[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12641-12642]
[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. HOUGHTON:
       H.R. 4762. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require 527 organizations to disclose their political 
     activities; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CONDIT:
       H.R. 4763. A bill to establish a 3-year pilot project for 
     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.
           By Mr. EWING (for himself, Mr. McCrery, and Mr. 
             Thomas):
       H.R. 4764. A bill to require the United States Trade 
     Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price 
     controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription 
     drugs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. QUINN (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Stump, and 
             Mr. Evans):
       H.R. 4765. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve employment and training services provided to veterans 
     and disabled veterans by requiring the use of measurable 
     performance outcomes in an era of electronic-based self 
     services and one-stop career service centers; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Castle, 
             Mr. McKeon, Mr. Petri, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Fletcher):
       H.R. 4766. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to authorize the appropriation of funds 
     to assist States and local educational agencies with the 
     expenses of Federal education statutory requirements and 
     priorities relating to infrastructure, technology, and 
     equipment; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GREENWOOD:
       H.R. 4767. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Exisulind; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HERGER:
       H.R. 4768. A bill to provide compensation to individuals 
     who are injured by an escaped prescribed fire and to amend 
     the tort procedure provisions of title 28, United States 
     Code, relating to claims for such fires, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Resources, and 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. MARKEY:
       H.R. 4769. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to prohibit the imposition of time-based access charges on 
     Internet telephony; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. GEPHARDT (for himself, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Bonior, 
             Mr. Rangel, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Stark, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Levin, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Jefferson, 
             Mr. Tanner, Mr. Becerra, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Doggett, 
             Mr. Waxman, Mr. Markey, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Stupak, Mr. Engel, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
             Baca, Mr. Bentsen, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Bishop, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Clay, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clement, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Costello, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Danner, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Dixon, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr of 
             California, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hilliard, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. 
             Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lampson, 
             Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
             Millender-McDonald, Mr. Moakley, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
             Pastor, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
             Reyes, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Sanchez, 
             Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Skelton, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Snyder, 
             Mr. Spratt, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
             Turner, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Underwood, Mr. 
             Weygand, Mr. Wexler, and Ms. Woolsey):
       H.R. 4770. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide a prescription medicine benefit under 
     the Medicare Program, to enhance the preventive benefits 
     covered under such program, and for other purposes; 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. McHUGH:
       H.R. 4771. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide increased access to health care for 
     Medicare beneficiaries through telemedicine; 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. OWENS:
       H.R. 4772. A bill to provide for prices of pharmaceutical 
     products that are fair to the producer and the consumer, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 4773. 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. WALDEN of Oregon:
       H.R. 4774. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative 
     sites and other National Forest System land in the State of 
     Oregon and use the proceeds derived from the sale or exchange 
     for National Forest System purposes; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
           By Mr. WELDON of Florida:
       H.R. 4775. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     mitigate the adverse impacts of shoreline erosion in Brevard 
     County, Florida, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. TALENT:
       H. Res. 533. A resolution providing for the concurrence by 
     the House with an amendment in the amendment of the Senate to 
     H.R. 2614; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. SPENCE (for himself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Hunter, 
             Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Thornberry, and Mrs. Tauscher):

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       H. Res. 534. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the recent nuclear weapons security 
     failures at Los Alamos National Laboratory demonstrate that 
     security policy and security procedures within the National 
     Nuclear Security Administration remain inadequate, that the 
     individuals responsible for such policy and procedures must 
     be held accountable for their performance, and that immediate 
     action must be taken to correct security deficiencies; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BILBRAY (for himself and Mrs. Wilson):
       H. Res. 535. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives concerning use of additional projected 
     surplus funds to supplement Medicare funding, previously 
     reduced under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; 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. BALDACCI (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Hinchey, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Hilliard, 
             Mr. Boswell, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Doyle, 
             Mr. Holden, and Mr. George Miller of California):
       H. Res. 536. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Board of Governors of the Federal 
     Reserve System should take action to reduce interest rates; 
     to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
           By Mrs. THURMAN (for herself and Mr. Shaw):
       H. Res. 537. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with respect to the serious national 
     problems associated with polycystic kidney disease; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.

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