[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12374-12375]
[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. GANSKE:
       H.R. 4743. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     improve access to prescription drugs for low-income Medicare 
     beneficiaries, the Internal Revenue Code and other Acts to 
     improve access to health care coverage for seniors, the self-
     employed, and children, and to amend the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act to improve meaningful access to reasonably 
     priced prescription drugs; 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 Mrs. KELLY (for herself and Mr. McIntosh):
       H.R. 4744. A bill to require the General Accounting Office 
     to report to Congress on economically significant rules of 
     Federal agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.

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           By Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Deal of 
             Georgia, Mr. Greenwood, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Norwood, 
             Mr. Walsh, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 4745. A bill to amend the National Environmental 
     Education Act to redesignate the Act as the ``John H. Chafee 
     Environmental Education Act``, to establish the John H. 
     Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program, to extend the programs 
     under the Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BACHUS (for himself, Mr. Clement, Mr. Boehlert, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Kleczka, 
             Mr. Foley, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. 
             McHugh, Mr. Scarborough, and Mr. Filner):
       H.R. 4746. A bill to establish a program to preserve, 
     rehabilitate, and improve certain railroad tracks and bridges 
     using funds collected through the diesel fuel tax, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Portman, 
             Mr. Petri, Mr. Ballenger, and Mr. Hoekstra):
       H.R. 4747. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to promote the provision of retirement 
     investment advice to workers managing their retirement income 
     assets; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. BOEHNER:
       H.R. 4748. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize such title and such Code to 
     take into account the evolution of employer-sponsored 
     retirement plans, to increase the availability of critical 
     retirement plan services, including investment advisory 
     services, to participants, beneficiaries, and plan 
     fiduciaries, and to harmonize the requirements of such title 
     and such Code with other Federal and State laws; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. BOEHNER:
       H.R. 4749. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize such title and such Code to 
     take into account the evolution of employer-sponsored 
     retirement plans, and to harmonize the requirements of such 
     title and such Code with other Federal and State laws; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. BRYANT:
       H.R. 4750. A bill to establish programs to improve the 
     health and safety of children receiving child care outside 
     the home, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. DOOLITTLE:
       H.R. 4751. A bill to recognize entry of the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico into permanent union with the United States based 
     on a delegation of government powers to the United States by 
     the people of Puerto Rico constituted as a Nation, to 
     guarantee irrevocable United States citizenship as a right 
     under the United States Constitution for all persons born in 
     Puerto Rico, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. JONES of North Carolina:
       H.R. 4752. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
     carry out projects for removing accumulated snags and other 
     debris from navigable waters to mitigate damages resulting 
     from a major disaster; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. KELLY:
       H.R. 4753. A bill to establish a demonstration project to 
     create Medicare Consumer Coalitions to provide Medicare 
     beneficiaries with accurate and understandable information 
     with respect to managed care health benefits under the 
     Medicare Program and to negotiate with Medicare+Choice 
     organizations offering Medicare+Choice plans to improve and 
     expand benefits under the plans; 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 Ms. McCARTHY of Missouri (for herself, Ms. Danner, 
             and Mr. Skelton):
       H.R. 4754. A bill to provide additional authority to the 
     Army Corps of Engineers to protect, enhance, and restore fish 
     and wildlife habitat on the Missouri River and to improve the 
     environmental quality and public use and appreciation of the 
     Missouri River; to the Committee on Resources, 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. PETRI (for himself and Mr. Rahall):
       H.R. 4755. A bill to establish a permanent fund to ensure 
     the continued maintenance and rehabilitation of the Woodrow 
     Wilson Memorial Bridge; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 4756. A bill to direct the Archivist of the United 
     States to transfer to the Schomburg Center for Research in 
     Black Culture the master versions of the photographic works 
     of Griffith J. Davis which are in the possession of the 
     National Archives and Record Administration, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Boehlert, and 
             Mr. Metcalf):
       H.R. 4757. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to establish an integrated 
     environmental reporting system; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     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. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Deal of Georgia, Mr. Ehrlich, and Mr. Rogan):
       H.R. 4758. A bill to permit wireless carriers to obtain 
     sufficient spectrum to meet the growing demand for existing 
     services and ensure that such carriers have the spectrum they 
     need to deploy fixed and advanced services, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. Stump):
       H.R. 4759. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the personnel system of the Veterans Health 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. STUPAK (for himself and Mr. Camp):
       H.R. 4760. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide a presumption of service connection for injuries 
     classified as cold weather injuries which occur in veterans 
     who while engaged in military operations had sustained 
     exposure to cold weather; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4761. A bill to designate the existing visitor's 
     center building located within the boundaries of the Valley 
     Forge National Historical Park at Route 23 and North Gulph 
     Road in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, as the ``Richard T. 
     Schulze Visitor's Center``; to the Committee on Resources.

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