[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10345-10346]
[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. REID (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Corzine, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 965. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     implement the final rule to phase out snowmobile use in 
     Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial 
     Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in 
     Grand Teton National Park; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Daschle, 
             Mr. Smith, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Collins, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Chafee, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Biden, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Carper, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Dayton, 
             Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Graham of Florida, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Levin, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Miller, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. 
             Pryor):
       S. 966. A bill to provide Federal assistance to States and 
     local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 967. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to replace with a more equitable formula the current formula, 
     known as the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA), 
     for the allocation of funds appropriated to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for medical care to different geographic 
     regions of the Nation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       S. 968. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide capital gain treatment under section 631(b) of 
     such Code for outright sales of timber by landowners; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Corzine, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 969. A bill to enhance the security and safety of the 
     Nation by increasing the time allowed to track terrorists 
     during periods of elevated alert, closing loopholes that have 
     allowed terrorists to acquire firearms, maintaining records 
     of certain handgun transfers during periods of heightened 
     terrorist risk, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS:
       S. 970. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to preserve jobs and production activities in the United 
     States; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Cochran, Mr. Biden, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Corzine, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Dayton):
       S. 971. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older 
     Americans with equal access to community-based attendant 
     services and supports, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN:
       S. 972. A bill to clarify the authority of States to 
     establish conditions for insurers to conduct the business of 
     insurance within a State based on the provision of 
     information regarding Holocaust era insurance policies of the 
     insurer, to establish a Federal cause of action for claims 
     for payment of such insurance policies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NICKLES (for himself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 973. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of 
     certain restaurant buildings; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 974. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to permit certain youth to perform certain work with 
     wood products; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 975. A bill to revise eligibility requirements 
     applicable to essential air service subsidies; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Allen):
       S. 976. A bill to provide for the issuance of a coin to 
     commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown 
     settlement; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. 
             Snowe):
       S. 977. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and 
     individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
     provide coverage from treatment of a minor child's congenital 
     or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, 
     infection, tumor, or disease; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 978. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential 
     cooperative apartment units; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Craig, Mr. Allen, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Reid, Mr. Allard, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. 
             Coleman):
       S. 979. A bill to direct the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to require enhanced disclosures of employee stock 
     options, to require a study on the economic impact of broad-
     based employee stock option plans, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Miller):
       S. 980. A bill to conduct a study on the effectiveness of 
     ballistic imaging technology and evaluate its effectiveness 
     as a law enforcement tool; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 981. A bill to limit the period for which the Federal 
     Government may procure property or services using 
     noncompetitive procedures during emergency and urgent 
     situations; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 982. A bill to halt Syrian support for terrorism, end 
     its occupation of Lebanon, stop its development of weapons of 
     mass destruction, cease its illegal importation of Iraqi oil, 
     and hold Syria accountable for its role in the Middle East, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Hatch, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Ms. Collins, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Warner, Mr.

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             Kennedy, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Biden, Mr. Allen, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Reed, and 
             Mr. Corzine):
       S. 983. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the Director of the National Institute of 
     Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
     development and operation of research centers regarding 
     environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of 
     breast cancer; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 984. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     evaluate opportunities to enhance domestic oil and gas 
     production through the exchange of nonproducing Federal oil 
     and gas leases located in the Lewis and Clark National 
     Forest, in the Flathead National Forest, and on Bureau of 
     Land Management land in the State of Montana, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Mr. Corzine, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Leahy, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Reed, Mr. Biden, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Warner, 
             Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Carper, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 985. A bill to amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay 
     Reform Act of 1990 to adjust the percentage differentials 
     payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-
     cost areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.

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