[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6427-6428]
[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. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Levin, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Kennedy, Mr.

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             Domenici, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Cleland, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Burns, and 
             Mr. Leahy):
       S. 791. A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect 
     to the women's business center program; to the Committee on 
     Small Business.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. Moynihan (for himself, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wellstone, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, and Mr. Leahy)):
       S. 792. A bill to amend title IV of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996 to provide States with the option to allow legal 
     immigrant pregnant women, children, and blind or disabled 
     medically needy individuals to be eligible for medical 
     assistance under the medicaid program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 793. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
     Treatment Act to require States receiving funds under section 
     106 of such Act to have in effect a State law providing for a 
     criminal penalty on an individual who fails to report 
     witnessing another individual engaging in sexual abuse of a 
     child; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 794. A bill entitled the ``Hospital Length of Stay Act 
     of 1999''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Frist, 
             Mr. Burns, and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 795. A bill to amend the Fastener Quality Act to 
     strengthen the protection against the sale of mismarked, 
     misrepresented, and counterfeit fasteners and eliminate 
     unnecessary requirements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. 
             Chafee, Mr. Specter, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. 
             Kennedy):
       S. 796. A bill to provide for full parity with respect to 
     health insurance coverage for certain severe biologically-
     based mental illnesses and to prohibit limits on the number 
     of mental illness-related hospital days and outpatient visits 
     that are covered for all mental illnesses; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ASHCROFT:
       S. 797. A bill to apply the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 
     of 1977 to the International Olympic Committee; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Burns, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Abraham, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 798. A bill to promote electronic commerce by 
     encouraging and facilitating the use of encryption in 
     interstate commerce consistent with the protection of 
     national security, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 799. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the tax brackets, eliminate the marriage penalty, 
     allow individuals a deduction for amounts paid for insurance 
     for medical care, increase contribution limits for individual 
     retirement plans and pensions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Dorgan, and 
             Mr. Wyden):
       S. 800. A bill to promote and enhance public safety through 
     the use of
     9-1-1 as the universal emergency assistance number, further 
     deployment of wireless 9-1-1 service, support of States in 
     upgrading 9-1-1 capabilities and related functions, 
     encouragement of construction and operation of seamless, 
     ubiquitous, and reliable networks for personal wireless 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 801. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Gregg, 
             Mr. Feingold, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Specter, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 802. A bill to provide for a gradual reduction in the 
     loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 
     and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for 
     nutrition programs only at the world market price; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 803. A bill to make the International Olympic Committee 
     subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Frist):
       S. 804. A bill to improve the ability of Federal agencies 
     to license Federally-owned inventions; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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