[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 4, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3435-S3436]
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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 Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Allard, and Mr. 
             Grassley):
       S. 686. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit against tax for energy efficient 
     appliances; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 687. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make higher education more affordable by providing a tax 
     deduction for higher education expenses, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 688. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
     relating to the airport noise and access review program; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 689. A bill to convey certain Federal properties on 
     Governors Island, New York; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE:
       S. 690. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to expand and improve

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     coverage of mental health services under the medicare 
     program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 691. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 
     Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the 
     Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 692. A bill to issue a certificate of documentation for 
     the vessel EAGLE; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. 
             Burns):
       S. 693. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide 
     additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative 
     payees under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance 
     program or the Supplemental Security Income program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Dodd, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Reid, and 
             Mr. Domenici):
       S. 694. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     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. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Byrd):
       S. 695. A bill to provide parents, taxpayers, and educators 
     with useful, understandable school report cards; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK:
       S. 696. A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications 
     Commission from applying spectrum aggregation limits to 
     spectrum assigned by auction after 2000; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Craig, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Warner, 
             Mr. Conrad, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Smith of 
             Oregon, Mr. Daschle, Ms. Collins, Mr. Breaux, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Carper, 
             Mr. Cleland, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Biden, Mrs. 
             Carnahan, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Wellstone, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Bayh, and Mr. Miller):
       S. 697. A bill to modernize the financing of the railroad 
     retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to 
     employees and beneficiaries; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 698. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     designate chromium-6 as a contaminant, to establish a maximum 
     contaminant level for chromium-6, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Daschle):
       S. 699. A bill to provide for substantial reductions in the 
     price of prescription drugs for medicare beneficiaries; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 700. A bill to establish a Federal interagency task 
     force for the purpose of coordinating actions to prevent the 
     outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (commonly known 
     as ``mad cow disease'') and foot-and-mouth disease in the 
     United States; read the first time.

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