[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 11 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S730-S731]
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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. ALLARD:
       S. 1635. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the maximum capital gains rates, to index capital 
     assets for inflation, and to repeal the Federal estate and 
     gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE:
       S. 1636. A bill to provide benefits to domestic partners of 
     Federal employees; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 1637. A bill to expedite State review of criminal 
     records of applicants for bail enforcement officer 
     employment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Reed, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Wellstone, 
             Mr. Torricelli, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bumpers, 
             Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Kohl, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Ms. Moseley-Braun, and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 1638. A bill to help parents keep their children from 
     starting to use tobacco products, to expose the tobacco 
     industry's past misconduct and to stop the tobacco industry 
     from targeting children, to eliminate or greatly reduce the 
     illegal use of tobacco products by children, to improve the 
     public health by reducing the overall use of tobacco, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COVERDELL:
       S. 1639. A bill to amend the Emergency Planning and 
     Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to cover Federal 
     facilities; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself and Mr. Grams):
       S. 1640. A bill to designate the building of the United 
     States Postal Service located at East Kellogg Boulevard in 
     Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Eugene J. McCarthy Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and Mr. D'Amato):
       S. 1641. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     study alternatives for establishing a national historic trail 
     to commemorate and interpret the history of women's rights in 
     the United States; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GLENN (for himself, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Lieberman, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1642. A bill to improve the effectiveness and 
     performance of Federal financial assistance programs, 
     simplify Federal financial assistance application and 
     reporting requirements, and improve the delivery of services 
     to the public; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kerry, 
             and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1643. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to delay for one year implementation of the per 
     beneficiary limits under the interim payment system to home 
     health agencies and to provide for a later base year for the 
     purposes of calculating new payment rates under the system; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Torricelli, Mr. Kerrey, and Mr. Hollings):
       S. 1644. A bill to amend subpart 4 of part A of title IV of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding Grants to States 
     for State Student Incentives; to the Committee on Labor and 
     Human Resources.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Helms, Mr. 
             Coats, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Craig, Mr. Kyl, 
             Mr. Hatch, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
             Santorum, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Bond, 
             and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1645. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid laws 
     requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. 
             Bumpers):
       S. 1646. A bill to repeal a provision of law preventing 
     donation by the Secretary of the Navy of the two remaining 
     Iowa-class battleships listed on the Naval Vessel Register 
     and related requirements; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Collins, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. 
             Kennedy) (by request):
       S. 1647. A bill to reauthorize and make reforms to programs 
     authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
     of 1965; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Enzi):
       S. 1648. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and 
     the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to provide for reductions in 
     youth smoking, for advancements in tobacco-related research, 
     and the development of safer tobacco products, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. FORD:
       S. 1649. A bill to exempt disabled individuals from being 
     required to enroll with a managed care entity under the 
     medicaid program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN:
       S. 1650. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     synthetic quartz substrates; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1651. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2,4-
     bis((octylthio)methyl)-o-cresol; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1652. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2,4-
     bis((octylthio)methyl)-o-cresol; epoxidized triglyceride; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1653. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 4-((4,6-
     bis(octylthio)-1,3,4-triazine-2-yl)amino)-2,6-bis(1,1-
     dimethylethyl)phenol; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1654. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 1-
     Hydroxy cyclohexyl phenyl ketone; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       S. 1655. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propane; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       S. 1656. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     bis(2,4,6-trimethyl benzoyl) phenyl phosphine oxide; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       S. 1657. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on bis(2,6-
     dimethoxy-benzoyl)-2,4-trimethyl pentyl phosphinenoxide and 
     2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       S. 1658. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on (2-
     Benzothiazolylthio)-butane-dioic acid; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       S. 1659. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on calcium 
     bis{monoethyl(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) 
     phosphonate}; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1660. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-
     (dimethylamino)-1- {4-(4-morpholinyl)}-2-(phenylmethyl)-1-
     butanone; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1661. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on N-
     Ethylmorpholine, cmpd. with 3-(4-methylbenzoyl) propanoic 
     acid (1:2); to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 1662. A bill to authorize the Navajo Indian irrigation 
     project to use power allocated to it from the Colorado River 
     storage project for on-farm uses; to the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs.

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