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1. H.CON.RES.12 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that a model curriculum designed to educate elementary and secondary school-aged children about the Irish famine should be developed.
Sponsor: Rep Menendez, Robert [NJ-13] (introduced 2/4/1997) Cosponsors (28)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

2. H.CON.RES.48 : Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act of 1965.
Sponsor: Rep Goodling, William F. [PA-19] (introduced 3/13/1997) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 4/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

3. H.CON.RES.90 : Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Joseph P., II [MA-8] (introduced 5/22/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Budget
Latest Major Action: 5/22/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

4. H.CON.RES.159 : Honoring the memory of the victims of the Great Irish Potato Famine, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lipinski, William O. [IL-3] (introduced 9/25/1997) Cosponsors (44)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

5. H.CON.RES.212 : Expressing the sense of the Congress relating to the European Union's ban of United States beef and the World Trade Organization's ruling concerning that ban.
Sponsor: Rep Christensen, Jon [NE-2] (introduced 2/11/1998) Cosponsors (45)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/17/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

6. H.CON.RES.218 : Concerning the urgent need to establish a cease fire in Afghanistan and begin the transition toward a broad-based multiethnic government that observes international norms of behavior.
Sponsor: Rep Bereuter, Doug [NE-1] (introduced 2/12/1998) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

7. H.CON.RES.232 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 150th anniversary of the emigration of over 1,000,000 people from Ireland to the United States to escape the Irish Potato Famine, and to honor the contributions these immigrants and their descendants made to the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, James H. [CT-5] (introduced 3/3/1998) Cosponsors (36)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 3/5/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on District of Columbia.

8. H.CON.RES.290 : Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the fair and equitable implementation of the amendments made by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.
Sponsor: Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] (introduced 6/11/1998) Cosponsors (77)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/16/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

9. H.CON.RES.295 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the 65th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 should serve as a reminder of the brutality of the government of the former Soviet Union's repressive policies toward the Ukrainian people.
Sponsor: Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] (introduced 6/24/1998) Cosponsors (71)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/12/1998 Received in the Senate.

10. H.CON.RES.341 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the commitment made by the United States, in conjunction with South Korea and Japan, to arrange financing and construction of 2 nuclear reactors for North Korea, and to provide fuel oil and other assistance to North Korea, should be suspended until North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat to the peace and security of Northeast Asia or the United States.
Sponsor: Rep DeLay, Tom [TX-22] (introduced 10/8/1998) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/8/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

11. H.RES.53 : Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that committee reports accompanying reported bills and joint resolutions contain a detailed analysis of the impact of the bill or joint resolution on children.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 2/12/1997) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Rules
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.

12. H.RES.131 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal commitment to early childhood development programs should be supported by sufficient funding to meet the needs of infants and toddlers in the areas of health, nutrition, education, and child care.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Joseph P., II [MA-8] (introduced 4/24/1997) Cosponsors (65)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 5/9/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

13. H.RES.171 : To urge the Federal Communications Commission to commence an inquiry on distilled spirits advertising on television and radio.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Joseph P., II [MA-8] (introduced 6/19/1997) Cosponsors (33)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/26/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

14. H.RES.224 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should establish a temporary emergency minimum milk price that is equitable to all producers nationwide and that provides price relief to economically distressed milk producers.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 9/9/1997) Cosponsors (61)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 9/17/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

15. H.RES.321 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that college and university administrators should adopt a code of principles to change the culture of alcohol consumption on college campuses.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Joseph P., II [MA-8] (introduced 11/9/1997) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 12/10/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

16. H.RES.406 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the canned fruit subsidy regime of the European Union is a bilateral trade concern of high priority, for which prompt corrective action is needed.
Sponsor: Rep Condit, Gary A. [CA-18] (introduced 4/1/1998) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/13/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

17. H.RES.424 : Requiring members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives to submit reports on travel to the Clerk of the House which include information on the source of funds used to pay for such travel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hamilton, Lee H. [IN-9] (introduced 5/7/1998) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Oversight; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 5/7/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

18. H.RES.425 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the policy of the United States at the 50th Annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission.
Sponsor: Rep Metcalf, Jack [WA-2] (introduced 5/7/1998) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/12/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from State.

19. H.RES.526 : Condemning the launching by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of a ballistic missile in violation of Japanese air space, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kim, Jay [CA-41] (introduced 9/10/1998) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/10/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

20. H.RES.559 : Condemning the terror, vengeance, and human rights abuses against the civilian population of Sierra Leone.
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] (introduced 9/28/1998) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/10/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

21. H.RES.583 : Expressing the sense of the House with respect to barriers between the United States and Canada with regard to certain agriculture products.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Robert [OR-2] (introduced 10/8/1998) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 10/8/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred 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.

