[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14555]
[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 Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Chafee, and 
             Mr. Feingold):
       S. 2611. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable 
     children in developing countries; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 2612. A bill to amend the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act 
     of 2000 to permit certain annuitants of the retirement 
     programs of the United States Park Police and United States 
     Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments 
     in pension benefits to which such annuitants would otherwise 
     be entitled as a result of the conversion of members of the 
     United States Park Police and United States Secret Service 
     Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule under the 
     amendments made by such Act; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2613. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a scholarship and loan repayment program for public 
     health preparedness workforce development to eliminate 
     critical public health preparedness workforce shortages in 
     Federal, State, and local public health agencies; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 2614. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve the benefits under the medicare program for 
     beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2615. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
     eliminate the consumptive demand exception relating to the 
     importation of goods made with forced labor; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN:
       S. 2616. A bill to increase the availability of H-2B 
     nonimmigrant visas during fiscal year 2004 for rural border 
     areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 2617. A bill making supplemental appropriation for the 
     Department of Education for the fiscal year ending September 
     30, 2004, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Smith, 
             and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2618. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to extend medicare cost-sharing for the medicare part B 
     premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Enzi, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Frist, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             McConnell, Mr. Miller, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Talent):
       S.J. Res. 40. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage; 
     read the first time.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Daschle, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Akaka, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Wyden, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Smith, Mr. Domenici, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Fitzgerald, 
             Mr. McCain, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Chafee, Mr. 
             Thomas, Mr. Burns, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
             Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Brownback):
       S.J. Res. 41. A joint resolution commemorating the opening 
     of the National Museum of the American Indian; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.

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