[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 21, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14316-S14317]
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 (for himself and Mr. Obama):
       S. 2156. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 332 South Main Street in 
     Flora, Illinois, as the ``Robert T. Ferguson Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 2157. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the Purple Heart to be awarded to prisoners of 
     war who die in captivity under circumstances not otherwise 
     establishing eligibility for the Purple Heart; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2158. A bill to establish a National Homeland Security 
     Academy within the Department of Homeland Security; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2159. A bill to provide for reimbursement of the cost of 
     certain projects at the Fern Ridge Dam, Oregon; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 2160. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to authorize grants for institutions of higher education 
     serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Hagel, 
             and Mr. Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 2161. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     prevent the enforcement of certain national primary drinking 
     water regulations unless sufficient funding is available or 
     variance technology has been identified; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 2162. A bill to foster local development by facilitating 
     the delivery of financial assistance to small businesses, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 2163. A bill to amend titles 10 and 38 of the United 
     States Code, to increase and index education 31 benefits for 
     veterans under the Montgomery GI bill to ensure adequate and 
     equitable benefits for active duty members and members of the 
     selected Reserve, and to include certain servicemembers 
     previously excluded from such benefits; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Dayton, Mrs. Lincoln, 
             and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 2164. A bill to amend titles IV, XVIII, and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to improve the provision of care under 
     the programs under such titles, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
             Sarbanes):

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       S. 2165:. A bill to assist members of the Armed Forces in 
     obtaining United States citizenship, and for otl1er purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LOTT (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 2166. A bill to direct the Election Assistance 
     Commission to make grants to States to restore and replace 
     election administration supplies, materials, records, 
     equipment, and technology which were damaged, destroyed, or 
     dislocated as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane 
     Rita; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. SUNUNU (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Craig, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Reid, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Conrad, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Obama, Mr. 
             Dodd, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Nelson 
             of Florida, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Lieberman, 
             and Mr. Dayton):
       S. 2167. A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the 
     sunset of certain provisions of that Act and the lone wolf 
     provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
     Act of 2004 to July 1, 2006; considered and passed.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Nelson of Florida):
       S. 2168. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide extended and additional protections to 
     Medicare beneficiaries enrolled under part C or D or such 
     title; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Martinez):
       S. 2169. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to 
     provide for secure financial data, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Biden, and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 2170. A bill to provide for global pathogen surveillance 
     and response; considered and passed.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2171. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the 
     temporary mortgage and rental payments program; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2172. A bill to provide for response to Hurricane 
     Katrina by establishing a Louisiana Recovery Corporation, 
     providing for housing and community rebuilding, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 2173. A bill to assist pharmacies in facilitating 
     enrollment of dual eligible populations under the Medicare 
     prescription drug benefit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 2174. A bill to permit certain funds made available for 
     the Wagner Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to be 
     used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room 
     of that Unit open 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, through 
     September 30, 2006; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. 
             Reid):
       S. 2175. A bill to require the submittal to Congress of any 
     Presidential Daily Briefing relating to Iraq during the 
     period beginning on January 20, 1997, and ending on March 19, 
     2003; to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. 
             Landrieu):
       S. 2176. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     modify eligibility for income replacement payments for 
     Reserves experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for 
     active duty service; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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