[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2290]
[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. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Craig, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 375. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for an influenza vaccine awareness campaign, ensure a 
     sufficient influenza vaccine supply, and prepare for an 
     influenza pandemic or epidemic, to amend the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 to encourage vaccine production capacity, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 376. A bill to improve intermodal shipping container 
     transportation security; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 377. A bill to require negotiation and appropriate 
     action with respect to certain countries that engage in 
     currency manipulation; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Allen):
       S. 378. A bill to make it a criminal act to willfully use a 
     weapon with the intent to cause death or serious bodily 
     injury to any person while on board a passenger vessel, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Durbin, 
             and Mr. Obama):
       S. 379. A bill to build capacity at community colleges in 
     order to meet increased demand for community college 
     education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and 
     the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community 
     college system; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Pryor, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Smith, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 380. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a State family support grant program to end the 
     practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously 
     emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the 
     purpose of obtaining mental health services for those 
     children; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Ms. Snowe, and 
             Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 381. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from 
     annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at 
     dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of 
     such payments; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Specter, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Kohl, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Santorum):
       S. 382. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 383. A bill to shorten the term of broadcasting licenses 
     under the Communications Act of 1934 from 8 to 3 years, to 
     provide better public access to broadcasters' public interest 
     issues and programs lists and children's programming reports, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DeWINE (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 384. A bill to extend the existence of the Nazi War 
     Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency 
     Working Group for 2 years; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Hagel, 
             and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 385. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules 
     for commodity payments and benefits; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Craig, 
             and Mrs. Dole):
       S. 386. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to carry 
     out activities that promote the adoption of technologies that 
     reduce greenhouse gas intensity in developing countries, 
     while promoting economic development, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Craig, 
             and Mrs. Dole):
       S. 387. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives for the investment in greenhouse 
     gas intensity reduction projects, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Craig, 
             and Mrs. Dole):
       S. 388. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to 
     direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out activities that 
     promote the adoption of technologies that reduce greenhouse 
     gas intensity and to provide credit-based financial 
     assistance and investment protection for projects that employ 
     advanced climate technologies or systems, to provide for the 
     establishment of a national greenhouse gas registry, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 389. A bill to provide for fire safety standards for 
     cigarettes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Bunning):
       S. 390. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for coverage of ultrasound screening for 
     abdominal aortic aneurysms under part B of the medicare 
     program; to the Committee on Finance.

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