[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 30 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2070-S2071]
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. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 488. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a refundable education opportunity tax credit; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG:
       S. 489. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
     1993 to clarify the Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. EDWARDS:
       S. 490. A bill to provide grants to law enforcement 
     agencies that ensure that law enforcement officers employed 
     by such agencies are afforded due process when involved in a 
     case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or 
     transfer; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 491. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, 
     planning, and construction of the Denver Water Reuse project; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THOMPSON (for himself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Kyl, 
             and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 492. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the alternative minimum tax on individuals; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 493. A bill to provide for the establishment of a Sioux 
     Nation Economic Development Council; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 494. A bill to provide for a transition to democracy and 
     to promote economic recovery in Zimbabwe; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 495. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow an above-the-line deduction for certain professional 
     development expenses and classroom supplies of elementary and 
     secondary school teachers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 496. A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act to modify authorizations of appropriations for 
     programs under such Act; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Specter, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Torricelli, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Feingold, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 497. A bill to express the sense of Congress that the 
     Department of Defense should field currently available 
     weapons, other technologies, tactics and operational concepts 
     that provide suitable alternatives to anti-personnel mines 
     and mixed anti-tank mine systems and that the United States 
     should end its use of such mines and join the Convention on 
     the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines as soon as possible, 
     to expand support for mine action programs including mine 
     victim assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 498. A bill entitled ``National Discovery Trails Act of 
     2001''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN:
       S. 499. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a decommissioning pilot program to decommission and 
     decontaminate the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental 
     test-site reactor located in northwest Arkansas; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 500. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 in 
     order to require the Federal Communications Commission to 
     fulfill the sufficient universal service support requirements 
     for high cost areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Breaux, 
             Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Dodd, 
             Mr. Johnson, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 501. A bill to amend titles IV and XX of the Social 
     Security Act to restore funding for the Social Services Block 
     Grant, to restore the ability of States to transfer up to 10 
     percent of TANF funds to carry out activities under such 
     block grant, and to require an annual report on such 
     activities by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; to 
     the Committee on Finance.

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