Volume 143, No. 32 covering the 1st Session of the 105th Congress (1997 - 1998) 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 H1016-H1018 on March 13, 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 Mr. KLECZKA (for himself and Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts):
H.R. 1052. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that changes to the Consumer Price Index used in making increases in Social Security benefits shall be restricted to changes specifically authorized by law; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. OXLEY (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Bliley, Mr.
Gillmor, Mr.
Crapo, Ms. Furse, Mr. Largent, Mr. Ganske, and Mr.
Boucher):
H.R. 1053. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to eliminate legal impediments to quotation in decimals for securities transactions in order to protect investors and to promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. COX of California (for himself and Mr. White):
H.R. 1054. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a national policy against State and local interference with interstate commerce on the Internet or interactive computer services, and to exercise congressional jurisdiction over interstate commerce by establishing a moratorium on the imposition of exactions that would interfere with the free flow of commerce via the Internet, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Sanders,
Ms. Norton, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Archer, Mr.
Andrews, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms.
Woolsey, Mr. Green, Mr. Rush, Mr. McDermott, Mr.
Hinchey, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Foglietta):
H.R. 1055. A bill to establish within the National Institutes of Health and agency to be known as the National Center for Integral Medicine, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. CHRISTENSEN (for himself and Mr. Weller):
H.R. 1056. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit or refund of motor fuel excise taxes on fuel used by the motor of a highway vehicle to operate certain power takeoff equipment on such vehicle; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. BURTON of Indiana:
H.R. 1057. A bill to designate the building in Indianapolis, IN, which houses the operations of the Circle City Station Post Office as the ``Andrew Jacobs, Jr. Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself and Mr. Pease):
H.R. 1058. A bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service under construction at 150 West Margaret Drive in Terre Haute, IN, as the ``John T. Myers Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
By Mr. BACHUS:
H.R. 1059. A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to reduce the cost of credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
By Mr. BURR of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Condit,
Mr. DeLay, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr.
Holden, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr.
DeFazio, Mr. Klug, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Spratt, Mr.
McIntosh, Ms. Furse, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Coburn, Mr.
Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Ehlers, Mr.
Barton of Texas, Mr. Norwood, and Mr. Miller of
Florida):
H.R. 1060. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize compounding of drugs and devices under certain circumstances; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself, Mr. Boucher, Mr.
Cooksey, Mr. Evans, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. English of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Jackson-
Lee, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Walsh, and Mr.
Nethercutt):
H.R. 1061. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs under the Medicare Program; 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. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr.
Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr.
Bilbray, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Burton of
Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr.
Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Christensen, Mr.
Combest, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Crane, Mrs. Cubin, Mr.
Davis of Virginia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Dickey, Mr.
Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mrs.
Fowler, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hastert, Mr.
Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr.
Hostettler, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Sam
Johnson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Klug, Mr.
Largent, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Linder, Mr.
Lipinski, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. McCrery, Mr.
McInnis, Mr. McIntosh, Ms. Molinari, Mrs. Myrick, Mr.
Nethercutt, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Parker, Mr.
Pickering, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Ryun, Mr.
Salmon, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Scarborough, Mr.
Sensenbrenner, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Linda
Smith of Washington, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stearns, Mr.
Stump, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watkins,
Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Florida, and Mr.
Wicker):
H.R. 1062. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to preventing the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus--commonly known as HIV--and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. EHRLICH:
H.R. 1063. A bill to amend the Webb-Kenyon Act to allow any State, territory, or possession of the United States to bring an action in Federal court to enjoin violations of that act or to enforce the laws of such State, territory, or possession with respect to such violations; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. FILNER:
H.R. 1064. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the duration of the pilot program providing for interest buy down authority, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. GILCHREST:
H.R. 1065. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the actual deferral percentage test shall not apply in determining whether an arrangement for restaurant employees is a qualified cash or deferred arrangement; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
H.R. 1066. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that an individual who receives a passing grade in an examination for entrance into the competitive service shall, if such individual is a welfare recipient, be granted additional points above the individual's earned rating; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
By Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr.
Hansen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Dellums, Mr.
Hinchey, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Norton, Ms.
Jackson-Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr.
Kasich, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Smith of New
Jersey):
H.R. 1067. A bill to prohibit the advertising of distilled spirits on radio and television to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. Costello, and Mr.
