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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 960
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 9, 1997
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare
County, California, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that:
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(1) It is in the Federal Government’s interest
to facilitate local development of jobs in areas of
high unemployment.
(2) Railroad interests in rights-of-way prevent
local communities from obtaining clear title to prop-
erty for development unless the city also obtains the
Federal reversionary interest in those rights-of-way.
(3) For development purposes, in order to se-
cure needed financing, the City of Tulare Redevelop-
ment Agency requires clear title to certain parcels of
land within the city’s business corridor that are part
of a railroad right-of-way.
SEC. 2. TULARE CONVEYANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) and (d),
all conveyances to the Redevelopment Agency of the City
of Tulare, California, of lands described in subsection (b),
heretofore or hereafter, made directly by the Southern Pa-
cific Transportation Company, or its successors, are here-
by validated to the extent that the conveyances would be
legal or valid if all right, title, and interest of the United
States, except minerals, were held by the Southern Pacific
Transportation Company.
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in
subsection (a) are the parcels shown on the map entitled
‘‘Tulare Redevelopment Agency-Railroad Parcels Pro-
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posed to be Acquired’’, dated 5/29/97, that formed part
of a railroad right-of-way granted to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, or its successors, agents, or assigns,
by the Federal Government (including the right-of-way ap-
proved by an Act of Congress on July 27, 1866). The map
referred to in this subsection shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the offices of the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management.
(c) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RIGHTS OF AC-
CESS.—Nothing in this section shall impair any existing
rights of access in favor of the public or any owner of
adjacent lands over, under or across the lands which are
referred to in subsection (a).
(d) MINERALS.—The United States disclaims any
and all right of surface entry to the mineral estate of lands
described in subsection (b).
Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 241
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 960
[Report No. 105–127]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 9, 1997
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment
AN ACT
To validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare
County, California, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that:
(1) It is in the Federal Government’s interest
to facilitate local development of jobs in areas of
high unemployment.
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(2) Railroad interests in rights-of-way prevent
local communities from obtaining clear title to prop-
erty for development unless the city also obtains the
Federal reversionary interest in those rights-of-way.
(3) For development purposes, in order to se-
cure needed financing, the City of Tulare Redevelop-
ment Agency requires clear title to certain parcels of
land within the city’s business corridor that are part
of a railroad right-of-way.
SEC. 2. TULARE CONVEYANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) and (d),
all conveyances to the Redevelopment Agency of the City
of Tulare, California, of lands described in subsection (b),
heretofore or hereafter, made directly by the Southern Pa-
cific Transportation Company, or its successors, are here-
by validated to the extent that the conveyances would be
legal or valid if all right, title, and interest of the United
States, except minerals, were held by the Southern Pacific
Transportation Company.
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in
subsection (a) are the parcels shown on the map entitled
‘‘Tulare Redevelopment Agency-Railroad Parcels Pro-
posed to be Acquired’’, dated 5/29/97, that formed part
of a railroad right-of-way granted to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, or its successors, agents, or assigns,
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by the Federal Government (including the right-of-way ap-
proved by an Act of Congress on July 27, 1866). The map
referred to in this subsection shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the offices of the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management.
(c) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RIGHTS OF AC-
CESS.—Nothing in this section shall impair any existing
rights of access in favor of the public or any owner of
adjacent lands over, under or across the lands which are
referred to in subsection (a).
(d) MINERALS.—The United States disclaims any
and all right of surface entry to the mineral estate of lands
described in subsection (b).
Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 241
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 960
[Report No. 105–127]
AN ACT
To validate certain conveyances in the City of
Tulare, Tulare County, California, and for other
purposes.
