[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8463-8464]
[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 times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Inouye, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Biden, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Thurmond, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Cleland, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 959. A bill to establish a National Ocean Council, a 
     Commission on Ocean Policy, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 960. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     establish pension counseling

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     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Daschle, Mr. Kerrey, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 961. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm And Rural 
     Development Act to improve shared appreciation arrangements; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 962. A bill to allow a deduction from gross income for 
     year 2000 computer conversion costs of small businesses; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG:
       S. 963. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to preserve family-held forest lands, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE:
       S. 964. A bill to provide for equitable compensation for 
     the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 965. A bill to restore a United States voluntary 
     contribution to the United Nations Population Fund; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 966. A bill to require medicare providers to disclose 
     publicly staffing and performance in order to promote 
     improved consumer information and choice, to protect 
     employees of medicare providers who report concerns about the 
     safety and quality of services provided by medicare providers 
     or who report violations of Federal or State law by those 
     providers, and to require review of the impact on public 
     health and safety of proposed mergers and acquisitions of 
     medicare providers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 967. A bill to provide a uniform national standard to 
     ensure that consealed firearms are available only to 
     authorized persons for lawful purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, and Mr. Robb):
       S. 968. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to State 
     agencies with responsibility for water source development, 
     for the purposes of maximizing the available water supply and 
     protecting the environment through the development of 
     alternative water sources, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ASHCROFT:
       S. 969. A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act and the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 to 
     authorize schools to apply appropriate discipline measures in 
     cases where students have weapons or threaten to harm others, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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