[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8240-S8241]
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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. SHELBY:
       S. 2307. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hollings, and Mr. 
             Inouye):
       S. 2308. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of 
     nursing facilities as a result of a voluntary withdrawal from 
     participation in the medicaid program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 2309. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to enter into an agreement for the construction and operation 
     of the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence National 
     Historical Park; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and Mr. D'Amato):
       S. 2310. A bill to designate the United States Post Office 
     located at 297 Larkfield Road in East Northport, New York, as 
     the ``Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. Post Office Building''; to 
     the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 2311. A bill to amend section 201 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to increase prosecutorial effectiveness and 
     enhance public safety, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 2312. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the 
     Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
     Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and 
     for other purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Thompson, 
             Mr. Robb, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Coats):

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       S. 2313. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for individual security accounts funded by 
     employee and employer social security payroll deductions, to 
     extend the solvency of the old-age, survivors, and disability 
     insurance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 2314. A bill to clarify that prosecutors and other 
     public officials acting in the performance of their official 
     duties may enter into cooperation agreements and make other 
     commitments, assurances, and promises, as provided by law in 
     consideration of truthful testimony; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. D'Amato, and Mr. 
             Ford):
       S. 2315. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and titles 
     XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require that 
     group and individual health insurance coverage and group 
     health plans and managed care plans under the medicare and 
     medicaid programs provide coverage for hospital lengths of 
     stay as determined by the attending health care provider in 
     consultation with the patient; to the Committee on Labor and 
     Human Resources.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 2316. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued 
     on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation for 
     the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used 
     to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride; read the 
     first time.

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