1.   This bill had proposed sending members of the Japanese military to assist the international force currently ranged against Iraq in the Gulf.

2.   Appropriations bill proposes increased spending for habitat conservation in Riverside, Orange and San Diego Counties.

3.   Both bills propose new, simplified procurement procedures.

4.   -- The bill proposes effectively killing the tax break for the production of ethanol.

5.   CHANGES IN PATENT LAW PROPOSED A Congressional bill proposes a number of changes in patent law, including transforming the Patent Office into a quasi-private corporation.

6.   Her bill proposes the inspection of Mexican trucks at the border and trucking firms on-site, as well as around-the-clock inspections at the border.

7.   His bill proposes eliminating the Agency for International Development and having the State Department administer aid itself.

8.   If harboring a spy is a crime, then surely giving refuge to a terrorist ought to be one, too, as the bill proposes.

9.   In Washington bills propose that Congress apologize for slavery and that the president appoint a commission to consider reparations.

10.   Martone said the bill proposes incarcerating someone who is deemed dangerous without also requiring that he be proved mentally ill.