Volume 145, No. 52 covering the 1st Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2130-H2132 on April 15, 1999.
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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. TALENT (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Paul, Mr.
Goode, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hayworth, Ms. Pryce of Ohio,
Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr.
Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Hilleary):
H.R. 1427. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further improve the safety and health of working environments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. LANTOS:
H.R. 1428. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the ban against assault weapons by restricting the availability of such weapons and certain of their component parts; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lantos, Mr.
Cummings, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Clay, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs.
Clayton, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Rush,
Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms.
Kilpatrick, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Owens,
Mr. Filner, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms.
Norton, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Bishop, and Ms.
Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas):
H.R. 1429. A bill to establish a program under the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to eliminate redlining in the insurance business; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Houghton, and Mr. Shows):
H.R. 1430. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand alternatives for families with children, to establish incentives to improve the quality and supply of child care, to increase the availablility and affordability of professional development for child care providers, to expand youth development opportunities, to ensure the safety of children placed in child care centers in Federal facilities, to ensure adequate child care subsidies for low-income working families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, Banking and Financial Services, House Administration, Education and the Workforce, and 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. 1431. A bill to reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr.
Cooksey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Shows, Mr. Gary Miller of
California, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Barr of
Georgia, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, and Mr.
Metcalf):
H.R. 1432. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide long-term nursing care at public expense to any veteran with a service-connected disability of 50 percent or greater; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. BAIRD:
H.R. 1433. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. BALLENGER (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr.
Stenholm, and Mr. Boehner):
H.R. 1434. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. METCALF (for himself, Mr. Leach, and Mr.
Kanjorski):
H.R. 1435. A bill to allow depository institutions to offer negotiable order of withdrawal accounts to all businesses, to repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits, to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to pay interest on certain reserves, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. BALLENGER (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, and
Mr. Stenholm):
H.R. 1436. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R. 1437. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R. 1438. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R. 1439. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mr. Ose, Mr. English, and Mr. Horn):
H.R. 1440. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the 15 and 28 percent individual income tax rates to 10 and 23 percent over a 10 year period; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mrs.
Roukema, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr.
Hoekstra, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Castle, Mr. Sam Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Talent, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Graham, Mr.
Souder, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Paul, Mr. Schaffer, Mr.
Upton, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Salmon,
Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Isakson,
Mr. DeLay, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Cunningham, Mr.
Kasich, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Largent, Mrs. Northup, Mr.
Barton of Texas, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Weldon of
Florida, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Sununu, Mr.
Calvert, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Sessions, Mr.
Watkins, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Doolittle,
Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Goss, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Gary Miller of
California, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Peterson of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Burton of Indiana,
Mr. Latham, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pickering, Mr.
Knollenberg, Mr. Porter, and Ms. Granger):
H.R. 1441. A bill to amend section 8(a) of the National Labor Relations Act; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. CALVERT:
H.R. 1442. A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to continue and extend authority for transfers to State and local governments of certain property for law enforcement, public safety, and emergency response purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform.
By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Waters,
Mr. Scott, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Nadler, Mr.
Berman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Meeks of New
York, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr.
Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Payne, Mr.
Clay, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mrs. Clayton, and
Mrs. Jones of Ohio):
H.R. 1443. A bill to provide for the collection of data on traffic stops; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself and Mr. Walden of Oregon):
H.R. 1444. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to develop and implement projects for fish screens, fish passage devices, and other similar measures to mitigate adverse impacts associated with irrigation system water diversions by local governmental entities in the States of Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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. DELAHUNT (for himself and Mr. Watkins):
H.R. 1445. A bill to promote research into, and the development of an ultimate cure for, the disease known as fragile X; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. DUNCAN:
H.R. 1446. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a tax-free distribution from a qualified retirement plan to the extent that the distribution is contributed for charitable purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. FORD (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Cummings,
Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Underwood,
Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and Ms. Millender-
McDonald):
H.R. 1447. A bill to provide for the coordinated end-to-end testing and disclosure of the readiness of certain Federal and non-Federal computer systems for the year 2000 computer problem; to the Committee on Science.
By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN:
H.R. 1448. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to redesign expeditiously the airspace over the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. GORDON:
H.R. 1449. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit sports agents from influencing college athletes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. KLECZKA (for himself, Mr. Obey, Mr. Barcia, Mr.
Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. Murtha):
H.R. 1450. A bill to protect the privacy of the individual with respect to the Social Security number and other personal information, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Banking and Financial Services, and 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. LaHOOD (for himself, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Evans, Mr.
Blagojevich, Mr. Phelps, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Porter,
Mr. Rush, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Costello,
Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Weller, Mr. Ewing, Mr.
Crane, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, and Mr.
Davis of Illinois):
H.R. 1451. A bill to establish the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; to the Committee on Government Reform.
By Mr. LaHOOD:
H.R. 1452. A bill to create United States money in the form of noninterest bearing credit in accordance with the 1st and 5th clauses of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, to provide for noninterest bearing loans of the money so created to State and local governments solely for the purpose of funding capital projects; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. LAMPSON:
H.R. 1453. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for 2-earner married couples; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr.
