[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22055]
[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. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1653. A bill to provide loan forgiveness to the 
     surviving spouses of the victims of the September 11, 2001, 
     tragedies; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. 
             Enzi):
       S. 1654. A bill to amend the Education of the Deaf Act of 
     1986 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish the 
     National Junior College for Deaf and Blind at the Alabama 
     Institute for Deaf and Blind; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BIDEN:
       S. 1655. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit certain interstate conduct relating to exotic 
     animals; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1656. A bill to provide for the improvement of the 
     processing of claims for veterans compensation and pension, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1657. A Bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, 
     Tenants Harbor, Maine; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. 
             Hatch):
       S. 1658. A bill to improve Federal criminal penalties on 
     false information and terrorist hoaxes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 1659. A bill to provide criminal penalties for 
     communicating false information and hoaxes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 1660. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to specify the update for payments under the medicare 
     physician fee schedule for 2002 and to direct the Medicare 
     Payment Advisory Commission to conduct a study on replacing 
     the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in 
     determining such update in subsequent years ; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 1661. A bill to set up a certification system for 
     research facilities that possess dangerous biological agents 
     and toxins, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON:
       S. 1662. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow Coverdell educational savings accounts to be used 
     for homeschooling expenses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 1663. A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
     add National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day to the list of 
     days on which the flag should especially be displayed; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 1664. A bill to require country of origin labeling of 
     raw agricultural forms of ginseng, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1665. A bill amend title 18, United States Code, with 
     respect to false information regarding certain criminal 
     violations concerning hoax reports of biological, chemical, 
     and nuclear weapons; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1666. A bill to prevent terrorist hoaxes and false 
     reports; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 1667. A bill to ensure that nuclear energy continues to 
     contribute to the supply of electricity in the United States; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS:
       S. 1668. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     strengthen the limitations on the holding of any license, 
     permit, operating authority by a foreign government or any 
     entity controlled by a foreign government; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself and Mr. McCain) (by 
             request):
       S. 1669. A bill to authorize appropriations for hazardous 
     material transportation safety, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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