JOURNAL OF THE

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T56.26 APRIL 5

By Mr. HAMILTON:

H.R. 1399. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain real property at the Indiana

Army Ammunition Plant in Charlestown, IN,

to the State of Indiana for inclusion in a

State park; to the Committee on National

Security.

By Mr. RICHARDSON (for himself, Mr.

NADLER, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BONIOR, Mr.

BROWN of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mr.

EVANS, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr.

FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.

MARTINEZ, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms.

MCKINNEY, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PELOSI,

Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. SABO, Mrs. SCHROEDER,

Mr. SERRANO, Mr. TORRES, Ms.

VELA ́

ZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Mr. WAXMAN,

Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. YATES):

H.R. 1400. A bill to amend the Clean Water

Act to eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters, and

for other purposes; to the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure.

By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself and

Mr. GIBBONS):

H.R. 1401. A bill to establish for certain

employees of international organizations an

estate tax credit equivalent to the limited

marital deduction; to the Committee on

Ways and Means.

By Mr. JACOBS (for himself, Mr.

LEACH, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. FRANK of

Massachusetts, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr.

DEFAZIO, Mr. MILLER of California,

Ms. RIVERS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MARKEY,

Mr. OBERSTAR, Ms. VALAZQUEZ, Mr.

YATES, Ms. FURSE, Mr. LEWIS of

Georgia, and Mr. MCHALE):

H.R. 1402. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve revenue collection and to provide that a taxpayer conscientiously opposed to participation in war may

elect to have such taxpayer’s income, estate,

or gift tax payments spent for nonmilitary

purposes, to create the U.S. peace tax fund

to receive such tax payments, and for other

purposes; to the Committee on Ways and

Means, and in addition to the Committees on

International Relations, and Economic and

Educational Opportunities, 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. KENNEDY of Massachusetts:

H.R. 1403. A bill to regulate handgun ammunition, and for other purposes; to the

Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. SHAYS,

Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. HYDE, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. ROEMER, Ms.

PELOSI, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. MEEHAN,

Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr.

LIPINSKI, Mr. CLAY, Mr. JACOBS, Mrs.

SCHROEDER, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr.

TORRES, Mr. MILLER of California,

Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. VENTO,

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GOSS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MANTON, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. MARTINEZ,

Mr. STARK, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Ms.

WOOLSEY, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. PORTER,

Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MINETA, Mr. OWENS, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr.

YATES, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr.

GEJDENSON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey,

Mr. MARKEY, Mr. FARR, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. SCHUMER,

Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia,

Mr. STUDDS, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mrs. KENNELLY, and Mr. BONIOR):

H.R. 1404. A bill to end the use of steel jaw

leghold traps on animals in the United

States; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr.

FATTAH, Mr. DELLUMS, Ms. WATERS,

Mr. CLAY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.

ABERCROMBIE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. SCOTT,

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Ms.

VALAZQUEZ):

H.R. 1405. A bill to establish a national

public works program to provide incentives

for the creation of jobs and address the restoration of infrastructure in communities

across the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Economic and

Educational Opportunities, 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. MASCARA:

H.R. 1406. A bill to require the Secretary of

the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Marshall

plan and George Catlett Marshall; to the

Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

By Mr. MEEHAN:

H.R. 1407. A bill to provide for the transfer

of certain excess property at Fort Devens

Military Reservation to the Secretary of the

Interior for inclusion in the Oxbow National

Wildlife Refuge, and for the conveyance of a

parcel of property at such military reservation to the town of Lancaster, MA; to the

Committee on Resources, and in addition to

the Committee on National Security, 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. MINGE:

H.R. 1408. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a taxpayer

may elect to include in income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments in the

year of the disaster or in the following year,

and for other purposes; to the Committee on

Ways and Means.

By Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mrs.

MORELLA):

H.R. 1409. A bill to provide for funding for

Federal employee pay adjustments and comparability payments through reductions in

agency spending on service contracts for fiscal year 1996; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

H.R. 1410. A bill to amend the Federal

Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 to prohibit the contracting out of certain duties;

to the Committee on Government Reform

and Oversight.

H.R. 1411. A bill to prohibit any executive

branch agency from entering into any service contract if the services procured under

the contract can be performed at a lower

cost by employees of the agency; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

H.R. 1412. A bill to require the Director of

the Office of Management and Budget to develop and implement a system for determining and reporting the number of individuals employed by non-Federal Government

entities providing services under contracts

awarded by executive branch agencies; to the

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight.

By Mr. PETERSON of Florida:

H.R. 1413. A bill to amend the Robert T.

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to impose a limitation on State

eligibility for major disaster and emergency

assistance to ensure that States repay loans

and advances made under that act; to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

By Mr. RANGEL:

H.R. 1414. A bill to provide grants to States

to reduce crime and poverty in poor neighborhoods by providing employment opportunities to disadvantaged young adults; to the

Committee on Economic and Educational

Opportunities.

By Mr. SKAGGS (for himself and Mr.

MCINNIS):

H.R. 1415. A bill to authorize the Secretary

of the Interior to enter into an appropriate

form of agreement with the town of Grand

Lake, CO, authorizing the town to maintain

permanently a cemetery in the Rocky Mountain National Park; to the Committee on Resources.

By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. HYDE, Mr.

WOLF, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. YATES,

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms.

PELOSI, Mr. SABO, and Ms. MCKINNEY):

H.R. 1416. A bill to implement the Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of

Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment

or Punishment and to provide a program of

support for victims of torture; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to

the Committees on International Relations,

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 Mrs. SMITH of Washington:

H.R. 1417. A bill to amend the Magnuson

Fishery Conservation and Management Act

to provide for a 3-year research plan to assess the status of stocks of fish that are

managed under the Pacific Fisheries Management Council Pacific Coast Groundfish

Plan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.

By Mr. TRAFICANT:

H.R. 1418. A bill to prohibit United States

foreign assistance for Russia unless the Government of Russia prohibits the export of nuclear weapons equipment and related technology and offensive military weapons,

equipment, and related technology to terrorist states; to the Committee on International Relations.

By Mr. VISCLOSKY:

H.R. 1419. A bill to provide an exemption

with respect to gambling devices on certain

vessels making voyages on Lake Michigan;

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself

and Mr. STEARNS):

H. Con. Res. 57. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress supporting

the Government of India’s efforts to hold

free and fair elections in Jammu and Kashmir; to the Committee on International Relations.

By Mr. DEUTSCH:

H. Res. 131. Resolution to preserve the constitutional role of the House of Representatives to originate revenue measures; to the

Committee on Ways and Means.

T56.26 PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 1 of rule XXII:

Mr. METCALF introduced a bill (H.R. 1420)

for the relief of Richard W. Schaffert; which

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

T56.27 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 26: Mr. TANNER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, and Mr. JOHNSON of

South Dakota.

H.R. 104: Mr. BONO.

H.R. 125: Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ORTON, and Mr.

ROGERS.

H.R. 127: Mr. BROWN of California, Ms.

MCCARTHY, Mrs. SCHROEDER, and Mr. VOLKMER.