[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 138 (Thursday, October 2, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S12376]
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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. FEINGOLD:
       S. 1701. A bill to limit authority to delay notice of 
     search warrants; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Graham of Florida, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Corzine, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1702. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-
     provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries of 
     employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH:
       S. 1703. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit against income tax for expenditures for 
     the maintenance of railroad tracks of Class II and Class III 
     railroads; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Coleman, 
             and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1704. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a State family support grant program to end the 
     practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously 
     emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the 
     purpose of obtaining mental health services for those 
     children; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Chafee, 
             Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Corzine, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Dodd , Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Graham of Florida, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Specter, 
             Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1705. A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on 
     the basis of sexual orientation; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. McCain, Mr. Chafee, Mrs. Lincoln, and 
             Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1706. A bill to improve the National Instant Criminal 
     Background Check System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 1707. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     provide for free mailing privileges for personal 
     correspondence and certain parcels sent from within the 
     United States to members of the Armed Forces serving on 
     active duty abroad who are engaged in military operations 
     involving armed conflict against a hostile foreign force, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Murray, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1708. A bill to provide extended unemployment benefits 
     to displaced workers, and to make other improvements in the 
     unemployment insurance system; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1709. A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to place 
     reasonable limitations on the use of surveillance and the 
     issuance of search warrants, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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