[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 140 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11970]
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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. KERRY:
       S. 2577. A bill to amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 
     1930 to allow duty drawback for grape juice concentrates, 
     regardless of color or variety; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2578. A bill to assist in the development and 
     implementation of projects to provide for the control of 
     drainage, storm, flood and other waters as part of water-
     related integrated resource management, environmental 
     infrastructure, and resource protection and developement 
     projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed, California; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 2579. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to permit certain youth to perform certain work with 
     wood products; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Santorum, Mr. Hollings, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2580. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Hollings):
       S. 2581. A bill to authorize appropriations for the motor 
     vehicle safety and information programs of the National 
     Highway Traffic Safety Administration for fiscal years 1999-
     2001; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BREAUX (for himself and Mr. Mack):
       S. 2582. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a prospective payment system for services 
     furnished by psychiatric hospitals under the Medicare 
     Program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 2583. A bill to provide disadvantaged children with 
     access to dental services; to the Committee on Labor and 
     Human Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 2584. A bill to provide aviator continuation pay for 
     military members killed in Operation Desert Shield; 
     considered and passed.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 2585. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     eliminate a threshold requirement relating to unreimbursable 
     expenses for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury 
     Compensation Program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 2586. A bill to amend parts A and D of title IV of the 
     Social Security Act to require States to pass through 
     directly to a family receiving assistance under the temporary 
     assistance to needy families program all child support 
     collected by the State and to disregard any child support 
     that the family receives in determining the family's level of 
     assistance under that program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2587. A bill to protect the public, especially seniors, 
     against telemarketing fraud and telemarketing fraud over the 
     Internet and to authorize an educational campaign to improve 
     senior citizens' ability to protect themselves against 
     telemarketing fraud over the Internet; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Nickles, and Mr. 
             Inouye):
       S. 2588. A bill to provide for the review and 
     classification of physician assistant positions in the 
     Federal Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 2589. A bill to provide for the collection and 
     interpretation of state of the art, non-intrusive 3-
     dimensional seismic data on certain federal lands in Alaska, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FAIRCLOTH (for himself, Mr. Grams, and Mr. 
             Gorton):
       S. 2590. A bill to enhance competition in financial 
     services; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. KERREY:
       S. 2591. A bill to provide certain secondary school 
     students with eligibility for certain campus-based assistance 
     under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; to the 
     Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Baucus, 
             and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 2592. A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, 
     Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit a State to register 
     a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within that 
     State; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 2593. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit against tax for employers who provide 
     child care assistance for dependents of their employees, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2594. A bill to establish a Food Safety Research 
     Institute to coordinate the development of a Federal 
     Governmentwide, interagency food safety research agenda to 
     ensure the efficient use of food safety research resources 
     and prevent duplication of efforts; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Murkowski):
       S. 2595. A bill to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 to provide affordable housing and 
     community development assistance to rural areas with 
     excessively high rates of outmigration and low per capita 
     income levels; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.

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