[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20850]
[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 Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 1554. A bill to provide for secondary school reform, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1555. A bill to designate certain public lands as 
     wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in 
     the State of California, to designate Salmon Restoration 
     Areas, to establish the Sacramento River National 
     Conservation Area and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Rockefeller, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1556. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to restore, increase, and make permanent the exclusion from 
     gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal 
     services plans; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mrs. 
             Boxer):
       S. 1557. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Armenia; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 1558. A bill to restore religious freedoms; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Inouye, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Bingaman, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1559. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating 
     tuberculosis, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 1560. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a deduction for the work-related expenses of 
     handicapped individuals; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 1561. A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the 
     Superior Court of the District of Columbia; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Allen):
       S. 1562. A bill to amend selected statutes to clarify 
     existing Federal law as to the treatment of students 
     privately educated at home under state law; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. 
             Pryor):
       S. 1563. A bill to require the Federal communications 
     Commission to report to Congress regarding the ownership and 
     control of broadcast stations used to serve language 
     minorities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CORZINE (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1564. A bill to provide for the provision by hospitals 
     of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of 
     sexual assault; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 1565. A bill to reauthorize the Native American Programs 
     Act of 1974; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. CORZINE:
       S. 1566. A bill to improve fire safety by creating 
     incentives for the installation of automatic fire sprinkler 
     systems; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1567. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     improve the financial accountability requirements applicable 
     to the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Lott, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1568. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify certain provisions applicable to real estate 
     investment trusts; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 1569. A bill to amend title IV of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension 
     Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots 
     who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to 
     compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form 
     of a life annuity commencing at age 60; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Graham of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 1570. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax 
     for the purchase of private health insurance, and to 
     establish State health insurance safety-net programs; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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