[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 23 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1734]
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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. BOND (for himself and Mr. Ashcroft):
       S. 368. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for 
     human cloning research; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Chafee, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Hollings, Mr. Glenn, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 369. A bill to amend section 1128B of the Social 
     Security Act to repeal the criminal penalty for fraudulent 
     disposition of assets in order to obtain medicaid benefits 
     added by section 217 of the Health Insurance Portability and 
     Accountability Act of 1996; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Conrad, and Mr. 
             Hollings):
       S. 370. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for increased medicare reimbursement for nurse 
     practitioners and clinical nurse specialists to increase the 
     delivery of health services in health professional shortage 
     areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 371. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for increased medicare reimbursement for 
     physician assistants, to increase the delivery of health 
     services in health professional shortage areas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 372. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a 5-year reinstatement of the medicare-
     dependent, small, rural hospital payment provisions, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 373. A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act and part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish 
     standards for protection of consumers in managed care plans 
     and other health plans; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ROBB:
       S. 374. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend eligibility for hospital care and medical services 
     under chapter 17 of that title to veterans who have been 
     awarded the Purple Heart, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Ford, Mr. Warner, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Gregg, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Reed, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Wellstone, and 
             Mr. Hagel):
       S. 375. A bill 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; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Burns, Mrs. Murray, and 
             Mr. Wyden):
       S. 376. A bill to affirm the rights of Americans to use and 
     sell encryption products, to establish privacy standards for 
     voluntary key recovery encryption systems, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Nickles, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
             Campbell, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brownback, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Kempthorne, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Grams, and 
             Mr. Allard):
       S. 377. A bill to promote electronic commerce by 
     facilitating the use of strong encryption, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. THOMPSON:
       S. 378. A bill to provide additional funding for the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate; read the 
     first time.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 379. A bill entitled the ``Native Alaskan Subsistance 
     Whaling Provision''; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 380. A bill to prohibit foreign nationals admitted to 
     the United States under a nonimmigrant visa from possessing a 
     firearm; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mr. Frist, 
             Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Kerrey, 
             Mr. Craig, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Campbell, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Jeffords, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Faircloth, and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 381. A bill to establish a demonstration project to 
     study and provide coverage of routine patient care costs for 
     medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an 
     approved clinical trail program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Bryan, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. Reid):
       S.J. Res. 18. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to 
     contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections; 
     read twice and placed on the calendar.

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