[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Pages 30548-30549]
[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. JEFFORDS (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. 
             Hatch):
       S. 1912. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand pension coverage and savings opportunities and to 
     provide other pension reforms; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 1913. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reform the system of public financing for Presidential 
     elections, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 1914. A bill to prohibit the closure or realignment of 
     inpatient services at the Aleda E. Lutz Department of 
     Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan, as 
     proposed under the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced 
     Services initiative; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 1915. A bill to ensure that the Government fully 
     accounts for both its explicit liabilities and implicit 
     commitments and adopts fiscal and economic policies that 
     enable it to finance and manage these liabilities and 
     commitments, to honor commitments to the Baby Boom and 
     subsequent generations with regard to social insurance 
     programs, and to provide for the national defense, homeland 
     security, and other critical governmental responsibilities; 
     to the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs, jointly, pursuant to the order of 
     August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee 
     reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be 
     discharged.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 1916. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for 
     surviving spouses age 62 and older, to provide for a one-year 
     open season under that plan, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 1917. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air 
     and water pollution control facilities, and to provide that 
     the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to 
     bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water, sewage 
     facilities, and air or water pollution control facilities; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1918. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that qualified homeowner downpayment assistance is 
     a charitable purpose; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       S. 1919. A bill to designate a portion of the United States 
     courthouse located at 2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, 
     Virginia, as the ``Justin W. Williams United States 
     Attorney's Building''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1920. A bill to extend for 6 months the period for which 
     chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is 
     reenacted; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 1921. A bill to amend chapter 3 of title 28, United 
     States Code, to provide for 11 circuit judges on the United 
     States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 1922. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the 
     FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves manufacturing jobs 
     and production activities in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1923. A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Film 
     Preservation Act of 1996; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS:
       S. 1924. A bill to provide for the coverage of milk 
     production under the H-2A nonimmigrant worker program; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Biden, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Akaka, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Corzine, Mr. Dayton, and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 1925. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, 
     join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory 
     injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing 
     efforts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Graham of Florida, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Pryor, Mr. Levin, Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1926. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to restore the medicare program and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 1927. A bill to establish an award program to encourage 
     the development of effective bomb-scanning technology; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Levin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Dayton, and 
             Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1928. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     protect consumers against predatory practices in connection 
     with high cost mortgage transactions, to strengthen the civil 
     remedies available to consumers under existing law, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1929. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to 
     extend the mental health benefits parity provisions for an 
     additional year; considered and passed.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, 
             Mr. Hagel, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Santorum, and 
             Mr. Sessions):
       S. 1930. A bill to provide that the approved application 
     under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for the drug 
     commonly known as RU-486 is deemed to have been

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     withdrawn, to provide for the review by the Comptroller 
     General of the United States of the process by which the Food 
     and Drug Administration approved such drug, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.

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