[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 14 (Thursday, February 14, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S852-S853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Reed, and 
             Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1945. A bill to provide for the merger of the bank and 
     savings association deposit insurance funds, to modernize and 
     improve the safety and fairness of the Federal deposit 
     insurance system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LOTT (for Mr. Campbell (for himself, Mr. 
             Domenici, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Allard)):
       S. 1946. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. CARNAHAN:
       S. 1947. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to clarify the circumstances under which a hold harmless 
     provision does not exist with respect to a broad-based health 
     care related tax; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kohl, 
             and Mr. Dayton):
       S. 1948. A bill to establish demonstration projects under 
     the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to reward and expand the number of health care providers 
     delivering high-quality, cost-effective health care to 
     medicare beneficiaries; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Hutchinson, 
             Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. Enzi):

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       S. 1949. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     promote organ donation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COCHRAN:
       S. 1950. A bill for the relief of Richi James Lesley; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Wyden, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1951. A bill to provide regulatory oversight over energy 
     trading markets, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 1952. A bill to reacquire and permanently protect 
     certain leases on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast 
     of California by issuing credits for new energy production in 
     less environmentally sensitive areas in the Western and 
     Central Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kohl, 
             and Mr. Dayton):
       S. 1953. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment 
     factor from the geographic indices used to adjust payments 
     under the physician fee schedule; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kohl, 
             and Mr. Dayton):
       S. 1954. A bill to establish a demonstration project under 
     the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide the incentives necessary to attract educators 
     and clinical practitioners to underserved areas; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kohl, 
             and Mr. Dayton):
       S. 1955. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to require that the area wage adjustment under the 
     prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility 
     services be based on the wages of individuals employed at 
     skilled nursing facilities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Schumer, and 
             Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1956. A bill to combat terrorism and defend the Nation 
     against terrorist attacks, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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