[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12492]
[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. ALLEN:
       S. 1138. A bill to allow credit under the Federal 
     Employees' Retirement System for certain Government service 
     which has performed abroad after December 31, 1988, and 
     before May 24, 1998; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 1139. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the 
     Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka 
     County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Leahy, Mr. Warner, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Reid, Mr. Craig, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Bennett, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Hutchinson):
       S. 1140. A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United 
     States Code, to provide for greater fairness in the 
     arbitration process relating to motor vehicle franchise 
     contracts; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself, Mr. Nickles, Mrs. Hutchison, 
             Mr. Murkowski, and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1141. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to treat distributions from publicly traded partnerships as 
     qualifying income of regulated investment companies, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 1142. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the minimum tax preference for exclusion for 
     incentive stock options; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1143. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of former President Ronald 
     Reagan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1144. A bill to amend title III of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.) to 
     reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1145. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the work opportunity credit to encourage the hiring 
     of certain veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 1146. A bill to amend the Act of March 3, 1875, to 
     permit the State of Colorado to use land held in trust by the 
     State as open space; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. NICKLES:
       S. 1147. A bill to amend title X and title XI of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 1992; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BURNS:
       S. 1148. A bill to convey the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation 
     Project, the Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
     Program, and the Intake Irrigation Project to the appurtenant 
     irrigation districts; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 1149. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to establish a new nonimmigrant category for chefs and 
     individuals in related occupations; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire:
       S. 1150. A bill to waive tolls on the Interstate System 
     during peak holiday travel periods; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 1151. A bill to amend the method for achieving quiet 
     technology specified in the National Parks Air Tour 
     Management Act of 2000; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Corzine, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Reid, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1152. A bill to ensure that the business of the Federal 
     Government is conducted in the public interest and in a 
     manner that provides for public accountability, efficient 
     delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention 
     of unwarranted Government expenses, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1153. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     establish a grassland reserve program to assist owners in 
     restoring and protecting grassland; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. 
             Warner):
       S. 1154. A bill to preserve certain actions brought in 
     Federal court against Japanese defendants by members of the 
     United States Armed Forces held by Japan as prisoners of war 
     during World War II; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Warner) (by request):
       S. 1155. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to 
     prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2002, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon:
       S. 1156. A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to 
     provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer 
     products subject to such Act; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Schumer, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Breaux, Mr. Allen, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bond, Mrs. 
             Carnahan, Mr. Carper, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Frist, Mr. Gregg, 
             Mr. Helms, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Miller, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sarbanes, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, 
             Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. 
             Warner):
       S. 1157. A bill to reauthorize the consent of Congress to 
     the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact and to grant the 
     consent of Congress to the Southern Dairy Compact, a Pacific 
     Northwest Dairy Compact, and an


     Intermountain Dairy Compact; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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