[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6796]
[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. REED:
       S. 656. A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of 
     certain nationals of Liberia to that of lawful permanent 
     residence; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 657. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act 
     to provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood, to 
     encourage teen pregnancy prevention strategies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 658. A bill to extend the authority for Energy Savings 
     Performance Contracts and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. Allard, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Breaux, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Campbell, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coleman, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Dole, Mr. 
             Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Frist, Mr. Graham of South Carolina, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Miller, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nickles, Mr. 
             Reid, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Shelby, Mr. Smith, Mr. Specter, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
             Sununu, Mr. Talent, and Mr. Thomas):
       S. 659. A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from 
     being brought or continued against manufacturers, 
     distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition 
     for damages resulting from the misuse of their products by 
     others; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 660. A bill to extend limitations on certain provisions 
     of State law under the Fair Credit Reporting Act; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Sarbanes, 
             Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 661. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and 
     transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common 
     cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 662. A bill to extend to Nepal certain preferential 
     treatment with respect to apparel articles; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 663. A bill for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in 
     Canada for settlement of certain claims against the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Smith, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Kyl, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bunning, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Allen, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Hutchison, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Allard, Mr. Miller, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 664. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the research credit, to increase the 
     rates of the alternative incremental credit, and to provide 
     an alternative simplified credit for qualified research 
     expenses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Brownback, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Burns, Mr. Craig, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hagel, 
             Mr. Miller, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. Daschle):
       S. 665. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax relief for farmers and fisherman, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 666. A bill to provide incentives to increase research 
     by private sector entities to develop antivirals, antibiotics 
     and other drugs, vaccines, microbicides, detection, and 
     diagnostic technologies to prevent and treat illnesses 
     associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological 
     weapons attack; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Dorgan, 
             Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Daschle):
       S. 667. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     strengthen payment limitations for commodity payments and 
     benefits; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kennedy, and 
             Mrs. Murray):
       S. 668. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide incentive grants to 
     improve the quality of child care; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Johnson, and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 669. A bill to provide more child support money to 
     families leaving welfare, to simplify the rules governing the 
     assignment and distribution of child support collected by 
     States on behalf of children, to improve the collection of 
     child support, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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