[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Pages 29941-29942]
[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 Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1897. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide a clarification of congressional intent 
     regarding the counting of residents in a nonprovider setting 
     for purposes making payment for medical education under the 
     medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN:
       S. 1898. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow tax-payers to designate part or all of any income 
     tax refund to support reservists and National Guard members; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Gregg):
       S. 1899. A bill to improve data collection and 
     dissemination, treatment, and research relating to cancer, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 1900. A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity 
     Act to expand certain trade benefits to eligible sub-Saharan 
     African countries, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. BAYH:
       S. 1901. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for tax credit for offering employer-based health 
     insurance coverage and to provide for the establishment of 
     health insurance purchasing pools; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Allen):
       S. 1902. A bill to establish a National Commission on 
     Digestive Diseases; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 1903. A bill to promote human rights, democracy, and 
     development in North Korea, to promote overall security on 
     the Korean Peninsula and establish a more peaceful world 
     environment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida (for himself and Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida):
       S. 1904. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 400 North Miami Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the 
     ``Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Campbell):
       S. 1905. A bill to provide habitable living quarters for 
     teachers, administrators, other school staff, and their 
     households in rural areas of Alaska located in or near Alaska 
     Native Villages; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Miller):
       S. 1906. A bill to provide for enhanced Federal, State, and 
     local enforcement of the immigration laws, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Dayton, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Edwards, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1907. A bill to promote rural safety and improve rural 
     law enforcement; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 1908. A bill to allow certain Mexican nationals to be 
     admitted as nonimmigrant visitors for a period of 6 months; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1909. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and 
     rehabilitation; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1910. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     carry out an inventory and management program for forests 
     derived from public domain land; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1911. A bill to amend the provisions of title III of the 
     Trade Act of 1974 relating to violations of the TRIPS 
     Agreement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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