[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 23360-23361]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. WALSH:
       H.R. 5482. A bill making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Appropriations.
           By Mr. PACKARD:
       H.R. 5483. A bill making appropriations energy and water 
     development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. BILBRAY:
       H.R. 5484. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a windfall profits tax on electricity sold in 
     Orange and San Diego Counties in California during the summer 
     of 2000; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas:
       H.R. 5485. A bill to temporarily exempt from restrictions 
     on carriage in coastwise trade the transport of petroleum and 
     petroleum products between ports designated by the President; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. CRANE (for himself, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
             Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Matsui, Ms. Dunn, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Ramstad, and Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 5486. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to include wireless telecommunications equipment in the 
     definition of qualified technological equipment for purposes 
     of determining the depreciation treatment of such equipment; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. EHRLICH:
       H.R. 5487. A bill to establish the W. John Child Memorial 
     Foreign Language Award to recognize foreign language 
     proficiency by members of the Foreign Service who are 
     employees of the Department of Agriculture; to the Committee 
     on International Relations.
           By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (for himself and Mr. Weldon of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 5488. A bill to strengthen the National Defense 
     Features program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 5489. A bill to provide Capitol-flown flags to the 
     families of deceased law enforcement officers; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HALL of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
             Rodriguez, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Frelinghuysen, 
             Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Gilman, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
             Towns, and Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 5490. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for an Office of Air Force Research and enhance 
     research functions of the Air Force, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Spence, and Mr. Neal of 
             Massachusetts):
       H.R. 5491. A bill to suspend until June 30, 2003, the duty 
     on certain R-core transformers; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. McKINNEY:
       H.R. 5492. A bill to require nationals of the United States 
     that employ individuals in a foreign country to provide full 
     transparency and disclosure in all their operations; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. RADANOVICH:
       H.R. 5493. A bill to improve the ability of local 
     communities to participate in Federal land management 
     planning conducted by the Forest Service and agencies of the 
     Department of the Interior and to respond to the local 
     impacts of the heavy public use of the Federal lands 
     administered by these agencies; to the Committee on 
     Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     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. RILEY (for himself and Mr. Everett):
       H.R. 5494. A bill to ensure that certain property which was 
     taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the 
     Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama to protect such land 
     from development shall not be used for gaming; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. SIMPSON (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Sherwood, 
             and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota):
       H.R. 5495. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act 
     of 1946 to enhance dairy markets through dairy product 
     mandatory reporting, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Mr. SOUDER:
       H.R. 5496. A bill to amend the National Wildlife Refuge 
     System Administration Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary 
     of the Interior to provide for maintenace and repair of 
     buildings and properties located on lands in the National 
     Wildlife Refuge System by

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     lessees of such facilities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. Foley, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. English, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
             Mr. Coyne, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. Jones of 
             Ohio, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Condit, and Mr. Berman):
       H.R. 5497. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit against income tax for certain audio 
     or video postproduction equipment; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. EWING:
       H.R. 5498. A bill to permit landowners to assert otherwise 
     available State law defenses against real property claims by 
     Indian tribes; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Florida:
       H.J. Res. 114. A joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Collins, and Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York):
       H. Res. 641. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Federal Prison Industries, Inc., 
     should immediately cease taking excess Federal computer 
     equipment and selling such computer equipment and other 
     excess Federal property in the commercial market; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. 
             Rangel, and Mrs. Maloney of New York):
       H. Res. 642. A resolution to honor Drs. Eric R. Kandel and 
     Paul Greengard for being awarded the Nobel Prize in 
     Physiology or Medicine for 2000, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce.

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