[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12118-S12119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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 Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN:
       S. 1457. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
     the United States to extend to certain fine jewelry certain 
     trade benefits of insular possessions of the United States; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FAIRCLOTH:
       S. 1458. A bill to restrict the use of the exchange 
     stabilization fund; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kerrey, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1459. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for producing 
     electricity from wind and closed-loop biomass; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 1460. A bill for the relief of Alexandre Malofienko, 
     Olga Matsko, and their son Vladimir Malofienko; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Coats):
       S. 1461. A bill to establish a youth mentoring program; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 1462. A bill to reauthorize the Delaware and Lehigh 
     Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 1463. A bill to change the date for regularly scheduled 
     Federal elections and establish polling place hours; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Mack, Mr. 
             Abraham, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Murkowski, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Murray, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1464. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the research credit, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 1465. A bill to consolidate in a single independent 
     agency in the executive branch the responsibilities regarding 
     food safety, labeling, and inspection currently divided among 
     several Federal agencies; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Hutchinson, and Mr. 
             Coats):
       S. 1466. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     permit faith-based substance abuse treatment centers to 
     receive Federal assistance, to permit individuals receiving 
     Federal drug treatment assistance to select private and 
     religiously oriented treatment, and to protect the rights of 
     individuals from being required to receive religiously 
     oriented treatment; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon:
       S. 1467. A bill to address the declining health of forests 
     on Federal lands in the United States through a program of 
     recovery and protection consistent with the requirements of 
     existing public land management and environmental laws, to 
     establish a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public 
     and private forests and their resources, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1468. A bill to provide for the conveyance of one (1) 
     acre of land from Santa Fe National Forest to the Village of 
     Jemez Springs, New Mexico, as the site of a fire sub-station; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       S. 1469. A bill to provide for the expansion of the 
     historic community of El Rito, New Mexico, through the 
     special designation of five acres of Carson National Forest 
     adjacent to the cemetary; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI:
       S. 1470. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify that certain school bus contractors and drivers 
     are not employees; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 1471. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services from treating any medicaid-related funds 
     recovered as part of State litigation from one or more 
     tobacco companies as an overpayment under the medicaid 
     program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN (for herself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1472. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit for public elementary and secondary 
     school construction, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Mack):
       S. 1473. A bill to encourage the development of a 
     commercial space industry in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. D'AMATO:
       S. 1474. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain 
     high tenacity single yarn of viscose rayon; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       S. 1475. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain 
     twisted yarn of viscose rayon; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. D'AMATO (for himself, Ms. Moseley-Braun, and Mr. 
             Cochran):
       S. 1476. A bill to authorize the President to enter into a 
     trade agreement concerning Northern Ireland and certain 
     border counties of the Republic of Ireland, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. D'AMATO:
       S. 1477. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
     the United States to provide that certain goods may be 
     reimported into the United States without additional duty; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1478. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain 
     viscose rayon yarn; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1479. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain 
     other single viscose rayon yarn; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 1480. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct 
     research, monitoring, education and management activities for 
     the eradication and control of harmful algal blooms, 
     including blooms of

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     Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 1481. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     eliminate the time limitation on benefits for 
     immunosuppressive drugs under the medicare program, to 
     provide for continued entitlement for such drugs for certain 
     individuals after medicare benefits end, and to extend 
     certain medicare secondary payer requirements; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COATS:
       S. 1482. A bill to amend section 223 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 to establish a prohibition on commercial 
     distribution on the World Wide Web of material that is 
     harmful to minors, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1483. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of 
     certain electrical output facilities; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1484. A bill to increase the number of qualified 
     teachers; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Ms. Moseley-Braun):
       S. 1485. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of Associate Justice Thurgood 
     Marshall, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1486. A bill to authorize acquisition of certain real 
     property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. McCain, and 
             Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1487. A bill to establish a National Voluntary Mutual 
     Reunion Registry; considered and passed.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1488. A bill to ratify an agreement between the Aleut 
     Corporation and the United States of America to exchange land 
     rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
     for certain land interests on Adak Island, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1489. A bill to provide the public with access to 
     outfitted activities on Federal land, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS:
       S. 1490. A bill to improve the quality of child care 
     provided through Federal facilities and programs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1491. A bill to increase the excise tax rate on tobacco 
     products; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1492. A bill to amend the Public Health Act and the 
     Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to prevent the use of 
     tobacco products by minors, to reduce the level of tobacco 
     addiction, to compensate Federal and State Governments for a 
     portion of the health costs of tobacco-related illnesses, to 
     enhance the national investment in biomedical and basic 
     scientific research, and to expand programs to address the 
     needs of children, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Labor and Human Resources.

            SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS

  The following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were 
read, and referred (or acted upon), as indicated:

           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. Res. 148. A resolution designating 1998 as the ``Onate 
     Cuartocentenario'', the 400th anniversary commemoration of 
     the first permanent Spanish settlement in New Mexico; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Grams, Mr. Robb, and Mr. Roth):
       S. Res. 149. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     Senate regarding the state visit to the United States of the 
     President of the People's Republic of China; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. Con. Res. 66. A concurrent resolution to correct the 
     enrollment of S. 399; considered and agreed to.

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