[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22482-22483]
[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. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1826. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit to encourage employers to offer flexible 
     and phased work opportunities to older workers, to expand the 
     credit for dependent care expenses to cover eldercare 
     expenses, to extend COBRA coverage for certain older workers 
     who lose health insurance coverage due to a reduction in 
     work, to improve older workers' access to job training 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 1827. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the public disclosure of charges for certain 
     hospital services and drugs; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 1828. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) (by 
             request):
       S. 1829. A bill to repeal certain sections of the Act of 
     May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Akaka) (by request):
        S. 1830. A bill to amend the Compact of Free Association 
     Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) (by 
             request):
       S. 1831. A bill to convey certain submerged land to the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 1832. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to lease oil and gas resources underlying Fort Reno, 
     Oklahoma, to establish the Fort Reno Management Fund, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CRAPO:
       S. 1833. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for health opportunity accounts under the 
     Medicaid Program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. 
             Dayton):
       S. 1834. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to 
     States for affordable housing for low-income persons, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 1835. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
     purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural 
     resource damage liability claims; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Carper, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mr. Obama, and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 1836. A bill to provide for reconstruction, replacement, 
     and improvement of infrastructure in the Gulf Coast Region; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 1837. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the 
     Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1838. A bill to provide for the sale, acquisition, 
     conveyance, and exchange of certain real property in the 
     District of Columbia to facilitate the utilization, 
     development, and redevelopment of such property, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself and Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida):
       S. 1839. A bill to authorize additional judgeships for the 
     middle district and southern district of Florida; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1840. A bill to amend section 340B of the Public Health 
     Service Act to increase the affordability of inpatient drugs 
     for Medicaid and safety net hospitals; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 1841. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide extended and additional protection to Medicare 
     beneficiaries who enroll for the Medicare prescription drug 
     benefit during 2006; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 1842. A bill to provide assistance to rebuild 
     communities, schools, and hospitals damaged by Hurricane 
     Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1843. A bill to establish a strong Federal officer 
     appointed by the President focused exclusively on the 
     official and effective use of Federal resources in southeast 
     Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina recovery, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1844. A bill to provide for full and open competition 
     for Federal contracts related to Hurricane Katrina and 
     Hurricane Rita reconstruction efforts; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Burns, 
             Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Smith, 
             and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1845. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit 
     judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United 
     States into 2 circuits, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 1846. A bill to provide assistance to rebuild 
     communities, schools, and hospitals damaged by Hurricane 
     Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 1847. A bill to provide assistance to rebuild hospitals 
     damaged by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Allard):
       S. 1848. A bill to promote remediation of inactive and 
     abandoned mines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 1849. A bill for the relief of Gisele Goldberg 
     Schexnider; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 1850. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     accelerate the availability of various income tax credits 
     providing incentives for energy incentive products and 
     practices, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 1851. A bill to amend section 30123 of title 49, United 
     States Code, to require replacement tires for passenger 
     vehicles to meet the standards required for tires on new 
     vehicles; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 1852. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the incentive to

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     purchase larger and luxury motor vehicles; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 1853. A bill to amend the National Energy Conservation 
     Policy Act to require Federal agencies to take certain 
     actions to reduce employee vehicle consumption, and for other 
     purposes;to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 1854. A bill to prohibit price gouging for commodities 
     and services sold during national emergency situations; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.

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