[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4801-4802]
[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. NICKLES (for himself and Mr. Miller) (by 
             request):
       S. 2. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide additional tax incentives to encourage economic 
     growth; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 464. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify and expand the credit for electricity produced from 
     renewable resources and waste products, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Reed, 
             Ms. Collins, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. 
             Smith):
       S. 465. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to expand medicare coverage of certain self-injected 
     biologicals; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 466. A bill to provide financial assistance to State and 
     local governments to assist them in preventing and responding 
     to acts of terrorism in order to better protect homeland 
     security; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Frist, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. 
             Alexander):
       S. 467. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu 
     of State and local income taxes and to allow the State and 
     local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum 
     tax; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Breaux, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Johnson, 
             and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 468. A bill to amend the Agriculture and Consumer 
     Protection Act of 1973 to assist the neediest of senior 
     citizens by modifying the eligibility criteria for 
     supplemental foods provided under the commodity supplemental 
     food program to take into account the extraordinarily high 
     out-of-pocket medical expenses that senior citizens pay; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Reed, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Corzine, and 
             Mr. Levin):
       S. 469. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to require ballistics testing of all firearms 
     manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Warner, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 470. A bill to extend the authority for the construction 
     of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       S. 471. A bill to ensure continuity for the design of the 
     5-cent coin, establish the Citizens Coinage Committee, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 472. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of 
     establishing the Northern Neck National Heritage Area in 
     Virginia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Jeffords, 
             and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 473. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over 
     waters of the United States; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 474. A bill to ensure continuity for the design of the 
     5-cent coin, establish the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
     Committee, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. THOMAS:
       S. 475. A bill to reform the nation's outdated laws 
     relating to the electric industry, improve the operation of 
     our transmission system, enhance reliability of our electric 
     grid, increase consumer benefits from whole electric 
     competition and restore investor confidence in the electric 
     industry; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 476. An original bill to provide incentives for 
     charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to 
     improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt 
     organizations, and to enhance the ability of low-income 
     Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and 
     for other purposes; from the Committee on Finance; placed on 
     the calendar.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Dayton):
       S. 477. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to disallow deductions and credits for companies who 
     discriminate against Canadian pharmacies that pass along 
     discounts to consumers living in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Sessions, and Mr. Miller):
       S. 478. A bill to grant a Federal charter Korean War 
     Veterans Association, Incorporated, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. EDWARDS:
       S. 479. A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 to provide grants for homeland security 
     scholarships; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Dodd, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Edwards):
       S. 480. A bill to provide competitive grants for training 
     court reporters and closed captioners to meet requirements 
     for realtime writers under the Telecommunications Act of 
     1996, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 481. A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to provide that certain Federal annuity 
     computations are adjusted

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     by 1 percentage point relating to periods of receiving 
     disability payments, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 482. A bill to reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-
     Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 483. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
     carry out a project for the mitigation of shore damages 
     attributable to the project for navigation, Saco River, 
     Maine; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 484. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish 
     requirements concerning the operation of fossil fuel-fired 
     electric utility steam generating units, commercial and 
     industrial boiler units, solid waste incineration units, 
     medical waste incinerators, hazardous waste combustors, 
     chlor-alkali plants, and Portland cement plants to reduce 
     emissions of mercury to the environment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) (by 
             request):
       S. 485. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air 
     pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs, to 
     provide an alternative regulatory classification for units 
     subject to the cap and trade program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Coleman, 
             Mr. Dayton, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Reed, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Dodd, Mr. Warner, Mr. Reid, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Specter, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
             Graham of South Carolina, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Collins, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Chafee, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 486. A bill to provide for equal coverage of mental 
     health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage 
     unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and 
     surgical benefits; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 487. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a business credit against income for the purchase 
     of fishing safety equipment; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 488. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for electricity 
     produced from wind; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Graham of Florida, Mr. 
             Lugar, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Chafee, and Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida):
       S. 489. A bill to expand certain preferential trade 
     treatment for Haiti; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 490. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 
     Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the 
     Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Inouye, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lott, and Mr. Miller):
       S. 491. A bill to expand research regarding inflammatory 
     bowel disease, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 492. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     impose countervailing duties on dynamic random access memory 
     (DRAM) semiconductors produced by Hynix Semiconductor; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Ensign, 
             and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 493. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to authorize physical therapists to evaluate and treat 
     medicare beneficiaries without a requirement for a physician 
     referral, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO:
       S. 494. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a 
     renewable energy resource; to the Committee on Finance.

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