[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 59 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4245-S4246]
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. TORRICELLI (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 819. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require 
     that group and individual health insurance coverage and group 
     health plans provide coverage for qualified individuals for 
     bone mass measurement (bone density testing) to prevent 
     fractures associated with osteoporosis; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 820. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to 
     assess opportunities to increase carbon storage on national 
     forests derived from the public domain and to facilitate 
     voluntary and accurate reporting of forest projects that 
     reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. Thompson):
       S. 821. A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act 
     of 1933 to modify provisions relating to the Board of 
     Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. 
             Craig, Mr. Daschle, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 822. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the treatment of

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     bonds issues to acquire renewable resources on land subject 
     to conservation easement; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Chafee):
       S. 823. A bill to assure access under group health plans 
     and health insurance coverage to covered emergency medical 
     services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 824. A bill to establish an informatics grant program 
     for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 825. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to allow workers who attain age 65 after 191 and before 1992 
     to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling 
     $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 
     10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in 
     benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security 
     Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN:
       S. 826. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to eliminate cost-sharing under the medicare program for 
     bone mass measurements; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 827. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children 
     born after 2001; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Akaka, and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 828. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-
     efficient property; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
             Santorum, Mr. Lott, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Reid, Mr. Dodd, 
             Mr. Miller, and Mr. Edwards):
       S. 829. A bill to establish the National Museum of African 
     American History and Culture within the Smithsonian 
     Institution; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Warner, Mr. Torricelli, Ms. Snowe, Mrs. 
             Murray, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Corzine, and 
             Mr. Kerry):
       S. 830. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the Director of the National Institute of 
     Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
     development and operation of research centers regarding 
     environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of 
     breast cancer; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. SHELBY:
       S. 831. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a 100 percent deduction for business meals; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 832. A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Bingaman, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 833. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the child tax credit; to the Committee on Finance.

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