22. H.R.6 : To extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; Senate Labor and Human Resources
House Reports: 105-481; Latest Conference Report: 105-750 (in Congressional Record H8978-9083)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-244 [GPO: Text, PDF]

23. H.R.16 : To provide a program of national health insurance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-16] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/23/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

24. H.R.158 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.
Sponsor: Rep English, Phil [PA-21] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (99)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/7/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

25. H.R.159 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the excise tax treatment of draft cider.
Sponsor: Rep English, Phil [PA-21] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/7/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

26. H.R.169 : To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to prevent luxurious conditions in prisons.
Sponsor: Rep Franks, Bob [NJ-7] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (36)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

27. H.R.177 : To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a schedule of preventive health care services and to provide for coverage of such services in accordance with such schedule under private health insurance plans and health benefit programs of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. [NY-20] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Government Reform and Oversight; House Veterans' Affairs; House National Security
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

28. H.R.217 : To amend title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the Federal programs for housing assistance for the homeless into a block grant program that ensures that States and communities are provided sufficient flexibility to use assistance amounts effectively.
Sponsor: Rep Lazio, Rick [NY-2] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
House Reports: 105-407, 105-407 Part 2
Latest Major Action: 3/4/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.

29. H.R.273 : To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require States to use electronic benefit transfer systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Schumer, Charles E. [NY-9] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/6/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

30. H.R.288 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under part B of the Medicare program of medical nutrition therapy services of registered dietitians and nutrition professionals.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/23/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

31. H.R.289 : To amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, meat, and poultry inspection laws to ensure that consumers receive notification regarding food products produced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on land on which sewage sludge was applied.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Commerce; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/6/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

32. H.R.339 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in the State, and to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (75)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/22/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

33. H.R.357 : To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund adolescent health demonstration projects.
Sponsor: Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/23/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

34. H.R.400 : To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
House Reports: 105-39
Latest Major Action: 3/23/1998 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331.

35. H.R.408 : To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (29)
Committees: House Resources; House Ways and Means; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
House Reports: 105-74 Part 1, 105-74 Part 2
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-42 [GPO: Text, PDF]

36. H.R.422 : To require the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to conduct time use surveys of unremunerated work performed in the United States and to calculate the monetary value of such work.
Sponsor: Rep Morella, Constance A. [MD-8] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/7/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

37. H.R.438 : To rescind the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, James, Jr. [WI-9] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

38. H.R.450 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the method of payment of taxes on distilled spirits.
Sponsor: Rep Ensign, John [NV-1] (introduced 1/20/1997) Cosponsors (67)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/20/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

39. H.R.496 : To amend title 5, United States Code, to include medical foods as a specific item for which coverage may be provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Sponsor: Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] (introduced 1/21/1997) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

40. H.R.521 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make certain changes to hospice care under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD-3] (introduced 2/4/1997) Cosponsors (128)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

41. H.R.556 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of providing information and education to the public on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
Sponsor: Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] (introduced 2/4/1997) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/10/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

42. H.R.618 : To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from using information from the National Cheese Exchange to fix minimum milk prices under Federal milk marketing orders.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/11/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

43. H.R.628 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore a 100 percent deduction for business meals and entertainment and the deduction for the travel expenses of spouses and others accompanying the taxpayer on business.
Sponsor: Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] (introduced 2/6/1997) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/6/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

44. H.R.645 : To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to regulate certain cash markets, such as the National Cheese Exchange, until the Commission determines that the market does not establish reference points for other transactions.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 2/6/1997) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/12/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.

45. H.R.646 : To improve price discovery in milk and dairy markets by reducing the effects of the National Cheese Exchange on the basic formula price established under milk marketing orders, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 2/6/1997) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/12/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

46. H.R.659 : To amend the Clean Air Act and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to clarify the listing of a unique chemical substance.
Sponsor: Rep Burr, Richard [NC-5] (introduced 2/10/1997) Cosponsors (94)
Committees: House Commerce; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

47. H.R.666 : To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 relating to welfare and public benefits for aliens.
Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 2/11/1997) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/13/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

48. H.R.667 : 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.
Sponsor: Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] (introduced 2/11/1997) Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/13/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

49. H.R.679 : To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from the definition of volatile organic compounds.
Sponsor: Rep Hamilton, Lee H. [IN-9] (introduced 2/11/1997) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

50. H.R.696 : To amend the Animal Welfare Act to require humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal.
Sponsor: Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] (introduced 2/12/1997) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/25/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

51. H.R.723 : To require the United States Trade Representative to determine whether the European Union has failed to implement satisfactorily its obligations under certain trade agreements relating to United States meat and pork exporting facilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hostettler, John N. [IN-8] (introduced 2/12/1997) Cosponsors (53)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

52. H.R.746 : To allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (71)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/7/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

