
             Kolbe):
       H.R. 2661. A bill to amend title 36 of the United States 
     Code to establish the American Indian Education Foundation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LOFGREN (for herself, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Rush, 
             Mr. Evans, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Price of North Carolina, Mr. Pastor, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Boehner, Mrs. Christensen, 
             and Mr. Snyder):
       H.R. 2662. A bill to provide for work authorization for 
     nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, if the 
     United States has an agreement with the country of which the 
     transferee is a national under which United States nationals 
     will be afforded reciprocal treatment; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MURTHA:
       H.R. 2663. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of 
     the Korean War to honor the United States Marine

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     Corps participation; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. NETHERCUTT:
       H.R. 2664. A bill to provide for equitable compensation of 
     the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation in 
     settlement of its claims concerning its contribution to the 
     production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 2665. A bill to provide for a study of Radium 224 in 
     drinking water and to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     require that a national primary drinking water standard be 
     established for Radium 224, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. SHOWS (for himself and Mr. Lampson):
       H.R. 2666. A bill to authorize activities under the Federal 
     railroad safety laws for fiscal years 1999 through 2002, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DREIER:
       H. Con. Res. 168. Concurrent resolution waiving the 
     requirement in section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization 
     Act of 1946 that the Congress adjourn sine die not later than 
     July 31, 1999; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Cox, Mr. 
             Ewing, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, and Mr. Toomey):
       H. Res. 268. A resolution calling for equitable sharing of 
     the costs associated with the reconstruction, peacekeeping, 
     and United Nations programs in Kosovo; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Sanford, Mr. Spence, and Mr. Spratt):
       H. Res. 269. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Joseph Jefferson ``Shoeless Joe'' 
     Jackson should be appropriately honored for his outstanding 
     baseball accomplishments; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. STUPAK (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
             Etheridge, Mr. Frost, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
             Hoyer, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. King, Mr. Klink, 
             Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             Nethercutt, Ms. Norton, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Shows, Mr. 
             Deutsch, Mr. Reyes, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
             Vento, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Wu, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Barrett of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Upton, Mr. Knollenberg, and Mr. 
             Tiahrt):
       H. Res. 270. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the President should focus 
     appropriate attention on the issue of neighborhood crime 
     prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime 
     by delivering speeches, convening meetings, and directing his 
     Administration to make reducing crime an important priority; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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