[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1098]
[From the U.S. 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. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Thurmond, 
             Mr. Abraham, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Ashcroft):
       S. 254. A bill to reduce violent juvenile crime, promote 
     accountability by rehabilitation of juvenile criminals, 
     punish and deter violent gang crime, and for other purposes; 
     read the first time.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 255. A bill to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in 
     payments for home health services provided under the medicare 
     program, and to improve the quality of those home health 
     services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. 
             Conrad):
       S. 256. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to promote the use of universal product numbers on claims 
     forms submitted for reimbursement under the medicare program; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. 
             Hagel):
       S. 257. A bill to state the policy of the United States 
     regarding the deployment of a missile defense capable of 
     defending the territory of the United States against limited 
     ballistic missile attack; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Robb):
       S. 258. A bill to authorize additional rounds of base 
     closures and realignments under the Defense Base Closure and 
     Realignment Act of 1990 in 2001 and 2003, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 259. A bill to increase the role of the Secretary of 
     Transportation in administering section 901 of the Merchant 
     Marine Act, 1936, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Craig, 
             Mr. Brownback, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Kohl, 
             and Mr. Burns):
       S. 260. A bill to make chapter 12 of title 11, United 
     States Code, permanent, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Byrd, 
             Mr. DeWine, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Santorum, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kohl, 
             Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Moynihan):
       S. 261. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROTH (for himself and Mr. Moynihan):
       S. 262. A bill to make miscellaneous and technical changes 
     to various trade laws, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROTH:
       S. 263. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     establish the Personal Retirement Accounts Program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 264. A bill to increase the Federal medical assistance 
     percentage for Hawaii to 59.8 percent; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 265. A bill entitled ``Hospital Length of Stay Act of 
     1999''; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 266. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the 
     exclusive application of California State regulations 
     regarding reformulated gasoline in certain areas within the 
     State; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       S. 267. A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency to give highest priority to petroleum contaminants in 
     drinking water in issuing corrective action orders under the 
     response program for petroleum; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       S. 268. A bill to specify the effective date of and require 
     an amendment to the final rule of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency regulating exhaust emissions from new 
     spark-ignition gasoline marine engines; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

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