53. H.R.761 : To amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend the 1-year transition from disqualification for a current welfare recipient while the recipient's naturalization application is pending.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/25/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

54. H.R.786 : To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to restore the effectiveness of certain provisions regulating Federal milk marketing orders.
Sponsor: Rep Norwood, Charles W. [GA-10] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (44)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 3/13/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

55. H.R.801 : To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry when the Secretary determines that State inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal inspection standards and such requirements are consistently enforced.
Sponsor: Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/25/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

56. H.R.847 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of providing information and education to the public on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 2/26/1997) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

57. H.R.856 : To provide a process leading to full self-government for Puerto Rico.
Sponsor: Rep Young, Don [AK] (introduced 2/27/1997) Cosponsors (87)
Committees: House Resources; House Rules; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
House Reports: 105-131 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 7/15/1998 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

58. H.R.879 : To require initial intake screenings and the use of youth development specialists in Federal juvenile proceedings, and to encourage States and local governments to use similar procedures.
Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] (introduced 2/27/1997) Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 3/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

59. H.R.898 : To achieve a balanced Federal budget by fiscal year 2002 and each year thereafter, achieve significant deficit reduction in fiscal year 1998 and each year through 2002, establish a Board of Estimates, require the President's budget and the congressional budget process to meet specified deficit reduction and balance requirements, enforce those requirements through a multiyear congressional budget process and, if necessary, sequestration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] (introduced 2/27/1997) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Budget; House Ways and Means; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 2/27/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.

60. H.R.913 : To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide greater planting flexibility.
Sponsor: Rep Combest, Larry [TX-19] (introduced 3/4/1997) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 3/6/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

61. H.R.978 : To assess the impact of NAFTA, to require the renegotiation of certain provisions of NAFTA, and to provide for the withdrawal from NAFTA unless certain conditions are met.
Sponsor: Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] (introduced 3/6/1997) Cosponsors (92)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/6/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

62. H.R.1000 : To require States to establish a system to prevent prisoners from being considered part of any household for purposes of determining eligibility of the household for food stamp benefits and the amount of food stamp benefits to be provided to the household under the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
Sponsor: Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] (introduced 3/10/1997) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Agriculture
House Reports: 105-43
Latest Major Action: 6/10/1997 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 76.

63. H.R.1015 : To rescind restrictions on welfare and public benefits for legal immigrants enacted by title 4 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, to reduce corporate welfare, to strengthen tax provisions regarding persons who relinquish United States citizenship, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 3/11/1997) Cosponsors (48)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/19/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

64. H.R.1031 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the designation of renewal communities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Watts, J. C., Jr. [OK-4] (introduced 3/12/1997) Cosponsors (58)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce; House Banking and Financial Services; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

65. H.R.1048 : To make technical amendments relating to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Sponsor: Rep Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [FL-22] (introduced 3/12/1997) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Judiciary; House Education and the Workforce; Senate Finance
House Reports: 105-78 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

66. H.R.1050 : To establish a living wage, jobs for all policy by instituting overall planning to develop those living wage job opportunities essential to fulfillment of basic rights and responsibilities in a healthy democratic society; by facilitating conversion from unneeded military programs to civilian activities that meet important human needs; by producing a Federal capital budget through appropriate distinctions between operating and investment outlays; and by reducing poverty, violence, and the undue concentration of income, wealth, and power, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Dellums, Ronald V. [CA-9] (introduced 3/12/1997) Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; House Budget; House National Security; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 4/14/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

67. H.R.1055 : To establish within the National Institutes of Health an agency to be known as the National Center for Integral Medicine, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] (introduced 3/13/1997) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

68. H.R.1063 : 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.
Sponsor: Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. [MD-2] (introduced 3/13/1997) Cosponsors (68)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

69. H.R.1065 : 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.
Sponsor: Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] (introduced 3/13/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/13/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

70. H.R.1067 : To prohibit the advertising of distilled spirits on radio and television.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Joseph P., II [MA-8] (introduced 3/13/1997) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

71. H.R.1093 : To amend the medical device provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Sponsor: Rep Fox, Jon D. [PA-13] (introduced 3/18/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

72. H.R.1119 : An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to precribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Spence, Floyd [SC-2] (by request) (introduced 3/19/1997) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House National Security; House Judiciary
House Reports: 105-132; Latest Conference Report: 105-340 (in Congressional Record H9076-9464)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-85 [GPO: Text, PDF]

73. H.R.1133 : To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide exceptions for mentally disabled aliens from provisions which restrict welfare and public benefits for aliens.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/19/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture; House Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/31/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

74. H.R.1137 : To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit the movement in interstate commerce of meat and poultry products that satisfy State inspection requirements that are at least equal to Federal inspection standards.
Sponsor: Rep Thune, John R. [SD] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 4/8/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

75. H.R.1144 : To amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to revise and extend programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Vento, Bruce F. [MN-4] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 4/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

76. H.R.1168 : To encourage competition and tax fairness and to protect the tax base of State and local governments.
Sponsor: Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [OK-5] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (61)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 6/24/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.

