[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9596-9597]
[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. Reed, Mr. Frist, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             Edwards, Mr. DeWine, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Smith, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 888. A bill to reauthorize the Museum and Library 
     Services Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORZINE (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. 
             Lautenberg):
       S. 889. A bill to accord honorary citizenship to the alien 
     victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against 
     the United States and to provide for the granting of 
     citizenship to the alien spouses and children of certain 
     victims of such attacks; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Kennedy):
       S. 890. A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act to provide grants to State educational agencies 
     to establish high cost funds from which local educational 
     agencies are paid a percentage of the costs of providing a 
     free appropriate public education to high need children and 
     other high costs associated with educating children with 
     disabilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 891. A bill to provide substantial reductions in the 
     price of prescription drugs for medicare beneficiaries; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 892. A bill to provide for substantial reductions in the 
     price of prescription drugs for medicare beneficiaries; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Ensign, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Corzine, and Mrs. 
             Clinton):
       S. 893. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious 
     accommodation in employment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Corzine, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Miller, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. 
             Thomas):
       S. 894. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the 230th Anniversary of the 
     United States Marine Corps, and to support construction of 
     the Marine Corps Heritage Center; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. NICKLES (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 895. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to include wireless telecommunications equipment in the 
     definition of qualified technological equipment for purposes 
     of determining the depreciation treatment of such equipment; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 896. A bill to establish a public education and 
     awareness program relating to emergency contraception; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 897. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to change the requirements for naturalization through service 
     in the Armed Forces of the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. Bunning):
       S. 898. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to acquire Fern Lake and the surrounding watershed in the 
     States of Kentucky and Tennessee for addition to Cumberland 
     Gap National Historical Park, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 899. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to restore the full market basket percentage increase 
     applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital 
     services furnished to medicare beneficiaries, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURNS:
       S. 900. A bill to convey the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation 
     Project, the Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
     Program, and the Intake Irrigation Project to the pertinent 
     irrigation districts; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 901. A bill to make technical amendments to the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 902. A bill to declare, under the authority of Congress 
     under Article I, section 8, of the Constitution to ``provide 
     and maintain a Navy'', a national policy for the naval force 
     structure required in order to ``provide for the common 
     defense'' of the United States throughout the 21st century; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 903. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow employers in renewal communities to qualify for the 
     renewal community employment credit by employing residents of 
     certain other renewal communities; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 904. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to clarify the scope of provisions relating to applicable 
     rates of interest and other charge limitations; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mr. Hatch, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Breaux, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Schumer, and Mr. Burns):
       S. 905. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a broadband Internet access tax credit; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 906. A bill to provide for the certification of programs 
     to provide uninsured employees of small business access to 
     health coverage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 907. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose a flat tax only on individual taxable earned income 
     and business taxable income, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Santorum, 
             and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 908. A bill to establish the United States Consensus 
     Council to provide for a consensus building process in 
     addressing national public policy issues, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 909. A bill to provide State and local governments with 
     flexibility in using funds made available for homeland 
     security activities; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. 
             Lautenberg):
       S. 910. A bill to ensure the continuation of non-homeland 
     security functions of Federal agencies transferred to the 
     Department of Homeland Security; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 911. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a rebate of up to $765 to individuals for payroll 
     taxes paid in 2001, to provide employers with an income tax 
     credit of up to $765 for payroll taxes paid during the 
     payroll tax holiday period, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 912. A bill to establish the Oil Region National 
     Heritage Area; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 913. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to provide for the return of excess amounts in Federal 
     deposit insurance funds to financial institutions for use in 
     their communities, with such distributions allocated 
     according to the historical basis of contributions made to 
     the funds by such institutions; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 914. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax 
     credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not 
     controlled by a domestic corporation; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Warner, 
             and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 915. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 
     2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 for the Department of Energy 
     Office of Science, to ensure that the United States is the 
     world leader in key scientific fields by restoring a healthy 
     balance of science funding, to ensure maximum use of the 
     national user facilities, and to secure the Nation's supply 
     of scientists for the 21st century, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BENNETT:
       S. 916. A bill to establish the National Mormon Pioneer 
     Heritage Area in the State of Utah, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 917. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     require the use of a certain minimum amount of funds for 
     winter motorized access trails; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Hagel, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Dodd, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 918. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     implement fully by September 30, 2004, requirements for 
     additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Dorgan, 
             Mr. Craig, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 919. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     enhance competition among and between rail carriers in order 
     to ensure efficient rail service and reasonable rail rates, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 920. A bill to provide for the appointment of additional 
     Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Corzine, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 921. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to make grants to reimburse State and local 
     governments and Indian tribes for certain costs relating to 
     the mobilization of Reserves who are first responder 
     personnel of such governments or tribes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Coleman, Mr. McCain, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Hagel):
       S. 922. A bill to change the requirements for 
     naturalization through service in the Armed Forces of the 
     United States, to extend naturalization benefits to members 
     of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of a reserve 
     component of the Armed Forces, to extend posthumous benefits 
     to surviving spouses, children, and parents, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Levin, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Cantwell, and 
             Mr. Schumer):
       S. 923. A bill to provide for additional weeks of temporary 
     extended unemployment compensation, to provide for a program 
     of temporary enhanced regular unemployment compensation, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 924. A bill to authorize the exchange of lands between 
     an Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Department of 
     the Interior, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S.J. Res. 12. A joint resolution recognizing the Dr. Samuel 
     D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry located at 31 South 
     Greene Street in Baltimore, Maryland, as the official 
     national museum of dentistry in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.

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