[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2774]
[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. MURKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Helms, Mr. Reid, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, and Mr. Hagel):
       S. 452. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure that the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     provides appropriate guidance to physicians, providers of 
     services, and ambulance providers that are attempting to 
     properly submit claims under the medicare program to ensure 
     that the Secretary does not target inadvertent billing 
     errors; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 453. A bill for the relief of Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 454. A bill to provide permanent funding for the Bureau 
     of Land Management Payment in Lieu of Taxes program and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Breaux, 
             Mr. Allard, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Landrieu, 
             Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Hutchinson):
       S. 455. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase and modify the exclusion relating to qualified 
     small business stock and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 456. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance the assurance of efficiency, quality, and patient 
     satisfaction in the furnishing of health care to veterans by 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 457. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a presumption of service-connection for certain 
     veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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