[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5826-5827]
[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. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 713. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Burns, Mr. Lautenberg, and 
             Mr. Stevens):
       S. 714. A bill to amend section 227 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) relating to the prohibition on 
     junk fax transmissions; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 715. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage investment in facilities using wind to produce 
     electricity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. 
             Conrad):
       S. 716. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance services provided by vet centers, to clarify and 
     improve the provision of bereavement counseling by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 717. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide coverage for kidney disease education services 
     under the medicare program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. McConnell, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Corzine, 
             and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 718. A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and 
     procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement 
     agencies and law enforcement officers during internal 
     investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, 
     and administrative disciplinary hearings, and to ensure 
     accountability of law enforcement officers, to guarantee the 
     due process rights of law enforcement officers, and to 
     require States to enact law enforcement discipline, 
     accountability, and due process laws; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 719. A bill to extend Corridor O of the Appalachian 
     Development Highway System from its current southern terminus 
     at I-68 near Cumberland to Corridor H, which stretches from 
     Weston, West Virginia, to Strasburg, Virginia; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 720. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to eliminate unnecessary paperwork burdens on government and 
     small businesses by reducing the number of excise tax returns 
     filed by small taxpayers that pay the Federal excise tax on 
     wines and beer; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 721. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
     carry out a program for ecosystem restoration for the 
     Louisiana Coastal Area, Louisiana; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 722. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 723. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow small businesses to set up simple cafeteria plans to 
     provide nontaxable employee benefits to their employees, to 
     make changes in the requirements for cafeteria plans, 
     flexible spending accounts, and benefits provided under such 
     plans or accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 724. A bill to improve the No Child Left Behind Act of 
     2001, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. 
             Collins, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 725. A bill to improve the Child Care Access Means 
     Parents in School Program; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 726. A bill to promote the conservation and production 
     of natural gas; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 727. A bill to provide tax incentives to promote the 
     conservation and production of natural gas; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Thune, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Obama, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Talent, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Domenici, and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 728. A bill to provide for the consideration and 
     development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
     improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 729. A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration 
     to protect the public health by preventing food-borne 
     illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on 
     contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving 
     security of food from intentional contamination, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 730. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish 
     requirements concerning the operation of fossil fuel-fired 
     electric utility steam generating units, commercial and 
     industrial boiler units, solid waste incineration units, 
     medical waste incinerators, hazardous waste combustors, 
     chlor-alkali plants, and Portland cement plants to reduce 
     emissions of mercury to the environment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Burns, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Thune):
       S. 731. A bill to recruit and retain more qualified 
     individuals to teach in Tribal Colleges or Universities; to 
     the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 732. A bill to authorize funds to Federal aid highways, 
     highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Environment and Public Works; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 733. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to provide a domestic

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     offshore energy reinvestment program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 734. A bill to provide for agreements between Federal 
     agencies to partner or transfer funds to accomplish erosion 
     goals relating to the coastal area of Louisiana, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 735. A bill to amend the Submerged Lands Act to make the 
     seaward boundaries of the States of Louisiana, Alabama, and 
     Mississippi equivalent to the seaward boundaries of the State 
     of Texas and the Gulf Coast of Florida; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 736. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to promote uses on the Outer Continental Shelf; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sununu, Mr. 
             Feingold, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 737. A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to place 
     reasonable limitations on the use of surveillance and the 
     issuance of search warrants, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 738. A bill to provide relief for the cotton shirt 
     industry; to the Committee on Finance.

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