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1. H.CON.RES.13 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal retirement cost-of-living adjustments should not be delayed.
Sponsor: Rep Morella, Constance A. [MD-8] (introduced 2/4/1997) Cosponsors (264)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 2/6/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

2. H.CON.RES.38 : Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the collection of ancestry data as part of the decennial census of population.
Sponsor: Rep Morella, Constance A. [MD-8] (introduced 3/5/1997) Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 3/7/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice.

3. H.CON.RES.43 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 should not be radically overhauled, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Franks, Bob [NJ-7] (introduced 3/11/1997) Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 3/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

4. H.CON.RES.52 : Urging that the railroad industry, including rail labor, management and retiree organizations, open discussions for adequately funding an amendment to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers whose annuities are converted from a spouse to a widow or widower annuity.
Sponsor: Rep Quinn, Jack [NY-30] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (148)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 9/17/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

5. H.CON.RES.55 : Honoring the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Sponsor: Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] (introduced 3/21/1997) Cosponsors (108)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

6. H.CON.RES.60 : Relating to the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem.
Sponsor: Rep Schumer, Charles E. [NY-9] (introduced 4/10/1997) Cosponsors (185)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/11/1997 Received in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.

7. H.CON.RES.65 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, popularly known as the Jones Act, and related statutes are critically important components of our Nation's economic and military security and should be fully and strongly supported.
Sponsor: Rep Moakley, John Joseph [MA-9] (introduced 4/23/1997) Cosponsors (244)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 4/23/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on National Security.

8. H.CON.RES.80 : Relating to maintaining the current standard behind the "Made in USA" label, in order to protect consumers and jobs in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Franks, Bob [NJ-7] (introduced 5/15/1997) Cosponsors (228)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

9. H.CON.RES.83 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Basketball Association and the Players Association should extend pension benefits to certain surviving post-World War II, pre-1965 professional basketball players.
Sponsor: Rep Lipinski, William O. [IL-3] (introduced 5/16/1997) Cosponsors (55)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 6/11/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

10. H.CON.RES.106 : Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the negotiation of an international climate change agreement.
Sponsor: Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] (introduced 6/25/1997) Cosponsors (54)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/16/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

11. H.CON.RES.112 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the German Government should expand and simplify its reparations system, provide reparations to Holocaust survivors in Eastern and Central Europe, and set up a fund to help cover the medical expenses of Holocaust survivors.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 7/9/1997) Cosponsors (37)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/20/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from State.

12. H.CON.RES.148 : Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the burning of Smyrna and honoring the memory of its civilian victims, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 9/9/1997) Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/9/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

13. H.CON.RES.152 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that all parties to the multiparty peace talks regarding Northern Ireland should condemn violence and fully integrate internationally recognized human rights standards and adequately address outstanding human rights violations as part of the peace process.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 9/17/1997) Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/19/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

14. H.CON.RES.153 : Commending Italy for its efforts to resolve the crisis in Albania and to promote democracy and a market-based economy in Albania.
Sponsor: Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] (introduced 9/18/1997) Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/18/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

15. H.CON.RES.181 : Calling for a United States effort to end restrictions on the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people in the occupied area of Cyprus.
Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 10/29/1997) Cosponsors (151)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/9/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.

16. H.CON.RES.188 : Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey.
Sponsor: Rep Pappas, Michael [NJ-12] (introduced 11/7/1997) Cosponsors (42)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/7/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

17. H.CON.RES.203 : Requesting that the United States Postal Service issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Mascara, Frank [PA-20] (introduced 1/27/1998) Cosponsors (180)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 1/30/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

18. H.CON.RES.208 : Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding access to affordable housing and expansion of homeownership opportunities.
Sponsor: Rep Lazio, Rick [NY-2] (introduced 2/4/1998) Cosponsors (169)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/21/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Banking.

19. H.CON.RES.220 : Regarding American victims of terrorism.
Sponsor: Rep Fox, Jon D. [PA-13] (introduced 2/12/1998) Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/6/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

20. H.CON.RES.224 : Urging international cooperation in recovering children abducted in the United States and taken to other countries.
Sponsor: Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] (introduced 2/25/1998) Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/21/1998 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

21. 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.

