[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 139 (Thursday, October 27, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12006-S12007]
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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. INHOFE:
       S. 1926. A bill to provide the Department of Justice the 
     necessary authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict 
     individuals committing animal enterprise terror; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1927. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make the Federal income tax system simpler, fairer, and 
     more fiscally responsible, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Coburn, 
             Mr. DeMint, Mr. Graham, Mr. McCain, Mr. Sununu, and 
             Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1928. A bill to reduce mandatory and discretionary 
     spending in order to offset the cost of rebuilding the Gulf 
     Region in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. 
             Cochran):
       S. 1929. A bill to reduce health care disparities and 
     improve health care quality, to improve the collection of 
     racial, ethnic, primary language, and socio-economic 
     determination data for use by healthcare researchers and 
     policymakers, to provide performance incentives for high 
     performing hospitals and community health centers, and to 
     expand current Federal programs seeking to eliminate health 
     disparities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 1930. A bill to expand the research, prevention, and 
     awareness activities of the National Institute of Diabetes 
     and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention with respect to inflammatory bowel 
     disease; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Salazar, and Mr. Thomas):
       S. 1931. A bill to state the policy of the United States on 
     the intercontinental ballistic missile force; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. GREGG:
       S. 1932. An original bill to provide for reconciliation 
     pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on 
     the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95); from the 
     Committee on the Budget; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. MARTINEZ:
       S. 1933. A bill to provide for the inclusion of Department 
     of Defense property on Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Island, 
     Florida, in the Gulf Islands National Seashore if the 
     property is ever excess to the needs of the Armed Forces; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Brownback, 
             Mr. Talent, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Kyl, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. Obama):
       S. 1934. A bill to reauthorize the grant program of the 
     Department of Justice for reentry of offenders into the 
     community, to establish a task force on Federal programs and 
     activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the 
     community, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 1935. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 2006 and 2007 for United States contributions to the 
     International Fund for Ireland, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LOTT:
       S. 1936. A bill to strengthen the national flood insurance 
     program, encourage participation in the program, and provide 
     owners of

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     properties not located in flood hazard zones a one-time 
     opportunity to purchase flood insurance coverage for a period 
     covering such hurricane; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
             Lugar, Mr. Biden, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Hagel, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. McCain, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Martinez, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. 
             Smith):
       S. 1937. A bill to expand certain preferential trade 
     treatment for Haiti; to the Committee on Finance.

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