[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 150 (Friday, October 29, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S13552]
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 and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1829. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to prohibit the payment of debts incurred by the communist 
     government of Cuba; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Roth, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
             Mikulski, and Mr. Mack):
       S. 1830. A bill to provide for the appointment of 
     additional temporary bankruptcy judges, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1831. A bill to protect and provide resources for the 
     Social Security System, to reserve surpluses to protect, 
     strengthen and modernize the Medicare Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
     Government Affairs, jointly, pursuant to the order of August 
     4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the 
     other committee have thirty days to report or he discharged.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1832. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage; read the first 
     time.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mr. Byrd, Mr. Kerrey, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 1833. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives to encourage the production and use 
     of efficient energy sources, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE:
       S. 1834. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to restore medical eligibility for certain supplementary 
     security income beneficiaries; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1835. A bill to restore Federal remedies for violations 
     of intellectual property rights by States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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