22. H.CON.RES.246 : Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the collection of demographic, social, and economic data as part of the 2000 decennial census of population.
Sponsor: Rep Morella, Constance A. [MD-8] (introduced 3/17/1998) Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

23. H.CON.RES.252 : Relating to a United States initiative to help resolve the situation in Cyprus.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 3/26/1998) Cosponsors (36)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/26/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

24. H.CON.RES.258 : Encouraging international resolution of the political status of East Timor.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 4/1/1998) Cosponsors (91)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

25. H.CON.RES.264 : Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to documentation requirements for physicians who submit claims to Medicare for office visits and for other evaluation and management services.
Sponsor: Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] (introduced 4/28/1998) Cosponsors (40)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/6/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

26. H.CON.RES.283 : Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the December 1997 report on Tibet of the International Commission of Jurists and on United States policy on Tibet.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-26] (introduced 5/22/1998) Cosponsors (67)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/22/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

27. 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.

28. H.CON.RES.304 : Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the culpability of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/21/1998) Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 369 - 1, 1 Present (Roll No. 427).

29. H.CON.RES.313 : Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to self-determination for the people of Kosova, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] (introduced 7/30/1998) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/30/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

30. H.CON.RES.320 : Supporting the Baltic people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and condemning the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression of August 23, 1939.
Sponsor: Rep Shimkus, John [IL-20] (introduced 8/5/1998) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/12/1998 Received in the Senate.

31. H.CON.RES.325 : Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to government discrimination in Germany based on religion or belief, particularly against United States citizens.
Sponsor: Rep Salmon, Matt [AZ-1] (introduced 8/6/1998) Cosponsors (61)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 8/6/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

32. H.RES.26 : Requiring the House of Representatives to take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as a part of the Constitution, when the legislatures of an additional 3 States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
Sponsor: Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (58)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

33. H.RES.37 : Authorizing the House of Representatives to participate in State and local government transit programs pursuant to section 7905 of title 5, United States Code.
Sponsor: Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (259)
Committees: House Oversight
Latest Major Action: 2/5/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.

34. H.RES.135 : To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit disabled individuals who have access to the House floor to bring supporting services.
Sponsor: Rep Weygand, Robert A. [RI-2] (introduced 4/29/1997) Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Rules
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

35. H.RES.218 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of Ava Gardner.
Sponsor: Rep Etheridge, Bob [NC-2] (introduced 9/3/1997) Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 9/5/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

36. H.RES.226 : Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Sponsor: Rep Northup, Anne M. [KY-3] (introduced 9/10/1997) Cosponsors (63)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/10/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

37. H.RES.235 : Expressing support for the goals of National Mammography Day.
Sponsor: Rep Bass, Charles F. [NH-2] (introduced 9/18/1997) Cosponsors (184)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 10/15/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

38. H.RES.236 : To express the sense of the House of Representatives on consideration of comprehensive campaign finance reform.
Sponsor: Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] (introduced 9/18/1997) Cosponsors (32)
Committees: House Oversight
Latest Major Action: 9/18/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.

39. H.RES.241 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should act swiftly and expeditiously to give its advice and consent to ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Sponsor: Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] (introduced 9/23/1997) Cosponsors (110)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/23/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

40. H.RES.279 : Recognizing the contribution that child care professionals make to the wellbeing of children and their families.
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 10/23/1997) Cosponsors (63)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 11/7/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

41. H.RES.333 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should support Italy's inclusion as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council if there is to be an expansion of this important international body.
Sponsor: Rep Gephardt, Richard A. [MO-3] (introduced 11/13/1997) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.

42. H.RES.460 : Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Veterans of America.
Sponsor: Rep Weygand, Robert A. [RI-2] (introduced 6/5/1998) Cosponsors (91)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/5/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

43. H.RES.512 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should focus appropriate attention on the issue of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime by delivering speeches, convening meetings, and directing his Administration to make reducing crime an important priority.
Sponsor: Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] (introduced 7/29/1998) Cosponsors (61)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/19/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

44. H.RES.565 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of mammograms and biopsies in the fight against breast cancer.
Sponsor: Rep Bass, Charles F. [NH-2] (introduced 10/1/1998) Cosponsors (162)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 10/9/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll No. 507).

45. H.J.RES.54 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Solomon, Gerald B. H. [NY-22] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (284)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
House Reports: 105-121; Senate Reports: 105-298
Latest Major Action: 9/1/1998 By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 105-298. Minority views filed.

