[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8821]
[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. BURNS:
       S. 977. A bill to include claims for injuries and death due 
     to exposure during certain time periods from fallout emitted 
     during the Government's above-ground nuclear tests in Nevada 
     that exposed individuals who lived in the downwind affected 
     area in the State of Montana; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mr. DeMint):
       S. 978. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified 
     health insurance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 979. A bill to strengthen United States capabilities to 
     secure sealed sources of nuclear materials from terrorists; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 980. A bill to provide state and local governments with 
     financial assistance that will increase their ability and 
     effectiveness in monitoring convicted sex offenders by 
     developing and implementing a program using global 
     positioning systems to monitor convicted sexual offenders or 
     sexual predators released from confinement; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Allen, 
             Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 981. A bill to ensure that a Federal employee who takes 
     leave without pay in order to perform service as a member of 
     the uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall 
     continue to receive pay in an amount which, when taken 
     together with the pay and allowances such individual is 
     receiving for such service, will be no less than the basic 
     pay such individual would then be receiving if no 
     interruption in employment had occurred; read the first time.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 982. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain 
     rayon staple fibers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DeMINT:
       S. 983. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to 
     protect employer rights; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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