[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13375]
[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. KYL:
       S. 2834. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
     acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey property 
     to the Greater Yuma Port Authority of Yuma County, Arizona, 
     for use as an international port of entry; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 2835. A bill to provide an appropriate transition from 
     the interim payment system for home health services to the 
     prospective payment system for such services under the 
     medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Hutchinson, 
             Mr. Burns, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. McCain, Mr. Ashcroft, 
             and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 2836. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide medicare beneficiaries with access to 
     affordable outpatient prescription drugs; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 2837. A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices 
     Act to reduce the cost of credit, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON:
       S. 2838. A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to provide for a program 
     to provide information to the public on the use of 
     biotechnology to produce food for human consumption, to 
     support additional research regarding the potential economic 
     and environmental risks and benefits of using biotechnology 
     to produce food, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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