[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4106]
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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. HAGEL:
       S. 709. A bill to protect private property rights 
     guaranteed by the fifth amendment to the Constitution by 
     requiring Federal agencies to prepare private property taking 
     impact analyses and by allowing expanded access to Federal 
     courts; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BREAUX:
       S. 710. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the credit for producing fuel from a 
     nonconventional source to taxpayers using biomass fuel 
     sources in the generation of electricity through the use of a 
     suspension burning process; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BREAUX (for himself, Mr. Bryan, Mr. D'Amato, and 
             Mr. Frist):
       S. 711. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify the method of payment of taxes on distilled 
     spirits; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and Mr. Helms):
       S. 712. A bill to provide for a system to classify 
     information in the interests of national security and a 
     system to declassify such information; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 713. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to allow for additional deferred effective dates 
     for approval of applications under the new drugs provisions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Hollings, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 714. A bill to make permanent the Native American 
     Veteran Housing Loan Pilot Program of the Department of 
     Veterans' Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
           By Mr. COVERDELL (for himself and Mr. Cleland):
       S. 715. A bill to redesignate the Dublin Federal Courthouse 
     building located in Dublin, Georgia, as the J. Roy Rowland 
     Federal Courthouse; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Gorton, Mr. Kempthorne, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 716. A bill to establish a Joint United States-Canada 
     Commission on Cattle and Beef to identify, and recommend 
     means of resolving, national, regional, and provincial trade-
     distorting differences between the countries with respect to 
     the production, processing, and sale of cattle and beef, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Coats, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Gregg, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Frist, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Collins, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             McConnell, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 717. A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act, to reauthorize and make improvements to that 
     Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Labor and 
     Human Resources.

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