[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 46 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3348-S3349]
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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 
on Thursday, April 10, 1997:

           By Mr. SHELBY:
       S. 561. A bill to require States receiving prison 
     construction grants to implement requirements for inmates to 
     perform work and engage in educational activities, to 
     eliminate certain sentencing inequities for drug offenders, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. D'AMATO (for himself, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. 
             Bennett, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Bryan, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Johnson, 
             and Mr. Reed):
       S. 562. A bill to amend section 255 of the National Housing 
     Act to prevent the funding of unnecessary or excessive costs 
     for obtaining a home equity conversion mortgage; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated 
on Thursday, April 17, 1997:

           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 601. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       S. 602. A bill to provide a mandatory minimum sentence for 
     State crimes involving the use of a firearm, impose work 
     requirements for prisoners, and prohibit the provision of 
     luxury items to prisoners; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. 
             Kohl):
       S. 603. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     collect and disseminate statistically reliable information 
     from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk 
     cheese and to provide the Secretary with the authority to 
     require reporting by such manufacturing plants throughout the 
     U.S. on prices received for cheese, butter, and nonfat dry 
     milk; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 604. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition 
     Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use the price 
     of feed grains and other cash expenses as factors that are 
     used to determine the basic formula price for milk and any 
     other milk price regulated by the Secretary; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 605. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     provide emergency assistance to producers for cattle losses 
     that are due to damaging weather or related condition 
     occurring during the 1996-97 winter season, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Nickles, 
             Mr. Mack, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Jeffords, 
             Mr. Coats, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Frist, Mr. Enzi, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Warner, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Roberts, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 606. A bill to prohibit discrimination in contracting on 
     federally funded projects on the basis of certain labor 
     policies of potential contractors; to the Committee on Labor 
     and Human Resources.
           By Mr. COATS:
       S. 607. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     provide for the implementation of systems for rating the 
     specific content of specific television programs; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 608. A bill to authorize the enforcement by State and 
     local governments of certain Federal Communications 
     Commission regulations regarding use of citizens band radio 
     equipment; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Wellstone, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Ford, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 609. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require 
     that group and individual health insurance coverage and group 
     health plans provide coverage for reconstructive breast 
     surgery if they provide coverage for mastectomies; to the 
     Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden):
       S. 610. A bill to implement the obligations of the United 
     States under the Convention on the Prohibition of the 
     Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical 
     Weapons and on Their Destruction, known as ``the Chemical 
     Weapons Convention'' and opened for signature and signed by 
     the United States on January 13, 1993; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
             Bennett, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
             Helms, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 611. A bill to require the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System to focus on price stability in 
     establishing monetary policy to ensure the stable, long-term 
     purchasing power of the currency, to repeal the Full 
     Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ROTH (for himself and Mr. Moynihan):
       S. 612. A bill to amend section 355 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 to prevent the avoidance of corporate tax on 
     prearranged sales of corporate stock, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THOMPSON (for himself and Mr. Frist):

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       S. 613. A bill to provide that Kennedy may not tax 
     compensation paid to a resident of Tennessee for certain 
     services performed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BREAUX (for himself and Mr. D'Amato):
       S. 614. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide flexibility in the use of unused volume cap for 
     tax-exempt bonds, to provide a $20,000,000 limit on small 
     issue bonds, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             D'Amato, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Moynihan, and 
             Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 615. A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and 
     Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for 
     continued eligibility for supplemental security income and 
     food stamps with regard to certain classifications of aliens; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 616. A bill to amend titles 23 and 49, United States 
     Code, to improve the designation of metropolitan planning 
     organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Burns, and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 617. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to 
     require that imported meat, and meat food products containing 
     imported meat, bear a label identifying the country of 
     origin; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       S. 618. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to assist in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       S. 619. A bill to establish a Chesapeake Bay Gateways and 
     Watertrails Network, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Roth, Mrs. Hutchison, 
             Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. 
             Santorum, Mr. Bond, Ms. Collins, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Craig, Mr. Nickles, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
             Kyl, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Mack, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. 
             Grassley):
       S. 620. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide greater equity in savings opportunities for 
     families with children, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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