[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7261]
[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. COVERDELL:
       S. 857. A bill to amend the Emergency Planning and 
     Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to cover Federal 
     facilities; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       S. 858. A bill to designate the Federal building and United 
     States courthouse located at 18 Greenville Street in Newman, 
     Georgia, as the ``Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and United 
     States Courthouse''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 859. A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
     require a refund value for certain beverage containers, to 
     provide resources for State pollution prevention and 
     recycling programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mr. Hollings, and 
             Mr. Levin):
       S. 860. A bill to require country of origin labeling of 
     perishable agricultural commodities imported into the United 
     States and to establish penalties for violations of the 
     labeling requirements; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Torricelli, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Schumer, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 861. A bill to designate certain Federal land in the 
     State of Utah as wilderness, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 862. A bill to protect Social Security surpluses and 
     reserve a portion of non-Social Security surpluses to 
     strengthen and protect Medicare; to the Committee on the 
     Budget and the Committee on Governmental Affairs, jointly, 
     pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions 
     that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have 
     thirty days to report or be discharged.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. 
             Dorgan):
       S. 863. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for medicaid coverage of all certified nurse 
     practitioners and clinical nurse specialists; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Chafee):
       S. 864. A bill to designate April 22 as Earth Day; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BIDEN:
       S. 865. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide the same tax treatment for danger pay allowance as 
     for combat pay; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Craig, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 866. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to revise existing regulations concerning the 
     conditions of participation for hospitals and ambulatory 
     surgical centers under the medicare program relating to 
     certified registered nurse anesthetists' services to make the 
     regulations consistent with State supervision requirements; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROTH (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Biden, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
             Dodd, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 867. A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic 
     National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Mack):
       S. 868. A bill to make forestry insurance plans available 
     to owners and operators of private forest land, to encourage 
     the use of prescribed burning and fuel treatment methods on 
     private forest land, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 869. A bill for the relief of Mina Vahedi Notash; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Roth, Mr. Grassley, 
             and Mr. Bond):
       S. 870. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (5 U.S.C. App.) to increase the efficiency and accountability 
     of Offices of Inspecter General within Federal departments, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 871. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to ensure that veterans of the United States Armed Forces are 
     eligible for discretionary relief from detention, 
     deportation, exclusion, and removal, and for other reasons; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. DeWine, 
             Mr. Abraham, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 872. A bill to impose certain limits on the receipt of 
     out-of-State municipal solid waste, to authorize State and 
     local controls over the flow of municipal solid waste, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kerry, 
             Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 873. A bill to close the United States Army School of 
     the Americas; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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