[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S4508]
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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. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. McConnell):
       S. 840. A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and 
     procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement 
     agencies and law enforcement officers during internal 
     investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, 
     and administrative disciplinary hearings, to ensure 
     accountability of law enforcement officers, to guarantee the 
     due process rights of law enforcement officers, and to 
     require States to enact law enforcement discipline, 
     accountability, and due process laws; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 841. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for 
     outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare Program; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 842. A bill to ensure that the incarceration of inmates 
     is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that 
     persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United 
     States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained 
     by Federal, State, or local governments; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 843. A bill to provide assistance to States to expand 
     and establish drug abuse treatment programs to enable such 
     programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily 
     seek treatment for drug abuse; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BUNNING:
       S. 844. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that the exclusion from gross income for foster 
     care payments shall also apply to payments by qualified 
     placement agencies; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Hutchinson, and Mr. 
             Helms):
       S. 845. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a 
     renewable energy resource; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 846. A bill for the relief of J.L. Simmons Company, 
     Inc., of Champaign, Illinois; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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