[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21315-21316]
[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. BASS:
       H.R. 2839. A bill to amend the Act which established the 
     Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, in the State of New 
     Hampshire, by modifying the boundary, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. UPTON (for himself and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 2840. A bill to amend title V of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the establishment and operation of asthma 
     treatment services for children, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Mr. Young of Alaska, 
             and Mr. George Miller of California):
       H.R. 2841. A bill to amend the Revised Organic Act of the 
     Virgin Islands to provide for greater fiscal autonomy 
     consistent with other United States jurisdictions, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mrs. 
             Morella):
       H.R. 2842. A bill to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, concerning the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
     (FEHB) Program, to enable the Federal Government to enroll an 
     employee and his or her family in the FEHB Program when a 
     State court orders the employee to provide health insurance 
     coverage for a child of the employee but

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      the employee fails to provide the coverage; to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HAYES (for himself and Mr. Fletcher):
       H.R. 2843. A bill to provide emergency assistance to 
     farmers and ranchers in the United States; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Budget, and 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. ISTOOK:
       H.R. 2844. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
     convey to the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the former site 
     of the NIPER facility of the Department of Defense; to the 
     Committee on Science.
           By Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 2845. A bill to encourage the use of technology in the 
     classroom; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     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. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 2846. A bill to confer citizenship posthumously on 
     Jose J. Casillas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT:
       H.R. 2847. A bill to provide for the appointment of an 
     independent counsel to investigate if there were violations 
     of Federal law in the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in 
     Waco, Texas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Talent, Mr. 
             Leach, and Mr. Baker) (all by request):
       H.R. 2848. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 and the Small Business Act to establish a New 
     Markets Venture Capital Program, to establish an America's 
     Private Investment Company Program, to amend the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a New Markets Tax Credit, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways 
     and Means, and Small Business, 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. CARSON (for herself, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, 
             Mrs. Morella, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mrs. Capps, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. 
             Lee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rush, Mr. Meeks 
             of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Wynn, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. 
             Waters, Mr. Clay, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Ms. Berkley, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
             Clyburn, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Ford, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Mr. Fattah, Mr. Owens, Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Thompson 
             of Mississippi, Mr. Scott, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Hilliard, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Towns, and Mrs. Maloney of New York):
       H. Res. 287. A resolution to commend Serena Williams on 
     winning the 1999 U.S. Open Women's Singles and Doubles 
     championships; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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