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Reported without amendment
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 961
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the requirement
that States pay unemployment compensation on the basis of services
performed by election workers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 5, 1997
Mr. UPTON (for himself and Mr. FARR of California) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate
the requirement that States pay unemployment com-
pensation on the basis of services performed by election
workers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) paragraph (3) of section 3309(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exception for certain
services) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E), and by inserting after subparagraph (E) the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(F) as an election official or election
worker if the amount of remuneration received
by the individual during the calendar year for
services as an election official or election worker
is less than $1,000;’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to services performed after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 962
To redesignate a Federal building in Suitland, Maryland, as the ‘‘W. Edwards
Deming Federal Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 5, 1997
Mr. WYNN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To redesignate a Federal building in Suitland, Maryland,
as the ‘‘W. Edwards Deming Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
Federal Office Building No. 3, located in the Suitland
Federal Center at 4700 Silver Hill Road in Suitland,
Maryland, shall be redesignated and known as the ‘‘W.
Edwards Deming Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
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building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘W. Edwards Deming Federal Build-
ing’’.
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House Calendar No. 83
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 962
[Report No. 105–229]
To redesignate a Federal building in Suitland, Maryland, as the ‘‘W. Edwards
Deming Federal Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 5, 1997
Mr. WYNN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
JULY 31, 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To redesignate a Federal building in Suitland, Maryland,
as the ‘‘W. Edwards Deming Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
Federal Office Building No. 3 located in the Suitland
Federal Center at 4700 Silver Hill Road in Suitland,
Maryland, shall be redesignated and known as the ‘‘W.
Edwards Deming Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘W. Edwards Deming Federal Build-
ing’’.
House Calendar No. 83
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 962
[Report No. 105–229]
A BILL
To redesignate a Federal building in Suitland,
Maryland, as the ‘‘W. Edwards Deming Federal
Building’’.
JULY 31, 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
such providers is necessary for the protection of citi-
zens and for the public interest, health, welfare, and
safety.
(5) The licensing of health care providers to
provide telehealth services has a significant impact
on interstate commerce and any unnecessary bar-
riers to the provision of telehealth services across
State lines should be eliminated.
(6) Rapid advances in the field of telehealth
give Congress a need for current information and
updates on recent developments in telehealth re-
search, policy, technology, and the use of this tech-
nology to supply telehealth services to rural and un-
derserved areas.
(7) Telehealth networks can provide hospitals,
clinics, health care providers, and patients in rural
and underserved communities with access to spe-
cialty care, continuing education, and can act to re-
duce the isolation from other professionals that
these health care providers sometimes experience.
(8) In order for telehealth systems to continue
to benefit rural and underserved communities, the
Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 964
To authorize the marketing of breast self-examination pads without
restriction.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 6, 1997
Mr. BURR of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To authorize the marketing of breast self-examination pads
without restriction.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Breast cancer is the second leading cause of
death by cancer in women.
(2) An estimated 180,000 new invasive cases of
breast cancer in the United States are expected in
1997.
(3) An estimated 44,000 women are expected to
die of breast cancer during 1997.
(4) While there is no cure for breast cancer,
early detection is the key to survival of this devastat-
ing disease.
(5) In 1995 the Food and Drug Administration
made available a plastic pad to aid in self-examina-
tion of the breasts and to be used in addition to a
bare hand self-examination.
(6) The Congress believes that such a pad
should be directly available to women.
SEC. 2. AIDS FOR SELF-EXAMINATION OF BREASTS.
In the administration of approvals under chapter V
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of devices
to aid in the self-examination of breasts, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall approve the marketing
of such devices without the requirement under section
520(e) of such Act that such devices be restricted to sale,
distribution, or use only upon a prescription of a licensed
practitioner or otherwise be restricted in their availability
to women.
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an expanded amenity recreation fee that would otherwise apply
to the volunteer or issue to the volunteer a site-specific agency
pass authorized under section 5(c).
(c) NATIONAL
PARKS
AND
FEDERAL
RECREATIONAL
LANDS
PASS.—In accordance with the guidelines issued under section
5(a)(7), the Secretaries may issue a National Parks and Federal
Recreational Lands Pass to a volunteer in exchange for significant
volunteer services performed by the volunteer.
(d) REGIONAL MULTIENTITY PASSES.—The Secretary may issue
a regional multientity pass authorized under section 5(d) to a volun-
teer in exchange for significant volunteer services performed by
the volunteer, if the regional multientity pass agreement under
which the regional multientity pass was established provides for
the issuance of the pass to volunteers.
