[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S527]
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              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. WELLSTONE:
       S. 161. A bill to establish the Violence Against Women 
     Office within the Department of Justice; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 162. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a business credit against income for the purchase 
     of fishing safety equipment; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kennedy, 
             and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 163. A bill to amend certain Federal civil rights 
     statutes to prevent the involuntary application of 
     arbitration to claims that arise from unlawful employment 
     discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex national 
     origin, age, or disability, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. 
             Rockefeller):
       S. 164. A bill to prepare tomorrows teachers to use 
     technology through pre-service and in-service training, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 165. A bill to amend the Agriculture Market Transition 
     Act to increase loan rates for marketing assistance loans for 
     each of the 2001 and 2002 crops, to make nonrecourse 
     marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments 
     available to producers of dry peas, lentils, chickpeas, and 
     rye, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 166. A bill to limit access to body armor by violent 
     felons and to facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body 
     armor to State and local law enforcement agencies; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Allard, Mr. Brownback, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Craig, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Helms, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Lott, and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 167. A bill to allow a State to combine certain funds to 
     improve the academic achievement of all its students; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Hagel):
       S. 168. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mrs. Hutchison, 
             Mr. Domenici, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Bingaman, and Mrs. 
             Boxer):
       S. 169. A bill to provide Federal reimbursement for 
     indirect costs relating to the incarceration of illegal 
     criminal aliens and for emergency health services furnished 
     to undocumented aliens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Hutchinson, Ms. Landrieu 
             , Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Johnson, Mr. McCain, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Snowe, and 
             Mr. Daschle):
       S. 170. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a 
     service-connected disability to receive both military retired 
     pay by reason of their years of military service and 
     disability compensation from the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for their disability; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Baucus, 
             and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 171. A bill to repeal certain travel provisions with 
     respect to Cuba and certain trade sanctions with respect to 
     Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, and Sudan, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon:
       S. 172. A bill to benefit electricity consumers by 
     promoting the reliability of the bulk-power system; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 173. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose a windfall profits adjustment on the production of 
     domestic electricity and to use the resulting revenues to 
     fund rebates for individual and business electricity 
     consumers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Mr. Cleland, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Kohl, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 174. A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect 
     to the microloan program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 175. A bill to establish a national uniform poll closing 
     time and uniform treatment of absentee ballots in 
     Presidential general elections; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 176. A bill to reform the financing of Federal 
     elections, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration.

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