[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3419]
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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. D'AMATO (for himself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Dodd, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Mack, Mr. 
             Faircloth, Mr. Allard, Mr. Lott, Mr. Domenici, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Coats, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Specter, 
             and Mr. Nickles):
       S. 621. A bill to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company 
     Act of 1935, to enact the Public Utility Holding Company Act 
     of 1997, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Gregg, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. Reid, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Ashcroft, 
             Mr. Domenici, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Bond, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
             Murkowski, and Mr. Nickles):
       S. 622. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the application of the pension nondiscrimination 
     rules to governmental plans; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 623. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     deem certain service in the organized military forces of the 
     Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the 
     Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of 
     benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BUMPERS:
       S. 624. A bill to establish a competitive process for the 
     awarding of concession contracts in units of the National 
     Park System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. Grams):
       S. 625. A bill to provide for competition between forms of 
     motor vehicle insurance, to permit an owner of a motor 
     vehicle to choose the most appropriate form on insurance for 
     that person, to guarantee affordable premiums, to provide for 
     more adequate and timely compensation for accident victims, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 626. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide for legal accountability for sweatshop 
     conditions in the garment industry, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Chafee, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 627. A bill to reauthorize the African Elephant 
     Conservation Act; to the Committee on Environmental and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 628. A bill to designate the United States courthouse to 
     be constructed at the corner of 7th Street and East Jackson 
     Street in Brownsville, Texas, as the ``Reynaldo G. Garza 
     United States Courthouse''; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. BREAUX (by request):
       S. 629. A bill entitled the ``OECD Shipbuilding Agreement 
     Act''; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BYRD:
       S. 630. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to deposit in the Highway Trust Fund the receipts of the 4.3-
     cent increase in the fuel tax rates enacted by the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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