[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 34 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2260-S2261]
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. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Craig, and Mr. Burns):
       S. 2040. A bill to provide emergency agricultural 
     assistance to producers of the 2002 crop; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 2041. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
     the United States relating to certain footware; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 2042. A bill to expand access to affordable health care 
     and to strengthen the health care safety net and make health 
     care services more available in rural and underserved areas; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2043. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend by five years the period for the provision by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs of noninstitutional extended 
     care services and required nursing home care, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2044. A bill to provide for further improvement of the 
     program to expand and improve the provision of specialized 
     mental health services to veterans; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Smith of Oregon):
       S. 2045. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to take steps to control the growing international problem of 
     tuberculosis; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 2046. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize loan guarantees for rural health facilities to buy 
     new and repair existing infrastructure and technology; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BREAUX (for himself and Mr. Bond):
       S. 2047. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit against 
     income tax for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes 
     prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Breaux, Mr. Nelson of Florida, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 2048. A bill to regulate interstate commerce in certain 
     devices by providing for private sector development of 
     technological protection measures to be implemented and 
     enforced by Federal regulations to protect digital content 
     and promote broadband as well as the transition to digital 
     television, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. 
             Dodd):
       S. 2049. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug and 
     Cosmetic Act to include a 12 month notification period before 
     discontinuing a biological product, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself and Mr. Dayton):
       S. 2050. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to treat nominally foreign corporations created through 
     inversion transactions as domestic corporations; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Warner, 
             Mr. Levin, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Lott, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Thurmond, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. McCain, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
             Smith of New Hampshire, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Nelson of Florida, Mr. Allard, Mr. Nelson of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Carnahan, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Dayton, Mr. Bunning, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2051. A bill to remove a condition preventing authority 
     for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' 
     disability compensation from taking affect, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2052. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to reauthorize and improve the temporary 
     assistance to needy families program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FRIST:
       S. 2053. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of 
     vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury 
     compensation program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Reid, and Mr. 
             Kennedy):
       S. 2054. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a Nationwide Health Tracking Network, and for other 
     purposes ; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 2055. A bill to make grants to train sexual assault 
     nurse examiners, law enforcement personnel, and first 
     responders in the handling of sexual assault cases, to 
     establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection 
     kits, to carry out DNA analyses of samples from crime scenes, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Mrs. 
             Carnahan):
       S. 2056. A bill to ensure the independence of accounting 
     firms that provide auditing services to publicly traded 
     companies and of executives, audit committees, and financial 
     compensation committees of such companies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mrs. Murray, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Mikulski, Mr.

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             Graham, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Corzine, and Mrs. Carnahan):
       S. 2057. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to permit expansion of medical residency training 
     programs in geriatric medicine and to provide for 
     reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services 
     provided under the medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. 
             Rockefeller):
       S. 2058. A bill to replace the caseload reduction credit 
     with an employment credit under the program of block grants 
     to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 2059. A bill to amend the Pubic Health Service Act to 
     provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration 
     grants; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 2060. A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida, after Franklin D. 
     Miller; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 2061. A bill to establish a national response to 
     terrorism, a national urban search and rescue task force 
     program to ensure local capability to respond to the threat 
     and aftermath of terrorist activities and other emergencies, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 2062. A bill to provide fast-track trade negotiating 
     authority to the President; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN:
       S. 2063. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative 
     sites and other land in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita 
     National Forests and to use funds derived from the sale or 
     exchange to acquire, construct, or improve administrative 
     sites; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, 
             Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 2064. A bill to reauthorize the United States Institute 
     for Environmental Conflict Resolution, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself and Mr. Allard):
       S. 2065. A bill to provide for the implementation of air 
     quality programs developed pursuant to an Intergovernmental 
     Agreement between the Southern Ute Indian Tribes and the 
     State of Colorado concerning Air Quality Control on the 
     Southern Ute Indian Reservation, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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