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April 29, 1999: Congressional Record publishes “INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS”

Volume 145, No. 60 covering the 1st Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S4432-S4433 on April 29, 1999.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Inouye,

Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Harkin):

S. 909. A bill to provide for the review and classification of physician assistant positions in the Federal Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

By Mr. CRAIG:

S. 910. A bill to streamline, modernize, and enhance the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to plant protection and quarantine, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

By Mr. GRAMS:

S. 911. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure medicare reimbursement for certain ambulance services, and to improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. KYL (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Domenici,

Mr. McCain, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Hollings,

Mr. Abraham and Mr. Kyl):

S. 912. A bill to modify the rate of basic pay and the classification of positions for certain United States Border Patrol agents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Snowe):

S. 913. A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to distribute funds available for grants under title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to help ensure that each State received not less than 0.5 percent of such funds for certain programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire (for himself, Ms. Snowe,

Mr. Warner, Mr. Voinovich, Ms. Collins, Mr. Abraham,

Mr. Robb, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. Lugar):

S. 914. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require that discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

By Mr. GRAMM (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Mack, and Mr. Coverdell):

S. 915. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and make permanent the medicare subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. GRAMS (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr.

Fitzgerald, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Hagel, Mr.

Durbin, Mr. Allard, Mr. Craig, Mr. Conrad, and Mr.

Wellstone):

S. 916. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to repeal the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact provision; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

By Mr. GRAMS (for himself and Mr. Feingold):

S. 917. A bill to equalize the minimum adjustments to prices for fluid milk under milk marketing orders; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Bingaman, Ms.

Landrieu, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Wellstone,

Mr. Kohl, Mr. Burns, Mr. Robb, Mr. Edwards, Mr.

Levin, Mr. Graham, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Murray,

Mr. Cleland, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. Collins,

Mr. Abraham, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Kerrey, Mr.

Grassley, Mr. Moynihan, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Bayh, Mr.

Chafee, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Cochran, and Mr.

Daschle):

S. 918. A bill to authorize the Small Business Administration to provide financial and business development assistance to military reservists' small business, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.

By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kerry, and

Mr. Kennedy):

S. 919. A bill to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the Corridor; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. McCain, Mr.

Hollings, and Mr. Inouye):

S. 920. A bill to authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for fiscal years 2000 and 2001; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

By Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Lott):

S. 921. A bill to facilitate and promote electronic commerce in securities transactions involving broker-dealers, transfer agents and investment advisers; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

By Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Hollings):

S. 922. A bill to prohibit the use of the ``Made in the USA'' label on products of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and to deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Thomas, and

Mr. Brownback):

S. 923. A bill to promote full equality at the United Nations for Israel; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

By Mr. NICKLES (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr.

Murkowski, Mr. Domenici, and Mrs. Hutchison):

S. 924. A bill entitled the ``Federal Royalty Certainty Act''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Mr. DOMENICI:

S. 925. A bill to require the Secretary of the military department concerned to reimburse a member of the Armed Forces for expenses of travel in connection with leave cancelled to meet an exigency in connection with United States participation in Operation Allied Force; to the Committee on Armed Services.

By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Grams, Mr.

Lugar, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kerry,

Mr. Levin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Jeffords, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mrs. Murray):

S. 926. A bill to provide the people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Hagel):

S. 927. A bill to authorize the President to delay, suspend, or terminate economic sanctions if it is in the important national interest of the United States to do so; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Smith of New

Hampshire, Mr. Lott, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Allard, Mr.

Ashcroft, Mr. Bond, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr.

Burns, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeWine,

Mr. Domenici, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Frist,

Mr. Gorton, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, Mr. Grassley, Mr.

Hagel, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr.

Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr.

McConnell, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Roberts,

Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr.

Thomas, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. Warner):

S. 928. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. ROBB (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Kerrey,

Mr. Hagel, Mr. Reed, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr.

Cleland, Mr. Abraham, and Mr. Hutchinson):

S. 929. A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Military Museum, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Bryan):

S. 930. A bill to provide for the sale of certain public land in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to the Clark County, Nevada, Department of Aviation; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr.

Conrad):

S.J. Res. 23. A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for a Surgeon General's report on media and violence; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 145, No. 60