[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 39 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S2787]
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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. ASHCROFT:
       S. 514. A bill to provide uniform standards for the 
     awarding of compensatory and punitive damages in a civil 
     action against a volunteer or volunteer service organization, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       S. 515. A bill to provide uniform standards for the 
     awarding of compensatory and punitive damages in a civil 
     action against a volunteer or volunteer service organization, 
     and for other purposes; read twice.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Robb, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Moynihan, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Wellstone, Ms. Moseley-
             Braun, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Feingold, and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 516. A bill to amend section 1977A of the Revised 
     Statutes to equalize the remedies available to all victims of 
     intentional employment discrimination, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
       S. 517. A bill to provide relief to agricultural producers 
     who granted easements to, or owned or operated land condemned 
     by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused by 
     water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, to the 
     extent that the actual losses exceed the estimates of the 
     Secretary; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.

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