[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 102 (Wednesday, September 6, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8104-S8105]
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              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. FEINGOLD:
       S. 3005. A bill to require country of origin labeling of 
     all forms of ginseng; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. ASHCROFT:
       S. 3006. A bill to remove civil liability barriers 
     surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire 
     companies; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Specter, 
             Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Grams, Mr. Murkowski, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Moynihan, and Mr. Fitzgerald):
       S. 3007. A bill to provide for measures in response to a 
     unilateral declaration of the existence of a Palestinian 
     state; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
             Feingold):
       S. 3008. A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in 
     Employment Act of 1967 to require, as a condition of receipt 
     of Federal funding, that States waive immunity to suit for 
     certain violations of that Act, and to affirm the 
     availability of certain suits for injunctive relief to ensure 
     compliance with that Act; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Grams, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Ms. Collins, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Hollings, 
             and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 3009. A bill to provide funds to the National Center for 
     Rural Law Enforcement; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 3010. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve procedures for the determination of the inability of 
     veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 3011. An original bill to increase, effective as of 
     December 1, 2000, the rates of compensation for veterans with 
     service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
     disabled veterans; from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 3012. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and 
     failure to file reports concerning defects in foreign motor 
     vehicle products, and to require the timely provision of 
     notice of such defects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S.J. Res. 51. A joint resolution authorizing special awards 
     to veterans of service as United States Navy Armed Guards 
     during World War I or World War II; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.

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