[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 5 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S317-S318]
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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. LEVIN:
       S. 1597. A bill to establish food safety research, 
     education, and extension as priorities of the Department of 
     Agriculture, to require the use of a designated team within 
     the Department of Agriculture to enable the Department and 
     other Federal agencies to rapidly respond to food safety 
     emergencies, and to improve food safety through the 
     development and commercialization of food safety technology; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. D'AMATO:
       S. 1598. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish and provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate 
     Cancer Research Fund, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. Gregg, Mr. 
             Lott, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Nickles, Mr. 
             Lugar, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Grams, and Mr. Hagel):
       S. 1599. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer technology 
     for purposes of human cloning; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1600. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to waive in the case of multiemployer plans the section 415 
     limit on benefits to the participant's average compensation 
     for his high 3 years; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Frist, Mr. 
             Gregg, Mr. Nickles, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
             Lugar, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Grams, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. 
             Hutchinson):
       S. 1601. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer technology 
     for purposes of human cloning; read the first time.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1602. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     prohibit any attempt to clone a human being using somatic 
     cell nuclear transfer and to prohibit the use of Federal 
     funds for such purposes, to provide for further review of the 
     ethical and scientific issues associated with the use of 
     somatic cell nuclear transfer in human beings, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

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