77. H.R.1190 : To require the Secretary of Agriculture to consider the feasibility of basing the basic formula price for milk under Federal milk marketing orders on the costs of production for dairy farmers and the benefits to farmers and consumers of such a pricing approach.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 4/1/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

78. H.R.1200 : To provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Government Reform and Oversight; House National Security
Latest Major Action: 4/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

79. H.R.1232 : To require country of origin labeling of perishable agricultural commodities imported into the United States and to establish penalties for violations of such labeling requirements.
Sponsor: Rep Bono, Sonny [CA-44] (introduced 4/8/1997) Cosponsors (102)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 4/11/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.

80. H.R.1253 : To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 4/9/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/10/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

81. H.R.1259 : To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to lift the trade embargoes on dolphin-safe tuna harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, George [CA-7] (introduced 4/9/1997) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

82. H.R.1285 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 50 percent limitation on the amount of business meal and entertainment expenses which are deductible.
Sponsor: Rep Ensign, John [NV-1] (introduced 4/10/1997) Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/10/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

83. H.R.1299 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide relief from estate and gift taxes.
Sponsor: Rep McCrery, Jim [LA-4] (introduced 4/10/1997) Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/10/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

84. H.R.1319 : To abolish the Department of Commerce.
Sponsor: Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-39] (introduced 4/14/1997) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Commerce; House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Banking and Financial Services; House International Relations; House National Security; House Agriculture; House Ways and Means; House Government Reform and Oversight; House Judiciary; House Science; House Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

85. H.R.1360 : 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 certain permanent resident aliens who are unable because of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment to naturalize.
Sponsor: Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 4/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

86. H.R.1371 : To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat, and meat food products containing imported meat, bear a label identifying the country of origin.
Sponsor: Rep Chenoweth, Helen [ID-1] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (41)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 4/28/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

87. H.R.1372 : To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to reform the budget process, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-47] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (200)
Committees: House Budget; House Rules; House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 4/17/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Appropriations, 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.

88. H.R.1374 : To establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery.
Sponsor: Rep Dellums, Ronald V. [CA-9] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Judiciary; House Budget
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

89. H.R.1375 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under part B of the Medicare Program of medical nutrition therapy services furnished by registered dietitians and nutrition professionals.
Sponsor: Rep Ensign, John [NV-1] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (225)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

90. H.R.1385 : To consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; Senate Labor and Human Resources
House Reports: 105-93; Latest Conference Report: 105-659 (in Congressional Record H6604-6694)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-220 [GPO: Text, PDF]

91. H.R.1411 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to facilitate the development and approval of new drugs and biological products, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Burr, Richard [NC-5] (introduced 4/23/1997) Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Commerce
House Reports: 105-310
Latest Major Action: 10/7/1997 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

92. H.R.1416 : To amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 restricting welfare and public benefits for aliens to provide an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps programs for permanent resident aliens who are applicants for naturalization.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-6] (introduced 4/23/1997) Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

93. H.R.1418 : To extend the transition period for aliens receiving supplemental security income or food stamp benefits as of August 22, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 4/23/1997) Cosponsors (28)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

94. H.R.1427 : To assist in implementing the Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit for Children.
Sponsor: Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] (introduced 4/23/1997) Cosponsors (45)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/23/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

95. H.R.1432 : To authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa.
Sponsor: Rep Crane, Philip M. [IL-8] (introduced 4/24/1997) Cosponsors (53)
Committees: House International Relations; House Ways and Means; House Banking and Financial Services
House Reports: 105-423 Part 1, 105-423 Part 2
Latest Major Action: 7/21/1998 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485.

96. H.R.1444 : To establish a grant program to install safety devices and improve safety at convenience stores.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Joseph P., II [MA-8] (introduced 4/24/1997) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/5/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

97. H.R.1445 : To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for continued eligibility for supplemental security income and food stamps with regard to certain classifications of aliens.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 4/24/1997) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

98. H.R.1453 : To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve the enforcement and compliance programs.
Sponsor: Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] (introduced 4/24/1997) Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 5/8/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

99. H.R.1460 : To allow for election of the Delegate from Guam by other than separate ballot, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Underwood, Robert A. [GU] (introduced 4/24/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Resources; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
House Reports: 105-253; Senate Reports: 105-203
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-209 [GPO: Text, PDF]

100. H.R.1469 : Making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Livingston, Bob [LA-1] (introduced 4/29/1997) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations
House Reports: 105-83; Latest Conference Report: 105-119 (in Congressional Record H3442-3474)
Latest Major Action: 6/9/1997 Vetoed by President.

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