[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 7 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S97-S101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the 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. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Akaka, 
             Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Byrd, Mrs. 
             Carnahan, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Wellstone, 
             and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 6. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed 
     care plans and other health coverage; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Dorgan, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Reed, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Akaka):
       S. 7. A bill to improve public education for all children 
     and support lifelong learning; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Dodd, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Wellstone, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Mr. Akaka, Mr. Breaux, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Corzine, Mr. 
             Dayton, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Wyden, 
             and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 8. A bill to improve the economic security of workers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Dorgan, 
             Mr. Reid, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 9. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide tax relief, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Byrd, Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 10. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs 
     under the medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Warner, Mr. Hagel, 
             Mr. Bunning, Mr. Frist, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Helms, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 11. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     eliminate the marriage penalty by providing that the income 
     tax rate bracket amounts, and the amount of the standard 
     deduction, for joint returns shall be twice the amounts 
     applicable to unmarried individuals, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Corzine, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Levin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Biden, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 16. A bill to improve law enforcement, crime prevention, 
     and victim assistance in the 21st century; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 17. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform; to the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wellstone, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Johnson, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Reed, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. 
             Akaka):
       S. 18. A bill to increase the availability and 
     affordability of quality child care and early learning 
     services, to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
     to expand the scope of the Act, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Biden, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Akaka, Mrs.

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             Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Corzine, Mr. 
             Dayton, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Levin, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 19. A bill to protect the civil rights of all Americans, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. Dayton, Mr. 
             Kennedy, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 20. A bill to enhance fair and open competition in the 
     production and sale of agricultural commodities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Feingold, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Carper, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
             Nelson of Florida, Mr. Levin, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Corzine, 
             Mr. Dayton, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. 
             Mikulski):
       S. 21. A bill to establish an off-budget lockbox to 
     strengthen Social Security and Medicare; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Breaux, 
             Mr. DeWine, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
             Mr. Smith of Oregon, and Mr. Thomas):
       S. 22. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 to provide meaningful campaign finance reform through 
     requiring better reporting, decreasing the role of soft 
     money, and increasing individual contribution limits, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. LOTT (for Mr. SPECTER):
       S. 23. A bill to promote a new urban agenda, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LOTT (for Mr. SPECTER):
       S. 24. A bill to provide improved access to health care, 
     enhance informed individual choice regarding health care 
     services, lower health care costs through the use of 
     appropriate providers, improve the quality of health care, 
     improve access to long-term care, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. 
             Boxer):
       S. 25. A bill to provide for the implementation of a system 
     of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a 
     record of sale system for those firearms, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 26. A bill to amend the Department of Energy 
     Authorization Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
     impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to 
     protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the 
     electric energy market; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Levin, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Schumer, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Jeffords, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kohl, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Dayton, and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 27. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform; to the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 28. A bill to guarantee the right of all active duty 
     military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents 
     to vote in Federal, State, and local elections; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Baucus, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Burns, 
             Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Enzi, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Specter, and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 29. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     allow a deduction for 100 percent of the health insurance 
     costs of self-employed individuals; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Edwards):
       S. 30. A bill to strengthen control by consumers over the 
     use and disclosure of their personal financial and health 
     information by financial institutions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 31. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THURMOND:
       S. 32. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     clarify the remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THURMOND (for himself and Mr. Helms):
       S. 33. A bill to amend title II of the Americans with 
     Disabilities Act of 1990 and section 504 of the 
     Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to exclude prisoners from the 
     requirements of that title and section; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. THURMOND:
       S. 34. A bill to eliminate a requirement for a unanimous 
     verdict in criminal trials in Federal courts; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself and Mr. Miller):
       S. 35. A bill to provide relief to America's working 
     families and to promote continued economic growth by 
     returning a portion of the tax surplus to those who created 
     it; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THURMOND:
       S. 36. A bill to amend title 1, United States Code, to 
     clarify the effect and application of legislation; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Fitzgerald, 
             Mr. Harkin, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Dodd, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Reid, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Bayh, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 37. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide for a charitable deduction for contributions of food 
     inventory; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 38. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-
     connected disability rated as total to travel on military 
     aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired 
     members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such 
     aircraft; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. STEVENS:
       S. 39. A bill to provide a national medal for public safety 
     officers who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond 
     the call of duty, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Frist, and Mr. 
