To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Mongolia.
1997-07-15: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to allow entry of peanut butter and paste manufactured from Mexican peanuts in foreign trade zones, without being subject to a tariff-rate quota.
1997-06-20: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
To provide for the privatization of the United States Postal Service.
1997-05-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized System of Preferences until May 31, 2007.
1997-08-05: See H.R.2014.
African Growth bill
1998-07-21: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485.
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Customs Service, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and the International Trade Commission.
1997-05-07: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no capital gains tax shall apply to individuals or corporations.
1997-03-19: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the requirement of an x-ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services under the Medicare program.
1997-08-05: For Further Action See H.R.2015.
Investment Competitiveness Act of 1997
1997-02-12: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation skipping transfers.
1997-02-04: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that service performed for an elementary or secondary school operated primarily for religious purposes is exempt from the Federal unemployment tax.
1997-08-05: For Further Action See H.R.2015.
To make clear that the definition of a base period, under the unemployment compensation law of a State, is not an administrative provision subject to section 303(a)(1) of the Social Security Act.
1997-08-05: See H.R.2015.
Privatization of Art Act
1997-02-07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
To repeal the statutory authority for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1997-01-22: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Returning to the Senate the bill S. 361.
1998-10-15: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should seek to negotiate a new base rights agreement with the Government of Panama to permit the United States Armed Forces to remain in Panama beyond December 31, 1999, and to permit the United States to act independently to continue to protect the Panama Canal and to guarantee its regular operation.
1997-10-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the right of all Americans to keep and bear arms in defense of life or liberty and in the pursuit of all other legitimate endeavors.
1997-03-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.