[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 174 (Tuesday, November 25, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15975-S15976]
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. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1951. A bill to promote rural safety and improve rural 
     law enforcement; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 1952. A bill to direct the United States Trade 
     Representative to enforce United States rights, under certain 
     trade agreements with respect to Mexico, pursuant to title 
     III of the Trade Act of 1974; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 1953. A bill to protect deep sea corals and sponges, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAPO:
       S. 1954. A bill to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 
     2000 by expanding the legal assistance for victims of 
     violence grant program to include legal assistance for 
     victims of dating violence; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1955. A bill to make technical corrections to laws 
     relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1956. A bill to provide assistance to States and 
     nongovernmental entities to initiate public awareness and 
     outreach campaigns to reduce teenage pregnancies; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1957. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to cooperate with the States on the border with Mexico and 
     other appropriate entities in conducting a hydrogeologic 
     characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority 
     transboundary aquifers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. Kerry (for himself and Mr. 
             Kennedy)):
       S. 1958. A bill to prevent the practice of late trading by 
     mutual funds, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. 
             Mikulski, and Mr. Allen):
       S. 1959. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act and the Water Resources Development Act if 1992 
     to provide for the restoration, protection, and enhancement 
     of the environmental integrity and social and economic 
     benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in the State of Maryland 
     and the District of Columbia; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1960. A bill to exempt airports in economically 
     depressed communities from matching grant obligations under 
     the Airport Improvement Program; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Carper, 
             Mr. Specter, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. 
             Biden):
       S. 1961. A bill to provide for the revitalization and 
     enhancement of the American passenger and freight rail 
     transportation system; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bunning, 
             and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 1962. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for excise tax reform and simplification, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1963. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     protect the privacy right of subscribers to wireless 
     communication services; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Graham of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 1964. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the 
     FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and 
     production activities in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAYH:
       S. 1965. A bill to provide for the creation of private-
     sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1966. A bill to require a report on the detainees held 
     at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1967. A bill to allow all businesses to make up to 24 
     transfers each month from interest-bearing transaction 
     accounts to other transaction accounts, to require the 
     payment of interest on reserves held for depository 
     institutions at Federal reserve banks, to repeal the 
     prohibition of interest on business accounts, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Corzine, and 
             Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 1968. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to enhance literacy in finance and economics, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. 
             Smith):
       S. 1969. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables 
     subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, 
     quality, or maturity, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 1970. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to 
     increase the amount of unsecured claims for salaries and 
     wages given priority in bankruptcy, to provide for cash 
     payments to retirees to compensate for lost health insurance 
     benefits resulting from the bankruptcy of their former 
     employer, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORZINE (for himself, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. 
             Lieberman):
       S. 1971. A bill to improve transparency relating to the 
     fees and costs that mutual fund investors incur and to 
     improve corporate governance of mutual funds; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1972. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a tax credit for small employer-based health 
     insurance coverage in States in which such coverage is 
     mandated, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 1973. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     protect the privacy rights of subscribers to wireless 
     communications services; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DASCHLE:
       S. 1974. A bill to make improvements to the Medicare 
     Prescriptions Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 
     2003; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 1975. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to deny a deduction for securities-related fines, penalties, 
     and other amounts, and to provide that revenues resulting 
     from such denial be transferred to Fair Funds for the relief 
     of victims; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Chafee, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 1976. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to permit qualifying States to use a portion of their 
     allotments under the State children's health insurance 
     program for any fiscal year for certain medical expenditures, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 1977. A bill to promote the manufacturing industry in 
     the United States by establishing an Assistant Secretary for 
     Manufacturing within the Department of Commerce, an 
     Interagency Manufacturing Task Force, and a Small Business 
     Manufacturing Task Force, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1978. An original bill to authorize funds for highway 
     safety programs, motor carrier safety programs, hazardous 
     materials transportation safety program, boating safety 
     programs, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation; placed on the 
     calendar.

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           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 1979. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prevent the fraudulent avoidance of fuel taxes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Bunning, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S.J. Res. 26. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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