[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 10 (Tuesday, February 8, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S489]
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              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first time and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as 
indicated:

           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. 
             Inouye):
       S. 2038. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical 
     mistakes and to reduce medication-related errors, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON:
       S. 2039. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     provide emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild 
     chicken houses destroyed by disasters; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BUNNING:
       S. 2040. A bill to exclude the receipts and disbursements 
     of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund from the budget of the 
     United States Government, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Governmental 
     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 be discharged.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN:
       S. 2041. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to exempt discharges from certain silvicultrual 
     activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant 
     discharge elimination system; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.

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