[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20185-20186]
[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. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1489. A bill to authorize the burial of Bob Hope at 
     Arlington National Cemetery; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Bunning, 
             Mr. Hollings, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Miller, Mr. Frist, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Allen, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Graham of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 1490. A bill to eliminate the Federal quota and price 
     support programs for tobacco, to provide assistance to quota 
     holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent 
     communities, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 1491. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax 
     consequences of employee athletic facility use; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS:
       S. 1492. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and 
     the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to provide special 
     rules for Teamster plans relating to termination and funding; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS:
       S. 1493. A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic 
     opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, 
     abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a 
     national sales tax to be administered primarily by the 
     States; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BUNNING (for himself and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 1494. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the special 5-year carryback of certain net 
     operating losses to losses for 2003, 2004, and 2005; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BUNNING (for himself and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 1495. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with 
     other companies; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 1496. A bill to provide for the expansion and 
     coordination of activities of the National Institutes of 
     Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     with respect to research and programs on cancer survivorship, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 1497. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     revise and expand the lowest unit cost provision applicable 
     to political campaign broadcasts, to establish commercial 
     broadcasting station minimum airtime requirements for 
     candidate-centered and issue-centered programming before 
     primary and general elections, to establish a voucher system 
     for the purchase of commercial broadcast airtime for 
     political advertisements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Ms. 
             Landrieu, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1498. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     Health Workforce Advisory Commission to review Federal health 
     workforce policies and make recommendations on improving 
     those policies; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1499. A bill to adjust the boundaries of Green Mountain 
     National Forest; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. 
             Daschle):
       S. 1500. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the tax credit for holders of qualified zone 
     academy bonds; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (by request):
       S. 1501. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide for stable, productive, and efficient passenger rail 
     service in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 1502. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to make a technical correction with respect to the 
     definition of qualifying State; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 1503. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to make a technical correction with respect to the 
     definition of

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     qualifying State; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1504. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, 
     radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a 
     terrorist attack against the United States; read the first 
     time.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Burns, 
             and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1505. A bill to establish a National Passenger Rail 
     Office, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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