[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5069]
[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. SANTORUM:
       S. 668. A bill to encourage States to incarcerate 
     individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. DeWine, 
             and Mr. Grams):
       S. 669. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to ensure compliance by Federal facilities with pollution 
     control requirements; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 670. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that the exclusion from gross income for foster 
     care payments shall also apply to payments by qualifying 
     placement agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 671. A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to 
     provide for the registration and protection of trademarks 
     used in commerce, in order to carry out provisions of certain 
     international conventions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 672. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to extend the higher Federal medical assistance 
     percentage for payment for Indian Health service facilities 
     to urban Indian health programs under the Medicaid Program; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 673. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish 
     requirements concerning the operation of fossil fuel-fired 
     electric utility steam generating units, commercial and 
     industrial boiler units, solid waste incineration units, 
     medical waste incinerators, hazardous waste combustors, 
     chlor-alkali plants, and Portland cement plants to reduce 
     emissions of mercury to the environment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. FITZGERALD:
       S. 674. A bill to require truth-in-budgeting with respect 
     to the on- budget trust funds; to the Committee on the Budget 
     and the Committee on Governmental Affairs, jointly, pursuant 
     to the order of August 4, 1977, that if one Committee report, 
     the other Committee have thirty days to report or be 
     discharged.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Thomas, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
             Durbin, and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 675. A bill to increase market transparency in 
     agricultural markets domestically and abroad; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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