[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S4021]
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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. LUGAR:
       S. 853. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to 
     establish a program to bolster the mutual security and safety 
     of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 854. A bill to require labeling of raw agricultural 
     forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 855. A bill to improve the security of the Nation's 
     ports by providing Federal grants to support Area Maritime 
     Transportation Security Plans and to address vulnerabilities 
     in port areas identified in approved vulnerability 
     assessments or by the Secretary of Homeland Security; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 856. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to extend the minimum medicare deadlines for filing 
     claims to take into account delay in processing adjustment 
     from secondary payor status to primary payor status; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SUNUNU (for himself, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. 
             DeMint):
       S. 857. A bill to reform Social Security by establishing a 
     Personal Social Security Savings Program and to provide new 
     limitations on the Federal Budget; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 858. A bill to reauthorize Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
     user fees, and or other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Smith, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Allard, and Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 859. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow an income tax credit for the provision of 
     homeownership and community development, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 860. A bill to amend the National Assessment of 
     Educational Progress Authorization Act to require State 
     academic assessments of student achievement in United States 
     history and civics, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 861. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide transition funding rules for certain plans 
     electing to cease future benefit accruals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 862. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to increase inpatient hospital payments under the 
     Medicare Program to Puerto Rico hospitals; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Corzine, Mr. Craig, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Nelson of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Salazar, 
             Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stevens, and Mr. 
             Warner):
       S. 863. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of the bestowal 
     of the Nobel Peace Prize on President Theodore Roosevelt, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 864. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to 
     modify provisions relating to nuclear safety and security, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH:
       S. 865. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to 
     reauthorize the Price-Anderson provisions; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S.J. Res. 16. A joint resolution authorizing special awards 
     to World War I and World War II veterans of the United States 
     Navy Armed Guard; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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