[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 31, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S8464]
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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. HATCH (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1272. A bill to assist United States veterans who were 
     treated as slave laborers while held as prisoners of war by 
     Japan during World War II, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1273. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for rural health services outreach, rural health 
     network planning and implementation, and small health care 
     provider quality improvement grant programs, and telehomecare 
     demonstration projects; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 1274. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and 
     rehabilitation of stroke; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Jeffords, 
             Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Edwards, and Mr. 
             Corzine):
       S. 1275. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and 
     public access defibrillation demonstration projects, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1276. A bill to provide for the establishment of a new 
     counterintelligence polygraph program for the Department of 
     Energy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 1277. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
     guarantee loans to facilitate nuclear nonproliferation 
     programs and activities of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Breaux, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1278. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a United States independent film and television 
     production wage credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BREAUX:
       S. 1279. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the active business definition under section 355; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CLELAND:
       S. 1280. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to carry out construction projects for the purpose of 
     improving, renovating, and updating patient care facilities 
     at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Frist):
       S. 1281. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize and strengthen the health centers program and the 
     National Health Service Corps, and to establish the Healthy 
     Communities Access Program, which will help coordinate 
     services for the uninsured and underinsured, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 1282. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income of individual taxpayers 
     discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven 
     residential mortgage obligations; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 1283. A bill to establish a program for the delivery of 
     mental health services by telehealth; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Jeffords, 
             Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mr. Bayh, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs . Boxer, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Carper, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Harkin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kohl, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 1284. A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on 
     the basis of sexual orientation; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORZINE:
       S. 1285. A bill to provide the President with flexibility 
     to set strategic nuclear delivery system levels to meet 
     United States national security goals; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.

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