[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6037]
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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. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Gorton, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Chafee, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Robb, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Torricelli, Mr. Levin, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cleland, and Mr. 
             Moynihan):
       S. 2152. A bill to establish a program to provide credit 
     and other assistance for encouraging microenterprises in 
     developing countries, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 2153. A bill to require certain expenditures by the 
     Federal Reserve System to be made subject to congressional 
     appropriations, to prohibit the maintenance of surplus 
     accounts by Federal reserve banks, to provide for annual 
     independent audits of Federal reserve banks, to apply Federal 
     procurement regulations to the Federal Reserve System, to 
     reform the pricing practices of the Federal Reserve System 
     for services provided to the domestic banking system, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 2154. A bill to promote research to identify and 
     evaluate the health effects of silicone breast implants, and 
     to ensure that women and their doctors receive accurate 
     information about such implants; to the Committee on Labor 
     and Human Resources.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 2155. A bill to provide restitution of the economic 
     potential lost to communities dependent on Spanish and 
     Mexican Land Grants in New Mexico due to inadequate 
     implementation of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Breaux, Mr. Burns, Mr. Mack, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Frist, 
             Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Hollings, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Faircloth, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Thomas, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Shelby, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Robb, Mr. 
             Cleland, Mr. Craig, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. Leahy):
       S.J. Res. 50. A joint resolution to disapprove the rule 
     submitted by the Health Care Financing Administration, 
     Department of Health and Human Services on June 1, 1998, 
     relating to surety bond requirements for home health agencies 
     under the medicare and medicaid programs; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Byrd, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, and Ms. Mikulski):
       S.J. Res. 51. A joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority Compact 
     entered into between the States of Maryland and West 
     Virginia; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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