[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22499-22500]
[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. CORZINE:
       S. 1682. A bill to designate buildings 315, 318, and 319 
     located at the William J. Hughes Technical Center of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 
     as the ``Frank R. Lautenberg Aviation Security Complex''; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1683. A bill to amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
     of 1983 to permit States to use administrative funds to pay 
     costs relating to the processing, transporting, and 
     distributing to eligible recipient agencies of donated wild 
     game; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Carper, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
             Hutchinson, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. 
             Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Smith of Oregon, and Mr. 
             Frist):
       S. 1684. A bill to provide a 1-year extension of the date 
     for compliance by certain covered entities with the 
     administrative simplification standards for electronic 
     transactions and code sets issued in accordance with the 
     Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1685. A bill to meet the needs of children when 
     preparing for and responding to acts of terrorism; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Wellstone, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1686. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number 
     of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work 
     in certain providers of services to which payments are made 
     under the medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1687. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     with respect to Diclofop; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1688. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     with respect to Thidiazuron; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1689. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     with respect to Deltamethrin; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1690. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     with respect to Phenmedipham; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1691. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     with respect to Desmedipham; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1692. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     with respect to Ethofumesate; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1693. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     with respect to Tralomethrin; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1694. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on buctril; 
     to the Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1695. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on bronate; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1696. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on asulox; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1697. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     cyclanilide; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1698. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     iprodione; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1699. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     foramsulfuron; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1700. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     acetamiprid; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1701. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on fosetyl-
     A1; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1702. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     endosulfan; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELMS:
       S. 1703. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     ethoprop; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself, Mr. Dayton, and Mr. 
             Harkin):
       S. 1704. A bill to amend the Clayton Act to make the 
     antitrust laws applicable to the elimination or relocation of 
     major league baseball franchises; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. 
             Specter):
       S.J. Res. 29. A joint resolution amending title 36, United 
     States Code, to designate September 11 as Patriot Day; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 198

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 198, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide assistance 
through States to eligible weed management entities to control or 
eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on public and private land.


                                 S. 673

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 673, a bill to establish 
within the executive branch of the Government an interagency committee 
to review and coordinate United States nonproliferation efforts in the 
independent states of the former Soviet Union.


                                 S. 948

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 948, a bill to amend title 23, 
United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to carry 
out a grant program for providing financial assistance for local rail 
line relocation projects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1020, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of 
items and services provided to medicare beneficiaries residing in rural 
areas.


                                S. 1058

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), and the 
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1058, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 
relief for farmers and the producers of biodiesel, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1201

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1201, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for S corporation reform, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1271

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland), the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), and the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1271, a bill to amend 
chapter 35 of title 44, United states Code, for the purpose of 
facilitating compliance by small business concerns with certain Federal 
paperwork requirements, to establish a task force to examine the 
feasibility of streamlining paperwork requirements applicable to small 
business concerns, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1317, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable 
reimbursement rates under the medicare program to Medicare+Choice 
organizations.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the names of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Cleland) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1500, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel 
and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate 
economic growth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1503

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1503 , a bill to 
extend and amend the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program under 
subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act , to provide 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services with new authority to 
support programs mentoring children of incarcerated parents, to amend 
the Foster Care Independent Living Program under part E of title IV of 
the Social Security Act to provide for educational and training 
vouchers for youths aging out of foster care, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1518

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1518, a bill 
to improve procedures with respect to the admission to, and departure 
from, the United States of aliens.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to set 
up a certification system for research facilities that possess 
dangerous biological agents and toxins, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1671

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1671, a bill to amend 
the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for duty-free treatment under the 
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for certain hand-knotted or 
hand-woven carpets and leather gloves.


                                S. 1673

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1673, a bill to 
provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal 
year 2011.


                                S. 1675

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1675, a bill to authorize the 
President to reduce or suspend duties on textiles and textile products 
made in Pakistan until December 31, 2004.


                            S. CON. RES. 44

  At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S.Con.Res. 44, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding 
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.


                            S. CON. RES. 79

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S.Con.Res. 79, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that public schools may 
display the words ``God Bless America'' as an expression of support for 
the Nation.






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