[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10468]
[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:
       S. 986. A bill to designate Colombia under section 244 of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to make 
     nationals of Colombia eligible for temporary protected status 
     under such section; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Burns):
       S. 987. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for national standardized payment amounts for 
     inpatient hospital services furnished under the medicare 
     program and to make other rural health care improvements; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN:
       S. 988. A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998 to provide for a job training grant pilot program; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ENZI:
       S. 989. A bill to provide death and disability benefits for 
     aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for a public 
     agency and suffer death or disability in the line of duty, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 990. A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to 
     increase the maximum Federal share of the costs of State 
     programs under the National Guard Challenge Program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 991. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number 
     of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work 
     at certain medicare providers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. NICKLES (for himself, Mr. Conrad, and Mr. 
             Bunning):
       S. 992. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the provision taxing policyholder dividends of 
     mutual life insurance companies and to repeal the 
     policyholders surplus account provisions; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH:
       S. 993. A bill to amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act 
     of 1956, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Miller):
       S. 994. A bill to protect human health and the environment 
     from the release of hazardous substances by acts of 
     terrorism; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 995. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
     improve certain child nutritional programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.

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