[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5583]
[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. HELMS (for himself and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 693. A bill to assist in the enhancement of the security 
     of Taiwan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 694. A bill to authorize the conveyance of the Naval 
     Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CLELAND (for himself and Mr. Coverdell):
       S. 695. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Atlanta, 
     Georgia, metropolitan area; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE:
       S. 696. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to submit to Congress a plan to include as a benefit 
     under the medicare program coverage of outpatient 
     prescription drugs, and to provide for the funding of such 
     benefit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 697. A bill to ensure that a woman can designate an 
     obstetrician or gynecologist as her primary care provider; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 698. A bill to review the suitability and feasibility of 
     recovering costs of high altitude rescues at Denali National 
     Park and Preserve in the state of Alaska, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 699. A bill to protect the public, especially senior 
     citizens, against telemarketing fraud, including fraud over 
     the Internet, and to authorize an educational campaign to 
     improve senior citizens' ability to protect themselves 
     against telemarketing fraud; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 700. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Ala Kahakai Trail as a National Historic Trail; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 701. A bill to designate the Federal building located at 
     290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the ``Ronald H. Brown 
     Federal Building''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. 
             Mikulski, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 702. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on 
     account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Craig, 
             Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Helms):
       S. 703. A bill to amend section 922 of chapter 44 of title 
     18, United States Code; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Thurmond, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Ashcroft, Mrs. Lincoln, 
             and Mr. Abraham):
       S. 704. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     combat the overutilization of prison health care services and 
     control rising prisoner health care costs; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ASHCROFT:
       S. 705. A bill to repeal section 8003 of Public Law 105-
     174; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Murray, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Reid, Mr. Biden, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Torricelli, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. 
             Sarbanes):
       S. 706. A bill to create a National Museum of Women's 
     History Advisory Committee; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Santorum, 
             Mr. Reed, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Kohl, and Mr. Reid):
       S. 707. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     establish a national family caregiver support program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Chafee, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. 
             Kerrey):
       S. 708. A bill to improve the administrative efficiency and 
     effectiveness of the Nation's abuse and neglect courts and 
     the quality and availability of training for judges, 
     attorneys, and volunteers working in such courts, and for 
     other purposes consistent with the Adoption and Safe Families 
     Act of 1997; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Daschle):
       S. 709. A bill to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 to establish and sustain viable rural 
     and remote communities, and to provide affordable housing and 
     community development assistance to rural areas with 
     excessively high rates of outmigration and low per capita 
     income levels; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Breaux, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Craig, and Mr. 
             Murkowski):
       S. 710. A bill to authorize the feasibility study on the 
     preservation of certain Civil War battlefields along the 
     Vicksburg Campaign Trail; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 711. A bill to allow for the investment of joint Federal 
     and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the 
     Exxon Valdez oil spill, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Breaux, 
             and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 712. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for highway-
     rail grade crossing safety through the voluntary purchase of 
     certain specially issued United States postage stamps; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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