             Crapo):
       S. 40. A bill entitled ``The Careers to Classrooms Act of 
     2001''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Murkowski, 
             Mr. Jeffords, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Mr. Breaux, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Graham, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Torricelli, and Mrs. 
             Lincoln):
       S. 41. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     permanently extend the research credit and to increase the 
     rates of the alternative incremental credit; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 42. A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to 
     determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos 
     that they performed military service on behalf of the United 
     States during World War II; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 43. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize certain disabled former prisoners of war to use 
     Department of Defense commissary and exchange stores; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 44. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps 
     of the Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 45. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     require the issuance of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilian 
     employees of the Federal Government who are forcibly detained 
     or interned by an enemy government or a hostile force under 
     wartime conditions; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 46. A bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
     Code, to authorize the use of clinical social workers to 
     conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and 
     mental illnesses; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 47. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     exempt certain helicopter uses from ticket taxes on 
     transportation by air; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 48. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing 
     corporations into condominiums; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. STEVENS:
       S. 49. A bill to amend the wetlands regulatory program 
     under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide 
     credit for the low wetlands loss rate in Alaska and recognize 
     the significant extent of wetlands conservation in Alaska, to 
     protect Alaskan property owners, and to ease the burden on 
     overly regulated Alaskan cities, boroughs, municipalities, 
     and villages; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. 
             Murkowski):
       S. 50. A bill to amend title 3, United States Code, and the 
     Uniform Time Act of 1966 to establish a single poll closing 
     time for Presidential general elections; to the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 51. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to remove the restriction that a clinical psychologist or 
     clinical social worker provide services in a comprehensive

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     outpatient rehabilitation facility to a patient only under 
     care of a physician; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 52. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide improved reimbursement for clinical social 
     worker services under the medicare program; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 53. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act 
     to provide for coverage of services provided by nursing 
     school clinics under State Medicaid programs; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 54. A bill to provide for a special application of 
     section 1034 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 55. A bill for the relief of Ricke Kaname Fujino; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 56. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to facilitate the immigration to the United States of certain 
     aliens born in the Philippines or Japan who were fathered by 
     United States citizens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 57. A bill to convert a temporary Federal judgeship in 
     the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship, authorize an 
     additional permanent judgeship in the district of Hawaii, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 58. A bill to recognize the organization known as the 
     National Academies of Practice; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 59. A bill to allow the psychiatric or psychological 
     examinations required under chapter 313 of title 18, United 
     States Code, relating to offenders with mental disease or 
     defect, to be conducted by a clinical social worker; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BYRD:
       S. 60. A bill to authorize the Department of Energy 
     programs to develop and implement an accelerated research and 
     development program for advanced clean coal technologies for 
     use in coal-based electricity generating facilities and to 
     amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide financial 
     incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or 
     replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities 
     to protect the environment and improve efficiency and 
     encourage the early commercial application of advanced clean 
     coal technologies, so as to allow coal to help meet the 
     growing need of the United States for the generation of 
     reliable and affordable electricity; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 61. A bill to restore the traditional day of observance 
     of Memorial Day; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 62. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     revise certain provisions relating to the appointment of 
     professional psychologists in the Veterans Health 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 63. A bill for the relief of Donald C. Pence; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 64. A bill to increase the role of the Secretary of 
     Transportation in administering section 901 of the Merchant 
     Marine Act, 1936, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 65. A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to ensure that social work students or social 
     work schools are eligible for support under the certain 
     programs to assist individuals in pursuing health careers and 
     programs of grants for training projects in geriatrics, and 
     to establish a social work training program; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 66. A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to revise and extend certain programs relating to 
     the education of individuals as health professionals, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 67. A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to establish a psychology post-doctoral 
     fellowship program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 68. A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to make certain graduate programs in professional 
     psychology eligible to participate in various health 
     professions loan programs; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 69. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide health care practitioners in rural areas with 
     training in preventive health care, including both physical 
     and mental care, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 70. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the establishment of a National Center for Social 
     Work Research; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 71. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the 
     hydroelectric licensing process by granting the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission statutory authority to better 
     coordinate participation by other agencies and entities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 72. A bill to amend the National Energy Conservation 
     Policy Act to enhance and extend authority relating to energy 
