[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 106 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9555-S9556]
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. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 2395. A bill to provide grants to strengthen State and 
     local health care systems' response to domestic violence by 
     building the capacity of health care professionals and staff 
     to identify, address, and prevent domestic violence; to the 
     Committee on Labor and Human Resources. 
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 2396. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot 
     program under which milk producers and cooperatives will be 
     permitted to enter into forward price contracts with milk 
     handlers; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry. 
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
             Torricelli, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2397. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to 
     finance public-private partnership activities relating to 
     school facilities in public elementary and secondary schools, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. THOMPSON:
       S. 2398. A bill to provide for establishment of a memorial 
     to sportsmen; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources. 

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           By Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN:
       S. 2399. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain 
     drug substances used as an HIV antiviral drug; to the 
     Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. ROTH:
       S. 2400. An original bill to authorize the negotiation of 
     reciprocal trade agreements, implement certain trade 
     agreements, extend trade preferences to certain developing 
     countries, extend the trade adjustment assistance programs, 
     and for other purposes; from the Committee on Finance; placed 
     on the calendar. 
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 2401. A bill to authorize the addition of the Paoli 
     Battlefield site in Malvern, Pennsylvania, to Valley Forge 
     National Historical Park; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources. 
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2402. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey certain lands in San Juan County, New Mexico, to San 
     Juan College; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry. 
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 2403. A bill to prohibit discrimination against health 
     care entities that refuse to provide, provide coverage for, 
     pay for, or provide referrals for abortions; to the Committee 
     on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 2404. A bill to establish designations for United States 
     Postal Service buildings located in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka, 
     Carol City, and Miami, Florida; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. FAIRCLOTH:
       S. 2405. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to exempt licensed funeral directors from the minimum 
     wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act; to 
     the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. 
           By Mr. HAGEL:
       S. 2406. A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency from implementing the 
     national primary drinking water regulations for copper in 
     drinking water until certain studies are completed; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Domenici, 
             Mr. Kempthorne, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2407. A bill to amend the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the programs 
     of the Small Business Administration; to the Committee on 
     Small Business. 
           By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Levin, Mr. Bond, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
             Kerrey, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 2408. A bill to promote the adoption of children with 
     special needs; to the Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Bennett):
       S. 2409. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a tax credit for business-provided student education 
     and training; to the Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, and Mr. 
             D'Amato):
       S. 2410. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to give States the options of providing medical 
     assistance to certain legal immigrant children and to 
     increase allotments to territories under the State Children's 
     Health Insurance Program; to the Committee on Finance. 
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 2411. A bill to expand child support enforcement through 
     means other than programs financed at Federal expense; to the 
     Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. Hollings):
       S. 2412. A bill to create employment opportunities and to 
     promote economic growth establishing a public-private 
     partnership between the United States travel and tourism 
     industry and every level of government to work to make the 
     United States the premiere travel and tourism destination in 
     the world, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 2413. A bill to provide for the development of a 
     management plan for the Woodland Lake Park tract in Apache-
     Sitgreaves National Forest in the State of Arizona reflecting 
     the current use of the tract as a public park; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
           By Mr. BURNS:
       S. 2414. A bill to establish terms and conditions under 
     which the Secretary of the Interior shall convey leaseholds 
     in certain properties around Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 2415. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level; to the 
     Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Specter, and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 2416. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed 
     care plans and other health coverage; to the Committee on 
     Finance. 
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       S. 2417. A bill to provide for allowable catch quota for 
     red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Warner):
       S. 2418. A bill to establish rural opportunity communities, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. D'AMATO:
       S. 2419. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to protect the nation's electricity 
     ratepayers by ensuring that rates charged by qualifying small 
     power producers and qualifying cogenerators do not exceed the 
     incremental cost to the purchasing utility of alternative 
     electric energy at the time of delivery, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             Craig, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. D'Amato, Ms. Moseley-Braun, 
             Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 2420. A bill to establish within the National Institutes 
     of Health an agency to be known as the National Center for 
     Complementary and Alternative Medicine; to the Committee on 
     Labor and Human Resources. 
           By Mr. CONRAD:
       S. 2421. A bill to provide for the permanent extension of 
     income averaging for farmers; to the Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Coverdell, 
             Mr. McConnell, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. 
             Nickles):
       S. 2422. A bill to provide incentives for states to 
     establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit 
     pay programs for elementary school and secondary teachers; to 
     the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. 
           By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       S. 2423. A bill to improve the accuracy of the budget and 
     revenue estimates of the Congressional Budget Office by 
     creating an independent CBO Economic Council and requiring 
     full disclosures of the methodology and assumptions used by 
     CBO in producing the estimates; to the Committee on the 
     Budget and the Committee on Governmental Affairs, jointly, 
     pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, that if one 
     Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to 
     report or be discharged. 
           By Mr. THOMPSON (for himself and Mr. Frist):
       S. 2424. A bill to provide for the reliquidation of certain 
     entries of certain thermal transfer multifunction machines; 
     to the Committee on Finance. 
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             McConnell, and Mr. Coverdell):
       S. 2425. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide additional tax incentives for education; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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