[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Senate]
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              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 Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Reid, Mr. Moynihan, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Graham, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 2586. A bill to reduce the backlog in the processing of 
     immigration benefit applications and to make improvements to 
     infrastructure necessary for the effective provision of 
     immigration services, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NICKLES (for himself, and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 2587. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNETT:
       S. 2588. A bill to assist the economic development of the 
     Ute Indian Tribe by authorizing the transfer to the Tribe of 
     Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2, to protect the Colorado River 
     by providing for the removal of the tailings from the Atlas 
     uranium milling site near Moab, Utah, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 2589. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to require periodic cost of living adjustments to the maximum 
     amount of deposit insurance available under the Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH:
       S. 2590. A bill to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive 
     Environment Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Robb, Mr. L. Chafee, Mr. Bryan, and 
             Mr. Kerry):
       S. 2591. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow tax credits for alternative fuel vehicles and retail 
     sale of alternative fuels, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Dodd, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Bayh, and Mr. Edwards):
       S. 2592. A bill to establish a program to promote access to 
     financial services, in particular for low- and moderate-
     income persons who lack access to such services, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. STEVENS:
       S. 2593. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
     30, 2001, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 2594. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use 
     the Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, 
     diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for the purpose 
     of irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and any other 
     beneficial purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. THOMPSON (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 2595. A bill to amend chapter 7 of title 31, United 
     States Code, to authorize the General Accounting Office to 
     take certain personnel actions, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 2596. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage a strong community-based banking system; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GORTON (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Voinovich, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 2597. A bill to clarify that environmental protection, 
     safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the 
     functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to 
     the same extent as those provisions applied to those 
     functions before transfer to the Administration; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Hatch, 
             Mr. Daschle, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Moynihan, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Smith of 
             Oregon, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Levin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Feingold, 
             Mr. Robb, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. 
             Inouye):
       S. 2598. A bill to authorize appropriations for the United 
     States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grams, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Craig, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Gorton, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. DeWine, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 2599. A bill to amend section 110 of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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