[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7259]
[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. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 681. A bill to provide for the enhanced protection of 
     electricity consumers under the Federal Power Act; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. 
             Murray, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 682. A bill to authorize funding for Genomes to Life 
     Research and Development at the Department of Energy for 
     fiscal years 2004 through 2008; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 683. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
     1993 to provide entitlement to leave to eligible employees 
     whose spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the 
     Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a 
     contingency operation or notified of an impending call or 
     order to active duty in support of a contingency operation; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
             Bayh, Mr. Bond, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Miller, Mr. 
             Nickles, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Specter):
       S. 684. A bill to create an office within the Department of 
     Justice to undertake certain specific steps to ensure that 
     all American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas receive 
     equal treatment by the United States Government regardless of 
     the terrorists' country of origin or residence, and to ensure 
     that all terrorists involved in such attacks are pursued, 
     prosecuted, and punished with equal vigor, regardless of the 
     terrorists' country of origin or residence; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 685. A bill to assist low income taxpayers in preparing 
     and filing their tax returns and to protect taxpayers from 
     unscrupulous refund anticipation loan providers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Landrieu, 
             Mr. Breaux, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 686. A bill to provide assistance for poison prevention 
     and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control 
     centers; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 687. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the concurrent deployment to combat zones of both 
     military spouses of military families with minor children, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida:
       S. 688. A bill to provide that no electric utility shall be 
     required to enter into a new contract or obligation to 
     purchase or to sell electricity or capacity under section 210 
     of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 689. A bill to balance the budget and protect the Social 
     Security Trust Fund surpluses; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Budget, 
     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 Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 690. A bill to prevent publicly traded corporations from 
     issuing stock options to top management in a manner that is 
     detrimental to the long-term interests of shareholders; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HAGEL:
       S. 691. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with the 
     Nebraska State Forester to carry out watershed restoration 
     and protection activities on National Forest System land in 
     the State of Nebraska; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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