[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 26982-26983]
[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. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1798. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     provide enhanced protection for investors and innovators, 
     protect patent terms, reduce patent litigation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 1799. A bill for the relief of Sergio Lozano; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 1800. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to 
     improve onsite inspections of State food stamp programs, to 
     provide grants to develop community partnerships and 
     innovative outreach strategies for food

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     stamp and related programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN:
       S. 1801. A bill to provide for the identification, 
     collection, and review for declassification of records and 
     materials that are of extraordinary public interest to the 
     people of the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1802. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on instant 
     print film; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROBB (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sarbanes, and 
             Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 1803. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend permanently and expand the research tax credit; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1804. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in 
     consultation with the Director of the Office of Science 
     Technology and the Director of the National Science 
     Foundation, to establish a program for increasing the United 
     State's scientific, technology, and mathematical resources, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Leahy, 
             and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 1805. A bill to restore food stamp benefits for aliens, 
     to provide States with flexibility in administering the food 
     stamp vehicle allowance, to index the excess shelter expense 
     deduction to inflation, to authorize additional 
     appropriations to purchase and make available additional 
     commodities under the emergency food assistance program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
             Domenici, Mr. Hollings, and Mr. Cleland):
       S. 1806. A bill to authorize the payment of a gratuity to 
     certain members of the Armed Forces who served at Bataan and 
     Corregidor during World War II, or the surviving spouses of 
     such members, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 1807. A bill to provide for increased access to airports 
     in the United Kingdom by United States air carriers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Biden):
       S. 1808. A bill to reauthorize and improve the drug court 
     grant program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mr. Frist, Ms. Collins, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Dodd, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1809. A bill to improve service systems for individuals 
     with developmental disabilities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Conrad, 
             Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Sarbanes):
       S. 1810. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate 
     procedures; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       S. 1811. A bill for the relief of Sophia Shiklivsky and her 
     husband Vasili Chidlivski; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER:
       S. 1812. A bill to establish a commission on a nuclear 
     testing treaty, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. Jeffords, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Cochran):
       S. 1813. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide additional support for and to expand clinical 
     research programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Craig, Mr. Cleland, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
             Mack, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Helms, Mr. Grams, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Bunning, and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 1814. A bill to establish a system of registries of 
     temporary agricultural workers to provide for a sufficient 
     supply of such workers and to amend the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act to streamline procedures for the admission 
     and extension of stay of nonimmigrant agricultural workers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Smith of Oregon):
       S. 1815. A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of 
     certain aliens who previously performed agricultural work in 
     the United States to that of aliens who are lawfully admitted 
     to the United States to perform that work; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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