Oberstar, Mr. Horn, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Minge, Ms. Lee,
Ms. Rivers, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. George Miller of
California, Ms. Norton, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Hinchey, Mr.
Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Engel, Mr. Towns, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. McGovern,
Mr. Owens, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, and Mr. Moran of Kansas):
H.R. 1454. A bill to affirm the religious freedom of taxpayers who are conscientiously opposed to participation in war, to provide that the income, estate, or gift tax payments of such taxpayers be used for nonmilitary purposes, to create the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments, to improve revenue collection, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. McDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Stark, and Mr.
Berry):
H.R. 1455. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a mechanism to promote the provision of Medicare cost-sharing assistance to eligible low-income 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. GEORGE MILLER of California:
H.R. 1456. A bill to improve the National Writing Project; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. MINGE (for himself and Mr. Gilchrest):
H.R. 1457. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. NETHERCUTT (for himself and Mr. Wamp):
H.R. 1458. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. PETRI (for himself and Mr. Andrews):
H.R. 1459. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Labor to establish voluntary protection programs; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. REYES:
H.R. 1460. A bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Resoration Act to decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. ROGAN (for himself and Mr. Rothman):
H.R. 1461. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed firearms; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. Campbell, Ms.
Kaptur, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Bilbray, Mrs. Bono, Mr.
Boucher, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cox, Mr.
Doolittle, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gallegly, Mr.
Gilchrest, Mr. Graham, Mr. Horn, Mr. Hunter, Ms. Lee,
Ms. McKinney, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Gary Miller of
California, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr.
Pombo, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Royce, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Souder, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Tancredo, Mr.
Weldon of Florida, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Walsh):
H.R. 1462. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the ownership and control of corporations by employees; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself and Mr. Holt):
H.R. 1463. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a feasibility study for applying airport bubbles as a method of identifying, assessing, and reducing the adverse environmental impacts of airport ground and flight operations and improving the overall quality of the environment, and for other purposes; 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. RYUN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Tiahrt, Mrs.
Cubin, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Schaffer, Mr.
Bliley, and Mr. Burton of Indiana):
H.R. 1464. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that farm income may be allocated among taxable years; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. SALMON:
H.R. 1465. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for residential solar energy property; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. SANDLIN:
H.R. 1466. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. TAUZIN (for himself, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Brady of
Texas, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Chenoweth,
Mr. DeMint, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hefley, Mr.
Hunter, Mr. Linder, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Norwood, Mr.
Packard, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Scarborough,
Mr. Stump, and Mr. Tancredo):
H.R. 1467. A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity for families by repealing the income tax, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national retail sales tax to be administered primarily by the States; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Minge, and
Mrs. Emerson):
H.R. 1468. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to eliminate the limitation on loan rates for marketing assistance loans through the 2002 crop year; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. THUNE:
H.R. 1469. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reestablish the marketing aspects of farmers' cooperatives in relation to adding value to a farmer's product by feeding it to animals and selling the animals and to grant a declaratory judgment remedy relating to the status and classification of farmers' cooperatives; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. VISCLOSKY:
H.R. 1470. A bill to reduce corporate welfare and promote corporate responsibility; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, Agriculture, Science, Banking and Financial Services, the Budget, and 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 Ms. WATERS:
H.R. 1471. A bill to eliminate money laundering in the private banking system, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to warn insured depository institutions of foreign countries in which there is a concentration of money laundering activities, to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to include money laundering activities in the consideration of applications under section 3 of such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr.
Watkins, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Neal of
Massachusetts, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Brown of
Florida, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr.
McNulty, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr.
Kolbe, Mr. Hoekstra, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Frost,
Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Costello, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Barrett of
Nebraska, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Romero-
Barcelo, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Morella, Mr.
Jefferson, Mr. Shows, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr.
Dixon, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Rush, Mr.
Ballenger, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Foley, Mr. Stark, Mrs.
Kelly, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. LaHood, Mr.
Hoeffel, Mr. Berman, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Forbes,
Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Canady of Florida, and Mr. Cramer):
H.R. 1472. A bill to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for diabetes research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps; to the Committee on Government Reform.
By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
H. Con. Res. 86. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding Federal decisions, actions, and regulations affecting water; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mrs. ROUKEMA (for herself, Mr. Shows, Mr. Bachus,
Mr. Upton, Mr. Ney, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Whitfield, Mr.
Wolf, Mrs. Thurman, Ms. Danner, Mr. Dooley of
California, Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. Leach, Mrs. Kelly,
Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Riley, Mr.
Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Martinez, Mr.
McHugh, Mr. Dixon, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Filner, Mr.
Bentsen, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Gary Miller of California,
Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr.
Gillmor, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Herger, Mr.
Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr.
Weller, Mr. Paul, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr.
Rothman, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr.
Gordon, Mr. Pastor, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Berman, Ms.
Kaptur, Mr. Ose, Mr. Hill of Indiana, Mr. Bonior, Mr.
Farr of California, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Ms.
Berkley, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr.
Clyburn, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. McCollum, Mr.
Shays, and Mr. Diaz-Balart):
H. Con. Res. 87. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home should not be further restricted; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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