     savings performance contracts of the Federal Government; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 73. A bill to prohibit the provision of Federal funds to 
     any State or local educational agency that denies or prevents 
     participation in constitutional prayer in schools; read the 
     first time.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 74. A bill to prohibit the provision of Federal funds to 
     any State or local educational agency that distributes or 
     provides morning-after pills to schoolchildren; read the 
     first time.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 75. A bill to protect the lives of unborn human beings; 
     read the first time.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 76. A bill to make it a violation of a right secured by 
     the Constitution and laws of the United States to perform an 
     abortion with the knowledge that the abortion is being 
     performed solely because of the gender of the fetus; read the 
     first time.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Harkin, Mr. Wellstone, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reid, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 77. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
     to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
     discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 78. A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make 
     preferential treatment an unlawful employment practice, and 
     for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 79. A bill to encourage drug-free and safe schools; read 
     the first time.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 80. A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission to order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly 
     discriminatory or preferential rates or charges for 
     electricity, to establish cost-based rates for electricity 
     sold at wholesale in the Western Systems Coordinating 
     Council, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 81. A bill to express the policy of the United States 
     regarding the United States relationship with Native 
     Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a 
     Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United 
     States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 82. A bill to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes 
     and the tax on generation-skipping transfers; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 83. A bill to phase-out and repeal the Federal estate 
     and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 84. A bill to increase the unified estate and gift taxes 
     and the tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers 
     from estate taxes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 85. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     increase the gift tax exclusion to $25,000; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 86. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to improve Native Hawaiian education 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 87. A bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
     Improvement Act to revise and extend such Act; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Hatch, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Burns, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
             Bayh, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Craig, Mr. Daschle, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Dodd, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Miller, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Helms, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Reid, 
             and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 88. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide an incentive to ensure that all Americans gain timely 
     and equitable access to the Internet over current and future 
     generations of broadband capability; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 89. A bill to enhance the illegal narcotics control 
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     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 90. A bill authorizing funding for nanoscale science and 
     engineering research and development at the Department of 
     Energy for fiscal years 2002 through 2006; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 91. A bill to amend the Native American Languages Act to 
     provide for the support of Native American Language Survival 
     Schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Kyl, Mr. McCain, and Mrs. 
             Boxer):
       S. 92. A bill to authorize appropriations for the United 
     States Customs Service for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 93. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 to require disclosure of certain disbursements made for 
     electioneering communications, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 94. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide a 5-year extension of the credit for electricity 
     produced form wind; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 95. A bill to promote energy conservation investments in 
     Federal facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 96. A bill to ensure that employees of traveling sales 
     crews are protected under there Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 and under other provisions of law; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 97. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     with respect to the eligibility of veterans for mortgage 
     revenue bond financing, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 98. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to promote parental involvement and 
     parental empowerment in public education through greater 
     competition and choice, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 99. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide a credit against tax for employers who provide child 
     care assistance for dependents of their employees, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 100. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the estate and gift taxes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 101. A bill to improve teacher quality, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 102. A bill to provide assistance to address school 
     dropout problems; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 103. A bill to provide for advanced placement programs; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Warner, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Jeffords, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Specter, Mrs. 
             Murray, Ms. Collins, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Akaka, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Clinton, 
             and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 104. A bill to require equitable coverage of 
     prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
     contraceptive services under health plans; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 105. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from basing minimum 
     prices for Class I milk on the distance or transportation 
     costs from any location that is not within a marketing area, 
     except under certain circumstances, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Hutchinson):
       S. 106. A bill to amend the provisions of titles 5 and 28, 
     United States Code, relating to equal access to justice, 
     award of reasonable costs and fees, taxpayers' recovery of 
     costs, fees, and expenses, administrative settlement offers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 107. A bill to allow modified bloc voting by cooperative 
     associations of milk producers in connection with a 
     referendum on Federal Milk Marketing Order reform; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 108. A bill to reduce the number of executive branch 
     political appointees; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. 
