[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24605]
[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. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 1951. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     help individuals with functional impairments and their 
     families pay for services and supports that they need to 
     maximize their functionality and independence and have 
     choices about community participation, education, and 
     employment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Cornyn, and 
             Mr. Lugar):
       S. 1952. A bill to provide grants for rural health 
     information technology development activities; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 1953. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     protect the retirement security of American workers by 
     ensuring that pension benefits are funded and that pension 
     assets are adequately diversified and by providing workers 
     with adequate access to, and information about, their pension 
     plans, and for other purposes; from the Committee on Finance; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1954. A bill to amend the General Notes of the 
     Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to give 
     products imported from United States insular possessions the 
     same treatment as products imported from countries with which 
     the United States has entered into a free trade agreement; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and 
             Mr. Burns):
       S. 1955. A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to 
     expand health care access and reduce costs through the 
     creation of small business health plans and through 
     modernization of the health insurance marketplace; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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