[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 14 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S736-S737]
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              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 1549. A bill to improve regulation of the purchase and 
     sale of municipal securities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1550. A bill to eliminate the duties on 2-Amino-3-
     chlorobenzoic acid, methyl ester; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Conrad, and Mr. Kerrey):
       S. 1551. A bill to restore the broadcast ownership rules 
     under the Communications Act of 1934 to the status quo ante 
     the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DASCHLE:
       S. 1552. A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 
     1974 to prevent the canceling of annuities to certain 
     divorced spouses of workers whose widows elect to receive 
     lump sum payments; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1553. A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces 
     performing services for 

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     the peacekeeping effort in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall 
     be entitled to certain tax benefits in the same manner as if 
     such services were performed in a combat zone; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COCHRAN:
       S. 1554. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to clarify the exemption for houseparents from the 
     minimum wage and maximum hours requirements of that Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Mr. DOLE (for himself, Mr. Roth, Mr. McCain, and Mr. 
             Domenici):
       S. 1555. A bill to guarantee the timely payment of social 
     security benefits in March 1996; read twice.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 1556. A bill to prohibit economic espionage, to provide 
     for the protection of United States proprietary economic 
     information in interstate and foreign commerce, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 1557. A bill to prohibit economic espionage, to provide 
     for the protection of United States vital proprietary 
     economic information, and for other purposes; to the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence.

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