46. H.J.RES.66 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (129)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/2/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

47. H.J.RES.89 : Calling on the President to continue to support and fully participate in negotiations at the United Nations to conclude an international agreement to establish an international criminal court.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 7/30/1997) Cosponsors (36)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/30/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

48. H.J.RES.99 : Expressing the appreciation of Congress and the American people for the service performed during World War I and World War II by members of the Navy who were assigned as gun crews on board merchant ships as part of the Naval Armed Guard Service.
Sponsor: Rep Greenwood, James C. [PA-8] (introduced 11/6/1997) Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 11/17/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

49. H.J.RES.102 : Expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel.
Sponsor: Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] (introduced 11/7/1997) Cosponsors (226)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-175 [GPO: Text, PDF]

50. H.J.RES.114 : Disapproving the certification of the President under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1998.
Sponsor: Rep Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [FL-22] (introduced 3/4/1998) Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House International Relations; House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

51. H.R.4 : To provide off-budget treatment for the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
Sponsor: Rep Shuster, Bud [PA-9] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (243)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Budget
Latest Major Action: 2/5/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

52. H.R.12 : To prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in handguns.
Sponsor: Rep Schumer, Charles E. [NY-9] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (51)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

53. H.R.15 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve preventive benefits under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep Thomas, William M. [CA-21] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (146)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/13/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

54. H.R.23 : To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for legal accountability for sweatshop conditions in the garment industry, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Clay, William (Bill) [MO-1] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (110)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/7/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

55. H.R.38 : To provide a minimum survivor annuity for the unremarried surviving spouses of retired members of the Armed Forces who died before having an opportunity to participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Michael [FL-9] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (52)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 2/3/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

56. H.R.58 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve Medicare treatment and education for beneficiaries with diabetes by providing coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and uniform coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes.
Sponsor: Rep Furse, Elizabeth [OR-1] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (285)
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.

57. H.R.66 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protections for Medicare beneficiaries who enroll in Medicare managed care plans.
Sponsor: Rep Coburn, Tom A. [OK-2] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (120)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/22/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

58. H.R.96 : To provide regulatory assistance for small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Solomon, Gerald B. H. [NY-22] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (122)
Committees: House Small Business; House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 9/11/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction and the Subcommittee on Government Programs and Oversight.

59. H.R.135 : To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies and lymph node dissections performed for the treatment of breast cancer.
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (224)
Committees: House Commerce; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/31/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

60. H.R.145 : To terminate the effectiveness of certain amendments to the foreign repair station rules of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Borski, Robert A. [PA-3] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (178)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 10/9/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

61. H.R.150 : To amend the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 to require that disbursements from the International Fund for Ireland are distributed in accordance with the MacBride principles of economic justice, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (50)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/7/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

62. H.R.164 : To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for reconstructive breast surgery if they provide coverage for mastectomies.
Sponsor: Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (162)
Committees: House Commerce; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/31/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

63. H.R.192 : To establish a demonstration project to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of using the Medicare trust funds to reimburse the Department of Defense for certain health care services provided to Medicare-eligible covered military beneficiaries.
Sponsor: Rep Hefley, Joel [CO-5] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (233)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce; House National Security
Latest Major Action: 2/3/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

64. H.R.277 : To increase penalties and strengthen enforcement of environmental crimes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Schumer, Charles E. [NY-9] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Commerce; House Agriculture; House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Re-referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

65. H.R.279 : To award a congressional gold medal to Francis Albert Sinatra.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (302)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

66. H.R.305 : To provide protection from sexual predators.
Sponsor: Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (63)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

67. H.R.306 : To prohibit discrimination against individuals and their family members on the basis of genetic information, or a request for genetic services.
Sponsor: Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (213)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 6/11/1998 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Slaughter. Petition No: 105-4.

68. H.R.336 : To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security trust funds by reconstituting the Boards of Trustees of such trust funds and the Managing Trustee of such trust funds to increase their independence, by providing for annual investment plans to guide investment of amounts in such trust funds, and by removing unnecessary restrictions on investment and disinvestment of amounts in such trust funds.
Sponsor: Rep Solomon, Gerald B. H. [NY-22] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (37)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/23/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

69. H.R.350 : To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1986 to encourage States to enact a Law Enforcement Officer's Bill of Rights, to provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal police investigations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (79)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

70. H.R.387 : To terminate the authorities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
Sponsor: Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (24)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 2/13/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

71. H.R.399 : To prohibit the provision of financial assistance by the Federal Government to any person who is more than 60 days delinquent in the payment of any child support obligation.
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Michael [FL-9] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (81)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 1/23/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

72. H.R.407 : To allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for breast-cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.
Sponsor: Rep Fazio, Vic [CA-3] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (126)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/23/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

73. H.R.409 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the provisions of chapter 76 of that title (relating to missing persons) as in effect before the amendments made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997.
Sponsor: Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. [NY-20] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (100)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 5/29/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.

74. H.R.414 : To authorize the use of the Medicare trust funds to reimburse the Department of Defense for certain health care services provided to Medicare-eligible covered military beneficiaries.
Sponsor: Rep Hefley, Joel [CO-5] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (198)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce; House National Security
Latest Major Action: 2/3/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

75. H.R.418 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of an annual screening mammography under part B of the Medicare program for women age 65 or older.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (114)
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.

