[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 4024-4025]
[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. BREAUX (for himself and Mr. Mack):
       S. 572. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury 
     from issuing regulations dealing with hybrid transactions; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Daschle, 
             and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 573. A bill to provide individuals with access to health 
     information of which they are a subject, ensure personal 
     privacy with respect to health-care-related information, 
     impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of 
     protected health information, to provide for the strong 
     enforcement of these rights, and to protect States' rights; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BIDEN:
       S. 574. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier 
     Resources System; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. CLELAND (for himself and Mr. Coverdell):
       S. 575. A bill to redesignate the National School Lunch Act 
     as the ``Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act''; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S. 576. An original bill to provide for improved monetary 
     policy and regulatory reform in financial institution 
     management and activities, to streamline financial regulatory 
     agency actions, to provide for improved consumer credit 
     disclosure, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 577. A bill to provide for injunctive relief in Federal 
     district court to enforce State laws relating to the 
     interstate transportation of intoxicating liquor; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 578. A bill to ensure confidentiality with respect to 
     medical records and health care-related information, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. 
             Byrd, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Hatch, Mr. Grams, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Helms, Mr. Thomas, 
             and Mr. McCain):

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       S. 579. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to target assistance to support the economic and political 
     independence of the countries of the South Caucasus and 
     Central Asia; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Nickles, Ms. Collins, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Mack, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Santorum, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 580. A bill to amend title IX of the Public Health 
     Service Act to revise and extend the Agency for Healthcare 
     Policy and Research; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 581. A bill to protect the Paoli and Brandywine 
     Battlefields in Pennsylvania, to authorize a Valley Forge 
     Museum of the American Revolution at Valley Forge National 
     Historical Park, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 582. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to enter into an agreement for the construction and operation 
     of the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence National 
     Historical Park; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CHAFEE (by request):
       S. 583. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize programs for 
     predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of 
     disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 584. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     waive recoupment under the medicaid program of certain 
     tobacco-related funds received by a State if a State uses a 
     portion of such funds for tobacco use prevention and health 
     care and early learning programs; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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