[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S2383]
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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. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 570. A bill to amend title 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 the 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; read the first time.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 571. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1915 Fulton Street in 
     Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Congresswoman Shirley A. 
     Chisholm Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 572. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to give additional biosecurity responsibilities to the 
     Department of Homeland Security; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 573. A bill to improve the response of the Federal 
     Government to agroterrorism and agricultural diseases; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 574. A bill to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers 
     Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to increase the 
     authorization of appropriations and modify the date on which 
     the authority of the Secretary of the Interior terminates 
     under the Act; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. 
             Boxer, and Mr. Levin):
       S. 575. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a refundable credit for certain education 
     expenses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BYRD:
       S. 576. A bill to restore the prohibition on the commercial 
     sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 577. A bill to promote health care coverage for 
     individuals participating in legal recreational activities or 
     legal transportation activities; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Corzine, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Reed, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 578. A bill to better manage the national instant 
     criminal background check system and terrorism matches; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Santorum, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Ensign):
       S. 579. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize funding for the establishment of a program on 
     children and the media within the National Institute of Child 
     Health and Human Development to study the role and impact of 
     electronic media in the development of children; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
             Hagel, and Mr. Chafee):
       S. 580. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow certain modifications to be made to qualified 
     mortgages held by a REMIC or a grantor trust; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 581. A bill to contain the costs of the medicare 
     prescription drug program under part D of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 582. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 
     desegregation of the Little Rock Central High School in 
     Little Rock, Arkansas, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 583. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster 
     mitigation payments; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 584. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     allow the continued occupancy and use of certain land and 
     improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 585. A bill to better provide for compensation for 
     certain persons injured in the course of employment at the 
     Rocky Flats site in Colorado; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 586. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster 
     mitigation payments; to the Committee on Finance.




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