[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 42 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3011]
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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. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, 
             and Mr. Thomas):
       S. 545. A bill to provide for the reorganization of the 
     Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. 
             Snowe, Ms. Collins, Mr. Smith, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reed, and Mr. D'Amato):
       S. 546. A bill to implement the recommendations of the 
     Northern Forest Lands Council; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Lott, 
             Mr. Stevens, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Craig, Mr. Ashcroft, 
             and Mr. Warner):
       S. 547. A bill to provide for continuing appropriations in 
     the absence of regular appropriations for fiscal year 1998; 
     to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. ROBERTS:
       S. 548. A bill to expand the availability and affordability 
     of quality child care through the offering of incentives to 
     businesses to support child care activities; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 549. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that certain cash rentals of farmland will not 
     cause recapture of special estate tax valuation; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       S. 550. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the gift tax exclusion to $25,000; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG:
       S. 551. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 to make modifications to certain provisions; to 
     the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. 
             Collins, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. Smith):
       S. 552. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to preserve family-held forest lands, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 553. A bill to regulate ammunition, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 554. A bill to inform and empower consumers in the 
     United States through a voluntary labeling system for wearing 
     apparel or sporting goods made without abusive and 
     exploitative child labor, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 555. A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     require that at least 85 percent of funds appropriated to the 
     Environmental Protection Agency from the Leaking Underground 
     Storage Tank Trust Fund be distributed to States to carry out 
     cooperative agreements for undertaking corrective action and 
     for enforcement of subtitle I of that Act; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Helms, 
             Mr. Cochran, Mr. Nickles, and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 556. A bill to provide for the allocation of funds from 
     the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 557. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude 
     beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from 
     the definition of volatile organic compounds; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 558. A bill to provide for a study and report regarding 
     the potential recruitment, hiring, or retention of qualified 
     former officers of the Royal Hong Kong Police by Federal law 
     enforcement agencies; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) (by 
             request):
       S. 559. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax relief to middle income families who are 
     struggling to pay for college, to amend the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 to provide significantly increased financial aid 
     for needy students, provide universal access to postsecondary 
     education, reduce student loan costs while improving student 
     loan benefits, to streamline the Federal Family Education 
     Loan Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       S. 560. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide significantly increased financial aid for needy 
     students, provide universal access to postsecondary 
     education, reduce student loan costs while improving student 
     loan benefits, to streamline the Federal Family Education 
     Loan Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
             Nickles, and Mr. Shelby):
       S.J. Res. 25. A joint resolution disapproving the rule of 
     the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to 
     occupational exposure to methylene chloride; to the Committee 
     on Labor and Human Resources.

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