[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 12, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12506]
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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. HARKIN:
       S. 1522. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to provide assistance to rural cooperatives; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1523. A bill to allow for the investment of joint 
     Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages 
     from the Exxon Valdez oil spill; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1524. A bill require the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to conduct an ongoing study of the health 
     consequences of nuclear weapons tests; to the Committee on 
     Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Biden):
       S. 1525. A bill to provide financial assistance for higher 
     education to the dependents of Federal, State, and local 
     public safety officers who are killed or permanently and 
     totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury 
     sustained in the line of duty; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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