[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1697]
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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. LUGAR:
       S. 1733. A bill to require the Commissioner of Social 
     Security and food stamp State agencies to take certain 
     actions to ensure that food stamp coupons are not issued for 
     deceased individuals; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 1734. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to waive the income inclusion on a distribution from an 
     individual retirement account to the extent that the 
     distribution is contributed for charitable purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Robb):
       S. 1735. A bill to allow the National Park Service to 
     acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness 
     Battlefield, as authorized by Public Law 102-541, by purchase 
     or exchange as well as by donation; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROBB:
       S. 1736. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with 
     appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade 
     for vessel BETTY JANE; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Nickles, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Breaux, 
             Mr. Lott, Mr. Craig, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. McConnell, 
             Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Bond, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
             Ashcroft, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Abraham):
       S. 1737. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a uniform application of the confidentiality 
     privilege to taxpayer communications with federally 
     authorized practitioners; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       S. 1738. A bill to amend the National Sea Grant College 
     Program Act to exclude Lake Champlain from the definition of 
     the Great Lakes, which was added by the National Sea Grant 
     College Program Reauthorization Act of 1998; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 1739. A bill to establish a commission, under the aegis 
     of the National Science Foundation, to review and propose 
     recommendations for assuring United States leadership in 
     science and mathematics; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1740. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     improve the protections against the unauthorized change of 
     subscribers from one telecommunications carrier to another, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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