[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24640]
[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. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Grams):
       S. 1710. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in conjunction with the minting of coins by the 
     Republic of Iceland in commemoration of the millennium of the 
     discovery of the New World by Leif Ericson; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Burns):
       S. 1711. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a deferral of tax on gain from the sale of 
     telecommunications businesses in specific circumstances or a 
     tax credit and other incentives to promote diversity of 
     ownership in telecommunications businesses; to the Committee 
     of Finance.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S. 1712. An original bill to provide authority to control 
     exports, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; placed on the calendar.
            Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1713. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to extend for an additional 2 years the period for 
     admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant under section 
     101(a)(15)(S) of such Act, and to authorize appropriations 
     for the refugee assistance program under chapter 2 of title 
     IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER:
       S. 1714. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement 
     plans of individuals residing in presidentially declared 
     disaster areas; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 1715. A bill to provide for an interim census of 
     Americans residing aboard, and to require that such 
     individuals be included in the 2010 decennial census; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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