[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 111 (Thursday, August 2, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8703-S8705]
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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. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1302. A bill to authorize the payment of a gratuity to 
     members of the armed Forces and civilian employees of the 
     United States who performed slave labor for Japan during 
     World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1303. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for payment under the medicare program for 
     more frequent hemodialysis treatments; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1304. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for coverage under the medicare program of 
     oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in dialysis 
     patients with end-stage renal disease; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1305. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify the status of professional employer organizations 
     and to promote and protect the interests of professional 
     employer organizations, their customers, and workers; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Smith of New 
             Hampshire, Mr. Reid, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Crapo , Mr. 
             Burns, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Bond, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Gramm, 
             Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
             Enzi):
       S. 1306. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the 
     Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS (for himself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 1307. A bill to bar access to United States capital 
     markets to enterprises owned or controlled by the People's 
     Republic of China, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1308. A bill to provide for the use and distribution of 
     the funds awarded to the Quinault Indian Nation under United 
     States Claims Court Dockets 772-72, 773-71, and 775-71, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 1309. A bill to amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 
     to reauthorize that Act and to authorize the construction of 
     a desalination research and development facility at the 
     Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 1310. A bill to provide for the sale of certain real 
     property in the Newlands Project, Nevada, to the city of 
     Fallon, Nevada; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. 
             Graham):
       S. 1311. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to reaffirm the United States historic commitment to 
     protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 1312. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key Beach, 
     Florida, for possible inclusion in the National Park System; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. 
             Wellstone):
       S. 1313. A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of 
     certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker 
     program under that Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BREAUX (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 1314. A bill to protect the public's ability to fish for 
     sport, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1315. A bill to make improvements in title 18, United 
     States Code, and safeguard the integrity of the criminal 
     justice system; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1316. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     waive federal preemption of State law providing for the 
     awarding of punitive damages against motor carriers for 
     engaging in unfair or deceptive trade practices in the 
     processing of claims relating to loss, damage, injury, or 
     delay in connection with transportation of property in 
     interstate commerce; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 1317. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for equitable reimbursement rates under the 
     medicare program to Medicare+Choice organizations; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1318. A bill to provide Coastal Impact Assistance to 
     State and local governments, to amend the Outer Continental 
     Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation 
     Recovery Act, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act 
     (commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to 
     establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and 
     recreation needs of the American people, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1319. A bil to authorize appropriations for the 
     Department of Justice for fiscal year 2002, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 1320. A bill to change the date for regularly scheduled 
     Federal elections and establish polling place hours; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Nickles):
       S. 1321. A bill to authorize the construction of a Native 
     American Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City, 
     Oklahoma; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. FITZGERALD:
       S. 1322. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to classify qualified rental office furniture as 5-year 
     property for purposes of depreciation; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1323. A bill entitled the ``SBIR and STTR Foreign Patent 
     Protection Act of 2001''; to the Committee on Small Business 
     and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 1324. A bill to provide relief from the alternative 
     minimum tax with respect to incentive stock options exercised 
     during 2000; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1325. A bill to ratify an agreement between the Aleut 
     Corporation and the United States of America to exchange land 
     rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
     for certain land interests on Adak Island, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 1326. A bill to extend and improve working lands and 
     other conservation programs administered by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Lott, and Mr. Burns):
       S. 1327. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide emergency Secretarial authority to resolve airline 
     labor disputes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 1328. A bill entitled the ``Conservation and 
     Reinvestment Act''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Hatch, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Chafee, 
             and Mr. Bond):
       S. 1329. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax incentive for land sales for conservation 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1330. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that amounts paid for foods for special dietary 
     use, dietary supplements, or medical foods shall be treated 
     as medical expenses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MILLER (for himself, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Bunning, 
             and Mr. Helms):
       S. 1331. 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 Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI:
       S. 1332. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude certain severance payment amounts from income; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1333. A bill to enhance the benefits of the national 
     electric system by encouraging and supporting State programs 
     for renewable energy sources, universal electric service, 
     affordable electric service, and energy conservation and 
     efficiency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WARNER:
       S. 1334. A bill to require increases in the strengths of 
     the full-time support personnel for the Army National Guard 
     of the United States through fiscal year 2001 to support the 
     readiness and training of the Army National Guard of the 
     United States to meet increasing mission requirements, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Daschle, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Corzine, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Landrieu, 
             Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 1335. A bill to support business incubation in academic 
     settings; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MILLER (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1336. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the maximum capital gains rates for individual 
     taxpayers and to reduce the holding period for long-term 
     capital gain treatment to 1 month, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1337. A bill to provide for national digital school 
     districts; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1338. A bill to expand and enhance the Little Bighorn 
     Battlefield National Monument; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1339. A bill to amend the Bring Them Home Alive Act of 
     2000 to provide an asylum program with regard to American 
     Persian Gulf War POW/MIAs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1340. A bill to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act 
     to provide for probate reform with respect to trust or 
     restricted lands; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
             Jeffords):
       S. 1341. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand human clinical

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     trials qualifying for the orphan drug credit, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1342. A bill to allocate H-1B visas for demonstration 
     projects in rural America; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mr. Schumer, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Specter, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Graham, Mr. Harkin, 
             and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 1343. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide States with options for providing family 
     planning services and supplies to individuals eligible for 
     medical assistance under the medicaid program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1344. A bill to provide training and technical 
     assistance to Native Americans who are interested in 
     commercial vehicle driving careers; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1345. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to establish a commercial truck safety pilot program in the 
     State of Maine, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Allard, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1346. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with regard to new animal drugs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Byrd):
       S. 1347. A bill to establish a Congressional Trade Office; 
     to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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