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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.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.

3. 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.

4. H.CON.RES.109 : Recognizing the many talents of the actor Jimmy Stewart and honoring the contributions he made to the Nation.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 7/8/1997) Cosponsors (117)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/17/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

5. H.CON.RES.176 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Russian Federation should preserve and protect the rights and freedoms currently afforded those of religious faith under the Russian Constitution.
Sponsor: Rep Hutchinson, Asa [AR-3] (introduced 10/24/1997) Cosponsors (45)
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.

6. 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.

7. H.CON.RES.193 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should remove Hani El-Sayegh from the United States to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sponsor: Rep Mica, John L. [FL-7] (introduced 11/9/1997) Cosponsors (90)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/9/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

8. H.CON.RES.202 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should acknowledge the importance of at-home parents and should not discriminate against families who forego a second income in order for a mother or father to be at home with their children.
Sponsor: Rep Goodling, William F. [PA-19] (introduced 1/27/1998) Cosponsors (57)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; Senate Labor and Human Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

9. 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.

10. H.CON.RES.226 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not take military action against the Republic of Iraq unless that action is specifically authorized by law.
Sponsor: Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] (introduced 2/26/1998) Cosponsors (108)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 2/26/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

11. H.CON.RES.288 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should support the efforts of Federal law enforcement agents engaged in investigation and prosecution of money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions.
Sponsor: Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] (introduced 6/9/1998) Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/23/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

12. 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.

13. H.CON.RES.299 : Expressing the sense of Congress that executive departments and agencies must maintain the division of governmental responsibilities between the national government and the States that was intended by the framers of the Constitution, and must ensure that the principles of federalism established by the framers guide the executive departments and agencies in the formulation and implementation of policies.
Sponsor: Rep Collins, Mac [GA-3] (introduced 7/16/1998) Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 8/19/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

14. H.CON.RES.301 : Affirming the United States commitment to Taiwan.
Sponsor: Rep DeLay, Tom [TX-22] (introduced 7/17/1998) Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/21/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

15. H.CON.RES.302 : Recognizing the importance of children and families in the United States and expressing support for the goals of National KidsDay and National Family Month.
Sponsor: Rep McHale, Paul [PA-15] (introduced 7/20/1998) Cosponsors (44)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 10/9/1998 Received in the Senate.

16. H.CON.RES.340 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that Iraq is in unacceptable and material breach of its international obligations, that the United States should insist on the removal, destruction, or otherwise rendering harmless of Iraq's programs for biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons, and that the United States should fully support the right of inspectors with the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq to unfettered and unannounced inspections of suspected weapons facilities.
Sponsor: Rep DeLay, Tom [TX-22] (introduced 10/8/1998) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/8/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

17. 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.

18. H.CON.RES.342 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should impose sanctions under the Arms Export Control Act and the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 with respect to the acquisition by Iran of advanced missile technology from other countries and should take steps to expedite the development of a missile defense system for the United States and for United States forces wherever deployed to deal with the Iranian missile threat, and should assist Israel in the acquisition of a missile defense system capable of defending all Israeli territory against Iranian missile attack.
Sponsor: Rep DeLay, Tom [TX-22] (introduced 10/8/1998) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House International Relations; House National Security
Latest Major Action: 10/16/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development.

19. H.CON.RES.345 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should reassert the traditional opposition of the United States to the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State.
Sponsor: Rep Saxton, Jim [NJ-3] (introduced 10/8/1998) Cosponsors (29)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/8/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

20. H.RES.139 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Education, States, and local education agencies should spend a greater percentage of Federal education tax dollars in our children's classrooms.
Sponsor: Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] (introduced 5/1/1997) Cosponsors (84)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
House Reports: 105-349
Latest Major Action: 10/29/1997 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 310 - 99 (Roll no. 538).

21. H.RES.144 : To express support for the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Sponsor: Rep Bereuter, Doug [NE-1] (introduced 5/6/1997) Cosponsors (77)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 9/23/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll No. 454).

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. H.RES.267 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the citizens of the United States must remain committed to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by the Nation's youth.
Sponsor: Rep Pappas, Michael [NJ-12] (introduced 10/9/1997) Cosponsors (181)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 5/5/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 1 (Roll No. 126).

