[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3783-S3784]
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. BENNETT:
       S. 2000. A bill to ensure that businesses, financial 
     markets, and the Federal Government are taking adequate steps 
     to resolve the year 2000 computer problem; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. Lott, and Mr. 
             Baucus):
       S. 2001. A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act to make permanent the demonstration program that allows 
     for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third 
     party payors, and to expand the eligibility under such 
     program to other tribes and tribal organizations; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BREAUX (by request):
       S. 2002. A bill to modify the marking of certain silk 
     products and their containers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 2003. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 
     1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years 
     totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula 
     under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the 
     changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social 
     Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAMS (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Frist, 
             Mr. McCain, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. 
             Graham, and Mr. D'Amato):
       S. 2004. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to abate the 
     accrual of interest on income tax underpayments by taxpayers 
     located in Presidentially declared disaster areas if the 
     Secretary extends the time for filing returns and payment of 
     tax for such taxpayers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 2005. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure 
     that certain Federal power customers are provided protection 
     by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM (by request):
       S. 2006. A bill to amend the Act establishing the Keweenaw 
     National Historical Park, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. Hollings):
       S. 2007. A bill to amend the false claims provisions of 
     chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. 
             Shelby, Mr. Frist, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Inhofe, and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2008. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prohibit the use of random audits, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. McConnell, 
             Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Helms, Mr. Biden, Mr. Brownback, 
             Mr. Robb, Mr. Mack, Mr. Akaka, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. McCain, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
             Breaux, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
             Bumpers, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Burns, Mr. Byrd, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Coats, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Dodd,

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             Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Thompson, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Hagel, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Chafee, Mr. Glenn, Ms. Collins, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Frist, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bennett, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Bond, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Craig, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Domenici, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Faircloth, Mr. Ford, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Gramm, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grams, Mr. Levin, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Hutchinson, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. 
             Kempthorne, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Lugar, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Reed, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Roth, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Santorum, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Shelby, 
             Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. 
             Specter, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. 
             Thurmond):
       S.J. Res. 46. A joint resolution expressing the sense of 
     the Congress on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 
     founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the 
     bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States 
     and Israel; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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