SEC. 812. ENFORCEMENT AND PROTECTION OF RECEIPTS.
(a) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary concerned shall
enforce payment of the recreation fees authorized by this Act.
(b) EVIDENCE OF NONPAYMENT.—If the display of proof of pay-
ment of a recreation fee, or the payment of a recreation fee within
a certain time period is required, failure to display such proof
as required or to pay the recreation fee within the time period
specified shall constitute nonpayment.
(c) JOINT LIABILITY.—The registered owner and any occupant
of a vehicle charged with a nonpayment violation involving the
vehicle shall be jointly liable for penalties imposed under this
section, unless the registered owner can show that the vehicle
was used without the registered owner’s express or implied permis-
sion.
(d) LIMITATION ON PENALTIES.—The failure to pay a recreation
fee established under this Act shall be punishable as a Class A
or Class B misdemeanor, except that in the case of a first offense
of nonpayment, the fine imposed may not exceed $100, notwith-
standing section 3571(e) of title 18, United States Code.
SEC. 813. REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED ADMISSION AND USE FEE
AUTHORITIES.
(a) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT.—Subsections
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (i) of section 4 of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a et seq.)
are repealed, except that the Secretary may continue to issue Golden
Eagle Passports, Golden Age Passports, and Golden Access Pass-
ports under such section until the date the notice required by
section 5(a)(3) is published in the Federal Register regarding the
establishment of the National Parks and Federal Recreational
Lands Pass.
(b) RECREATIONAL FEE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 315
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1996 (as contained in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–
134; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a), is repealed.
(c) ADMISSION PERMITS FOR REFUGE UNITS.—Section 201 of
the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3911)
is repealed.
(d) NATIONAL
PARK
PASSPORT, GOLDEN
EAGLE
PASSPORT,
GOLDEN AGE PASSPORT, AND GOLDEN ACCESS PASSPORT.—Effective
on the date the notice required by section 5(a)(3) is published
in the Federal Register, the following provisions of law authorizing
the establishment of a national park passport program or the
Union Calendar No. 181
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 967
[Report No. 105–309, Part I]
A BILL
To prohibit the use of United States funds to pro-
vide for the participation of certain Chinese offi-
cials in international conferences, programs, and
activities and to provide that certain Chinese offi-
cials shall be ineligible to receive visas and ex-
cluded from admission to the United States.
OCTOBER 7, 1997
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 181
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 967
[Report No. 105–309, Part I]
To prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the participation
of certain Chinese officials in international conferences, programs, and
activities and to provide that certain Chinese officials shall be ineligible
to receive visas and excluded from admission to the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 6, 1997
Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. HYDE, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. COX of California,
Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ROHRABACHER,
Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. LANTOS) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to
the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
OCTOBER 6, 1997
Reported from the Committee on International Relations with amendments
OCTOBER 6, 1997
Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended October 6, 1997, for a
period ending not later than October 7, 1997
OCTOBER 7, 1997
Additional sponsors: Mr. WOLF, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr.
HORN, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr.
BUNNING, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado, Mr.
FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ROS-
LEHTINEN, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. STARK,
Mr. BLUNT, Mr. PORTER, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. SAM
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. HUN-
TER, and Mr. SHADEGG
enactment of this Act, have not been distributed, shall be
distributed and used in accordance with this Act.
SEC. 4. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO TRIBES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 5, as soon as
practicable after the date that is 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall distribute an ag-
gregate amount, equal to the funds described in section 3
reduced by $1,469,831.50, as follows:
(1) 28.9276 percent of such amount shall be dis-
tributed to the tribal governing body of the Spirit
Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota.
(2) 57.3145 percent of such amount shall be dis-
tributed to the tribal governing body of the Sisseton
and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
(3) 13.7579 percent of such amount shall be dis-
tributed to the tribal governing body of the Assini-
boine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation
in Montana, as designated under subsection (b).
