[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3633-S3634]
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

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and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 768. A bill to establish court-martial jurisdiction over 
     civilians serving with the Armed Forces during contingency 
     operations, and to establish Federal jurisdiction over crimes 
     committed outside the United States by former members of the 
     Armed Forces and civilians accompanying the Armed Forces 
     outside the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 769. A bill to provide a final settlement on certain 
     debt owed by the city of Dickinson, North Dakota, for the 
     construction of the bascule gates on the Dickinson Dam; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Murkowski, 
             Mr. Inouye, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 770. A bill to provide reimbursement under the medicare 
     program for telehealth services, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROBB:
       S. 771. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the memorialization at the columbarium at Arlington 
     National Cemetery of veterans who have donated their remains 
     to science, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans Affairs.
       S. 772. A bill to amend section 8339(p) of title 5, United 
     States Code, to clarify the computations of certain civil 
     service retirement system annuities based on part-time 
     service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BREAUX:
       S. 773. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the active business definition relating to 
     distributions of stock and securities of controlled 
     corporations; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 774. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the deduction for meal and entertainment expenses 
     of small businesses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI:
       S. 775. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a feasibility 
     study for applying airport bubbles as a method of 
     identifying, assessing, and reducing the adverse 
     environmental impacts of airport ground and flight operations 
     and improving the overall quality of the environment, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 776. A bill to authorize the National Park Service to 
     conduct a feasibility study for the preservation of the Loess 
     Hills in western Iowa; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. FITZGERALD:
       S. 777. A bill to require the Department of Agriculture to 
     establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to enable 
     the public to file all required paperwork electronically with 
     the Department and to have access to public information on 
     farm programs, quarterly trade, economic, and production 
     reports, and other similar information; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 778. A bill for the relief of Blanca Echeverri; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. 
             Moynihan, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 779. A bill to provide that no Federal income tax shall 
     be imposed on amounts received by Holocaust victims or their 
     heirs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 780. A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
     Management Act of 1996 to provide for the participation of 
     the Secretary of the Interior in the America's Agricultural 
     Heritage Partnership, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 781. A bill to amend section 2511 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to revise the consent exception to the 
     prohibition on the interception of oral, wire, or electronic 
     communications that is applicable to telephone 
     communications; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       S. 782. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     modify the exception to the prohibition on the interception 
     of wire, oral, or electronic communications to require a 
     health insurance issuer, health plan, or health care provider 
     obtain an enrollee's or patient's consent to their 
     interception, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 783. A bill to limit access to body armor by violent 
     felons and to facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body 
     armor to State and local law enforcement agencies; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mr. Frist, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Smith of 
             Oregon, Ms. Collins, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Craig, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Kerrey, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 784. A bill to establish a demonstration project to 
     study and provide coverage of routine patient care costs for 
     medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an 
     approved clinical trial program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Daschle):
       S. 785. A bill for the relief of Frances Schochenmaier; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Sarbanes, 
             Ms. Collins, and Mr. Lott):
       S. 786. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall 
     be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to 
     a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the 
     first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 787. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to enhance 
     consumer disclosures regarding credit card terms and charges, 
     to restrict issuance of credit cards to students, to expand 
     protections in connection with unsolicited credit cards and 
     third-party checks, and to protect consumers from 
     unreasonable practices that result in unnecesary credit costs 
     or loss of credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 788. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to 
     provide that a quality grade label issued by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may not be used for imported meat and meat food 
     products; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 789. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize payment of special compensation to certain severely 
     disabled uniformed services retirees; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 790. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers of bottled water to 
     submit annual reports, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Sessions):
       S.J. Res. 18. A joint resolution honoring World War II 
     crewmembers of the U.S.S. Alabama on the occasion of the 1999 
     annual reunion of the U.S.S. Alabama Crewmen's Association; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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