[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 25497]
[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. REED:
       S. 3261. A bill to provide for the establishment of an HMO 
     Guaranty Fund to provide payments to States to pay the 
     outstanding health care provider claims of insolvent health 
     maintenance organizations; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS:
       S. 3262. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     make inapplicable certain political broadcasting provisions 
     to noncommercial educational broadcasting stations; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LOTT (for Mr. Ashcroft):
       S. 3263. A bill to designate a portion of the federal 
     budget surplus to create and fund the Children's Classroom 
     Trust Fund to increase direct education funding and expand 
     local control of education; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LOTT (for Mr. Ashcroft):
       S. 3264. A bill to ensure that individuals with histories 
     of mental illness and other persons prohibited from owning or 
     possessing firearms are stopped from buying firearms by 
     requiring instant background checks prior to making a 
     firearms purchase, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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