[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S2729]
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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. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Wyden, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Chafee, Mr. 
             Cleland, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Robb, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. 
             Wellstone):
       S. 622. A bill to enhance Federal enforcement of hate 
     crimes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 623. A bill to amend Public Law 89-108 to increase 
     authorization levels for State and Indian tribal, municipal, 
     rural, and industrial water supplies, to meet current and 
     future water quantity and quality needs of the Red River 
     Valley, to deauthorize certain project features and 
     irrigation service areas, to enhance natural resources and 
     fish and wildlife habitat, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 624. A bill to authorize construction of the Fort Peck 
     Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
             Biden, and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 625. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 626. A bill to provide from unfair interest and 
     penalties on refunds retroactively ordered by the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
             Burns, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
             Allard, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Gorton, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Grams, 
             Mr. Bond, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Helms, Mr. 
             Craig, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 627. A bill to terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 628. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to expand and clarify the requirements regarding 
     advance directives in order to ensure that an individual's 
     health care decisions are compiled with, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 629. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide for a 
     safety net to producers through cost of production crop 
     insurance coverage, to improve procedures used to determine 
     yields for crop insurance, to improve the noninsured crop 
     assistance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 630. A bill to provide for the preservation and 
     sustainability for the family farm through the transfer of 
     responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead 
     Irrigation Project, Montana; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DEWINE (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Levin, Mr. Hollings, and 
             Mr. Durbin):
       S. 631. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     eliminate the time limitation on benefits for 
     immunosuppressive drugs under the medicare program, to 
     provide continued entitlement for such drugs for certain 
     individuals after medicare benefits end, and to extend 
     certain medicare secondary payer requirements; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DEWINE (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Chafee, 
             Mr. Graham, Mr. Bond, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Burns, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 632. A bill to provide assistance for poison prevention 
     and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control 
     centers; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. ASHCROFT:
       S. 633. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to require that investment decisions regarding the social 
     security trust funds be made on the basis of the best 
     interests of beneficiaries, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Helms, 
             Mr. Mack, Mr. Robb, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Kyl, and Mr. 
             Roberts):
       S. 634. A bill to suspend certain sanctions with respect to 
     India and Pakistan; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. Grams, Mr. Lieberman, and 
             Mr. Kyl):
       S. 635. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to more accurately codify the depreciable life of printed 
     wiring board and printed wiring assembly equipment; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 636. A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act and part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish 
     standards for the health quality improvement of children in 
     managed care plans and other health plans; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 637. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     regulate the transfer of firearms over the Internet, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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