(b) TRIBAL GOVERNING BODY OF ASSINIBOINE AND
SIOUX TRIBES OF FORT PECK RESERVATION.—For pur-
poses of making distributions of funds pursuant to this Act,
the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Council of the Assiniboine
and Sioux Tribes shall act as the governing body of the As-
siniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation.
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establishment and sale of a national park passport, Golden Eagle
Passport, Golden Age Passport, or Golden Access Passport are
repealed:
(1) Section 502 of the National Parks Omnibus Manage-
ment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391; 16 U.S.C. 5982).
(2) Title VI of the National Parks Omnibus Management
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–391; 16 U.S.C. 5991–5995).
(e) TREATMENT OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—
(1) LAND
AND
WATER
CONSERVATION
FUND
SPECIAL
ACCOUNTS.—Amounts in the special accounts established under
section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)(1)) for Federal land management
agencies that are unobligated on the date of the enactment
of this Act shall be transferred to the appropriate special
account established under section 7 and shall be available
to the Secretary in accordance with this Act. A special account
established under section 4(i)(1) of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 for a Federal agency that is not
a Federal land management area, and the use of such special
account, is not affected by the repeal of section 4 of the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 by subsection (a)
of this section.
(2) NATIONAL PARKS PASSPORT.—Any funds collected under
title VI of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of
1998 (Public Law 105–391; 16 U.S.C. 5991–5995) that are
unobligated on the day before the publication of the Federal
Register notice required under section 5(a)(3) shall be trans-
ferred to the special account of the National Park Service
for use in accordance with this Act. The Secretary of the Interior
may use amounts available in that special account to pay
any outstanding administration, marketing, or close-out costs
associated with the national parks passport.
(3) RECREATIONAL
FEE
DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM.—Any
funds collected in accordance with section 315 of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1996 (as contained in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134;
16 U.S.C. 460l–6a), that are unobligated on the day before
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be transferred
to the appropriate special account and shall be available to
the Secretary in accordance with this Act.
(4) ADMISSION PERMITS FOR REFUGE UNITS.—Any funds col-
lected in accordance with section 201 of the Emergency Wet-
lands Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3911) that are available
as provided in subsection (c)(A) of such section and are unobli-
gated on the day before the date of the enactment of this
Act shall be transferred to the special account of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service for use in accordance with
this Act.
(f) EFFECT
OF REGULATIONS.—A regulation or policy issued
under a provision of law repealed by this section shall remain
in effect to the extent such a regulation or policy is consistent
with the provisions of this Act until the Secretary issues a regula-
tion, guideline, or policy under this Act that supersedes the earlier
regulation.
vestigating non-payment of child support cases for which
non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, $32,043,000, together with not to exceed
$3,314,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social
Security Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act,
$20,750,000, which shall be available from amounts avail-
able under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act
to carry out national health or human services research
and evaluation activities: Provided, That the expenditure
of any funds available under section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act is subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 206 of this Act.
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by
law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family
Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 968
AN ACT
To amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act
to permit a waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse
aide training and competency evaluation programs in
certain nursing facilities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMITTING WAIVER OF PROHIBITION OF OF-
FERING NURSE AIDE TRAINING AND COM-
PETENCY EVALUATION PROGRAMS IN CER-
TAIN FACILITIES.
Section 1819(f)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395i–3(f)(2)) and section 1919(f)(2) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396r(f)(2)) are each amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by inserting ‘‘sub-
ject to subparagraph (C),’’ after ‘‘(iii)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) 
WAIVER
AUTHORIZED.—Clause
(iii)(I) of subparagraph (B) shall not apply to
a program offered in (but not by) a nursing fa-
cility (or skilled nursing facility for purposes of
title XVIII) in a State if the State—
‘‘(i) determines that there is no other
such program offered within a reasonable
distance of the facility,
‘‘(ii) assures, through an oversight ef-
fort, that an adequate environment exists
for operating the program in the facility,
and
‘‘(iii) provides notice of such deter-
mination and assurances to the State long-
term care ombudsman.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 8, 1997.
Attest:
Clerk.