[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3200-S3201]
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. BURNS:
       S. 696. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 regarding the transfer of students from 
     certain schools; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. OBAMA (for himself and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 697. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     improve higher education, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 698. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     methacrylamido etheleneurae monomer; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 699. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on allyl 
     ureido monomer; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 700. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on potassium 
     sorbate; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 701. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain 
     sorbic acid (hexadienic acid) (2,4-hexadienoic acid); to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Talent, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 702. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the occupational taxes relating to distilled 
     spirits, wine, and beer; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 703. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the 
     Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MARTINEZ:
       S. 704. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2006 for voluntary contributions on a grant basis to the 
     Organization of American States (OAS) to establish a Center 
     for Caribbean Basin Trade and to establish a skills-based 
     training program for Caribbean Basin countries; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       S. 705. A bill to establish the Interagency Council on 
     Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. COLEMAN:
       S. 706. A bill to convey all right, title, and interest of 
     the United States in and to the land described in this Act to 
     the Secretary of the Interior for the Prairie Island Indian 
     Community in Minnesota; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 707. A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the 
     risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to 
     pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by 
     prematurity; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 708. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide medicare beneficiaries with access to 
     information concerning the quality of care provided by

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     skilled nursing facilities and to provide incentives to 
     skilled nursing facilities to improve the quality of care 
     provided by those facilities by linking the amount of payment 
     under the medicare program to quality reporting and 
     performance requirements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Burr, and Mr. 
             Dodd):
       S. 709. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a grant program to provide supportive services in 
     permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless 
     individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 710. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to provide States with the option to expand or 
     add coverage of pregnant women under the medicaid and State 
     children's health insurance programs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. 
             Stevens):
       S. 711. A bill to amend the Methane Hydrate Research and 
     Development Act of 2000 to reauthorize that Act and to 
     promote the research, identification, assessment, 
     exploration, and development of methane hydrate resources; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lott, 
             and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 712. A bill to require a study and report regarding the 
     designation of a new interstate route from Augusta, Georgia 
     to Natchez, Mississippi; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.

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