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         <action date="1999-02-03">Mr. Davis of Florida (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Foley, Mr. Markey, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Deutsch, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Stupak, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Boucher, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Pallone, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Goss, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Rush, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Lantos, and Ms. Brown of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce</action>
         <action date="1999-03-08">Additional sponsors: Mr. Young of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Upton, Mr. LaTourette, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Sanders, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Towns, Mr. Mica, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Shows, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Farr of California, and Ms. Carson</action>
         <action date="1999-03-08">Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</action>
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