[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21863]
[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. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 1593. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Cleland):
       S. 1594. A bill to amend the Small Business Act and Small 
     Business Investment Act of 1958; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 1595. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     at 401 West Washington Street in Phoenix, Arizona, as the 
     ``Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 1596. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
     commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. KERREY:
       S. 1597. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide enhanced tax incentives for charitable giving, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROBERTS:
       S. 1598. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for appropriate overtime pay for National Weather 
     Service forecasters performing essential services during 
     severe weather events, and to limit Sunday premium pay for 
     employees of the National Weather Service to hours of service 
     actually performed on Sunday; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1599. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative 
     sites and other land in the Black Hills National Forest and 
     to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire 
     replacement sites and to acquire or construct administrative 
     improvements in connection with Black Hills National Forest; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Jeffords, 
             Mr. Reid, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 1600. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to prevent the wearing away of an 
     employee's accrued benefit under a defined benefit plan by 
     the adoption of a plan amendment reducing future accruals 
     under the plan; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 1601. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to exclude small rural providers from the prospective 
     payment system for hospital outpatient department services; 
     to the Committee on Finance.

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