[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 5750-5751]
[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. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. Warner, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Roberts, and 
             Mr. Graham of South Carolina):
       S. 15. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the payment of compensation for certain 
     individuals with injuries resulting from the administration 
     of smallpox countermeasures, to provide protections and 
     countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear 
     agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the 
     United States, and to improve immunization rates by 
     increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and 
     clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORZINE:
       S. 586. A bill to provide additional funding for the second 
     round of empowerment zones and enterprise communities; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 587. A bill to promote the use of hydrogen fuel cell 
     vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Corzine, Mr. 
             Inouye, Ms.

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             Landrieu, Mr. Levin, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 588. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children 
     born after 2004; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Allen, and 
             Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 589. A bill to strengthen and improve the management of 
     national security, encourage Government service in areas of 
     critical national security, and to assist government agencies 
     in addressing deficiencies in personnel possessing 
     specialized skills important to national security and 
     incorporating the goals and strategies for recruitment and 
     retention for such skilled personnel into the strategic and 
     performance management systems of Federal agencies; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 590. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for equitable reimbursement rates under the 
     medicare program to Medicare+Choice organizations; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MILLER:
       S. 591. A bill to provide for a period of quiet reflection 
     at the opening of certain schools on every school day; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS:
       S. 592. A bill to establish an Office of Manufacturing in 
     the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr 
             . Sarbanes, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Lautenberg, and Ms. 
             Landrieu):
       S. 593. A bill to ensure that a Federal employee who takes 
     leave without pay in order to perform service as a member of 
     the uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall 
     continue to receive pay in an amount which, when taken 
     together with the pay and allowances such individual is 
     receiving for such service, will be no less than the basic 
     pay such individual would then be receiving if no 
     interruption in employment has occurred; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Campbell, 
             Mr. Cochran, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 594. A bill to provide for the issuance of bonds to 
     provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau 
     of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Allard, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Sununu, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 595. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the required use of certain principal repayments on 
     mortgage subsidy bond financings to redeem bonds, to modify 
     the purchase price limitation under mortgage subsidy bond 
     rules based on median family income, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 596. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage the investment of foreign earnings within the 
     United States for productive business investments and job 
     creation; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Domenici, 
             and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 597. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide energy tax incentives; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Miller, Mrs. Dole, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Specter):
       S. 598. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a clarification of the definition of 
     homebound for purposes of determining eligibility for home 
     health services under the medicare program; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 599. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide coverage under the medicare program for 
     diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other services to 
     screen for diabetes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 600. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
     cooperate in the international magnetic fusion burning plasma 
     experiment, or alternatively to develop a plan for a domestic 
     burning plasma experiment, for the purpose of accelerating 
     the scientific understanding and development of fusion as a 
     long term energy source; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. DeWine, 
             and Mr. Schumer):
       S.J. Res. 8. A joint resolution expressing the sense of 
     Congress with respect to raising awareness and encouraging 
     prevention of sexual assault in the United States and 
     supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault 
     Awareness and Prevention Month; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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