[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21366]
[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. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1609. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on 
     the feasibility of designating the Metacomet-Monadnock-
     Mattabesett Trail extending through western Massachusetts and 
     central Connecticut as a national historic trail; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HELMS (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 1610. A bill to protect United States military personnel 
     and other elected and appointed officials of the Untied 
     States Government against criminal prosecution by an 
     international criminal court to which the United States is 
     not party; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1611. A bill to restore Federal remedies for 
     infringements of intellectual property by States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THOMPSON:
       S. 1612. A bill to provide Federal managers with tools and 
     flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, property 
     management and disposal, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. THOMPSON:
       S. 1613. A bill to provide for expedited congressional 
     consideration of ``Freedom to Manage'' legislative proposals 
     transmitted by the President to Congress to eliminate or 
     reduce barriers to efficient government operations that are 
     posed by laws that apply to one or more agencies, including 
     government-wide laws; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Cleland, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Helms, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1614. A bill to provide for the preservation and 
     restoration of historic buildings at historically women's 
     public colleges or universities; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Leahy, 
             and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1615. A bill to provide for the sharing of certain 
     foreign intelligence information with local law enforcement 
     personnel, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 1616. A bill to provide for interest on late payments of 
     health care claims; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Corzine, and 
             Mr. Daschle):
       S. 1617. A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998 to increase the hiring of firefighters, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Ms. Collins, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Reid, and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 1618. A bill to enhance the border security of the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, and Mr. McConnell):
       S. 1619. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for coverage of substitute adult day care 
     services under the medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 1620. A bill to authorize the Government National 
     Mortgage Association to guarantee conventional mortgage-
     backed securities, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Smith of 
             New Hampshire, and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 1621. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the 
     President to carry out a program for the protection of the 
     health and safety of community members, volunteers, and 
     workers in a disaster area; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. 
             Corzine):
       S. 1622. A bill to extend the period of availability of 
     unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of the 
     terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. 
             Corzine):
       S. 1623. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President 
     to appoint Children's Coordinating Officers for disaster 
     areas in which children have lost 1 or more custodial 
     parents; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1624. A bill to establish the Office of World Trade 
     Center Attack Claims to pay claims for injury to businesses 
     and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World 
     Trade Center in New York City that occurred on September 11, 
     2001, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Leahy, 
             and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1625. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to approve up to 4 State waivers to allow a 
     State to use its allotment under the State children's health 
     insurance program under title XXI of the Social Security Act 
     to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical 
     assistance under the medicaid program under title XIX of such 
     Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 1626. A bill to provide disadvantaged children with 
     access to dental services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Hatch, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 1627. A bill to enhance the security of the 
     international borders of the United States; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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