[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1683-1685]
[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 were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Goode, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Pickett, and Mr. Goodlatte):
       H.R. 3699. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8409 Lee Highway in 
     Merrifield, Virginia, as the ``Joel T. Broyhill Postal 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Matsui, 
             Mr. Boehlert, Mr. English, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Conyers, 
             Mr. Bachus, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Clement, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, Mr. Filner, Ms. Millender-McDonald, and 
             Mr. Blumenauer):
       H.R. 3700. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued 
     by an intercity passenger rail carrier, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Goode, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Pickett, and Mr. Goodlatte):
       H.R. 3701. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3118 Washington Boulevard in 
     Arlington, Virginia, as the ``Joseph L. Fisher Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Ackerman, 
             Mr. Baldacci, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Carson, 
             Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Dooley of 
             California, Mr. Frost, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Owens, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. 
             Weygand):
       H.R. 3702. A bill to ensure excellent recruitment and 
     training of math and science teachers at institutions of 
     higher education; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. BAKER (for himself and Mr. Leach):
       H.R. 3703. A bill to consolidate and improve the regulation 
     of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. BECERRA:
       H.R. 3704. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
     of the United States with respect to certain toys; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CLAY (for himself, Mrs. Lowey of New York, Mr. 
             Gephardt, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Kildee, Mr. George Miller 
             of California, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, 
             Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Scott, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Kind, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
             Kucinich, and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 3705. A bill to authorize Federal financial assistance 
     for the urgent repair and renovation of public elementary and 
     secondary schools in high-need areas; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BEREUTER:
       H.R. 3706. A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act 
     of 1949 to revise the requirements for areas to be considered 
     as rural areas for purposes of such Act; to the Committee on 
     Banking and Financial Services.
       H.R. 3707. A bill to authorize funds for the site selection 
     and construction of a facility in Taipei Taiwan suitable for 
     the mission of the American Institute in Taiwan; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Stark, 
             and Mr. Matsui):
       H.R. 3708. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that a part-time worker who otherwise meets 
     the eligibility requirements for unemployment compensation 
     not be precluded from receiving such compensation solely 
     because such individual is seeking only part-time work; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Fletcher, 
             Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
             Mrs. Bono, and Mr. Camp):
       H.R. 3709. A bill to make permanent the moratorium enacted 
     by the Internet Tax Freedom Act as it applies to new, 
     multiple, and discriminatory taxes on the Internet; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Waxman, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Klink, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Stark, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Matsui, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Bentsen, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Berman, Mr. LaFalce, and Ms. Millender-McDonald):
       H.R. 3710. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to assure preservation of safety net hospitals through 
     maintenance of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital 
     program; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 3711. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose a 1 year moratorium on certain diesel fuel 
     excise taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself and Mrs. Meek of Florida):
       H.R. 3712. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study concerning the 
     preservation and public use of sites in Auburn, New York, 
     associated with Harriet Tubman, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. JENKINS:
       H.R. 3713. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to release a reversionary interest of the United 
     States in certain real property previously conveyed to the 
     State of Tennessee; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       H.R. 3714. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on DEMT; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MANZULLO:
       H.R. 3715. A bill to revise the article description for 
     monochrome glass envelopes

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     under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MATSUI:
       H.R. 3716. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a 
     certain ultraviolet dye; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCRERY:
       H.R. 3717. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Vinclozolin; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3718. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Tepraloxydim; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3719. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Pyridaben; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3720. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     Acetylnicotinic acid; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3721. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on SAMe; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3722. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Procion Crimson H-EXL; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3723. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Dispersol Crimson SF Grains; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       H.R. 3724. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Procion Navy H-EXL; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3725. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Procion Yellow H-EXL; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3726. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on ortho-
     phenyl phenol (``OPP''); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3727. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     Methoxypropene; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3728. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on 3,5-
     Difluroaniline; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3729. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on 
     Quinclorac; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3730. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Dispersol Black XF Grains; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. McINTOSH:
       H.R. 3731. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     fluroxypyr 1-methylheptyl ester (FME); to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
       H.R. 3732. A bill to provide for direct payment by foreign 
     students of the information fee under section 641 of the 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1997; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MOLLOHAN:
       H.R. 3733. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on 
     ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE); to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 3734. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     monolite green 860; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3735. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     monolite green 952; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3736. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     solsperse 17260; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3737. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     solsperse 17000; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3738. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     solsperse 5000; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3739. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     monolite blue 3R; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3740. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain TAED chemicals; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3741. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on a certain polymer; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       H.R. 3742. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     isobornyl acetate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3743. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on sodium 
