Volume 143, No. 17 covering the 1st Session of the 105th Congress (1997 - 1998) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H451-H453 on Feb. 11, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:
By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself and Mr. Diaz-Balart):
H.R. 666. A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 relating to welfare and public benefits for aliens; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. DIAZ-BALART (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen):
H.R. 667. A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for totally and permanently disabled permanent resident aliens; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. ARCHER:
H.R. 668. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the airport and airway trust fund excise taxes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. BAKER (for himself, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Dreier,
Mr. LaFalce, and Mr. Flake):
H.R. 669. A bill to enhance competition in the financial services sector, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, 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. BARRETT of Nebraska:
H.R. 670. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to permit States to impose fees to finance programs for providing air services to small communities; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Kleczka,
Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Petri, Mr.
Rohrabacher, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Sanders,
Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Foglietta, and Mr. Luther):
H.R. 671. A bill to prohibit the use of certain assistance provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 for employment relocation activities; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. COBLE:
H.R. 672. A bill to make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 17, United States Code; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 673. A bill to provide for the extension of surcharges on patent fees; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DeLAY (for himself, Mr. Condit, Mr. Gingrich,
Mr. Hostettler, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Buyer, Mr.
Coble, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Tanner,
Mr. Goode, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Bateman, Mrs. Carson,
Mr. McIntyre, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr.
Ortiz, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Salmon, Ms. Eddie Bernice
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Goodlatte, Mrs.
Fowler, Mr. Souder, Mr. Parker, Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr.
Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Stenholm, Mr.
Sandlin, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Burr of North
Carolina, Mr. Frost, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Edwards, Mrs.
Northup, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Archer,
Mr. Pickett, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Combest,
Mr. Pease, Mr. Turner, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr.
Hinojosa, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Cramer, Mr.
Goss, Mr. Scott, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Ballenger, Mr.
Everett, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr.
Mica, Mr. Jones, Mr. Brady, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma,
Mr. Whitfield, Mr. John, Mr. Baesler, Mr. Hall of
Texas, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Price of North Carolina,
Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, and Mr. Hulshof):
H.R. 674. A bill to authorize funds for construction of highways, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
H.R. 675. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to eligibility standards for short-term educational programs; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Rahall,
Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Filner, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Underwood,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Borski,
Mr. Serrano, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Olver, and Mr.
Sanders):
H.R. 676. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment; 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. FRELINGHUYSEN (for himself, Mr. Bass, and Mr.
Franks of New Jersey):
H.R. 677. A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to provide that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out that act; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. GILLMOR (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Dingell,
Mr. Goss, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. Lampson, Mr.
LaTourette, Mr. Ney, Mr. Portman, Mr. Oxley, Mr.
Regula, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Traficant,
Mr. Kasich, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Levin, Ms.
Rivers, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr.
Frost, Ms. Norton, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Towns,
Mr. Horn, Mr. Berman, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Lipinski, Mr.
Barcia of Michigan, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Stearns, Mr.
Hastert, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Borski, Mrs.
Thurman, Mr. Shays, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mrs.
Clayton, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Smith of Michigan,
Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Ms. Stabenow):
H.R. 678. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison, to redesign the half dollar circulating coin for 1997 to commemorate Thomas Edison, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. HAMILTON (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky,
Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Northup, and Mr.
McIntosh):
H.R. 679. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from the definition of volatile organic compounds; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. HAMILTON:
H.R. 680. A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to impoverished families and individuals; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
By Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. Coble, and Mr. Rogan):
H.R. 681. A bill to designate the U.S. Post Office building located at 313 East Broadway in Glendale, CA, as the ``Carlos J. Moorhead Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
By Mr. KOLBE:
H.R. 682. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess up to $2 per person visiting the Grand Canyon or other national park to secure bonds for capital improvements to the park, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. LIVINGSTON (for himself, Mr. Baker, Mrs.
Chenoweth, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. English of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Forbes, Mr. Frost, Ms. Granger, Mr. Hayworth, Mr.
Holden, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Latham, Mr.
Lewis of California, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McIntosh, Ms.
