[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 171 (Tuesday, December 11, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12858-S12859]
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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. BREAUX:
       S. 1795. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on railway 
     passenger coaches of stainless steel; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BREAUX:
       S. 1796. A bill to extend temporarily the duty on railway 
     car body shells of stainless steel having an aggregate 
     capacity of 140 passengers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BREAUX:
       S. 1797. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on railway 
     car body shells for electric multiple unit gallery commuter 
     coaches made of stainless steel; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BREAUX:
       S. 1798. A bill to extend temporarily the duty on railway 
     car body shells of stainless steel; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. 
             Akaka):
       S. 1799. A bill to strengthen the national security by 
     encouraging and assisting in the expansion and improvement of 
     educational programs to meet critical needs at the 
     elementary, secondary, and higher education levels; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Akaka, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1800. A bill to strengthen and improve the management of 
     national security, encourage Government service in areas of 
     critical national security, and to assist government agencies 
     in addressing deficiencies in personnel possessing 
     specialized skills important to national security and 
     incorporating the goals and strategies for recruitment and 
     retention for such skilled personnel into the strategic and 
     performance management systems of Federal agencies; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Bond):
       S. 1801. A bill to amend chapter 36 of title 39, United 
     States Code, to provide for a permanent postal rate for 
     certain educational bound printed matter, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 1802. A bill to accelerate the effective date for the 
     expansion of adoption tax credit and the adoption assistance 
     programs by 1 year; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BIDEN:
       S. 1803. An original bill to authorize appropriations under 
     the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 for security assistance for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 
     and for other purposes; from the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, and Mr. Smith of New Hampshire):
       S. 1804. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives for economic recovery and provide 
     for the payment of emergency extended unemployment 
     compensation; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Voinovich 
             , Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Allen, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1805. A bill to convert certain temporary judgeships to 
     permanent judgeships, extend a

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     judgeship, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Chafee, Mr. Graham, Ms. Collins, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. 
             Wellstone):
       S. 1806. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to health professions programs regarding the practice 
     of pharmacy; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 1807. A bill to amend the National Capital 
     Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to 
     permit any Federal law enforcement to enter into a 
     cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department 
     of the District of Columbia to assist the Department in 
     carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities 
     in the District of Columbia if deemed appropriate by the 
     Chief of the Department and the United States Attorney for 
     the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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