[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 90 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6677-S6678]
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 times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. GRAMS:
       S. 2858. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure adequate payment rates for ambulance services, 
     to apply a prudent layperson standard to the determination of 
     medical necessity for emergency ambulance services, and to 
     recognize the additional costs of providing ambulance 
     services in rural areas; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2859. A bill to provide assistance to States in reducing 
     the backlog of casework files awaiting DNA analysis and to 
     make DNA testing available in appropriate cases to convicted 
     Federal and States offenders; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENZI:
       S. 2860. A bill for the relief of Sammie Martine Orr; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FRIST:
       S. 2861. A bill to establish a biannual certification of 
     eligibility for development assistance based on the level of 
     economic freedom of countries receiving United States 
     development assistance and to provide for a phase-out of that 
     assistance based on the certification, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 2862. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     Exisulind; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire:
       S. 2863. A bill to prohibit use or sharing of medical 
     health records or information by financial institutions and 
     their affiliates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2864. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with 
     appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade 
     for the vessel R'ADVENTURE II; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. ROBB (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2865. A bill to designate certain land of the National 
     Forest System located in the State of Virginia as wilderness; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Dodd,

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             Mr. Domenici, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bond, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Smith of 
             Oregon, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. L. Chafee, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Roberts, Mr . Robb, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Mr. Wellstone, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kerrey, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2866. A bill to provide for early learning programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 2867. A bill to provide for the funding and 
     administration of a Veterans Mission for Youth Initiative 
     within the Troops-to-Teachers Program; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Dodd, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Bond, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Abraham, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 2868. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to children's health; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Hutchinson, 
             Mr. Daschle, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 2869. A bill to protect religious liberty, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.

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