[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21750-21751]
[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. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. 
             Wu):
       H.R. 2868. A bill to guarantee States and counties 
     containing Federal forest lands consistent compensation for 
     the loss of property tax revenues from such lands instead of 
     a percentage of the declining revenues derived from timber 
     sales; to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Resources, 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. BEREUTER:
       H.R. 2869. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to carry out highway and bridge projects to 
     improve the flow of traffic between the States of Nebraska 
     and Iowa and to direct the Secretary to designate certain 
     highways in those States as an Interstate System route; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Clay, Mr. Delahunt, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. LaFalce, Ms. Lee, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Towns, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 2870. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage of vision rehabilitation 
     services under the Medicare Program; 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 Mr. DREIER (for himself and Mr. Pomeroy):
       H.R. 2871. A bill to promote youth financial education; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ENGLISH:
       H.R. 2872. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to increase the maximum Pell grant from $3,125 to $7,000 over 
     3 fiscal years; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. ENGLISH:
       H.R. 2873. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow individuals a deduction for contributions to 
     education individual retirement accounts, to increase the 
     amount which may be contributed to such accounts, to permit 
     such accounts to be used to pay elementary and secondary 
     education expenses and training expenses of older 
     individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. GIBBONS (for himself and Mr. Hansen):
       H.R. 2874. A bill to amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 
     Burros Act to provide for delegation to States of the powers 
     and duties under that Act regarding management

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     of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. HERGER:
       H.R. 2875. A bill to amend the Klamath River Basin Fishery 
     Resources Restoration Act to provide for tribal 
     representation on the Klamath Fishery Management Council, to 
     clarify allocation of the annual tribal catch, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 2876. A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence 
     regarding testimonial privileges of parents, children, and 
     members of the Secret Service; to amend title 18 of the 
     United States Code to restrict prosecutorial conduct with 
     respect to sexual activity not unlawful under Federal law, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MATSUI:
       H.R. 2877. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security 
     Act to coordinate the penalty for the failure of a State to 
     operate a State child support disbursement unit with the 
     alternative penalty procedure for failures to meet data 
     processing requirements; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Romero-Barcelo, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Weiner):
       H.R. 2878. A bill to protect the privacy of health 
     information in the age of genetic and other new technologies, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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 Mrs. NORTHUP (for herself, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Talent, 
             Mr. Wolf, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
             Pombo, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Portman, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Cox, 
             Mr. Thomas, Mr. Shays, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. 
             Schaffer, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
             Foley, Mr. Hayworth, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. 
             Shimkus, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New 
             York, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Manzullo, 
             Mr. Houghton, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. 
             Hoekstra, Mr. Gibbons, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Watts of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Etheridge, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. 
             Wynn, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
             Cunningham, Mr. Engel, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Armey, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
             Sandlin, Mr. Owens, Ms. Carson, and Mr. Traficant):
       H.R. 2879. A bill to provide for the placement at the 
     Lincoln Memorial of a plaque commemorating the speech of 
     Martin Luther King, Jr., known as the ``I Have A Dream'' 
     speech; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. Johnson 
             of Connecticut, and Mr. Tanner):
       H.R. 2880. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide tax incentives for land sales for 
     conservation purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SHAW:
       H.R. 2881. A bill to allow the collection of fees for the 
     provision of customs services for the arrival of certain 
     ferries; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. VENTO:
       H.R. 2882. A bill to regulate the use by interactive 
     computer services of personally identifiable information 
     provided by subscribers to such services; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. ISTOOK:
       H.J. Res. 66. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States restoring religious 
     freedom; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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