[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 24824-24825]
[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. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1739. A bill to provide duty-free treatment for certain 
     tuna; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Corzine, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Sarbanes, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Lieberman, 
             and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1740. 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 a terrorist-related laboratory-confirmed 
     anthrax infection in the United States during the period 
     beginning on September 13, 2001, through November 30, 2001, 
     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 Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Ms.

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             Stabenow, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
             Clinton, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1741. A bill to provide a site for the National Women's 
     History Museum in the District of Columbia; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       S. 1742. A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 to provide for variable interest rates on student 
     loans; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 1743. A bill to permit reviews of criminal records of 
     applicants for private security officer employment; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Byrd):
       S. 1744. A bill to prevent abuse of Government credit 
     cards; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1745. A bill to designate a Prisoner of War/Missing in 
     Action National Memorial at Riverside National Cemetery in 
     Riverside, California; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1746. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 339 Hicksville Road in 
     Bethpage, New York, as the ``Brian C. Hickey Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1747. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact 
     lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Voinovich):
       S. 1748. A bill to establish a program to award grants to 
     improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 1749. A bill to amend various provisions of the Consumer 
     Credit Protection Act to relief for victims of identity 
     theft, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1750. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to 
     improve the nutrition and health of children in the United 
     States; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Carper, Mr. Specter, Mr. Miller, Mr. Chafee, and Mr. 
             Lugar):
       S. 1751. A bill to amend the procedures that apply to 
     consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer 
     outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S.J. Res. 19. A joint resolution recognizing Commodore John 
     Barry as the first flag officer of the United States Navy; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.

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