[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 13 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1017]
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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. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Warner, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
             Kyl, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Craig, Mr. Reid, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Kerry, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 263. A bill 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; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 264. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act 
     to provide an incentive for the reporting of inaccurate 
     medicare claims for payment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 265. A bill to provide off-budget treatment for the 
     Highway Trust Fund; to the Committee on the Budget and the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs, jointly, pursuant to the 
     order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one 
     committee reports, the other committee have thirty days to 
     report or be discharged.
           By Mr. ROTH:
       S. 266. A bill to establish the Government 2000 Commission 
     to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the 
     Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 267. A bill to provide for the imposition of 
     administrative fees for medicare overpayment collection, and 
     to require automated prepayment screening of medicare claims, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Frist):
       S. 268. A bill to regulate flights over national parks, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       S. 269. A bill to provide that the Secretary of the Senate 
     and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall include 
     an estimate of Federal retirement benefits for each Member of 
     Congress in their semiannual reports, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Leahy, and 
             Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 270. A bill to grant the consent of Congress to the 
     Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 271. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     ensure that at least an equivalent level of service will be 
     supplied to the public and affected agencies before closing 
     National Weather Service field stations; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       S. 272. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow defense contractors a credit against income tax for 
     20 percent of the defense conversion employee retraining 
     expenses paid or incurred by the contractors; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       S. 273. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives relating to the closure, 
     realignment, or downsizing of military installations; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       S. 274. A bill to establish a Northern Border States-Canada 
     Trade Council, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Moynihan, 
             and Mr. Bond):
       S. 275. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for tax-exempt financing of private sector highway 
     infrastructure construction; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 276. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     conform to State law the vehicle weight limitations on 
     certain portions of the Interstate System, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, and Mr. 
             Helms):
       S. 277. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     restore the effectiveness of certain provisions regulating 
     Federal milk marketing orders; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Sessions, and Mr. Coverdell):
       S. 278. A bill to guarantee the right of all active duty 
     military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents 
     to vote in Federal, State, and local elections; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. ROTH:
       S. 279. An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 to reinstate the Airport and Airway Trust Fund excise 
     taxes, and for other purposes; from the Committee on Finance; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. 
             Akaka):
       S. 280. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
     1993 to allow employees to take school involvement leave to 
     participate in the school activities of their children or to 
     participate in literacy training, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

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