[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 23974-23975]
[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. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1686. A bill to provide for the conveyances of land 
     interests to Chugach Alaska Corporation to fulfill the 
     intent, purpose, and promise of the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1687. A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act 
     to authorize appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1688. A bill to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, relating to the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program, to enable the Federal Government to enroll 
     an employee and the family of the employee in the program 
     when a State court orders the employee to provide health 
     insurance coverage for a child of the employee, but the 
     employee fails to provide the coverage, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Helms, and Mr. 
             DeWine):
       S. 1689. A bill to require a report on the current United 
     States policy and strategy regarding counter-narcotics 
     assistance for Colombia, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Dodd, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1690. A bill to require the United States to take action 
     to provide bilateral debt relief, and improve the provision 
     of multilateral debt relief, in order to give a fresh start 
     to poor countries; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
             Voinovich):
       S. 1691. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize programs for 
     predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of 
     disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Smith of New 
             Hampshire, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Brownback, 
             Mr. Burns, Mr. Craig, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Frist, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Mack, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
             Nickles, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. 
             Thurmond, Mr. Warner, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Allard, Mr. Bond, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Gorton, Mr. 
             Grams, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Helms, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lugar, 
             Mr. McCain, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Shelby, 
             Mr. Thomas, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. Coverdell):
       S. 1692. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     ban partial birth abortions; read the first time.

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           By Mr. GRAMS:
       S. 1693. A bill to protect the Social Security surplus by 
     requiring a sequester to eliminate any deficit; to the 
     Committee on the Budget and to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs, jointly, pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, 
     with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other 
     Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.

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