[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 24495-24496]
[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. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 1718. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3710 West 73rd Terrace in 
     Prairie Village, Kansas, as the ``Senator James B. Pearson 
     Post Office'', to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 1719. A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 28, United 
     States Code, to provide for the approval of the reassignment 
     of district judges in divisions with 3 or fewer judges in 
     districts in the State of Texas; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 1720. A bill to provide for Federal court proceedings in 
     Plano, Texas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1721. A bill to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act 
     to improve provisions relating to probate of trust and 
     restricted land, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 1722. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on electron 
     guns for cathode ray tubes (CRT's) with a high definition 
     television screen aspect ratio of 16:9; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 1723. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on plasma 
     display panels for use in plasma flat screen televisions; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 1724. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Liquid 
     Crystal Display (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD 
     projection type televisions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 1725. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
     authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue separately, 
     for the same area, a lease for tar sand and a lease for oil 
     and gas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1726. A bill to reduce the preterm labor and delivery 
     and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications 
     due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by 
     prematurity; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 1727. A bill to authorize additional appropriations for 
     the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Allen, Ms. Snowe, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Miller, Mr. 
             Daschle, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 1728. A bill to amend the September 11th Victim 
     Compensation Fund of 2001 (Public Law 107-42; 49 U.S.C. 40101 
     note) to provide compensation for the United States Citizens 
     who were victims of the bombings of United States embassies 
     in East Africa on August 7, 1998, the attack on the U.S.S. 
     Cole on October 12, 2000, or the attack on the World Trade

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     Center on February 26, 1993, on the same basis as 
     compensation is provided to victims of the terrorist-related 
     aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1729. A bill to establish an informatics grant program 
     for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in order to 
     encourage health care providers to make major information 
     technology advances; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Biden, and 
             Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1730. A bill to require the health plans provide 
     coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, 
     lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of 
     breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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