26. H.RES.399 : Urging the Congress and the President to work to fully fund the Federal Government's obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Sponsor: Rep Bass, Charles F. [NH-2] (introduced 3/26/1998) Cosponsors (40)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 6/16/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

27. H.RES.423 : Expressing the sense of the House with respect to winning the war on drugs to protect our children.
Sponsor: Rep Hastert, J. Dennis [IL-14] (introduced 5/7/1998) Cosponsors (56)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/12/1998 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): 412 - 2 (Roll No. 138).

28. H.RES.452 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service should reject the recommended decision issued by the Postal Rate Commission on May 11, 1998, to the extent that it provides for any increase in postage rates.
Sponsor: Rep Latham, Tom [IA-5] (introduced 6/3/1998) Cosponsors (55)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 6/22/1998 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): 393 - 12 (Roll No. 256).

29. 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).

30. H.J.RES.1 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation.
Sponsor: Rep Schaefer, Dan [CO-6] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (229)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

31. H.J.RES.7 : Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Archer, Bill [TX-7] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/5/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

32. H.J.RES.52 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations and the balanced budget.
Sponsor: Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] (introduced 2/12/1997) Cosponsors (142)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/5/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

33. 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.

34. H.J.RES.62 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations.
Sponsor: Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] (introduced 3/11/1997) Cosponsors (164)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 105-50
Latest Major Action: 4/15/1997 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 233 - 190 (Roll no. 78).

35. H.J.RES.67 : Disapproving the rule of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to occupational exposure to methylene chloride.
Sponsor: Rep Wicker, Roger F. [MS-1] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (54)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 4/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

36. H.J.RES.75 : To confer status as an honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces on Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope.
Sponsor: Rep Stump, Bob [AZ-3] (introduced 4/30/1997) Cosponsors (280)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs; Senate Veterans' Affairs
House Reports: 105-109
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-67 [GPO: Text, PDF]

37. H.J.RES.78 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom.
Sponsor: Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [OK-5] (introduced 5/8/1997) Cosponsors (153)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 105-543
Latest Major Action: 6/4/1998 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On passage Failed by recorded vote (2/3 required): 224 - 203 (Roll No. 201).

38. 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]

39. H.J.RES.109 : Relating to the expenditure of funds by the Federal Government under National or State tobacco industry settlements.
Sponsor: Rep Hutchinson, Asa [AR-3] (introduced 2/11/1998) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Budget
Latest Major Action: 2/11/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

40. H.J.RES.111 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations.
Sponsor: Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] (introduced 2/26/1998) Cosponsors (185)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/22/1998 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On passage Failed by recorded vote (2/3 required): 238 - 186 (Roll No. 102).

41. H.R.1 : To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.
Sponsor: Rep Ballenger, Cass [NC-10] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (99)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; Senate Labor and Human Resources
House Reports: 105-21
Latest Major Action: 3/20/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

42. 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.

43. 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.

44. H.R.71 : To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their time in order to enhance their occupational opportunities.
Sponsor: Rep Knollenberg, Joe [MI-11] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/31/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

45. H.R.86 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow farmers to income average over 2 years.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (64)
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.

46. H.R.113 : To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced Federal budget, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Condit, Gary A. [CA-18] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Budget; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.

47. H.R.126 : To establish procedures to provide for a deficit reduction lock-box and related downward adjustment of discretionary spending limits.
Sponsor: Rep Crapo, Mike [ID-2] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (55)
Committees: House Budget; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.

48. 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.

49. H.R.198 : To limit the types of commercial nonpostal services which may be offered by the United States Postal Service.
Sponsor: Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (31)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 1/22/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

50. H.R.218 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns.
Sponsor: Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [CA-51] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (124)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 105-819
Latest Major Action: 10/14/1998 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 460.

51. H.R.230 : To ensure that insurance against the risk of catastrophic natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, is available and affordable, and to provide for expanded hazard mitigation and relief, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCollum, Bill [FL-8] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 2/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

52. 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.

53. H.R.334 : To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to bring more balance into the negotiation of Tribal-State compacts, to require an individual participating in class II or class III Indian gaming to be physically present at the authorized gaming activity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Solomon, Gerald B. H. [NY-22] (introduced 1/7/1997) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Resources; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/11/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

54. 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.

