[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 84 (Thursday, June 17, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S6997]
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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. GRAHAM of Florida (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2535. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to modernize the medicare program by ensuring that 
     appropriate preventive services are covered under such 
     program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2536. A bill to enumerate the responsibilities of the 
     Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the 
     Department of Homeland Security, to require the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Homeland Security to designate a 
     senior official to investigate civil rights complaints, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. COCHRAN:
       S. 2537. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2005, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 2538. A bill to provide a grant program to support the 
     establishment and operation of Teachers Institutes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Domenici, 
             and Mr. Smith):
       S. 2539. A bill to amend the Tribally Controlled Colleges 
     or University Assistance Act and the Higher Education Act to 
     improve Tribal Colleges and Universities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 2540. A bill to protect educational FM radio stations 
     providing public service broadcasting from commercial 
     encroachment; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, and Mr. Allen):
       S. 2541. A bill to reauthorize and restructure the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Edwards):
       S. 2542. A bill to provide for review of determinations on 
     whether schools and local educational agencies made adequate 
     yearly progress for the 2002-2003 school year taking into 
     consideration subsequent regulations and guidance applicable 
     to those determinations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Burns):
       S. 2543. A bill to establish a program and criteria for 
     National Heritage Areas in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. 
             Levin):
       S. 2544. A bill to provide for the certification of 
     programs to provide uninsured employees of small businesses 
     access to health coverage, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Mr. 
             Rockefeller):
       S. 2545. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act 
     to improve access to information about individuals' health 
     care options and legal rights for care near the end of life, 
     to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that 
     individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to 
     speak for themselves, to engage health care providers in 
     disseminating information about and assisting in the 
     preparation of advance directives, which include living wills 
     and durable powers of attorney for health care, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 2546. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require premarket consultation and approval 
     with respect to genetically engineered foods, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.

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