[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 41 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3119-S3120]
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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. DASCHLE:
       S. 1905. A bill to provide for equitable compensation for 
     the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1906. A bill to require the Senate to remain in session 
     to act on judicial nominations in certain circumstances; to 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. DASCHLE:
       S. 1907. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a refundable tax credit for wetland restoration and 
     conservation expenses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and Mr. D'Amato):
       S. 1908. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to carve out form payments to Medicare+Choice 
     organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share 
     hospital payments and pay such amounts directly to those 
     disproportionate share hospitals in which their enrollees 
     receive care; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1909. A bill to repeal the telephone excise tax; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BREAUX:
       S. 1910. A bill to clarify the applicability of authority 
     to release restrictions and encumbrances on certain property 
     located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. D'AMATO:
       S. 1911. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a $500 nonrefundable credit to individuals for the 
     payment of

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     real estate taxes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FORD (for himself and Mr. Bond):
       S. 1912. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     exclude additional reserve component general and flag 
     officers from the limitation on the number of general or flag 
     officers who may serve on active duty; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Burns):
       S. 1913. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     sell leaseholds at the Canyon Ferry Reservoir in the State of 
     Montana and to establish a trust fund for the conservation of 
     fish and wildlife and enhancement of public hunting and 
     fishing opportunities in the State; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 1914. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to 
     provide for business bankruptcy reform, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1915. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish 
     requirements concerning the operation of fossil fuel-fired 
     electric utility steam generating units, commercial and 
     industrial boiler units, solid waste incineration units, 
     medical waste incinerators, hazardous waste combustors, 
     chlor-alkali plants, and Portland cement plants to reduce 
     emissions of mercury to the environment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 1916. A bill for the relief of Marin Turcinovic, and his 
     fiancee, Corina Dechalup; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Reed, and 
             Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1917. A bill to prevent children from injuring 
     themselves and others with firearms; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Wellstone, 
             Mr. Johnson, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 1918. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     make available to producers of the 1998 and subsequent crops 
     of wheat and feed grains nonrecourse loans that provide a 
     fair return to the producers in relation to the cost of 
     production; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. Nickles, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 1919. A bill to provide for the energy security of the 
     Nation through encouraging the production of domestic oil and 
     gas resources from stripper wells on federal lands, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. Nickles, and Mrs. 
             Hutchison):
       S. 1920. A bill to improve the administration of oil and 
     gas leases on Federal lands, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1921. A bill to ensure confidentiality with respect to 
     medical records and health care-related information, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1922. A bill to amend chapter 61 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to make election day a legal public holiday, 
     with such holiday to be known as ``Freedom and Democracy 
     Day''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. 
             DeWine):
       S. 1923. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to ensure compliance by Federal facilities with 
     pollution control requirements; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. D'Amato, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Bond, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. 
             Coverdell, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Thurmond, Mr. Robb, Mr. Grams, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. 
             Coats, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Santorum, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. 
             Hollings):
       S. 1924. A bill to restore the standards used for determing 
     whether technical workers are not employees as in effect 
     before the Tax Reform Act of 1986; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 1925. A bill to make certain technical corrections in 
     laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 1926. A bill for the relief of Regine Beatie Edwards; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN:
       S. 1927. A bill to amend section 2007 of the Social 
     Security Act to provide grant funding for 20 additional 
     Empowerment Zones, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1928. A bill to protect consumers from overcollections 
     for the use of pay telephones, to provide consumers with 
     information to make informed decisions about the use of pay 
     telephones, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Nickles, and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 1929. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives to encourage production of oil and 
     gas within the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. NICKLES (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. 
             Murkowski, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. 
             Craig):
       S. 1930. A bill to provide certainty for, reduce 
     administrative and compliance burdens associated with, and 
     streamline and improve the collection of royalties from 
     Federal and outer continental shelf oil and gas leases, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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