[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 439]
[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. DAYTON:
       S. 142. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow medicare beneficiaries an advanced refundable credit 
     against income tax for the purchase of outpatient 
     prescription drugs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 143. A bill to increase the role of the Secretary of 
     Transportation in administering section 901 of the Merchant 
     Marine Act, 1936, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Burns, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Smith, 
             Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 144. 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; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Sessions, and 
             Mr. Bayh):
       S. 145. A bill to prohibit assistance to North Korea or the 
     Korean Peninsula Development Organization, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Graham of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Ensign, 
             Mr. Enzi, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Santorum, and 
             Mr. Fitzgerald):
       S. 146. A bill to amend titles 10 and 18, United States 
     Code, to protect unborn victims of violence; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 147. A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code 
     to add a general provision for criminal attempt; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 148. A bill to provide for the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to be included in the line of Presidential 
     succession; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 149. A bill to improve investigation and prosecution of 
     sexual assault cases with DNA evidence, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       S. 150. A bill to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on 
     Internet access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on 
     electronic commerce imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Bennett):
       S. 151. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with 
     respect to the sexual exploitation of children; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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