[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9524-S9525]
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 Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2827. A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to 
     create an explicit privilege to preserve medical privacy; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Lieberman, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 2828. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to define political committee and clarify when 
     organizations described in section 527 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1968 must register as political committees, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.

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           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mrs. Dole):
       S. 2829. A bill to establish a grant program administered 
     under an agreement among the Secretaries of Housing and Urban 
     Development, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs, 
     in consultation with the U.S. Interagency Council on 
     Homelessness, to address the goal of ending chronic 
     homelessness through coordinated provision of housing, health 
     care, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and 
     supportive and other services, including assistance in 
     accessing non-homeless specific benefits and services, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 2830. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to promote healthy marriages and responsible 
     fatherhood, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Conrad, 
             Mr. Daschle, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Thomas):
       S. 2831. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     clarify that federally recognized Indian tribal governments 
     are to be regulated under the same government employer rules 
     and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and other local 
     government employers with regard to the establishment and 
     maintenance of employee benefit plans; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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