[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Pages 31080-31081]
[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. GRAMM (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
             Ashcroft, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bond, 
             Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Campbell, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Enzi, 
             Mr. Feingold, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Grams, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Helms, 
             Mr. Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kyl, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, 
             Mr. McConnell, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Reed, 
             Mr. Reid, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Roth, Mr. Santorum, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of New 
             Hampshire, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Specter, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 
             Thurmond, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. Wellstone, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Frist, and Mr. Moynihan):
       S. 1971. A bill to authorize the President to award a gold 
     medal on behalf of the Congress to Milton Friedman, in 
     recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to 
     individual freedom and opportunity in American society 
     through his exhaustive research and teaching of economics, 
     and his extensive writings on economics and public policy; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 1972. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey to the town of Dolores, Colorado, the current site of 
     the Joe Rowell Park; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1973. A bill to simplify Federal oil and gas revenue 
     distributions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Bayh, and 
             Mr. Smith of Oregon):
       S. 1974. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make higher education more affordable by providing a full 
     tax deduction for higher education expenses and a tax credit 
     for student education loans; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MACK (for himself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 1975. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the tax on generation-skipping transfers to 
     eliminate certain traps for the unwary and otherwise improve 
     the fairness of such tax; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THOMPSON:
       S. 1976. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that certain uses of a facility owned by a tax-
     exempt organization shall not be treated as private business 
     use for purposes of determining whether bonds issued to 
     provide the facility are tax-exempt bonds; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 
             Lieberman, and Mr. Abraham):
       S. 1977. A bill to review, reform, and terminate 
     unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 1978. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the 
     Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan area; to the Committee 
     on Veterans Affairs.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Moynihan):
       S. 1979. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     provide that restrictions on application of State laws to 
     pension benefits shall not apply to State laws prohibiting 
     individuals from benefitting from crimes involving the death 
     of pension plan participants; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Wellstone, 
             Mr. Conrad, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Wyden, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1980. A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 to ensure improved access to the signals of local 
     television stations by multichannel video providers to all 
     households which desire such service in unserved and 
     underserved rural areas by December 31, 2006; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 1981. A bill to amend title XI of the Public Health 
     Service Act to provide for the use of new genetic 
     technologies to meet the health care needs of the public; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       S. 1982. A bill to clarify the standing of United States 
     citizens to challenge the blocking of assets by the United 
     States under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act; 
     read twice; ordered placed on the calendar.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Smith of 
             Oregon, Mrs. Boxer, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1983. A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
     to increase the amount of funds available for certain 
     agricultural trade programs; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 1984. A bill to establish in the Antitrust Division of 
     the Department of Justice a position with responsibility for 
     agricultural antitrust matters; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI:
       S. 1985. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to lower the adjusted gross income threshold for deductible 
     disaster casualty losses to 5 percent, to make such deduction 
     an above-the-line deduction, and to allow an election to take 
     such deduction for the preceding or succeeding year; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Burns):
       S. 1986. A bill to amend title X of division C of the 
     Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act of 1998, relating to the Canyon Ferry 
     Reservoir, Montana; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Mr. Reid, Mr. Graham, Mr. Harkin, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Johnson, and Mr. Cleland):
       S. 1987. A bill to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 
     1994, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the 
     Older Americans Act of 1965, and the Public Health Service 
     Act to ensure that older women are protected from 
     institutional, community, and domestic violence and sexual 
     assault and to improve outreach efforts and other services 
     available to older women victimized by such violence, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Brownback, 
             Mr. Harkin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. Burns):
       S. 1988. A bill to reform the State inspection of meat and 
     poultry in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 1989. A bill to ensure that employees of traveling sales 
     crews are protected under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 and under other provisions of law; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1990. A bill to designate the Federal building located 
     at 501 I Street in Sacramento, California, as the ``Joe 
     Serna, Jr. United States Courthouse and Federal Building"; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. THOMPSON (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. 
             Collins, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1991. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to enhance criminal penalties for election law 
     violations, to clarify current provisions of law regarding 
     donations from foreign nationals, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1992. A bill to provide States with loans to enable 
     State entities or local governments within the States to make 
     interest payments on qualified school construction bonds 
     issued by the State entities or local governments, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. THOMPSON (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 1993. A bill to reform Government information security 
     by strengthening information security practices throughout 
     the Federal Government; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Bryan):
       S. 1994. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide assistance to first-time homebuyers; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 1995. A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to 
     revise the eligibility of private organizations under the 
     child and

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     adult care food program; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
             Frist):
       S. 1996. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     clarify provisions relation to the content of petitions for 
     compensation under the vaccine injury compensation program; 
     considered and passed.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1997. A bill to simplify Federal oil and gas revenue 
     distributions, and for other proposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1998. A bill to establish the Yuma Crossing National 
     Heritage Area; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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