[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1533]
[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 Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 272. A bill to designate certain National Forest System 
     land in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the 
     National Wilderness Preservation System; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Specter, Mr. Graham, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Johnson, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Biden, Ms. Collins, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Jeffords, 
             Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Bond, and 
             Mr. Harkin):
       S. 273. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to extend and improve national dairy 
     market loss payments; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DeMINT:
       S. 274. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act 
     to include additional information in Social Security account 
     statements; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 275. A bill to require the establishment of a Consumer 
     Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living 
     increases for Social Security benefits under title II of the 
     Social Security Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 276. A bill to revise the boundary of the Wind Cave 
     National Park in the State of South Dakota; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. 
             Harkin):
       S. 277. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for direct access to audiologists for Medicare 
     beneficiaries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 278. A bill to revise certain requirements for H-2B 
     employers and require submission of information regarding H-
     2B non-immigrants, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 279. A bill to amend the Act of June 7, 1924, to provide 
     for the exercise of criminal jurisdiction; to the Committee 
     on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 280. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the amortization of delay rental payments and 
     geological and geophysical expenditures; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 281. A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also 
     known as Chai Chaowasaree); to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. 
             Corzine):
       S. 282. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
     1993 to expand the scope of the Act, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. DOLE (for herself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
             Alexander, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 283. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit for the transportation of food for 
     charitable purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. McCain, Mr. Levin, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Dayton, 
             Mr. Hagel, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Bennett, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Craig, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 284. A bill to distribute universal service support 
     equitability throughout rural America, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. DeWine, and 
             Mrs. Murray):
       S. 285. A bill to reauthorize the Children's Hospitals 
     Graduate Medical Education Program; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Jeffords, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 286. A bill to amend section 401(b)(2) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 regarding the Federal Pell Grant 
     maximum amount; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 287. A bill to require the Congressional Budget Office 
     and the Joint Committee on Taxation to use dynamic economic 
     modeling in the preparation of budgetary estimates of 
     proposed changes in Federal revenue law; to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. 
             Cochran):
       S. 288. A bill to extend Federal funding for operation of 
     State high risk health insurance pools; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Domenici):
       S. 289. A bill to authorize an annual appropriation of 
     $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 
     2011; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Talent, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Vitter, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Nelson of Florida, and Mr. 
             Conrad):
       S. 290. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation 
     assistance; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Kyl, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Allard, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Smith, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 291. A bill to require the withholding of United States 
     contributions to the United Nations until the President 
     certifies that the United Nations is cooperating in the 
     investigation of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 292. A bill to establish a procedure to safeguard the 
     Social Security Trust Funds; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 293. A bill to provide for the continuation of higher 
     education through the conveyance of certain public lands in 
     the State of Alaska to the University of Alaska, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. 
             Baucus):
       S. 294. A bill to strengthen the restrictions of the 
     importation from BSE minimal-risk regions of meat, meat 
     byproducts , and meat food products from bovines; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Bunning, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reid, Mr. Kohl, Mrs. Dole, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Bayh, and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 295. A bill to authorize appropriate action in the 
     negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding 
     China's undervalued currency are not successful; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 296. A bill to authorize appropriations for the Hollings 
     Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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