[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4643]
[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. HAGEL (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Lugar, and 
             Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 621. A bill to authorize the American Friends of the 
     Czech Republic to establish a memorial to honor Tomas G. 
     Masaryk in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Graham, 
             and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 622. A bill to amend titles V, XVIII, and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to promote tobacco cessation under the 
     medicare program, the medicaid program, and maternal and 
     child health services block grant program; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             Kennedy, and Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 623. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
     to improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits 
     for individuals ages 55 to 65, to amend the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 to allow a 50 percent credit against income tax 
     for payment of such premiums and of premiums for certain 
     COBRA continuation coverage, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 624. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide to private sector employees the same 
     opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off and 
     biweekly work programs as Federal employees currently enjoy 
     to help balance the demands and needs of work and family, to 
     clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain 
     professionals from minimum wage and overtime requirements of 
     the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Bayh, 
             Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cleland, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Miller, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Torricelli, and Mr. Wellstone):
       S. 625. A bill to provide Federal assistance to States and 
     local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 626. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the work opportunity credit and the 
     welfare-to-work credit, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 627. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care 
     insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria 
     plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for 
     individuals with long-term care needs; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. Daschle):
       S. 628. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a rebate of a portion of the Federal budget 
     surplus in 2001; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Reid, 
             and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 629. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a refund of individual taxes in 2001 and to 
     establish a 10 percent rate bracket beginning in 2001, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. 
             Murkowski):
       S. 630. A bill to prohibit senders of unsolicited 
     commercial electronic mail from disguising the source of 
     their messages, to give consumers the choice to cease 
     receiving a sender's unsolicited commercial electronic mail 
     messages, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH:
       S. 631. A bill to provide for pension reform, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 632. A bill to reinstate a final rule promulgated by the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 633. A bill to provide for the review and management of 
     airport congestion, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 634. A bill to amend section 2007 of the Social Security 
     Act to provide grant funding for additional Enterprise 
     Communities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 635. A bill to reinstate a standard for arsenic in 
     drinking water; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.

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