[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 17, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4695-S4696]
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. KOHL:
       S. 2818. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on automatic 
     shower cleaners; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2819. A bill to amend part C of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment rate by 
     Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a 
     critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the 
     Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN:
       S. 2820. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     provide block grants to States to provide needs-based 
     assistance to households of consumers of high-priced fuel, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 2821. A bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on 
     certain payments made to vendors by government entities; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 2822. A bill to authorize the Marion Park Project and 
     Committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to 
     establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
     District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier 
     General Francis Marion; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Frist):
       S. 2823. A bill to provide life-saving care for those with 
     HIV/AIDS; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Martinez, 
             Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Burns, and Mr. Allen):
       S. 2824. A bill to reduce the burdens of the implementation 
     of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 2825. A bill to establish grant programs to improve the 
     health of border area residents and for bioterrorism 
     preparedness in the border area, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 2826. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax 
     and to repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital 
     gains and dividends for 2009 and 2010; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 2827. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to clarify the investigative authorities of the privacy 
     officer of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reed, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2828. A bill to provide for educational opportunities 
     for all students in State public school systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Dayton, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Reed,

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             Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Salazar, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
             Byrd, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Biden):
       S. 2829. A bill to reduce the addiction of the United 
     States to oil, to ensure near-term energy affordability and 
     empower American families, to accelerate clean fuels and 
     electricity, to provide government leadership for clean and 
     secure energy, to secure a reliable, affordable, and 
     sustainable energy future, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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