Poshard):
H.R. 1068. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitations on the number of taxpayers who may have medical savings accounts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mrs. LOWEY:
H.R. 1069. A bill to permit individuals to continue health plan coverage of services while participating in approved clinical studies; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mrs. Morella):
H.R. 1070. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of research on breast cancer; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mrs. LOWEY:
H.R. 1071. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for employers for certain costs incurred to combat violence against women; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mrs. MALONEY of New York:
H.R. 1072. A bill to establish a commission to investigate certain policies and procedures with respect to the military justice system, including policies and procedures with respect to the investigation of reports of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and unlawful gender discrimination; to the Committee on National Security.
By Mrs. MEEK of Florida:
H.R. 1073. A bill to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to encourage the use of generic instead of nongeneric drugs; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
By Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD:
H.R. 1074. A bill to promote the fitting of firearms with child safety locks; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr.
Lipinski, Mr. Manton, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms.
DeGette, Ms. Norton, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr.
Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Borski, and Mrs. Meek of Florida):
H.R. 1075. A bill to limit the sale or export of plastic bullets to the United Kingdom; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Brown of
Florida, Mr. Conyers, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms.
Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr of California, Mr.
Foglietta, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr.
Gephardt, Mr. Green, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms.
Jackson-Lee, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Johnson of
Connecticut, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr.
LaFalce, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr.
McDermott, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Martinez, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Molinari, Mrs.
Morella, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne,
Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Sabo, Mr.
Sanders, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Stark, Mr.
Torres, Ms. Waters, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Yates, Ms.
Roybal-Allard, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Mrs. Lowey):
H.R. 1076. A bill to amend the Legal Services Corporation Act to prescribe an income rule for determining if a client who is a victim of domestic violence is eligible for assistance; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. QUINN (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Gilman,
Mr. Manton, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Forbes,
Mr. King of New York, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Paxon, Mr.
Walsh, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Rangel, Mr.
Schumer, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr.
Towns, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Engel, Mr. LaFalce, Mrs.
Lowey, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Flake, Mr. Nadler, and Mr.
Houghton):
H.R. 1077. A bill to stay implementation of the plan for allocation of health care resources of the Department of Veterans Affairs until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that the Secretary, in developing such plan, took into account certain medical and nonmedical factors of veterans residing within each region to be served by a veterans integrated services network; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Ms. RIVERS:
H.R. 1078. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prescribe a rule that prohibits the importation for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls at concentrations of 50 parts per million or greater; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Miller of
California, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr.
Spratt):
H.R. 1079. A bill to require the inclusion of provisions relating to worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreement entered into under any future trade negotiating authority; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. SAXTON:
H.R. 1080. A bill to study the high rate of cancer among children in Dover Township, NJ, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. SMITH of Michigan:
H.R. 1081. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the influence of multicandidate political committees in elections for Federal office; to the Committee on House Oversight.
By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Miller of
California):
H.R. 1082. A bill to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.
By Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Martinez, and Mr. Kildee):
H. Con. Res. 48. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act of 1965; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. HOYER:
H. Con. Res. 49. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Ackerman,
Mr. Berman, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Rothman,
Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. Waxman):
H. Con. Res. 50. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the status of the investigation of the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992; to the Committee on International Relations.
By Ms. RIVERS:
H. Res. 97. Resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that the expenses of special-order speeches be paid from the Members representational allowance of the Members making such speeches; to the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr.
Pickett, Mr. McHale, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr.
Spence, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Bartlett of
Maryland, Mr. Condit, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Andrews, Mr.
Sam Johnson, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Lewis of
Kentucky, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Bono, Mr.
Saxton, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. McDade, Mr. Hefley,
Mr. Riley, Mr. Stump, Mr. Everett, Mr. McCrery, Mr.
Cox of California, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. McKeon, Mr.
Pappas, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Sisisky, Ms. Harman, Mr.
Royce, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Thornberry, Mr.
Gilman, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Hansen, Mr.
Stenholm, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Talent, Mr.
Quinn, Mr. Clement, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Traficant, Mr.
Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Istook):
H. Res. 98. Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to limits in any bilateral or multilateral agreement on certain missile defense systems of the United States; to the Committee on International Relations.
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