[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 34 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S2356]
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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. ROBB:
       S. 448. A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     authorize local governments and Governors to restrict receipt 
     of out-of-State municipal solid waste, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kennedy, and 
             Mr. Hutchinson):
       S. 449. A bill to prohibit the restriction of certain types 
     of medical communications between a health care provider and 
     a patient; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. THURMOND (for himself and Mr. Levin) (by 
             request):
       S. 450. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
       S. 451. A bill to authorize construction at certain 
     military installations for fiscal year 1998, and for other 
     military construction authorizations and activities of the 
     Department of Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Faircloth, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. 
             Conrad):
       S. 452. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to permit a waiver of the prohibition of 
     offering nurse aide training and competency evaluation 
     programs in certain nursing facilities; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 453. A bill to study the high rate of cancer among 
     children in Dover Township, NJ., and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 454. A bill to provide incentives to encourage stronger 
     truth in sentencing of violent offenders, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       S. 455. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     eliminate good time credits for prisoners serving a sentence 
     for a crime of violence, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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