[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9969-9970]
[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. PICKERING (for himself, Mr. Franks of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Largent, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. Baker, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
             DeMint, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Wicker, and 
             Mr. Istook):
       H.R. 4600. A bill to require schools and libraries to 
     implement filtering or blocking technology for computers with 
     Internet access as a condition of universal service discounts 
     under the Communications Act of 1934; to the Committee on 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. FLETCHER (for himself, Mr. Archer, Mr. Kasich, 
             Mr. Toomey, Mr. Crane, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
             Camp, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Portman, Mr. English, Mr. 
             Hayworth, Mr. Weller, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Lewis of 
             Kentucky, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Green of Wisconsin, and Mr. Chabot):
       H.R. 4601. A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     section 213(c) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2001 to reduce the public debt and to decrease 
     the statutory limit on the public debt; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the 
     Budget, 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. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
             Burton of Indiana, Mr. McCollum, Mr. King, Mr. Pombo, 
             Mr. Deutsch, and Mr. Gonzalez):
       H.R. 4602. A bill to protect United States citizens against 
     expropriations of property by the Government of the Republic 
     of Nicaragua; to the Committee on International Relations, 
     and in addition to the Committee on 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 Mr. GONZALEZ:
       H.R. 4603. A bill to require studies and reports on the 
     feasibility and potential impact of increasing the maximum 
     amount of deposit insurance under the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act from $100,000 
     to $200,000 per depositor or such other amount as may be 
     determined to be appropriate, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mrs. CHENOWETH-HAGE (for herself, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Stump, Mr. McIntosh, and Mr. Doolittle):
       H.R. 4604. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to compel Food and Drug Administration 
     compliance with the first amendment to the United States 
     Constitution and to protect freedom of informed choice in the 
     dietary supplement marketplace consistent with the decision 
     of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
     Columbia Circuit in Pearson v. Shalala, 164 F.3d 650 (D.C. 
     Cir. 1999), reh'g denied en banc, 172 F.3d 72 (D.C. Cir. 
     1999); to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself, Mr. Mica, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Dingell, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
             Towns, Mr. Stark, and Mr. Kucinich):
       H.R. 4605. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with respect to the protection of human subjects in research; 
     to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself and Mr. Leach):
       H.R. 4606. A bill to reduce health care costs and promote 
     improved health by providing supplemental grants for 
     additional preventive health services for women; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Gordon, Mr. Deutsch, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Wynn, Ms. 
             DeGette, Mr. Sawyer, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. 
             Woolsey, Mr. Rush, and Mr. Ackerman):
       H.R. 4607. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for a prescription drug benefit for 
     Medicare beneficiaries; 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. JENKINS (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Bryant, 
             Mr. Wamp, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Clement, Mr. 
             Tanner, and Mr. Ford):
       H.R. 4608. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 220 West Depot Street in Greeneville, Tennessee, 
     as the ``James H. Quillen United States Courthouse``; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. KILPATRICK:
       H.R. 4609. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     encourage airports to develop and implement recycling 
     programs for newspapers and other recyclable items; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Tierney):
       H.R. 4610. A bill to require the Food and Drug 
     Administration to conduct a study of the health effects of 
     radiofrequency emissions from wireless telephones; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 4611. A bill to strengthen the authority of the 
     Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts 
     and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security 
     numbers and Social Security account numbers, 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. SAXTON:
       H.R. 4612. A bill to provide for the conservation and 
     rebuilding of overfished stocks of Atlantic highly migratory 
     species of fish, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SOUDER (for himself, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
             Romero-Barcelo, Mr. English, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Holden, 
             Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Shays, Mr. Gillmor, and Ms. 
             Kaptur):
       H.R. 4613. A bill to amend the National Historic 
     Preservation Act for purposes of establishing a national 
     historic lighthouse preservation program; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. STARK (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. George Miller 
             of California, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Lee, and 
             Mr. Lantos):
       H.R. 4614. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities furnishing 
     services to Medicare beneficiaries to submit data to the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to 
     nursing staff levels of the facility, to require posting of 
     staffing information by facilities and the Secretary, to 
     assess the adequacy of training requirements for certified 
     nurse aides, and provide for grants to improve the quality of 
     care furnished in nursing facilities; 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. TERRY (for himself, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, and 
             Mr. Bereuter):
       H.R. 4615. A bill to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3030 Meredith Avenue in 
     Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office''; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. WEXLER:
       H.R. 4616. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction 
     of contributions to, homeownership plans; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
             Wolf, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Salmon, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
             Greenwood, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Pitts):
       H.J. Res. 100. A joint resolution calling upon the 
     President to issue a proclamation recognizing the 25th 
     anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. SPENCE (for himself and Mr. Skelton):
       H.J. Res. 101. A joint resolution recognizing the 225th 
     birthday of the United States Army; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. Rothman):
       H. Con. Res. 349. Concurrent resolution commending the 
     member states of the

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     United Nations Western European and Others Group for 
     addressing over four decades of injustice and extending 
     temporary membership in that regional bloc to the state of 
     Israel; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. 
             McKinney, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Lee, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Lantos, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
             Delahunt, Mr. Porter, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Stark, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Engel, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Udall 
             of Colorado, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Rush, 
             Mr. Minge, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Conyers):
       H. Con. Res. 350. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress with regard to political repression of 
     foreign observers in Mexico; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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