55. H.R.446 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage savings and investment through individual retirement accounts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Thomas, William M. [CA-21] (introduced 1/9/1997) Cosponsors (140)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/9/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

56. H.R.479 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of funeral trusts.
Sponsor: Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] (introduced 1/21/1997) Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/21/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

57. H.R.640 : To amend the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit the unimpeded use of privately owned crop, range, and pasture lands that have been used for the planting of crops or the grazing of livestock in at least five of preceding ten years.
Sponsor: Rep Hostettler, John N. [IN-8] (introduced 2/6/1997) Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/20/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

58. 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]

59. H.R.695 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to affirm the rights of United States persons to use and sell encryption and to relax export controls on encryption.
Sponsor: Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] (introduced 2/12/1997) Cosponsors (249)
Committees: House Judiciary; House International Relations; House Commerce; House National Security; House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
House Reports: 105-108 Part 1, 105-108 Part 2, 105-108 Part 3, 105-108 Part 4, 105-108 Part 5
Latest Major Action: 9/29/1997 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.

60. 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.

61. H.R.750 : To support the autonomous governance of Hong Kong after its reversion to the People's Republic of China.
Sponsor: Rep Bereuter, Doug [NE-1] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/12/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

62. H.R.755 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate any portion of their income tax overpayments, and to make other contributions, for the benefit of units of the National Park System.
Sponsor: Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (80)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Resources
House Reports: 105-482 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 4/21/1998 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-482, Part I.

63. H.R.758 : To amend the National Labor Relations Act to protect employer rights.
Sponsor: Rep Fawell, Harris W. [IL-13] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (122)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/5/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

64. H.R.768 : To restrict the Food and Drug Administration from penalizing retailers for face-to-face tobacco sales that are in accordance with State law.
Sponsor: Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] (introduced 2/13/1997) Cosponsors (40)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

65. 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.

66. H.R.859 : To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate certain regulation of plumbing supplies.
Sponsor: Rep Knollenberg, Joe [MI-11] (introduced 2/27/1997) Cosponsors (76)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/7/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

67. H.R.880 : To provide for a reduction in regulatory costs by maintaining Federal average fuel economy standards applicable to automobiles in effect at current levels until changed by law.
Sponsor: Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] (introduced 2/27/1997) Cosponsors (99)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/7/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

68. H.R.901 : To preserve the sovereignty of the United States over public lands and acquired lands owned by the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and private property rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public lands and acquired lands.
Sponsor: Rep Young, Don [AK] (introduced 2/27/1997) Cosponsors (174)
Committees: House Resources; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
House Reports: 105-245
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1998 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior and Office of Management and Budget.

69. H.R.902 : To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers.
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-47] (introduced 3/3/1997) Cosponsors (206)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/3/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

70. H.R.911 : To encourage the States to enact legislation to grant immunity from personal civil liability, under certain circumstances, to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and governmental entities.
Sponsor: Rep Porter, John Edward [IL-10] (introduced 3/4/1997) Cosponsors (156)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
House Reports: 105-101 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 5/21/1997 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 390 - 35 (Roll no. 150).

71. H.R.922 : To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to conduct or support research on the cloning of humans.
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] (introduced 3/5/1997) Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Commerce; House Science
House Reports: 105-239 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 8/1/1997 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 105-239, Part I.

72. H.R.923 : To prohibit the cloning of humans.
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] (introduced 3/5/1997) Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

73. H.R.929 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions.
Sponsor: Rep Canady, Charles T. [FL-12] (introduced 3/5/1997) Cosponsors (181)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 105-24
Latest Major Action: 3/14/1997 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 15.

74. H.R.955 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the deduction of home office expenses where the home office is the sole fixed location of the business.
Sponsor: Rep Pappas, Michael [NJ-12] (introduced 3/5/1997) Cosponsors (77)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/5/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

75. H.R.967 : To prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials in international conferences, programs, and activities and to provide that certain Chinese officials shall be ineligible to receive visas and excluded from admission to the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. [NY-20] (introduced 3/6/1997) Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House International Relations; House Judiciary; Senate Foreign Relations
House Reports: 105-309 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 6/18/1998 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearings held.

