[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18749]
[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. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Bayh, and 
             Mr. Fitzgerald):
       S. 2817. A bill to provide for the redesign of the reverse 
     of the Lincoln 1-cent coin in 2009 in commemoration of the 
     200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 2818. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to ensure the same requirements that apply to voters who 
     register by mail also apply to voters who do not register in 
     person with an officer or employee of a State or local 
     government entity, and to provide for increased penalties for 
     fraudulent registration in cases involving 10 or more 
     violations; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 2819. A bill to provide education to students in grades 
     8, 9, and 10 about the importance of higher education; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 2820. A bill to ensure the availability of certain 
     spectrum for public safety entities by amending the 
     Communications Act of 1934 to establish January 1, 2009, as 
     the date by which the transition to digital television shall 
     be completed, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Bond):
       S. 2821. A bill to reauthorize certain programs of the 
     Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 2822. A bill to provide an extension of highway, highway 
     safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs 
     funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a 
     law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     century; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 2823. A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of 
     certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker 
     program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal 
     agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and 
     better working conditions to more workers, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2824. A bill to exclude from income certain wages of 
     spouses of members of the Armed Forces serving in combat 
     zones; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 2825. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
     commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations ; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 2826. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
     chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said 
     District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and 
     for other purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; 
     placed on the calendar.

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