[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14059]
[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. MURRAY:
       S. 1290. A bill to appropriate $1,975,183,000 for medical 
     care for veterans; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1291. A bill to provide for the acquisition of 
     subsurface mineral interests in land owned by the Pascua 
     Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 1292. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit against income tax for expenses incurred in 
     tele-working; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BUNNING (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Smith, and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 1293. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with 
     other companies; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 1294. A bill to amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 
     to preserve and protect the ability of local governments to 
     provide broadband capability and services; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1295. A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
     to provide for accountability and funding of the National 
     Indian Gaming Commission; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Burns, 
             Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Smith):
       S. 1296. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit 
     judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United 
     States into 2 circuits, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORZINE (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and Ms. 
             Landrieu):
       S. 1297. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to reduce the work hours and increase the supervision of 
     resident physicians to ensure the safety of patients and 
     resident-physicians themselves; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Pryor):
       S. 1298. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to permit States to cover low-income youth up to 
     age 23; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1299. A bill to encourage partnerships between community 
     colleges and 4-year institutions of higher education; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1300. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to establish a voluntary program for the provision of 
     country of origin information with respect to certain 
     agricultural products, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1301. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit 
     judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United 
     States into 3 circuits, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Lott, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. 
             Craig):
       S. 1302. A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to stop the Congress from 
     spending Social Security surpluses on other Government 
     programs by dedicating those surpluses to personal accounts 
     that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. 
             Kerry):
       S. 1303. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children 
     born after 2006; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Dayton):
       S. 1304. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     protect pension benefits of employees in defined benefit 
     plans and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce 
     the age discrimination requirements of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK:
       S. 1305. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase tax benefits for parents with children, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1306. A bill to provide for the recognition of certain 
     Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under 
     the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Frist, and Mr. Reid) 
             (by request):
       S. 1307. A bill to implement the Dominican Republic-Central 
     America-United States Free Trade Agreement; to the Committee 
     on Finance pursuant to section 2103(b)(3) of Public Law 107-
     210.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 1308. A bill to establish an Office of Trade Adjustment 
     Assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 1309. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend 
     the trade adjustment assistance program to the services 
     sector, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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