[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S5036]
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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. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Levin, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Reed, and 
             Mr. Kerry):
       S. 995. A bill to strengthen the firearms and explosives 
     laws of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 996. A bill to establish a matching grant program to 
     help State and local jurisdictions purchase school safety 
     equipment; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
             Ashcroft, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. DeWine, 
             Mrs. Hutchison, and Mr. McCain):
       S. 997. A bill to assist States in providing individuals a 
     credit against State income taxes or a comparable benefit for 
     contributions to charitable organizations working to prevent 
     or reduce poverty and protect and encourage donations to 
     charitable organizations, to prohibit discrimination against 
     nongovernmental organizations and certain individuals on the 
     basis of religion in the distribution of government funds to 
     provide government assistance and the distribution of such 
     assistance, to allow such organizations to accept such funds 
     to provide such assistance without impairing the religious 
     character of such organizations, to provide for tax-free 
     distributions from individual retirement accounts for 
     charitable purposes, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 998. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
     prohibit the donation or service without charge of 
     competitive foods of minimal nutritional value in schools 
     participating in Federal meal service programs before the end 
     of the last lunch period of the schools; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 999. A bill to amend chapter 18 of title 35, United 
     States Code, to improve the ability of Federal agencies to 
     patent and license federally owned inventions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BREAUX (for himself and Mr. Nickles):
       S. 1000. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to treat certain dealer derivative financial instruments, 
     hedging transactions, and supplies as ordinary assets; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Byrd, 
             Mr. Brownback, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Cleland, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1001. A bill to establish the National Youth Violence 
     Commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 1002. 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. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Crapo, 
             and Mr. Bryan):
       S. 1003. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide increased tax incentives for the purchase of 
     alternative fuel and electric vehicle, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1004. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     reduce telephone rates, provide advanced telecommunications 
     services to schools, libraries, and certain health care 
     facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 1005. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     provide for national minimum sentences for individuals 
     convicted of operating motor vehicles under the influence of 
     alcohol; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 1006. A bill to end the use of conventional steel-jawed 
     leghold traps on animals in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1007. A bill to assist in the conservation of great apes 
     by supporting and providing financial resources for the 
     conservation programs of countries within the range of great 
     apes and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in 
     the conservation of great apes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 1008. A bill to modify the standards for responding to 
     import surges under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, to 
     establish mechanisms for import monitoring and the prevention 
     of circumvention of United States trade laws, and to 
     strengthen the enforcement of United States trade remedy 
     laws; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SHELBY:
       S. 1009. An original bill to authorize appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2000 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes; 
     from the Select Committee on Intelligence; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1010. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a medical innovation tax credit for clinical 
     testing research expenses attributable to academic medical 
     centers and other qualified hospital research organizations; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FRIST:
       S. 1011. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that trusts established for the benefit of 
     individuals with disabilities shall be taxed at the same 
     rates as individual taxpayers; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1012. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to use the Consumer Price Index in addition to the national 
     average wage index for purposes of cost-of-living 
     adjustments; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 1013. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to promote lifetime savings by allowing people to establish 
     child savings accounts within Roth IRAs and by allowing the 
     savings to be used for education, first time home purchases, 
     and retirement, to expand the availability of Roth IRAs to 
     all Americans and to protect their contributions from 
     inflation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       S. 1014. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the rate of the individual income tax and the 
     number of tax brackets; to the Committee on Finance.

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