[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12724-12725]
[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. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. Boehner):
       H.R. 2183. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the 
     preemption of State law in certain cases relating to certain 
     church plans; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 2184. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide for the removal of aliens who aid or abet a 
     terrorist organization or an individual who has conducted, is 
     conducting, or is planning to conduct a terrorist activity; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 2185. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income 
     tax for the purchase of private health insurance through a 
     pooling arrangement; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Mr. BECERRA:
       H.R. 2186. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Rhinovirus drugs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 2187. A bill to prohibit reconstruction assistance 
     (other than humanitarian assistance) for the Federal Republic 
     of Yugoslavia (other than Kosovo) until Slobodan Milosevic 
     and the four other officials of the Government of the Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia named in the indictment of the 
     International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 
     have been arrested and placed in custody of the Tribunal; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
           By Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon (for herself, Mr. Greenwood, 
             Mr. Levin, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, and Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York):
       H.R. 2188. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a public response to the public health crisis of 
     pain, and for other purposes; 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. HUNTER:
       H.R. 2189. A bill to compensate certain former American 
     hostages held in Lebanon and certain members of their 
     families; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. 
             Pomeroy):
       H.R. 2190. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide small business employees with a simple, 
     secure, and fully portable defined benefit plan; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 2191. A bill to require that jewelry imported from 
     another country be indelibly marked with the country of 
     origin; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 2192. A bill to require that jewelry boxes imported 
     from another country be indelibly marked with the country of 
     origin; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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           By Mr. McINTYRE (for himself, Mr. Spratt, and Ms. 
             Kaptur):
       H.R. 2193. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to clarify that certain footwear 
     assembled in beneficiary countries is excluded from duty-free 
     treatment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 2194. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Butralin; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NORWOOD (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       H.R. 2195. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     national cemetery on a portion of Fort Gordon, Georgia; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. SHAYS:
       H.R. 2196. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on slide 
     fasteners, with chain scoops of base metal die-cast onto 
     strips of textal material; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       H.R. 2197. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on slide 
     fasteners fitted with polished edge chain scoops of base 
     metal; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 2198. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     branched dodecylbenzene; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 2199. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to promote the efficient use of capital by 
     hospitals under the Medicare Program; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SWEENEY:
       H.R. 2200. A bill to establish a national policy of basic 
     consumer fair treatment for airline passengers; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. TRAFICANT:
       H.R. 2201. A bill to amend the independent counsel 
     provisions of title 28, United States Code, to authorize the 
     appointment of an independent counsel when the Attorney 
     General determines that Department of Justice employees have 
     engaged in certain conduct; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio:
       H. Con. Res. 132. A concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress in opposition to the use of proceeds 
     from gold sales by the International Monetary Fund for 
     structural adjustment programs in developing countries; to 
     the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

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