[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21390]
[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. BENNETT:
       S. 1581. A bill to amend the Strom Thurmond National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for 
     the retention and administration of Oil Shale Reserve 
     Numbered 2 by the Secretary of Energy; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 1582. A bill to modify the provisions of the Balanced 
     Budget Act of 1997 relating to the medicare program under 
     title XVIII of the Social Security Act; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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