[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4878-S4879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 771. A bill to regulate the transmission of unsolicited 
     commercial electronic mail,

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     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, and Mr. 
             Hutchinson):
       S. 772. A bill to establish an Office of Religious 
     Persecution Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of 
     sanctions against countries engaged in a pattern of religious 
     persecution, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Torricelli, Ms. 
             Moseley-Braun, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 773. A bill to designate certain Federal lands in the 
     State of Utah as wilderness, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Kempthorne):
       S. 774. A bill to provide for the stabilization, 
     enhancement, restoration, and management of the Coeur d'Alene 
     River basin watershed; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Grams, Mr. 
             D'Amato, Ms. Collins, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Snowe, and 
             Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 775. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the 
     computation of capital gain net income for purposes of the 
     earned income credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Mack):
       S. 776. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for an increase in update for certain 
     hospitals with a high proporation of medicare patients; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Mr. Grams, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 777. A bill to authorize the construction of the Lewis 
     and Clark Rural Water System and to authorize assistance to 
     the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit 
     corporation, for planning and construction of the water 
     supply system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 778. A bill to authorize a new trade and investment 
     policy for sub-Saharan African; to the Committee on Finance.

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