[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 28, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3052-S3053]
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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. JEFFORDS:
       S. 1. An original bill to extend programs and activities 
     under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; 
     from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Hutchinson):
       S. 636. A bill to direct 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.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 637. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) to 
     authorize the establishment of individual fishery quota 
     systems; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Bennett):
       S. 638. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide the same capital gains treatment for art and 
     collectibles as for other investment property and to provide 
     that a deduction equal to fair market value shall be allowed 
     for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, 
     or scholarly compositions created by the donor; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BYRD (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 639. A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of 
     construction of certain hydroelectric projects in the State 
     of West Virginia; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. THOMPSON (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. 
             Nickles, and Mr. Murkowski):
       S. 640. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to include wireless telecommunications equipment in the 
     definition of qualified technological equipment for purposes 
     of determining the depreciation treatment of such equipment; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI:
       S. 641. A bill to amend section 842 of title 18, United 
     States Code, relating to explosive materials; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI:
       S. 642. A bill to amend part Q of title I of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide 
     assistance for unincorporated neighborhood watch programs; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, 
             Mr. Inouye, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Lieberman):

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       S. 643. A bill to implement the agreement establishing a 
     United States-Jordan free trade area; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Helms, and Mr. Fitzgerald):
       S.J. Res. 11. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to require two-thirds 
     majorities for bills increasing taxes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire:
       S.J. Res. 12. A joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance 
     Memorandum of Understanding; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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