[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17269]
[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. MARTINEZ:
       S. 1477. A bill to make funds generated form the Caribbean 
     National Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico available 
     to the Secretary of Agriculture for land acquisition intended 
     to protect the integrity of the buffer zone surrounding the 
     Caribbean National Forest, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 1478. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     regarding the definition of a high need local educational 
     agency, the definition of a Hispanic-serving institution, and 
     the 2-year wait out period for certain grant recipients; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 1479. A bill to provide for the expansion of Federal 
     efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and 
     research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne 
     diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne 
     Diseases Advisory Committee; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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