[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 137 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10428]
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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. COATS (for himself and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 1255. A bill to provide for the establishment of 
     demonstration projects designed to determine the social, 
     civic, psychological, and economic effects of providing to 
     individuals and families with limited means an opportunity to 
     accumulate assets, and to determine the extent to which an 
     asset-based policy may be used to enable individuals and 
     families with limited means to achieve economic self-
     sufficiency; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
             Thurmond, Mr. Gramm, and Mr. Burns):
       S. 1256. A bill to simplify and expedite access to the 
     Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and 
     privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have 
     been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other 
     government officials, or entities acting under color of State 
     law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from 
     exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions in which no State 
     law claim is alleged; to permit certification of unsettled 
     State law questions that are essential to Federal claims 
     arising under the Constitution; to allow for efficient 
     adjudication of constitutional claims brought by injured 
     parties in the United States district courts and the Court of 
     Federal Claims; to clarify when government action is 
     sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising 
     under the Constitution; and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FAIRCLOTH:
       S. 1257. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 
     from permitting oil and gas leasing, exploration, or 
     development activity off the coast of North Carolina unless 
     the Governor of the State notifies the Secretary that the 
     State does not object to the activity; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BENNETT:
       S. 1258. A bill to amend the Uniform Relocation Assistance 
     and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to 
     prohibit an alien who is not lawfully present in the United 
     States from receiving assistance under that Act; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Hollings, and Mr. 
             Breaux):
       S. 1259. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999 for the United States Coast Guard, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.

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