[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9411]
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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 and Mr. Sarbanes) (by 
             request):
       S. 1179. A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968 to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KEMPTHORNE (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Baucus, 
             and Mr. Reid):
       S. 1180. A bill to reauthorize the Endangered Species Act; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. KEMPTHORNE:
       S. 1181. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide Federal tax incentives to owners of 
     environmentally sensitive lands to enter into conservation 
     easements for the protection of endangered species habitat, 
     to allow a deduction from the gross estate of a decedent in 
     an amount equal to the value of real property subject to an 
     endangered species conservation agreement, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Abraham, and Mr. Gramm):
       S. 1182. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and 
     Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit consideration of 
     nonemergency matters in emergency legislation and permit 
     matter that is extraneous to emergencies to be stricken as 
     provided in the Byrd rule; to the Committee on the Budget and 
     the Committee on Governmental Affairs, jointly, pursuant to 
     the order of August 4, 1977, as modified by the order of 
     April 11, 1986, with instructions that if one Committee 
     reports, the other Committee has thirty days to report or be 
     discharged.

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