Molinari, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Ney, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr.
Norwood, Mr. Packard, Mr. Parker, Mr. Petri, Mr.
Radanovich, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Skeen,
Mr. Snowbarger, and Mr. Walsh):
H.R. 683. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to an amount equivalent to a $1,200,000 exemption; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mrs. MINK of Hawaii:
H.R. 684. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of funeral trusts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. OLVER (for himself, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Conyers, Mr.
Dellums, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gutierrez,
Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Nadler, Mr.
Martinez, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Sanders):
H.R. 685. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to raise the minimum wage; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. RAMSTAD (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Vento,
Mr. Rahall, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Manton, Ms. Slaughter, Mr.
Ewing, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr.
Minge, Mr. Luther, Mr. Gutknecht, and Mr. Campbell):
H.R. 686. A bill to extend certain Medicare community nursing organization demonstration projects; 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. SABO (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Olver, Ms.
Norton, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Towns, Mr.
Martinez, Mr. Vento, Ms. Velazquez, and Ms.
McKinney):
H.R. 687. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. DAN SCHAEFER of Colorado (for himself, Mr.
Stupak, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Burr of North
Carolina, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Skeen, Ms.
Norton, Mr. Bereuter, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr.
Nethercutt, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Klug, Mr. Parker, Mr.
Graham, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Gillmor, Ms. Rivers,
Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. McIntosh, Mr.
Doyle, Mr. LaFalce, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Gekas, Mrs.
Thurman, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr.
Hefley, Mr. Porter, Mr. McDade, Mr. Canady of
Florida, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Ehlers, Mr.
Spratt, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Bob Schaffer of Colorado,
Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Tauzin, and Mr.
McCrery):
H.R. 688. A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require at least 85 percent of funds appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency from the leaking underground storage tank trust fund to be distributed to States for cooperative agreements for undertaking corrective action and for enforcement of subtitle I of such act; 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 Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. Rangel, Mr.
McDermott, Mr.
McNulty, and Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island):
H.R. 689. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue full-time equivalent resident reimbursement for an additional 1 year under Medicare for direct graduate medical education for residents enrolled in combined approved primary care medical residency 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. TRAFICANT:
H.R. 690. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify that the Government in the Sunshine Act applies to the Federal Open Market Committee; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
H.R. 691. A bill to provide for a three-judge division of the court to determine whether cases alleging breach of secret Government contracts should be tried in court; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 692. A bill to amend the independent counsel provisions of title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of an independent counsel when the Attorney General determines that Department of Justice employees have engaged in certain conduct; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey:
H.J. Res. 48. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself and Mr. Dickey):
H.J. Res. 49. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. POMEROY:
H.J. Res. 50. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Gallegly, Mr.
Ackerman, Mr. Ballenger, and Mr. Gilman):
H. Con. Res. 18. Concurrent resolution congratulating the people of the Republic of Nicaragua on the success of their democratic elections held on October 20, 1996; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Ms. WOOLSEY:
H. Con. Res. 19. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the German Government should investigate and prosecute Dr. Hans Joachim Sewering for his war crimes of euthanasia committed during World War II; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Ms. Dunn of Washington (for herself, Mrs. Morella,
Ms. Molinari, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mrs. Fowler, Ms.
Rivers, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Ms. Christian-Green, Mrs.
Carson, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Burton of
Indiana, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr.
Foley, Mr. Frost, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sessions, Ms.
DeGette, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. Emerson, Mr.
LoBiondo, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Martinez, Mr. McGovern,
Ms. Granger, Mrs. Roukema, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr.
Nethercutt, and Mr. Ramstad):
H. Res. 48. Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for further studies and accurate guidelines regarding the use of mammograms and other technology to screen women between the ages of 40 and 49 for breast cancer; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. Hamilton, and Mr.
Manzullo):
H. Res. 49. Resolution expressing appreciation for the life and service of Ambassador Pamela C. Harriman; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Mr. STEARNS:
H. Res. 50. Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that aviators who meet the qualification standards of the Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society should be granted recognition for meritorious service by the Department of Defense; to the Committee on National Security.
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