[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12992-12993]
[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. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. DeWine, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 2812. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide a waiver of

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     the oath of renunciation and allegiance for naturalization of 
     aliens having certain disabilities; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 2813. A bill to provide for a land exchange to fulfill 
     the Federal obligation to the State of Arizona under the 
     State's enabling act, and to use certain Federal land in 
     Arizona to acquire by eminent domain State trust land located 
     adjacent to Federal land for the purpose of improving public 
     land management, enhancing the conservation of unique natural 
     areas, and fulfilling the purposes for which State trust land 
     is set aside, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 2814. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct 
     outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of 
     medicare cost-sharing assistance to eligible low-income 
     medicare beneficiaries; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CLELAND (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2815. A bill to provide for the nationwide designation 
     of 2-1-1 as a toll-free telephone number for access to 
     information and referrals on human services, to encourage the 
     deployment of the toll-free telephone number, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. L. Chafee, 
             and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2816. A bill to provide the financial mechanisms, 
     resource protections, and professional skills necessary for 
     high quality stewardship of the National Park System, to 
     commemorate the heritage of people of the United States to 
     invest in the legacy of the National Park System, and to 
     recognize the importance of high quality outdoor recreational 
     opportunities on federally managed land; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Gorton):
       S. 2817. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish permanent 
     recreation fee authority; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 2818. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition 
     Act to establish a flexible fallow program under which a 
     producer may idle a portion of the total planted acreage of 
     the loan commodities of the producer in exchange for higher 
     loan rates for marketing assistance loans on the remaining 
     acreage of the producer; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 2819. To provide for the establishment of an assistance 
     program for health insurance consumers; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS (by request):
       S. 2820. A bill to provide for a public interest 
     determination by the Consumer Product Safety Commission with 
     respect to repair, replacement, or refund actions, and to 
     revise the civil and criminal penalties, under both the 
     Consumer Product Safety Act and the Federal Hazardous 
     Substances Act; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 2821. A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to make certain temporary Federal service 
     performed for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
     creditable for retirement purposes; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2822. A bill for the relief of Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Moynihan, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Coverdell, and Mr. 
             Biden):
       S. 2823. A bill to amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to 
     grant certain benefits with respect to textile and apparel, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CLELAND (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Warner, 
             Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Hagel, Mrs. Murray, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Robb, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Biden, Mr. Burns, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Helms, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
             Domenici, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Mack, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
             Smith of Oregon, Ms. Landrieu, Mr . Shelby, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Reed, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Levin, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. L. Chafee, Mr. Reid, Mr. Smith of New 
             Hampshire, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Byrd, Mr. 
             Craig, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Conrad, Ms. Collins, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
             Kyl, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Frist, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
             Santorum, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Bingaman, and 
             Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2824. A bill to authorize the President to award a gold 
     medal on behalf of Congress to General Wesley K. Clark, 
     United States Army, in recognition of his outstanding 
     leadership and service during the military operations against 
     the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. 
             Breaux):
       S. 2825. A bill to strengthen the effectiveness of the 
     earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and 
     promoting work; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 2826. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for coverage of substitute adult day care 
     services under the medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 2827. A bill to provide for the conveyance of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Ft. Lyon, 
     Colorado, to the State of Colorado, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Shelby, 
             Mr. Baucus, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 2828. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to require that the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services wage adjust the actual, rather than the estimated, 
     proportion of a hospital's costs that are attributable to 
     wages and wage-related costs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Nickles, 
             Mr. Gregg, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Coverdell, and Mr. 
             Inhofe):
       S. 2829. A bill to provide of an investigation and audit at 
     the Department of Education; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 2830. A bill to preclude the admissibility of certain 
     confessions in criminal cases; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Hollings):
       S. 2831. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to improve conservation and 
     management of sharks and establish a consistent national 
     policy toward the practice of shark-finning; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 2832. A bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 2833. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to improve the enforcement capabilities of the 
     Federal Election Commission, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.

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