[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S378]
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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. GRAMS:
       S. 1603. A bill to provide a comprehensive program of 
     support for victims of torture; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. D'AMATO (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
        S. 1604. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to repeal the restriction on payment for certain 
     hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by section 
     4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             D'Amato, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reid, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. Dodd):
        S. 1605. A bill to establish a matching grant program to 
     help States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to 
     purchase armor vests for use by law enforcement officers; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
             Harkin):
        S. 1606. A bill to fully implement the Convention Against 
     Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or 
     Punishment and to provide a comprehensive program of support 
     for victims of torture; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FAIRCLOTH:
       S. 1607. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     carry out an environmental restoration and enhancement 
     project at the Eastern Channel of the Lockweeds Folly River, 
     Brunswick County, North Carolina; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
        S. 1608. A bill to provide for budgetary reform by 
     requiring the reduction of the deficit, a balanced Federal 
     budget, and the repayment of the national debt; to the 
     Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs, jointly, pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, as 
     modified by the order of April 11, 1986, with instructions 
     that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have 
     thirty days to report or be discharged.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. McCain, 
             Mr. Hollings, Mr. Burns, and Mr. Kerry):
        S. 1609. A bill to amend the High-Performance Computing 
     Act of 1991 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999 
     and 2000 for the Next Generation Internet program, to require 
     the Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and 
     Communications, Information Technology, and the Next 
     Generation Internet to monitor and give advice concerning 
     the development and implementation of the Next Generation 
     Internet program and report to the President and the 
     Congress in its activities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Kerrey, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Wellstone, 
             Mr. Bumpers, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Kerry):
        S. 1610. A bill to increase the availability, 
     affordability, and quality of child care; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Kennedy):
        S. 1611. 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; read the first time.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Stevens, Mr. Ford, Mr. Lott, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
             Kempthorne, Mr. Allard, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Burns, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Coats, Mr. 
             Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Craig, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. 
             Frist, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, 
             Mr. Helms, Mr. Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Roth, Mr. Santorum, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. 
             Smith of Oregon, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 
             Thurmond, Mr. Warner, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Breaux, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             and Mr. Johnson):
       S.J. Res. 40. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to 
     prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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