[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15242-15243]
[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. CRANE:
       H.R. 4868. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of 
     duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CHENOWETH-HAGE:
       H.R. 4869. A bill to amend the Clayton Act to protect 
     American consumers from foreign drug price discrimination; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COBLE (for himself and Mr. Berman):
       H.R. 4870. A bill to make technical corrections in patent, 
     copyright, and trademark laws; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KOLBE:
       H.R. 4871. A bill making appropriations for the Treasury 
     Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
     Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other 
     purposes.
           By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Saxton, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, and Mr. Abercrombie):
       H.R. 4872. A bill to allow postal patrons to invest in 
     vanishing wildlife protection programs through the voluntary 
     purchase of specially issued postage stamps; to the Committee 
     on Government Reform.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 4873. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to restore child's insurance benefits in the case of 
     children who are 18 through 22 years of age and attend 
     postsecondary schools; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 4874. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for eligibility for coverage of home 
     health services under the Medicare Program on the basis of a 
     need for occupational therapy; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. 
             Ballenger, Mr. Boehner, Mr. DeMint, and Mr. Isakson):
       H.R. 4875. A bill to provide for improvement of Federal 
     education research, evaluation, information, and 
     dissemination; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. BLAGOJEVICH:
       H.R. 4876. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the possession or transfer of the easily concealable 
     pistols known as ``pocket rockets''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENGLISH (for himself and Mr. Traficant):
       H.R. 4877. A bill to amend title IV of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for cost-
     of-living adjustments to guaranteed benefit payments paid by 
     the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. 
             English, and Mrs. Thurman):
       H.R. 4878. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to increase the percent of hospital bad debt 
     that is reimbursable under the Medicare Program; 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. KIND (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, and Ms. 
             Baldwin):
       H.R. 4879. A bill to reform the Army Corps of Engineers; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, 
             and Mr. Hoyer):
       H.R. 4880. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Police 
     and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 to establish new pay rates 
     and compensation schedules for officers and members of the 
     United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and the 
     United States Park Police, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 4881. A bill to benefit electricity consumers by 
     promoting the reliability of the bulk-power system; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma:
       H.R. 4882. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that only after-tax contributions may be made 
     to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and that taxpayers 
     may designate contributions for a particular national 
     political party, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
     the Speaker, in

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     each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
     the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. STRICKLAND:
       H.R. 4883. A bill to authorize and direct the maintenance 
     of a reliable and economic uranium enrichment, conversion, 
     and mining industry, to assure the nuclear non-proliferation 
     objects of the United States, to provide for the deployment 
     of advanced uranium enrichment technology, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. BERRY (for himself, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Skeen, 
             Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bonilla, Mrs. Emerson, 
             Mr. Baker, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Kingston, Mr. Thune, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. 
             Knollenberg, Mr. Riley, Mr. Holden, Mr. Shows, Mr. 
             Hayes, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. Peterson of 
             Minnesota):
       H.J. Res. 105. A joint resolution to disapprove the rule 
     submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency on July 13, 
     2000, relating to total maximum daily loads under the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DICKEY:
       H.J. Res. 106. A joint resolution to disapprove a final 
     rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency 
     concerning water pollution; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H. Con. Res. 373. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that any Presidential candidate should be 
     permitted to participate in debates among candidates if at 
     least 5 percent of respondents in national public opinion 
     polls of all eligible voters support the candidate's election 
     for President or if a majority of respondents in such polls 
     support the candidate's participation in such debates; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. TOWNS:
       H. Con. Res. 374. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been 
     paid a pension for her service as a nurse and scout in the 
     United States Army during the Civil War; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. McCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Morella, 
             Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
             Mrs. Fowler, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Dunn, Mr. 
             Hyde, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Diaz-
             Balart):
       H. Con. Res. 375. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 
     importance of children in the United States and supporting 
     the goals and ideas of National Youth Day; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. TANCREDO:
       H. Con. Res. 376. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding support for the recognition 
     of a Liberty Day; to the Committee on Government Reform.

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