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              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 Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 1720. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Ruth Hairston of 
     Carson, California by the waiver of a filing deadline for 
     appeal from a ruling relating to her application for a 
     survivor annuity; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. COVERDELL:
       S. 1721. A bill to provide protection for teachers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1722. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
     increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for sodium 
     that may be held by an entity in any 1 State, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Smith of Oregon):
       S. 1723. A bill to establish a program to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to plan, design, and construct 
     facilities to mitigate impacts associated with irrigation 
     system water diversions by local governmental entities in the 
     Pacific Ocean drainage of the States of Oregon, Washington, 
     Montana, and Idaho; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 1724. A bill to modify the standards for responding to 
     import surges under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, to 
     establish mechanisms for agricultural import monitoring and 
     the prevention of circumvention of United States trade laws, 
     and to strengthen the enforcement of United States trade 
     remedy laws; to the Committee on Finance.

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