[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2850-S2851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 1883. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey the Marion National Fish Hatchery and the Claude 
     Harris National Aquacultural Research Center to the State of 
     Alabama, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ROBERTS:
       S. 1884. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     remove the prohibition on agricultural trade options outside 
     contract markets; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. D'AMATO (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1885. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a medical innovation tax credit for clinical 
     testing research expenses attributable to academic medical 
     centers and other qualified hospital research organizations; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Moseley-Braun):
       S. 1886. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3750 North Kedzie Avenue in 
     Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. 
             Bumpers):
       S. 1887. A bill to ban the importation of large capacity 
     ammunition feeding devices, and to extend the ban on 
     transferring such devices to those that were manufactured 
     before the ban became law; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 1888. A bill to establish a moratorium on exactions that 
     would interfere with the flow of commerce via the Internet, 
     to establish a commission to develop a uniform set of 
     definitions and principles for State and local jurisdictions 
     to utilize regarding regulation

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     and taxation of commercial transaction on the Internet, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Chafee, and Mr. 
             Graham):
       S. 1889. A bill to reduce tobacco use by children and 
     others through an increase in the cost of tobacco products, 
     the imposition of advertising and marketing limitations, 
     assuring appropriate tobacco industry oversight, expanding 
     the availability of tobacco use cessation programs, and 
     implementing a strong public health prevention and education 
     strategy that involves the private sector, schools, States, 
     and local communities; read the first time.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
             Moseley-Braun, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Akaka, and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 1890. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     protect consumers in managed care plans and other health 
     coverage; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
             Moseley-Braun, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Akaka, and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 1891. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health 
     coverage; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KYL:
       S. 1892. A bill to provide that a person closely related to 
     a judge of a court exercising judicial power under article 
     III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme 
     Court) may not be appointed as a judge of the same court, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DEWINE (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Leahy, and 
             Mr. Specter):
       S. 1893. A Bill to establish a law enforcement block grant 
     program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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