[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20308]
[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. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1697. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow the Hope Scholarship Credit to cover fees, books, 
     supplies, and equipment and to exempt Federal Pell Grants and 
     Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants from 
     reducing expenses taken into account for the Hope Scholarship 
     Credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 1698. A bill to accelerate efforts to develop vaccines 
     for diseases primarily affecting developing countries and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             DeWine, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mr. Levin, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Reed, and Ms. 
             Stabenow):
       S. 1699. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide criminal penalties for trafficking in counterfeit 
     marks; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mr. Frist, Mr. 
             Reid, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Carper, and Mr. DeMint):
       S. 1700. A bill to establish an Office of the Hurricane 
     Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1701. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve the reclamation of 
     abandoned mines; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Lott, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 1702. A bill to modify requirements under the emergency 
     relief program under title 23, United States Code, with 
     respect to projects for repair or reconstruction in response 
     to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1703. A bill to provide for the development and 
     implementation of an emergency backup communications system; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 1704. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for 
     the taking of property by eminent domain for economic 
     development; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 1705. A bill to allow a credit against income tax for 
     providing housing to victims of Hurricane Katrina and to 
     amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive the 
     limitation on charitable donations by individuals for 
     donations for the relief of the victims of Hurricane Katrina; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S.J. Res. 24. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to the 
     reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on United 
     States currency; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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