[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Pages 29947-29948]
[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. CRAIG:
       S. 1937. A bill to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric 
     Power Planning and Conservation Act to provide for sales of 
     electricity by the Bonneville Power Administration to joint 
     operating entities; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Crapo, and 
             Mr. Burns):
       S. 1938. A bill to provide for the return of fair and 
     reasonable fees to the Federal Government for the use and 
     occupancy of National Forest System land under the recreation 
     residence program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1939. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit against income tax for dry cleaning 
     equipment which uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Feingold, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. 
             Lautenberg):
       S. 1940. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to reaffirm the United States' historic commitment to 
     protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 1941. A bill to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and 
     Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Director of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency to provide assistance to fire 
     departments and fire prevention organizations for the purpose 
     of protecting the public and firefighting personnel against 
     fire and fire-related hazards; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS:
       S. 1942. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     establish grant programs to provide State pharmacy assistance 
     programs and medication management programs; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 1943. A bill to provide for an inexpensive book 
     distribution program; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       S. 1944. A bill to provide national challenge grants for 
     innovation in the education of homeless children and youth; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1945. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     require consideration under the congestion mitigation and air 
     quality improvement program of the extent to which a proposed 
     project or program reduces sulfur or atmospheric carbon 
     emissions, to make renewable fuel projects eligible under 
     that program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Warner, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Domenici, Mr. Moynihan, Ms. Collins, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Bennett):
       S. 1946. A bill to amend the National Environmental 
     Education Act to redesignate that Act as the ``John H. Chafee 
     Environmental Education Act'', to establish the John H. 
     Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program, to extend the programs 
     under that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

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           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 1947. A bill to provide for an assessment of the abuse 
     of and trafficking in gamma hydroxybutyric acid and other 
     controlled substances and drugs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LOTT:
       S. 1948. A bill to amend the provisions of title 17, United 
     States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, relating to 
     copyright licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by 
     satellite; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1949. A bill to promote economically sound modernization 
     of electric power generation capacity in the United States, 
     to establish requirements to improve the combustion heat rate 
     efficiency of fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating 
     units, to reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, 
     nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide, to require that all 
     fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units operating 
     in the United States meet new source review requirements, to 
     promote the use of clean coal technologies, and to promote 
     alternative energy and clean energy sources such as solar, 
     wind, biomass, and fuel cells; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Thomas):
       S. 1950. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to 
     ensure the orderly development of coal, coalbed methane, 
     natural gas, and oil in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and 
     Montana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1951. A bill to provide the Secretary of Energy with 
     authority to draw down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve when 
     oil and gas prices in the United States rise sharply because 
     of anticompetitive activity, and to require the President, 
     through the Secretary of Energy, to consult with Congress 
     regarding the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       S. 1952. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a simplified method for determining a partner's 
     share of items of a partnership which is a qualified 
     investment club; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KERREY:
       S. 1953. A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to authorize the 
     establishment of a voluntary legal employment authentication 
     program (LEAP) as a successor to the current pilot programs 
     for employment eligibility confirmation; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. 
             Kennedy):
       S. 1954. A bill to establish a compensation program for 
     employees of the Department of Energy, its contractors, 
     subcontractors, and beryllium vendors, who sustained 
     beryllium-related illness due to the performance of their 
     duty; to establish a compensation program for certain workers 
     at the Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plant; to 
     establish a pilot program for examining the possible 
     relationship between workplace exposure to radiation and 
     hazardous materials and illnesses or health conditions; and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.

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