[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 1359-1360]
[From the U.S. 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. SMITH of New Hampshire:
       S. 245. A bill to make permanent the moratorium on the 
     Federal imposition of taxes on the Internet; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire:
       S. 246. A bill to extend the moratorium on the imposition 
     of taxes on the Internet for an additional 5 years; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Bingaman, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 247. A bill to provide for the protection of children 
     from tobacco; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. HELMS (for himself, Mr. Biden, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 248. A bill to amend the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg 
     Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
     2000 and 2001, to adjust a condition on the payment of 
     arrearages to the United Nations that sets the maximum share 
     of any United Nations peacekeeping operation's budget that 
     may be assessed of any country; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 249. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the credit for electricity produced from certain 
     renewable resources; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Lott, 
             Mr. Daschle, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Baucus, Mrs. Boxer , Mr. 
             Breaux, Mr. Burns, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Carper, Mr. Chafee, 
             Mr. Cleland, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Corzine, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Graham, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kohl, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Miller, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, 
             Mr. Schumer, Ms. Snowe , Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 250. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by 
     Amtrak, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. DeWine, 
             and Mr. Smith of New Hampshire):
       S. 251. A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration 
     to establish restrictions regarding the qualifications of 
     physicians to prescribe the abortion drug commonly known as 
     RU-486; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH:
       S. 252. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution 
     control revolving funds, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Gregg, Mr. 
             Burns, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Allard, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. 
             Johnson):
       S. 253. A bill to reauthorize the Rural Education 
     Initiative in subpart 2 of part J of title X of the 
     Elementary and Secondary

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     Education Act of 1965; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Smith of Oregon):
       S. 254. A bill to provide further protections for the 
     watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run 
     Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
             Johnson):
       S. 255. A bill to require that health plans provide 
     coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies and 
     lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and 
     coverage for secondary consultations; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 256. A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to 
     protect breastfeeding by new mothers; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 257. A bill to permit individuals to continue health 
     plan coverage of services while participating in approved 
     clinical studies; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 258. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for coverage under the medicare program of 
     annual screening pap smear and screening pelvic exams; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Domenici, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 259. A bill to authorize funding the Department of 
     Energy to enhance its mission areas through Technology 
     Transfer and Partnerships for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 260. A bill to authorize the President to provide 
     international disaster assistance for the construction or 
     reconstruction of permanent single family housing for those 
     who are homeless as a result of the effects of the earthquake 
     in El Salvador on January 13, 2001; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 261. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide, with respect to research on breast cancer, for the 
     increased involvement of advocates in decisionmaking at the 
     National Cancer Institute; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CLELAND (for himself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 262. A bill to provide for teaching excellence in 
     America's classrooms and homerooms; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 263. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     ensure that coverage of bone mass measurements is provided 
     under the health benefits program for Federal employees; to 
     the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Torricelli):
       S. 264. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to expand coverage of bone mass measurements under part B 
     of the medicare program to all individuals at clinical risk 
     for osteoporosis; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 265. A bill to prohibit the use of, and provide for 
     remediation of water contaminated by, methyl tertiary butyl 
     ether; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 266. A bill regarding the use of the trust land and 
     resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
     Reservation of Oregon; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Torricelli, Mrs. 
             Boxer, and Mr. Smith of New Hampshire):
       S. 267. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act of 
     1921, to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market 
     agency, or dealer to transfer or market nonambulatory 
     livestock, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Breaux, 
             Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 268. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow nonrefundable personal credits, the standard 
     deduction, and personal exemptions in computing alternative 
     minimum tax liability, to increase the amount of the 
     individual exemption from such tax, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.

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