[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9873]
[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. CAMP:
       H.R. 4592. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise the performance standards and certification process 
     for organ procurement organizations; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mrs. CLAYTON:
       H.R. 4593. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights 
     Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 
     1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the 
     Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Civil Rights 
     Act of 1991, to require the Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission to mediate employee claims arising under such 
     Acts; and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
             LaFalce, and Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 4594. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to reducing the burden of diabetes among 
     children and youth; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       H.R. 4595. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     nelfilcon polymer; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. McKINNEY (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Wynn, Ms. 
             Carson, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Stark, Mr. Evans, 
             Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Owens, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Nadler):
       H.R. 4596. A bill to require nationals of the United States 
     that employ more than 20 persons in a foreign country to 
     implement a Corporate Code of Conduct with respect to the 
     employment of those persons, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Government Reform, and Banking and Financial 
     Services, 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 Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4597. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to protect employees who seek equal wages under that 
     Act; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
             Tanner, Mr. Camp, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. McCrery, and Mr. 
             Lewis of Kentucky):
       H.R. 4598. A bill to prevent evasion of United States 
     excise taxes on cigarettes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. Conyers, 
             Ms. Carson, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Lee, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Towns, 
             Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Lampson, 
             Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Clyburn, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Dingell, Ms. Berkley, and 
             Mr. Bonior):
       H. Con. Res. 347. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress regarding the need to pass legislation 
     to increase penalties on perpetrators of hate crimes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. 
             Lantos, Mr. Payne, Mr. LaHood, Mr. English, Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Gillmor, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Mr. Capuano, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Engel, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
             Owens, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Allen, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode 
             Island, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Moakley, Ms. 
             Rivers, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Lee, 
             and Mr. Gonzalez):
       H. Con. Res. 348. Concurrent resolution expressing 
     condemnation of the use of children as soldiers and 
     expressing the belief that the United States should support 
     and, where possible, lead efforts to end this abuse of human 
     rights; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. MOORE (for himself, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, 
             and Mr. Moran of Kansas):
       H. Res. 517. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with respect to the Bloch Cancer 
     Foundation; to the Committee on Commerce.

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