[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 44 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3199]
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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. ALLARD:
       S. 572. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal restrictions on taxpayers having medical savings 
     accounts; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. Moseley-Braun, and 
             Mr. Burns):
       S. 573. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow an income tax deduction for student loan interest 
     payments; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 574. A bill to delay the application of the 
     substantiation requirements to reimbursement arrangements of 
     certain loggers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Allard, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mr. Reid, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Mack, Ms. 
             Collins, and Mr. Biden):
       S. 575. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the deduction for health insurance costs of self-
     employed individuals; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 576. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that corporate tax benefits from stock option 
     compensation expenses are allowed only to the extent such 
     expenses are included in corporate accounts; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. GLENN (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 577. A bill to increase the efficiency and effectiveness 
     of the Federal Government, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Reid, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. Craig, Mr. Kempthorne, and Mr. Thomas):
       S. 578. A bill to permit an individual to be treated by a 
     health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment 
     such individual requests, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. ASHCROFT:
       S. 579. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a deduction for the old-age, survivors, and 
     disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-
     employed individuals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. 
             Faircloth, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 580. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals to designate that up to 10 percent of 
     their income tax liability be used to reduce the national 
     debt, and to require spending reductions equal to the amounts 
     so designated; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 581. A bill to amend section 49 of title 28, United 
     States Code, to limit the periods of service that a judge or 
     justice may serve on the division of the United States Court 
     of Appeals for the District of Columbia to appoint 
     independent counsels, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. 
             Roberts, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 582. A bill to deem as timely submitted certain written 
     notices of intent under section 8009(c)(1) of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for school year 1997-
     1998; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. GREGG:
       S. 583. A bill to change the date on which individual 
     Federal income tax returns must be filed to the Nation's Tax 
     Freedom Day, the day on which the country's citizens no 
     longer work to pay taxes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       S. 584. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to change the time for filing income tax returns from April 
     15 to the first Tuesday in November, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Johnson, 
             and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 585. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to abate the 
     accrual of interest on income tax underpayments by taxpayers 
     located in Presidentially declared disaster areas if the 
     Secretary extends the time for filing returns and payment of 
     tax for such returns; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Roth, 
             Mr. Biden, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             D'Amato, Mr. Specter, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Gregg, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mr. Santorum, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Reed, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 586. A bill to reauthorize the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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