[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 18 (Thursday, February 12, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1285-S1286]
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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 Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Reid):
       S. 2068. A bill to enhance and improve benefits for members 
     of the National Guard and Reserves who serve extended periods 
     on active duty, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 2069. A bill to expand the S visa classification to 
     include aliens who are in possession of critical reliable 
     information with respect to weapons of mass destruction, to 
     establish a Weapons of Mass Destruction Informant Center, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HAGEL:
       S. 2070. A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act 
     to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the 
     United States Animal Identification Plan, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 2071. A bill to expand the definition of immediate 
     relative for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 2072. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for elder care expenses; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Lott):
       S. 2073. A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 3, United 
     States Code, relating to Presidential succession; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 2074. A bill for the relief of Klas Dieter Hinze, Heidi 
     Hinze, Annamarie Hinze, and Robert Arndt; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. 
             Breaux):
       S. 2075. A bill to amend title III of the Public Health 
     Service Act to include each year of fellowship training in 
     geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry as a year of 
     obligated service under the National Health Corps Loan 
     Repayment Program; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 2076. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to provide direct congressional access to the office of 
     the Chief Actuary in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
     Services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 2077. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to permit additional States to enter into long-term care 
     partnerships under the Medicaid Program in order to promote 
     the use of long-term care insurance; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 2078. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Liquid 
     Crystal Device panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal 
     Device projection type televisions; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 2079. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on electron 
     guns for cathode ray tubes (CRT's) for high definition 
     televisions with a high definition television screen aspect 
     ratio of 16:9; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 2080. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on flat 
     panel screen assemblies for use in plasma flat panel screen 
     televisions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Hatch, 
             and Mr. Biden):
       S. 2081. A bill to amend the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy Act Reauthorization Act of 1998 to ensure that 
     adequate funding is provided for certain high intensity drug 
     trafficking areas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Mr. Miller, Mr. Brownback, 
             Mr. Graham of South Carolina, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. 
             Allard):
       S. 2082. A bill to limit the jurisdiction of Federal courts 
     in certain cases and promote federalism; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 2083. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     protect consumers in managed care plans and other health 
     coverage; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Dorgan, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Graham of Florida, Mr. Hollings, 
             Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 2084. A bill to revive and extend the Internet Tax 
     Freedom Act for 2 years, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 2085. A bill to modify the requirements of the land 
     conveyance to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Research 
     Foundation; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 2086. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve the reclamation of 
     abandoned mines; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida:
       S. 2087. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Feingold, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Corzine, Ms. Landrieu, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 2088. A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal 
     rights and remedies under civil rights statutes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS:
       S. 2089. A bill to allow aliens who are eligible for 
     diversity visas to be eligible beyond the fiscal year in 
     which they applied; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Akaka, 
             Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Corzine, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2090. A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and 
     Retraining Notification Act to provide protections for 
     employees relating to the offshoring of jobs; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. DeWine, Mr. Bond, Mr. Warner, Mr. Talent, and 
             Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 2091. A bill to improve the health of health disparity 
     population; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Kyl, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lott, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Voinovich, Ms. Collins, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Bond):
       S. 2092. A bill to address the participation of Taiwan in 
     the World Health Organization; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
             Bunning, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 2093. A bill to maintain full marriage tax penalty 
     relief for 2005; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 2094. A bill to protect United States workers from 
     competition of foreign workforces for performance of Federal 
     and State services contracts; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs .
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 2095. A bill to enhance energy conservation and research 
     and development and to provide for security and diversity in 
     the energy supply for the American people; read the first 
     time.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S.J. Res. 27. A joint resolution recognizing the 60th 
     anniversary of the Allied landing at Normandy during World 
     War II; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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