[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20940-20941]
[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 Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sununu, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Pryor, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Carper):
       S. 1738. A bill to expand the responsibilities of the 
     Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to provide 
     independent objective audits and investigations relating to 
     the Federal programs for Hurricane Katrina recovery; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1739. A bill to amend the material witness statute to 
     strengthen procedural safeguards, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. 
             Bunning):
       S. 1740. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested 
     capital gains distributions from regulated investment 
     companies; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1741. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the 
     President to carry out a program for the protection of the 
     health and safety of residents, workers, volunteers, and 
     others in a disaster area; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ROBERTS:
       S. 1742. A bill to amend the Food and Stamp Act of 1977 to 
     exclude certain military housing allowances from the 
     eligibility requirements for food stamps; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SMITH:
       S. 1743. A bill to authorize the Federal Trade Commission 
     to investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with 
     respect to oil and gas products; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 1744. A bill to prohibit price gouging relating to 
     gasoline and diesel fuels in areas affected by major 
     disasters; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1745. A bill to expand the availability of resources 
     under the Community Services Block Grant Act for individuals 
     affected by Hurricane Katrina; read the first time.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 1746. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prevent interference with Federal disaster relief efforts, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mrs. Hutchison, 
             Mr. Thune, Mr. Lott, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Brownback, and 
             Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1747. A bill to limit liability for volunteers and those 
     providing goods and services for disaster relief, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Reed, Mr. Salazar, 
             Mr. Obama, Mrs. Boxer,

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             Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Johnson, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1748. A bill to establish a congressional commission to 
     examine the Federal, State, and local response to the 
     devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region 
     of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, 
     Mississippi, Alabama and other areas impacted in the 
     aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve 
     such responses in the future; read the first time.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mr. Reid, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mr. Bayh, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Corzine, Mr. 
             Dayton, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Obama):
       S. 1749. A bill to reinstate the application of the wage 
     requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to Federal contracts in 
     areas affected by Hurricane Katrina; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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