[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 156 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S11719]
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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. BROWNBACK:
       S. 1675. A bill to authorize the President to reduce or 
     suspend duties on textiles and textile products made in 
     Pakistan until December 31, 2004; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1676. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax relief for small business, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1677. A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 to create a safe harbor for 
     retirement plan sponsors in the designation and monitoring of 
     investment advisers for workers managing their retirement 
     income assets; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Allard, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mr. Levin, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Burns, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Sessions, and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 1678. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that a member of the uniformed services or the 
     Foreign Service shall be treated as using a principal 
     residence while away from home on qualified official extended 
     duty in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale of 
     such residence; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CONRAD:
       S. 1679. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to accelerate the reduction on the amount of beneficiary 
     copayment liability for medicare outpatient services; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE:
       S. 1680. A bill to amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil 
     Relief Act of 1940 to provide that duty of the National Guard 
     mobilized by a State in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 
     or otherwise at the request of the President shall qualify as 
     military service under that Act; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mr. Daschle, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 1681. A bill to establish the Northern Great Plains 
     Rural Development Authority; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.

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