[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 23134]
[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. THOMPSON (for himself and Mr. Frist):
       S. 1736. A bill to provide for the reclassification of 
     certain counties for purposes of reimbursement under the 
     Medicare Program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1737. A bill to provide for homeland security block 
     grants; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Breaux, 
             Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Craig, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Hollings, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1738. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, 
     contracting flexibility, and education improvements under the 
     medicare program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CLELAND:
       S. 1739. A bill to authorize grants to improve security on 
     over-the-road buses; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1740. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow for the expansion of areas designated as renewal 
     communities based on 2000 census data; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Baucus, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Feingold, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Miller, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Murkowski, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1741. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to clarify that Indian women with breast or cervical 
     cancer who are eligible for health services provided under a 
     medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a 
     tribal organization are included in the optional medicaid 
     eligibility category of breast or cervical cancer patients 
     added by the Breast and Cervical Prevention and Treatment Act 
     of 2000; considered and passed.

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