76. H.R.445 : To provide that the firearms prohibitions applicable by reason of a domestic violence misdemeanor conviction do not apply to government entities.
Sponsor: Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/5/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

77. H.R.453 : To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to transfer or market nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] (introduced 1/21/1997) Cosponsors (104)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/6/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

78. H.R.475 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for offering the option of Medicare coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (PSOs), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Greenwood, James C. [PA-8] (introduced 1/21/1997) Cosponsors (87)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/30/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

79. H.R.536 : To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 2/4/1997) Cosponsors (55)
Committees: House Commerce; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 2/18/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

80. H.R.543 : To provide for award of the Navy Combat Action Ribbon based upon participation in ground or surface combat as a member of the Navy or Marine Corps during the period between July 4, 1943, and March 1, 1961.
Sponsor: Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] (introduced 2/4/1997) Cosponsors (96)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 2/19/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

81. H.R.552 : To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on any scheduled airline flight segment in intrastate, interstate, or foreign air transportation.
Sponsor: Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] (introduced 2/4/1997) Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 2/18/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

82. H.R.586 : To prohibit the restriction of certain types of medical communications between a health care provider and a patient.
Sponsor: Rep Ganske, Greg [IA-4] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (302)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

83. H.R.590 : To amend the Act of September 30, 1961, to limit the antitrust exemption applicable to broadcasting agreements made by leagues of professional sports, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

84. H.R.603 : To prohibit Federal subsidies for the Tennessee Valley Authority after fiscal year 1998.
Sponsor: Rep Franks, Bob [NJ-7] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 2/18/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

85. H.R.611 : To close the United States Army School of the Americas.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Joseph P., II [MA-8] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (150)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

86. H.R.612 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore the link between the maximum amount of earnings by blind individuals permitted without demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity and the exempt amount permitted in determining excess earnings under the earnings test.
Sponsor: Rep Kennelly, Barbara B. [CT-1] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (202)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/10/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

87. H.R.614 : To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.
Sponsor: Rep Luther, Bill [MN-6] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (36)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 2/13/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

88. H.R.616 : To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer, coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomies, and coverage for secondary consultations.
Sponsor: Rep Molinari, Susan [NY-13] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (146)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 3/3/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

89. H.R.617 : To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for annual screening mammography for women 40 years of age or older if the coverage or plans include coverage for diagnostic mammography.
Sponsor: Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (50)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

90. H.R.619 : To prohibit the import, export, sale, purchase, possession, transportation, acquisition, and receipt of bear viscera or products that contain or claim to contain bear viscera, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Porter, John Edward [IL-10] (introduced 2/5/1997) Cosponsors (142)
Committees: House Resources; House International Relations; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

91. H.R.678 : To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison, to redesign the half dollar circulating coin for 1997 to commemorate Thomas Edison, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gillmor, Paul E. [OH-5] (introduced 2/11/1997) Cosponsors (296)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-331 [GPO: Text, PDF]

92. H.R.745 : To deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations to satisfy, in a manner consistent with all Federal laws, the water rights interests of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
Sponsor: Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (29)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 7/28/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

93. H.R.754 : To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use of child safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on commercial aircraft.
Sponsor: Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (86)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 2/27/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

94. H.R.777 : To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a 21st Century Scholars Program.
Sponsor: Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (121)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 3/7/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

95. H.R.815 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to assure access to emergency medical services under group health plans, health insurance coverage, and the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Sponsor: Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD-3] (introduced 2/25/1997) Cosponsors (241)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

96. H.R.820 : To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish standards for protection of consumers in managed care plans and other health insurance coverage.
Sponsor: Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-16] (introduced 2/25/1997) Cosponsors (36)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 10/28/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

97. H.R.836 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. [NY-20] (introduced 2/26/1997) Cosponsors (209)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/17/1998 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Filner. Petition No: 105-8.

98. H.R.852 : To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, to minimize the burden of Federal paperwork demands upon small businesses, educational and nonprofit institutions, Federal contractors, State and local governments, and other persons through the sponsorship and use of alternative information technologies.
Sponsor: Rep Talent, Jim [MO-2] (introduced 2/26/1997) Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight; House Small Business; Senate Governmental Affairs
House Reports: 105-7 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

99. 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.

100. H.R.872 : To establish rules governing product liability actions against raw materials and bulk component suppliers to medical device manufacturers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gekas, George W. [PA-17] (introduced 2/27/1997) Cosponsors (135)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Commerce
House Reports: 105-549 Part 1, 105-549 Part 2
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-230 [GPO: Text, PDF]

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