[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 45 (Friday, April 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3734-S3735]
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. DURBIN:
       S. 811. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth 
     of Abraham Lincoln; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 812. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose a flat tax only on individual taxable earned income 
     and business taxable income, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 813. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to negotiate for lower prices for medicare 
     prescription drugs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 814. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to promote 
     the development of Federal coal resources; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Talent, Mr. Ensign, and 
             Mr. Smith):
       S. 815. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a 15-year applicable recovery period for 
     depreciation of certain electric transmission property; to 
     the Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 816. A bill to establish the position of Northern Border 
     Coordinator in the Department of Homeland Security; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
             Bayh):
       S. 817. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to create a 
     Special Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade 
     agreements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Thune, 
             Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Dayton, and 
             Mr. Harkin):
       S. 818. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or 
     control livestock intended for slaughter; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 819. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to reallocate costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South 
     Dakota, to reflect increased demands for municipal, 
     industrial, and fish and wildlife purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 820. A bill to promote the development of health care 
     cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health 
     care purchasing power of employers, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Bennett, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Thomas, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Cochran, and 
             Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 821. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the founding of America's 
     National Parks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 822. A bill to prevent the retroactive application of 
     changes to Trans-Alaska Pipeline Quality Bank valuation 
     methodologies; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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