[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3858]
[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. THOMPSON:
       S. 557. An original bill to provide guidance for the 
     designation of emergencies as a part of the budget process; 
     from the Committee on Governmental Affairs; placed on the 
     calendar.
       S. 558. An original bill to prevent the shutdown of the 
     Government at the beginning of a fiscal year if a new budget 
     is not yet enacted; from the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S. 559. A bill to designate the Federal building located at 
     33 East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the ``J.J. ``Jake'' 
     Pickle Federal Building''; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Reed)):
       S. 560. A bill to reform the manner in which firearms are 
     manufactured and distributed by providing an incentive to 
     State and local governments to bring claims for the rising 
     costs of gun violence in their communities; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 561. A bill to authorize the President to award a gold 
     medal on behalf of the Congress to Mrs. Yaffa Eliach in 
     recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions 
     toward scholarship about the Holocaust, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 562. A bill to provide for a comprehensive, coordinated 
     effort to combat methamphetamine abuse, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Abraham):
       S. 563. A bill to repeal a waiver that permitted the 
     issuance of a certificate of documentation with endorsement 
     for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel 
     COLUMBUS, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
             Daschle):
       S. 564. A bill to reduce class size, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. Lott):
       S. 565. A bill to provide for the treatment of the actions 
     of certain foreign narcotics traffickers as an unusual and 
     extraordinary threat to the United States for purposes of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 566. A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
     to exempt agricultural commodities, livestock, and value-
     added products from unilateral economic sanctions, to prepare 
     for future bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations 
     affecting United States agriculture, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       S.J. Res. 13. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to protect Social 
     Security; read the first time.

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