[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14905]
[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 Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Daschle, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mr. Inouye, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Akaka, and 
             Ms. Mikulski): S. 1304. A bill to amend the Family 
             and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees to 
             take school involvement leave to participate in the 
             academic school activities of their children or to 
             participate in literacy training, and for other 
             purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
             Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Enzi): S. 1305. A 
             bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to 
             improve the process for listing, recovery planning, 
             and delisting, and for other purposes; to the 
             Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Levin, and 
             Mr. Lautenberg): S. 1306. A bill to amend chapter 44 
             of title 18, United States Code, relating to the 
             regulation of firearms dealers, and for other 
             purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. 
             McConnell): S. 1307. A bill to amend the Food Stamp 
             Act of 1977 to permit participating households to use 
             food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional 
             supplements providing vitamins or minerals, and for 
             other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
             Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Breaux): S. 1308. 
             A bill to amend section 468A of the Internal Revenue 
             Code of 1986 with respect to deductions for 
             decommissioning costs of nuclear power plants; to the 
             Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SESSIONS: S. 1309. A bill to amend title I of 
             the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
             to provide for the preemption of State law in certain 
             cases relating to certain church plans; to the 
             Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Bennett, Mr. Santorum, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Torricelli, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Allard, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Enzi, Mr. Frist, Mr. Helms, and Mr. Abraham): S. 
             1310. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
             Security Act to modify the interim payment system for 
             home health services, and for other purposes; to the 
             Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI: S. 1311. A bill to direct the 
             Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
             to establish an eleventh region of the Environmental 
             Protection Agency, comprised solely of the State of 
             Alaska; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
             Works.

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