[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 141 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12163-S12164]
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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. TORRICELLI (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. DeWine, 
             and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 2596. A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture 
     Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland 
     protection program; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       S. 2597. A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture 
     Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland 
     protection program; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 2598. A bill to require proof of screening for lead 
     poisoning and to ensure that children at highest risk are 
     identified and treated; to the Committee on Finance.

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           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 2599. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a presumption of service-connection for certain 
     veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 2600. A bill to amend section 402 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act to reform the civil remedy provisions relating 
     to recordkeeping violations; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KYL:
       S. 2601. A bill to provide block grant options for certain 
     education funding; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
       S. 2602. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit against income tax for expenses of 
     attending elementary and secondary schools and for 
     contributions to charitable organizations which provide 
     scholarships for children to attend such schools; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 2603. A bill to promote access to health care services 
     in rural areas; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI:
       S. 2604. A bill to provide demonstration grants to local 
     educational agencies to enable the agencies to extend time 
     for learning and the length of the school year; to the 
     Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 2605. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the establishment of a national program of 
     traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registries; to 
     the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
           By Mr. ASHCROFT:
       S. 2606. A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
     to require the President to report to Congress on any 
     selective embargo on agricultural commodities, to provide a 
     termination date for the embargo, to provide greater 
     assurances for contract sanctity, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. 
             Landrieu, and Mr. Chafee):
       S. 2607. A bill to improve the administrative efficiency 
     and effectiveness of the Nation's abuse and neglect courts 
     and the quality and availability of training for judges, 
     attorneys, and volunteers working in such courts, and for 
     other purposes consistent with the Adoption and Safe Families 
     Act of 1997; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KYL (by request):
       S. 2608. A bill to approve a mutual settlement of the Water 
     Rights of the Gila River Indian Community and the United 
     States, on behalf of the Community and the Allottees, and 
     Phelps Dodge Corporation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BENNETT (for himself and Mr. Mack):
       S. 2609. A bill to ensure confidentiality with respect to 
     medical records and health care-related information, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 2610. A bill to amend the Clean Air to repeal the 
     grandfather status for electric utility units; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ROTH (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Mack):
       S. 2611. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to enable medicare beneficiaries to remain enrolled in 
     their chosen medicare health plan; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. FORD:
       S. 2612. A bill to provide that Tennessee may not impose 
     sales taxes on any goods or services purchased by a resident 
     of Kentucky at Fort Campbell, nor obtain reimbursement for 
     any unemployment compensation claim made by a resident of 
     Tennessee relating to work performed at Fort Campbell; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KERREY:
       S. 2613. A bill to accelerate the percentage of health 
     insurance costs deductible by self-employed individuals 
     through the use of revenues resulting from an estate tax 
     technical correction; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COATS:
       S. 2614. A bill to amend chapter 96 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to enhance the protection of first amendment 
     rights; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 2615. A bill to study options to improve and enhance the 
     protection, management, and interpretation of the significant 
     natural and other resources of certain units of the National 
     Park System in northwest Alaska, to implement a pilot program 
     to better accomplish the purposes for which those units were 
     established by providing greater involvement by Alaska Native 
     communities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROTH (for himself and Mr. Moynihan):
       S. 2616. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to make revisions in the per beneficiary and per visit 
     payment limits on payment for health services under the 
     medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.

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