[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6] [House] [Pages 7908-7910] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows: By Mr. GEJDENSON (for himself and Mr. Neal of Massachusetts): H.R. 1619. A bill to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the Corridor; to the Committee on Resources. By Mr. ISTOOK (for himself, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Combest, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Dickey, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Largent, Mr. Paul, Mr. Porter, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Stump, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Young of Florida): H.R. 1620. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds of the National Labor Relations Board; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. McHugh, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Kildee, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Ms. Danner, Mr. Bachus, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Goode, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Pallone): H.R. 1621. A bill to prohibit the use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and to deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment; to the Committee on Resources, 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. KLECZKA: H.R. 1622. A bill to prohibit the importation of products made with dog or cat fur, to prohibit the sale, manufacture, offer for sale, transportation, and distribution of products made with dog or cat fur in the United States, 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. CLAY (for himself, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Martinez): H.R. 1623. A bill to reduce class size, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. By Mr. LaFALCE (for himself, Mr. Vento, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Ms. Lee, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Filner, Mr. Brown of California, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Olver, Mr. Meehan, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania): H.R. 1624. A bill to improve the quality of housing for elderly individuals and families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Porter, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Berman, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Costello, Mr. Coyne, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Engel, Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Luther, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Minge, Mr. Moakley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Sabo, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Stark, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Shays, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, and Mr. Wexler): H.R. 1625. A bill to provide a process for declassifying on an expedited basis certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala, Honduras, and other regions; to the Committee on Government Reform. By Mr. BAKER: H.R. 1626. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the highway sanctions; to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. BALDACCI (for himself and Mr. Allen): H.R. 1627. A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to distribute funds available for grants under title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to help ensure that each State receives not less than 0.5 percent of such funds for certain programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. By Ms. BROWN of Florida: H.R. 1628. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Miami, Florida, metropolitan area; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. By Mrs. CLAYTON (for herself, Mr. Clay, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Costello, Mr. Towns, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Scott, Mr. Owens, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frost, Mr. Wu, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. John, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Holden, and Mrs. Christensen): H.R. 1629. A bill to provide grants to rural eligible local educational agencies to enable the agencies to recruit and retain qualified teachers; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. By Mr. COYNE (for himself and Mr. Rangel): H.R. 1630. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend permanently environmental remediation costs; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. FORD: H.R. 1631. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more affordable by providing a full tax deduction for higher education expenses and interest on student loans; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin): H.R. 1632. A bill to provide that certain attribution rules be applied with respect to the counting of certain prisoners in a decennial census of population; to the Committee on Government Reform. By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. English, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Crane, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Watkins, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Herger, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Portman, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Camp): H.R. 1633. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on [[Page 7909]] the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. JONES of North Carolina: H.R. 1634. A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental- purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. H.R. 1635. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a member of the uniformed services shall be treated as using a principal residence while away from home on qualified official extended duty in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale of such residence; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Castle, Mrs. Clayton, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Kolbe, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Shays, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Towns, Mr. Porter, Mrs. Thurman, Mrs. Roukema, and Mr. Moran of Virginia): H.R. 1636. A bill to provide for a reduction in the rate of adolescent pregnancy through the evaluation of public and private prevention programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. MARTINEZ: H.R. 1637. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend authorizations of appropriations for programs under the Act through fiscal year 2004, to establish a National Family Caregiver Support Program, to modernize aging programs and services, to address the need to engage in life course planning, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. By Mr. McINNIS: H.R. 1638. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand S corporation eligibility for banks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. QUINN: H.R. 1639. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require 6-months' advance notice to enrollees of Medicare managed care plans of termination of hospital participation under such 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 Mr. RANGEL: H.R. 1640. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. REGULA: H.R. 1641. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to eliminate PAC contributions to individual House of Representatives candidates, to provide a tax credit and tax deduction for contributions to such candidates, to provide for voluntary expenditure limitations in House of Representatives elections, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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. ROGAN: H.R. 1642. A bill to require local educational agencies to develop and implement a random drug testing and counseling program for students in grades 9 through 12; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. By Mr. SAXTON (for himself and Mr. Faleomavaega): H.R. 1643. A bill to establish a moratorium on large fishing vessels in Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries; to the Committee on Resources. By Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Allen, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. English, Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. John, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lampson, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Minge, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Ney, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Rivers, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Shays, Mr. Stark, Ms. Waters, and Ms. Woolsey): H.R. 1644. A bill to provide the people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on 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. STARK (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Thurman, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Filner, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Hilliard): H.R. 1645. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for full payment rates under Medicare to hospitals for costs of direct graduate medical education of residents for residency training programs in specialties or subspecialties which the Secretary of Health and Human Services designates as critical need specialty or subspecialty training programs; 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. STARK: H.R. 1646. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an extra payment amount under the Medicare Program to rural providers of services who furnish case manager services to 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. SWEENEY: H.R. 1647. A bill to amend the Crime Control Act of 1990 to prohibit law enforcement agencies from imposing a waiting period before accepting reports of missing children less than 21 years of age; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Brown of California, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Condit, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Holden, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Martinez, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Shows, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stark, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Weiner): H.R. 1648. A bill to establish State infrastructure banks for education; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. By Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Sanford, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Goss, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Foley, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Paul, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. McIntosh): H.R. 1649. A bill to abolish the Department of Energy; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Science, Resources, Rules, and Government Reform, 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. UPTON (for himself, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Conyers, Mr. McHugh, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Camp, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Baldacci, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Allen, Mr. Holden, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Frost, Mr. Davis of Florida, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. English, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Oxley, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Lee, and Mr. Bonior): H.R. 1650. A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to modify the requirements for implementation of an entry-exit control system; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Saxton, and Mr. Faleomavaega): H.R. 1651. A bill to amend the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to extend the period during which reimbursement may be provided to owners of United States fishing vessels for costs incurred when such a vessel is seized and detained by a foreign country; to the Committee on Resources. By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Saxton): [[Page 7910]] H.R. 1652. A bill to establish the Yukon River Salmon Advisory Panel; to the Committee on Resources. By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Saxton, and Mr. Faleomavaega) (all by request): H.R. 1653. A bill to approve a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation; to the Committee on Resources. By Mr. KASICH: H.J. Res. 49. A joint resolution to designate the Village of Sunbury, Ohio, as ``Flagville, U.S.A.''; to the Committee on Government Reform. ____________________