[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 49 (Thursday, April 5, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3530-S3531]
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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. BAUCUS:
       S. 701. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide special rules for the charitable deduction for 
     conservation contributions of land by eligible farmers and 
     ranchers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Helms, Mr. 
             Specter, Mr. Brownback, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
             Hutchinson):
       S. 702. A bill for the relief of Gao Zhan; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Kennedy, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 703. A bill to extend the effective period of the 
     consent of Congress to the interstate compact relating to the 
     restoration of Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River Basin 
     and creating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon 
     Commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 704. A bill to prohibit the cloning of humans; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 705. A bill to establish a health information technology 
     grant program for hospitals and for skilled nursing 
     facilities and home health agencies, and to require the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and 
     implement a methodology under the medicare program for 
     providing hospitals with reimbursement for costs incurred by 
     such hospitals with respect to information technology 
     systems; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reid, Mr. Hollings, 
             Mr. Johnson, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 706. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     establish programs to alleviate the nursing profession 
     shortage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO:
       S. 707. A bill to provide grants for special environmental 
     assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat 
     (``SEARCH grants'') to small communities; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Campbell, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Dayton, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Kohl, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Lugar, Mr. Bond, Mr. Brownback, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Craig, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Helms, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Crapo, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Allard, and Ms. 
             Stabenow):
       S. 708. A bill to provide the citizens of the United States 
     and Congress with a report on coordinated actions by Federal 
     agencies to prevent the introduction of foot and mouth 
     disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United 
     States and other information to assess the economic and 
     public health impacts associated with the potential threats 
     presented by those diseases; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 709. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify the tax treatment of Alaska Native Settlement 
     Trusts; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Helms):
       S. 710. A bill to require coverage for colorectal cancer 
     screenings; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 711. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to maintain exemption of Alaska from dyeing requirements for 
     exempt diesel fuel and kerosene; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THOMAS:
       S. 712. A bill to prohibit commercial air tour operations 
     over Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 713. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a charitable deduction for certain expenses 
     incurred in support a Native Alaskan subsistence whaling; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 714. A bill to urge the United States Trade 
     Representative to pursue the establishment of a small 
     business advocate within the World Trade Organization, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 715. A bill to designate 7 counties in the State of 
     Montana as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and 
     authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 716. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agricultural to 
     make grants to nonprofit organizations to finance the 
     construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually-
     owned household water well systems in rural areas for 
     individuals with low or moderate incomes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 717. A bill to provide educational opportunities for 
     disadvantaged children, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. 
             Jeffords):
       S. 718. A bill to direct the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology to establish a program to support 
     research and training in methods of detecting the use of 
     performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Clinton, 
             and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 719. A bill to amend Federal election law to provide for 
     clean elections funded by clean money; to the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 720. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for awards by the National Institute of Environmental 
     Health Sciences to develop and operate multidisciplinary 
     research centers regarding the impact of environmental 
     factors on women's health and disease prevention; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Frist, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 721. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a Nurse Corps and recruitment and retention 
     strategies to address the nursing shortage, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 722. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     prohibit telemarketers from interfering with the caller 
     identification service of any person to whom a telephone 
     solicitation is made, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Thurmond, 
             Mr. Chafee, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
             Reid, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Corzine, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 723. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for human embryonic

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     stem cell generation and research; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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