[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 16 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1068-S1069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       H.R. 1534. A bill to simplify and expedite access to the 
     Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and 
     privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have 
     been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other 
     government officials or entities acting under color of State 
     law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from 
     exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law 
     claim is alleged; to permit certification of unsettled State 
     law questions that are essential to resolving Federal claims 
     arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when 
     government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain 
     Federal claims arising under the Constitution.
       By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary, without 
     amendment:
       S. Res. 181. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     Senate that on March 2nd, every child in America should be in 
     the company of someone who will read to him or her.

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       By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 1244. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to 
     protect certain charitable contributions, and for other 
     purposes.
       By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an 
     amendment:
       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.

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