[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 13436-13437]
[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, 
on July 13, 2001, during the recess ofthe Senate:

           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 1178. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; placed on the 
     calendar.
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  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated, 
on July 17, 2001:

           By Mr. CLELAND (for himself and Mr. Miller):
       S. 1184. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2853 Candler Road in 
     Decatur, Georgia, as the ``Earl T. Shinhoster Post Office''; 
     to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1185. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to assure access of medicare beneficiaries to 
     prescription drug coverage through the SPICE drug benefit 
     program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Campbell, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
             Johnson, and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 1186. A bill to provide a budgetary mechanism to ensure 
     that funds will be available to satisfy the Federal 
     Government's responsibilities with respect to negotiated 
     settlements of disputes related to Indian water rights claims 
     and Indian land claims; to the Committee on the Budget and 
     the Committee on Governmental Affairs, jointly, pursuant to 
     the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one 
     Committee reports,

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     the other Committee have thirty days to report or be 
     discharged.
           By Mr. BUNNING:
       S. 1187. A bill to provide for the management of 
     environmental matters at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 
     Kentucky, through the Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
     Environmental Management; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Cleland):
       S. 1188. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     recruit and retain qualified nurses for the Veterans Health 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. 
             Dorgan):
       S. 1189. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to amend its daily newspaper cross-ownership 
     rules, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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