     petroleum sulfonate; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself and Mrs. Maloney of New 
             York):
       H.R. 3744. A bill to require conveyance of Governors 
     Island, New York, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform, 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. NUSSLE:
       H.R. 3745. A bill to authorize the addition of certain 
     parcels to the Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa; to the 
     Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. RAMSTAD:
       H.R. 3746. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on 4-hexylresorcinol; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
       H.R. 3747. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on certain sensitizing dyes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       H.R. 3748. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on certain organic pigments and dyes; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3749. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to temporarily reduce the rates of tax on highway 
     gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene by 10 cents per gallon; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 3750. A bill to reform the International Monetary 
     Fund; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 3751. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of 
     duty on certain semi-manufactured forms of gold; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SPENCE (for himself and Mr. Clyburn):
       H.R. 3752. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 4-
     Nitro-o-xylene; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SWEENEY:
       H.R. 3753. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain copper foils; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3754. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain activated carbon; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3755. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain buff brushes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. UNDERWOOD:
       H.R. 3756. A bill to establish a standard time zone for 
     Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. WEYGAND:
       H.R. 3757. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on 
     Solvent Blue 124; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3758. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on 
     Solvent Blue 104; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3759. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on 
     Pigment Red 176; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3760. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on 
     benzenesulfonamide, 4-amino-2, 5-dimethyoxy-N-phenyl; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3761. A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on 
     certain Reactive Red 180 solutions; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD:
       H.R. 3762. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     undecylenic acid; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3763. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on n-
     Heptaldehyde; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       H.R. 3764. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on n-
     Heptanoic acid; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WISE:
       H.R. 3765. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent group and individual 
     health insurance coverage and group health plans from seeking 
     to recover more than costs in cases of third party 
     recoveries; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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. WYNN (for himself, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Bonior, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. Strickland, Mr. Frost, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Pallone, 
             Ms. McKinney, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Filner, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hill 
             of Indiana, Mr. Ford, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Kaptur, 
             Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Bishop, 
             Mr. Underwood, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Klink, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Tierney, 
             Mr. Shows, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Kind, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mr. Owens, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Hilliard, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Evans, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Carson, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Becerra, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Rush, and Mr. 
             Stupak):
       H.R. 3766. A bill to ensure that the business of the 
     Federal Government is conducted in the public interest and in 
     a manner that provides for public accountability, efficient 
     delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention 
     of unwarranted Government expenses, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.J. Res. 88. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for 
     the Office of President a person who has been a United States 
     citizen for twenty years; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. EWING (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, 
             Mr. Boswell, Mr. Leach, Mr. Weller, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Mr. Costello, Mr. Evans, Mr. Terry, and Ms. 
             Schakowsky):
       H. Con. Res. 256. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress with regard to

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     the use of reformulated gasoline fuels, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Smith of 
             New Jersey, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Forbes, 
             Mr. Wolf, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Evans, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. Rogan, Mr. Abercrombie, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Horn, 
             Mr. Traficant, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Moore, 
             Mr. Wexler, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. 
             Underwood, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Bateman, Mrs. Lowey, 
             Mr. Clement, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Coyne, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Engel, Mr. Rahall, and Mr. 
             Faleomavaega):
       H. Con. Res. 257. Concurrent resolution concerning the 
     emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself and Mr. Kucinich):
       H. Con. Res. 258. Concurrent resolution congratulating the 
     Republic of Lithuania on the tenth anniversary of the 
     reestablishment of its independence from the rule of the 
     former Soviet Union; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H. Res. 424. A resolution providing for the consideration 
     of the bill H.R. 1753 and the Senate amendments thereto; to 
     the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. BLAGOJEVICH (for himself and Mr. LaHood):
       H. Res. 427. A resolution waiving clause 2(b) of rule XXII 
     to permit introduction and consideration of a certain bill; 
     to the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Bonior, 
             Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Jackson 
             of Illinois, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
             Roemer, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Lampson, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Engel, Mr. Romero-
             Barcelo, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Forbes, Mrs. 
             Tauscher, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Rothman, Ms. 
             Berkley, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
             Green of Texas, Mr. Baldacci, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Larson, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. 
             Rangel, and Mr. Holt):
       H. Res. 428. A resolution condemning the discriminatory 
     practices prevalent at Bob Jones University; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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