[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 94 (Monday, July 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S6907]
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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. SPECTER (by request):
       S. 986. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make certain improvements in the housing loan programs for 
     veterans and eligible persons, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans Affairs.
       S. 987. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of 
     disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
     disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for 
     survivors of such veterans and to revise and improve certain 
     veterans compensation, pension, and memorial affairs 
     programs; and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans Affairs.
       S. 988. A bill to amend chapter 72 of title 38, United 
     States Code, to reform the retirement provisions relating to 
     the Court's judicial component, to provide for a staggered 
     judicial retirement option to avoid the large case backlog 
     increase that would arise in the event of simultaneous 
     judicial vacancies, to rename the United States Court of 
     Veterans Appeals as the United States Court of Appeals for 
     Veterans Claims, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans Affairs.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
        S. 989. A bill entitled the ``Safer Schools Act of 1997''; 
     to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. FAIRCLOTH:
       S. 990. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging; to 
     the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

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