[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 161 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S13659]
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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. COLEMAN:
       S. 2105. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the credit for nonbusiness energy property so that 
     the amount of the credit is determined based on the amount of 
     energy savings achieved by the taxpayer; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2106. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin 
     Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary 
     to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to 
     construct regional brine lines in California, to authorize 
     the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area 
     desalination demonstration and reclamation project, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 2107. A bill to provide additional appropriations for 
     the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 for fiscal 
     year 2006 and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide a refundable tax credit for residential energy cost 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 2108. A bill to ensure general aviation aircraft access 
     to Federal land and to the airspace over Federal land; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lugar, 
             Mr. DeWine, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
             Kohl, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Smith, Mr. Leahy, 
             and Mr. Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 2109. A bill to provide national innovation initiative; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Thomas, 
             and Mr. Allard):
       S. 2110. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     to enhance the role of States in the recovery of endangered 
     species and threatened species, to implement a species 
     conservation recovery system, to establish certain recovery 
     programs, to provide Federal financial assistance and a 
     system of incentives to promote the recovery of species, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAYH:
       S. 2111. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for small business employee training 
     expenses, to increase the exclusion of capital gains from 
     small business stocks to extend expensing for small 
     businesses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2112. A bill to provide for the establishment of 
     programs and activities to increase influenza vaccination 
     rates through the provision of free vaccines; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DeMINT:
       S. 2113. A bill to promote the widespread availability of 
     communications services and the integrity of communication 
     facilities, and to encourage investment in communication 
     networks; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. TALENT:
       S. 2114. A bill to establish the Confluence National 
     Heritage Corridor in the States of Missouri and Illinois, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mrs. Murray, Mr. McCain, Mr. Coleman, and 
             Mr. Dayton):
       S. 2115. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve provisions relating to Parkinson's disease research; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LOTT:
       S. 2116. A bill to transfer jurisdiction of certain real 
     property to the Supreme Court; considered and passed.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 2117. A bill to clarify the circumstances under which a 
     person born in the United States is subject to the 
     jurisdiction of the United States, to provide for criminal 
     penalties for forging Federal documents, to establish a 
     National Border Neighborhood Watch Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SUNUNU (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Craig, 
             Mr. Obama, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Hagel, and Mrs. 
             Clinton):
       S. 2118. A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT Act to extend the 
     sunset of certain provisions of the Act and the lone wolf 
     provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
     Act of 2004 to March 31, 2006 and to combat methamphetamine 
     abuse; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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