[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22605]
[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. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1641. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to extend medicare cost-sharing for certain qualifying 
     individuals (QI-1s); to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1642. A bill to extend the duration of the immigrant 
     investor regional center pilot program for 5 additional 
     years, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS:
       S. 1643. A bill to exempt certain coastal barrier property 
     from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations 
     under the Coastal Barriers Resources Act and the National 
     Flood Act of 1968; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 1644. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain 
     packers may slaughter in any calendar year; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Graham of Florida, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Gregg, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. McCain, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Hagel, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Coleman, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. DeWine, Mrs. Boxer, and 
             Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1645. A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of 
     certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker 
     program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal 
     agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and 
     better working conditions to more workers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Hollings):
       S. 1646. A bill to provide a 5-month extension of highway 
     safety programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
     enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.

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