[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11962-S11964]
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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. HELMS (for himself, Mr. Glenn, Mr. DeWine, and 
             Mr. Faircloth):

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       S. 1397. A bill to establish a commission to assist in 
     commemoration of the centennial of powered flight and the 
     achievments of the Wright brothers; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Enzi, and 
             Mr. Hagel):
       S. 1398. A bill to extend certain contracts between the 
     Bureau of Reclamantion and irrigation water contractors in 
     Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water from Glendo 
     Reservoir; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 1399. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
     carry out a project to protect and enhance fish and wildlife 
     habitat of the Missouri River and the middle Mississippi 
     River; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Baucus, and Mr. D'Amato):
       S. 1400. A bill to provide a 6-month extension of highway, 
     highway safety, and transit programs pending enactment of a 
     law reauthorizing the Intermodal Surface Transportaion 
     Efficiency Act of 1991; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. BUMPERS (for himself and Mr. Gorton):
       S. 1401. A bill to provide for the transition to 
     competition among electric energy suppliers for the benefit 
     and protection of consumers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources..
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1402. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     establish a community health aide program for Alaskan 
     communities that do not qualify for the Community Health Aide 
     Program for Alaska operated through the Indian Health 
     Service; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1403. A bill to amend the National Historic Preservation 
     Act for purposes of establishing a national historic 
     lighthouse preservation program; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
             Thompson, and Mr. Kerrey):
       S. 1404. A bill to establish a Federal Commission on 
     Statistical Policy to study the reorganization of the Federal 
     statistical system, to provide uniform safeguards for the 
     confidentiality of information acquired for exclusively 
     statistical purposes, and to improve the efficiency of 
     Federal statistical programs and the quality of Federal 
     statistics by permitting limited sharing of records among 
     designated agencies for statistical purposes under strong 
     safeguards; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mr. Faircloth, 
             Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Grams, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Bennett, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Allard, Mr. Enzi, 
             and Ms. Moseley-Braun):
       S. 1405. A bill to provide for improved monetary policy and 
     regulatory reform in financial institution management and 
     activities, to streamline financial regulatory agency 
     actions, to provide for improved consumer credit disclosure, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon:
       S. 1406. A bill to amend section 2301 of title 38, United 
     States Code, to provide for the furnishing of burial flags on 
     behalf of certain deceased members and former members of the 
     Selected Reserve; to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
           By Mr. BURNS:
       S. 1407. A bill to allow participation by the communities 
     surrounding Yellowstone National Park in decisions affecting 
     the park, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. D'AMATO (for himself and Mr. Moynihan):
       S. 1408. A bill to establish the Lower East Side Tenement 
     National Historic Site, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. 
             Bennett):
       S. 1409. A bill for the relief of Sheila Heslin of 
     Bethesda, Maryland; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 1410. A bill to amend section 258 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 to enhance the protections against unauthorized 
     changes in subscriber selections of telephone service 
     providers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Santorum, Ms. Collins, Ms. Snowe, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. 
             Smith of Oregon, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Graham, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Durbin, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 1411. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to disallow a Federal income tax deduction for payments to 
     the Federal Government or any State or local government in 
     connection with any tobacco litigation or settlement and to 
     use any increased Federal revenues to promote public health; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Gorton):
       S. 1412. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit certain tax free corporate liquidations into a 
     501(c)(3) organization and to revise the unrelated business 
     income tax rules regarding receipt of debt-financed property 
     in such a liquidation; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Thomas, Mr. Grams, Mr. Kerrey, Mrs. Feinstein, and 
             Mr. Chafee):
       S. 1413. A bill to provide a framework for consideration by 
     the legislative and executive branches of unilateral economic 
     sanctions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Breaux, 
             and Mr. Gorton):
       S. 1414. A bill to reform and restructure the processes by 
     which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and 
     distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by 
     minors, to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, 
     and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Breaux, 
             and Mr. Gorton):
       S. 1415. A bill to reform and restructure the processes by 
     which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and 
     distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by 
     minors, to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 1416. A bill to amend Federal election laws to repeal 
     the public financing of national political party conventions 
     and Presidential elections and spending limits on 
     Presidential election campaigns, to repeal the limits on 
     coordinated expenditures by political parties, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Lott):
       S. 1417. A bill to provide for the design, construction, 
     furnishing and equipping of a Center for Performing Arts 
     within the complex known as the New Mexico Hispanic Cultural 
     Center and for other purposes; considered and passed.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Craig, and Ms. 
             Landrieu):
       S. 1418. A bill to promote the research, identification, 
     assessment, exploration, and development of methane hydrate 
     resources, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MACK:
       S. 1419. A bill to deem the activities of the Miccosukee 
     Tribe on the Tamiani Indian Reserve to be consistent with the 
     purposes of the Everglades National Park, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 1420. A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide for full 
     reimbursement of States and localities for costs related to 
     providing emergency medical treatment to individuals injured 
     while entering the United States illegally; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Faircloth, and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 1421. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide additional support for and to expand clinical 
     research programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Burns, Mr. Conrad, and 
             Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 1422. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     promote competition in the market for delivery of 
     multichannel video programming and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Kerrey, and 
             Mr. Grams):
       S. 1423. A bill to modernize and improve the Federal Home 
     Loan Bank System; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Stevens, 
             and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 1424. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the air transportation tax changes made by the 
     Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURNS:
       S. 1425. A bill to provide for the preservation and 
     sustainability of the family farm through the transfer of 
     responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead 
     Indian Irrigation Project, Montana; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 1426. A bill to encourage beneficiary developing 
     countries to provide adequate protection of intellectual 
     property rights, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FORD:
       S. 1427. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     require the Federal Communications Commission to preserve 
     lowpower television stations that provide community 
     broadcasting, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Mack, and Mr. Bumpers):
       S. 1428. A bill to waive time limitations specified by law 
     in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to be 
     awarded to Robert R. Ingram of Jacksonville, Florida, for 
     acts of valor while a Navy Hospital Corpsman in the Republic 
     of Vietnam during

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     the Vietnam conflict; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Burns, and Mr. 
             Dorgan):
       S. 1429. A bill to enhance rail competition and to ensure 
     reasonable rail rates in any case in which there is an 
     absence of effective competition; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1430. A bill to suspend from January 1, 1998, until 
     December 31, 2002, the duty on SE2SI Spray Granulated (HOE S 
     4291); to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1431. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a 
     certain chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1432. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a 
     certain chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1433. A bill to suspend temporarily on a certain 
     chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1434. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a certain chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1435. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a 
     certain chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1436. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1437. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1438. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1439. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1440. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1441. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1442. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1443. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1444. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1445. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1446. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1447. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1448. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1449. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1450. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1451. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1452. A bill to suspend until January 1, 2001, the duty 
     on a chemical; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 1453. A bill to establish a Commission on Fairness in 
     the Workplace, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Baucus, and Mr. D'Amato):
       S. 1454. A bill to provide a 6-month extension of highway, 
     highway safety, and transit programs pending enactment of a 
     law reauthorizing the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991; considered and passed.
           By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 1455. A bill to provide financial assistance for the 
     relocation and expansion of Haffenreffer Museum of 
     Anthropology, Providence, Rhode Island; considered and 
     passed.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Burns):
       S. 1456. A bill to authorize an interpretive center at Fort 
     Peck Dam, Montana; considered and passed.

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