[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 18976-18977]
[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. AKAKA:
       S. 1521. A bill to provide for teacher acculturation, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Burr, 
             and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 1522. A bill to recognize the heritage of hunting and 
     provide opportunities for continued hunting on Federal public 
     land to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1523. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent increased expensing for small businesses; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Bunning, Mr. Smith, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Burr, Mr. Talent, Mr. DeMint, 
             and Mr. Santorum):
       S. 1524. A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of 
     capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of 
     dividends of individuals at capital gain rates; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Corzine, 
             Mr. Salazar, Mr. Obama, and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 1525. A bill to ensure that commercial insurers cannot 
     engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to 
     the detriment of competition and consumers; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1526. A bill to provide education to students in grades 
     7 through 12 about the importance of higher education; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 1527. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to immunizations against vaccine-preventable 
     diseases, including influenza, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. 
             Bunning):
       S. 1528. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the tax treatment of horses, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 1529. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     Federal land in the city of Yuma, Arizona; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1530. A bill to provide a Federal tax exemption for 
     forest conservation bonds, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Baucus, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. 
             Dole):
       S. 1531. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to expand and intensify programs with respect to 
     research and related activities concerning elder falls; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1532. A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code 
     to criminalize acts of agroterrorism, and to enhance the 
     protection of the United States agricultural industry and 
     food security through the increased prevention, detection, 
     response and recovery planning; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 1533. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax incentive to individuals teaching in 
     elementary and secondary schools located in rural or high 
     unemployment areas and to individuals who achieve 
     certification from the National Board of Professional 
     Teaching Standards, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1534. A bill to reduce the risk to the food supply from 
     intentional contamination, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 1535. A bill to amend the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 
     Equitable Compensation Act to provide compensation to members 
     of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for damage resulting from 
     the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. 
             Clinton):
       S. 1536. A bill to provide certain members of the Armed 
     Forces with a deferment of all loan payments under title IV 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and to provide such 
     members with the option to reenroll in institutions of higher 
     education after completion of their service; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 1537. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the establishment of Parkinson's Disease Research 
     Education and Clinical Centers in the Veterans Health 
     Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
     Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 1538. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation 
     of public schools; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 1539. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to promote the adoption of children with special 
     needs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1540. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army and 
     the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to 
     improve water management and contribute to the recovery of 
     endangered species in the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             and Mr. Levin):
       S. 1541. A bill to protect, conserve, and restore public 
     land administered by the Department of the Interior or the 
     Forest Service and adjacent land through cooperative cost-
     shared grants to control and mitigate the spread of invasive 
     species, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Baucus, and Mr. Levin):
       S. 1542. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to create a 
     Chief Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade 
     agreements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 1543. A bill to provide for clinical research support 
     grants, clinical research infrastructure grants, and a 
     demonstration program on partnerships in clinical research, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 1544. A bill to establish the Northern Plains National 
     Heritage Area in the State of North Dakota, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1545. A bill to withdraw the Los Padres National Forest 
     in California from location, entry, and patent under mining 
     laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1546. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to 
     permit participating households to use food stamp benefits to 
     purchase nutritional supplements providing vitamins or 
     minerals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 1547. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain 
     vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1548. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     Forest Service land to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH:
       S. 1549. A bill to improve the conservation and management 
     of Pacific whiting, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 1550. A bill to extend until September 30, 2008, changes 
     to requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in 
     health professional shortage areas made by the Nursing Relief 
     for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999,

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     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. 
             McCain):
       S. 1551. A bill to clarify that the overall trade 
     negotiating objectives of the United States include avoiding 
     provisions in trade agreements that restrict the access of 
     consumers in the United States to pharmaceutical imports, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1552. A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the 
     authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release 
     certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain 
     land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington 
     University until December 31, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Ms. 
             Murkowski):
       S.J. Res. 22. A joint resolution proclaiming Casimir 
     Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States 
     posthumously; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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