[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15316-15317]
[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. BOND (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Specter, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Santorum, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Breaux, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. 
             Bayh):
       S. 1276. A bill to improve the manner in which the 
     Corporation for National and Community Service approves, and 
     records obligations relating to, national service positions; 
     considered and passed.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Bunning, 
             and Mr. Graham of South Carolina):
       S. 1277. A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and 
     procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement 
     agencies and law enforcement officers during internal 
     investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, 
     and administrative disciplinary hearings, to ensure 
     accountability of law enforcement officers, to guarantee the 
     due process rights of law enforcement discipline, 
     accountability, and due process laws; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 1278. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a public response to the public health crisis of 
     pain, and for other puposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             DeWine, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1279. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the 
     President to carry out a program for the protection of the 
     health and safety of residents, workers, volunteers, and 
     others in a disaster area; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Biden):
       S. 1280. A bill to amend the Protect Act to clarify certain 
     volunteer liability; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida:
       S. 1281. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     presume additional diseases of former prisoners of war to be 
     service-connected for compensation purposes, to enhance the 
     Dose Reconstruction Program of the Department of Defense, to 
     enhance and fund certain other epidemiological studies, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida (for himself, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 1282. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to establish national cemeteries for geographically 
     underserved populations of veterans, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida:
       S. 1283. A bill to require advance notification of Congress 
     regarding any action proposed to be taken by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs in the implementation of the Capital Asset 
     Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 1284. A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
     Kosovar-American Enterprise Fund to promote small business 
     and micro-credit lending and housing construction and 
     reconstruction for Kosova; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 1285. A bill to reform the postal laws of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1286. A bill to combat nursing home fraud and abuse, 
     increase protections for victims of telemarketing fraud, 
     enhance safeguards for pension plans and health care benefit 
     programs, and enhance penalties for crimes against seniors, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 1287. A bill to amend section 502(a)(5) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of a Hispanic-
     serving institution; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself and Mr. Miller):
       S. 1288. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to exclude brachytherapy devices from the prospective 
     payment system for outpatient hospital services under the 
     medicare program ; to the Committee on Finance.

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