[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20092]
[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. KYL (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Santorum, and 
             Mr. Coburn):
       S. 1689. A bill to state the policy of the United States on 
     international taxation; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1690. A bill to provide for flexibility and improvements 
     in elementary and secondary education, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 1691. A bill to amend selected statutes to clarify 
     existing Federal law as to the treatment of students 
     privately educated at home under State law; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Dayton, Ms. Cantwell, 
             and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1692. A bill to provide disaster assistance to 
     agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. KYL:
       S. 1693. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow the temporary expensing of equipment used in 
     refining of liquid fuels; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Allen):
       S. 1694. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     submit to Congress a report describing the method by which 
     existing reporting systems within the Department of Energy 
     can be coordinated to provide timely reporting of significant 
     supply interruptions in the transmission of petroleum and 
     petroleum-related products; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1695. A bill to provide the Secretary of Agriculture 
     with additional authority and funding to provide emergency 
     relief, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, to victims of Hurricane Katrina and related 
     conditions; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Lott, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Shelby):
       S. 1696. A bill to provide tax relief for the victims of 
     Hurricane Katrina, to provide incentives for charitable 
     giving, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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