[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9088]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 1126

  Mr. WELLSTONE proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1078 proposed by 
Mr. Durbin in the bill (S. 1061) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment, add the following: ``Nothing 
     in this Act may be construed to interfere with, or abrogate, 
     any agreement previously entered into between any state and 
     any private attorney or attorneys with respect to litigation 
     involving tobacco.''
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                       DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 1127

  Mr. DURBIN proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1078 proposed by 
him to the bill, S. 1061, supra; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment, insert the following:
       ``Sec.   . Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the 
     Senate that attorneys' fees paid in connection with an action 
     maintained by a State against one or more tobacco companies 
     to recover tobacco-related costs affected by federal tobacco 
     settlement legislation should be publicly disclosed and 
     should not displace spending in the settlement legislation 
     intended for public health.''

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