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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 3145. A bill to modify the provisions of the Balanced 
     Budget Act of 1997 relating to the Medicare Program under 
     title XVIII of the Social Security Act; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Commerce, 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. BLILEY (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Tauzin, 
             Mr. Pickering, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Upton, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
             Rogan, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Lazio, 
             and Mr. Bryant):
       H.R. 3146. A bill to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of 
     the Social Security Act to adjust the Medicare, Medicaid, and 
     children's health insurance programs, as revised by the 
     Balanced Budget Act of 1997; 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. DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Wolf):
       H.R. 3147. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     alleviate the pay-compression problem affecting members of 
     the Senior Executive Service and other senior-level Federal 
     employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. Upton):
       H.R. 3148. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require any person who reprocesses a medical 
     device to comply with certain safety requirements, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. Becerra, 
             Mr. Berman, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Meek of 
             Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Mr. Owens, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
             Wexler, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Lee, Ms. 
             Berkley, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Kilpatrick, 
             Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
             Pastor, Mr. Blagojevich, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mrs. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Matsui, and Mrs. 
             Christensen):
       H.R. 3149. A bill to repeal the limitation on judicial 
     jurisdiction imposed by section 377 of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Jefferson, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
             Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. George Miller 
             of California, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Evans, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             Mr. Capuano, Mr. Oberstar, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Clay, Mr. Berman, and Mr. Green of Texas):
       H.R. 3150. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to provide bonus grants to high performance 
     States based on certain criteria and to collect data to 
     evaluate the outcome of welfare reform, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STRICKLAND (for himself and Mr. Whitfield):
       H.R. 3151. A bill to provide funding for the Portsmouth and 
     Paducah, Tennessee, gaseous diffusion plants; to the 
     Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. TOOMEY:
       H. Con. Res. 208. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that there should be no increase in Federal 
     taxes in order to fund additional Government spending; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. McKinney, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Abercrombie, 
             Mr. Allen, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Clay, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Hall of Ohio, 
             Mr. Hilliard, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Kildee, 
             Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Luther, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Serrano, 
             Mr. Stark, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Visclosky, and Mr. 
             Waxman):
       H. Con. Res. 209. Concurrent resolution expressing 
     condemnation of the use of children as soldiers and the 
     belief that the United States should support and, where 
     possible, lead efforts to establish and enforce international 
     standards designed to end this abuse of human rights; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.

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