[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 19 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1255]
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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. COVERDELL:
       S. 1698. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary 
     agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition 
     attestation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 1699. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with 
     appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade 
     for the vessel BILLIE-B-II; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself, Mr. Kerry, and Ms. 
             Moseley-Braun):
       S. 1700. A bill to designate the headquarters building of 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 
     Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Robert C. Weaver 
     Federal Building''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. 
             Reed):
       S. 1701. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     in order to increase the dependent care allowance used to 
     calculate Pell Grant Awards; to the Committee on Labor and 
     Human Resources.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 1702. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
     the United States to change the special rate of duty on 
     purified terephtalic acid imported from Mexico; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1703. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     property from the United States to Stanislaus County, 
     California; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Helms, and Mr. Hutchinson):
       S.J. Res. 42. A joint resolution to disapprove the 
     certification of the President under section 490(b) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance 
     for Mexico during fiscal year 1998; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       S.J. Res. 43. A joint resolution to disapprove the 
     certification of the President under section 490(b) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding assistance for 
     Mexico during fiscal year 1997, and to provide for the 
     termination of the withholding of and opposition to 
     assistance that results from the disapproval; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.

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