[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 619--A bill to prohibit the import, export, sale, purchase, 
    possession, transportation, acquisition, and receipt of bear 
    viscera or products that contain or claim to contain bear viscera, 
    and for other purposes; to the Committees on Resources; 
    International Relations; 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. PORTER (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Olver, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Ms. Molinari, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Lewis of 
Georgia, Mrs. Kelly, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Bentsen, Ms. 
Norton, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Brown of California, Ms. 
McKinney, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Manton, Mr. Farr of 
California, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
Skaggs, Mr. Stark, Mr. Yates, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
Rogan, Mr. Goss, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Oberstar, 
Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Leach, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Torres, Mrs. Morella, 
Mr. Cardin, Mr. Costello, Mr. Evans, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
Horn, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Talent, Ms. Furse, and Mr. Payne), H347 [5FE]

  Cosponsors added, H702 [27FE], H1262 [20MR], H1795 [23AP], H3070 
  [20MY], H3720 [11JN], H6962 [5SE], H7830 [24SE], H8633 [7OC], H8928 
  [21OC], H9614 [28OC]