             Kohl):
       S. 109. A bill to establish the Dairy Farmer Viability 
     Commission; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 110. A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides 
     automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 111. A bill to amend the Dairy Production Stabilization 
     Act of 1983 to ensure that all persons who benefit from the 
     dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost 
     of the program; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 112. A bill to terminate operation of the Extremely Low 
     Frequency Communication System of the Navy; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Wellstone, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 113. A bill to terminate production under the D5 
     submarine-launched ballistic missile program and to prohibit 
     the backfit of certain Trident I ballistic missile submarines 
     to carry D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 114. A bill to terminate the Uniformed Services 
     University of the Health Sciences; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Jeffords):
       S. 115. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain 
     hardrock mines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 116. A bill to amend the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
     to clarify the acreage limitations and incorporate a means 
     test for certain farm operations, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 117. A bill to prohibit products that contain dry ultra-
     filtered milk products or casein from being labeled as 
     domestic natural cheese, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 118. A bill to strengthen the penalties for violations 
     of plant quarantine laws; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Chafee):
       S. 119. A bill to provide States with funds to support 
     State, regional, and local school construction; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 120. A bill to establish a demonstration project to 
     increase teacher salaries and employee benefits for teachers 
     who enter into contracts with local educational agencies to 
     serve as master teachers; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 121. A bill to establish an Office of Children's 
     Services within the Department of Justice to coordinate and 
     implement Government actions involving unaccompanied alien 
     children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 122. A bill to prohibit a State from determining that a 
     ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was 
     improperly or fraudulently cast unless that State finds clear 
     and convincing evidence of fraud, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 123. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to Head Start 
     teachers; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LOTT (for Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Dorgan)):
       S. 124. A bill to exempt agreements relating to voluntary 
     guidelines governing telecast material, movies, video games, 
     Internet content, and music lyrics from the applicability of 
     the antitrust laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Dorgan, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Daschle):
       S. 125. A bill to provide substantial reductions in the 
     price of prescription drugs for medicare beneficiaries; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CLELAND (for himself, Mr. Miller, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 126. A bill to authorize the President to present a gold 
     medal on behalf of Congress to former President Jimmy Carter 
     and his wife Rosalynn Carter in recognition of their service 
     to the Nation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
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           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, and Mr. Murkowski):
       S. 127. A bill to give American companies, American 
     workers, and American ports the opportunity to compete in the 
     United States cruise market; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Feingold, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Conrad, and Mr. 
             Roberts):
       S. 128. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to require periodic cost of living adjustments to the maximum 
     amount of deposit insurance available under that Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CLELAND:
       S. 129. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving 
     parents (known as ``Gold Star Parents'') of members of the 
     Armed Forces who die during a period of war; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 130. A bill to amend the Agricultural Market Transition 
     Act to establish a flexible fallow program under which a 
     producer may idle a portion of the total planted acreage of 
     the loan commodities of the producer in exchange for higher 
     loan rates for marketing assistance loans on the remaining 
     acreage of the producer; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 131. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     modify the annual determination of the rate of the basic 
     benefit of active duty educational assistance under the 
     Montgomery GI Bill, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Baucus, Mr. Reid, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Daschle, Ms. 
             Snowe, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 132. A bill to amend the International Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that housing assistance provided under the 
     Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
     of 1996 be treated for purposes of the low-income housing 
     credit in the same manner as comparable assistance; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 133. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided 
     educational assistance programs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 134. A bill to ban the importation of large capacity 
     ammunition feeding devices; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mrs. Boxer, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 135. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve payments for direct graduate medical education 
     under the medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S. 136. A bill to amend the Omnibus Trade and 
     Competitiveness Act of 1988 to extend trade negotiating and 
     trade agreement implementing authority; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S. 137. A bill to authorize negotiation of free trade 
     agreements with countries of the Americas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S. 138. A bill to authorize negotiation for the accession 
     of Chile to the North American Free Trade Agreement, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNETT:
       S. 139. A bill to assist in the preservation of 
     archaeological, paleontological, zoological, geological, and 
     botanical artifacts through construction of a new facility 
     for the University of Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt 
     Lake City, Utah; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S. 140. A bill to authorize negotiation for the accession 
     of United Kingdom to the North American Free Trade Agreement, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Hollings, 
             Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Domenici, and Mr. 
             Breaux):
       S. 141. A bill to provide for enhanced safety, public 
     awareness, and environmental protection in pipeline 
     transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Thomas, 
             and Mr. Daschle):
       S. 142. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to make unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control 
     livestock intended for slaughter; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Torricelli, Mr. Allard, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 143. A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the 
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to reduce securities fees in 
     excess of those required to fund the operations of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, to adjust compensation 
     provisions for employees of the Commission, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. THURMOND:
       S.J. Res. 1. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary 
     school prayer; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S.J. Res. 2. A joint resolution to provide for a Balanced 
     Budget Constitutional Amendment that prohibits the use of 
     Social Security surpluses to achieve compliance; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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