76. H.R.993 : To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to repeal the National Service Trust Program under which certain persons who perform national or community service receive stipends and educational awards for such service.
Sponsor: Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] (introduced 3/6/1997) Cosponsors (65)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

77. H.R.1010 : To improve congressional deliberation on proposed Federal private sector mandates, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Condit, Gary A. [CA-18] (introduced 3/11/1997) Cosponsors (83)
Committees: House Rules
Latest Major Action: 3/11/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

78. H.R.1022 : To authorize manufacturers and dealers of cars, trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles and motor vehicle repair businesses to install switches to be used by drivers to deactivate air bags in cars, trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, Dan [FL-13] (introduced 3/11/1997) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

79. H.R.1037 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade income.
Sponsor: Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] (introduced 3/12/1997) Cosponsors (33)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

80. H.R.1060 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize compounding of drugs and devices under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Rep Burr, Richard [NC-5] (introduced 3/13/1997) Cosponsors (152)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

81. H.R.1062 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to preventing the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (commonly known as HIV), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Coburn, Tom A. [OK-2] (introduced 3/13/1997) Cosponsors (107)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

82. 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.

83. H.R.1114 : To provide surveillance, research, and services aimed at prevention of birth defects, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] (introduced 3/18/1997) Cosponsors (163)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

84. H.R.1126 : To provide that certain service of members of the United States merchant marine during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of any law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep Evans, Lane [IL-17] (introduced 3/19/1997) Cosponsors (337)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/19/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

85. H.R.1151 : To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to clarify existing law and ratify the longstanding policy of the National Credit Union Administration Board with regard to field of membership of Federal credit unions.
Sponsor: Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-19] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (207)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
House Reports: 105-472; Senate Reports: 105-193
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-219 [GPO: Text, PDF]

86. 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.

87. H.R.1203 : To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that funds provided under such Act are not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects.
Sponsor: Rep Stump, Bob [AZ-3] (introduced 3/20/1997) Cosponsors (129)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 4/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

88. H.R.1283 : To provide a moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relating to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974.
Sponsor: Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. [MD-2] (introduced 4/10/1997) Cosponsors (133)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/25/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

89. 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.

90. H.R.1306 : An Act to amend Federal law to clarify the applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Roukema, Marge [NJ-5] (introduced 4/10/1997) Cosponsors (32)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-24 [GPO: Text, PDF]

91. H.R.1362 : To establish a demonstration project to provide for Medicare reimbursement for health care services provided to certain Medicare-eligible veterans in selected facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep Stump, Bob [AZ-3] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (140)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce; House Veterans' Affairs
House Reports: 105-186 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 7/16/1997 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 105-186, Part I.

92. 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.

93. H.R.1378 : To prohibit discrimination in contracting on federally funded projects on the basis of certain labor policies of potential contractors.
Sponsor: Rep Hayworth, J. D. [AZ-6] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (125)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 5/2/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

94. H.R.1391 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from tax for gain on sale of a principal residence.
Sponsor: Rep Portman, Rob [OH-2] (introduced 4/17/1997) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/17/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

95. H.R.1415 : To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish standards for relationships between group health plans and health insurance issuers with enrollees, health professionals, and providers.
Sponsor: Rep Norwood, Charles W. [GA-10] (introduced 4/23/1997) Cosponsors (234)
Committees: House Commerce; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 10/28/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

96. H.R.1428 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a system through which the Commissioner of Social Security and the Attorney General respond to inquiries made by election officials concerning the citizenship of voting registration applicants and to amend the Social Security Act to permit States to require individuals registering to vote in elections to provide the individual's Social Security number.
Sponsor: Rep Horn, Stephen [CA-38] (introduced 4/24/1997) Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Oversight; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/12/1998 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 210 - 200 (Roll no. 17).

97. H.R.1496 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide greater equity in savings opportunities for families with children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCollum, Bill [FL-8] (introduced 4/30/1997) Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/30/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

98. H.R.1526 : The Americans For Affordable Housing Act.
Sponsor: Rep Quinn, Jack [NY-30] (introduced 5/1/1997) Cosponsors (59)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/6/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

99. H.R.1534 : To simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit certification of unsettled State law questions that are essential to resolving Federal claims arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising under the Constitution.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-23] (introduced 5/6/1997) Cosponsors (239)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
House Reports: 105-323; Senate Reports: 105-242
Latest Major Action: 7/8/1998 By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 105-242. Minority views filed.

100. H.R.1542 : To provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations.
Sponsor: Rep Bono, Sonny [CA-44] (introduced 5/7/1997) Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/7/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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