[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9057-9058]
[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 Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 984. A bill to amend the Exchange Rates and 
     International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to 
     clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to 
     currency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Johnson, 
             and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 985. A bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to 
     establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for 
     children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska:
       S. 986. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     award grants for the support of full-service community 
     schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 987. A bill to restore safety to Indian women; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Martinez, 
             Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Allen, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Lott, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
             Burns, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Craig, Mr. Graham, Mr. Vitter, 
             Mr. Thune, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Sununu, and Mr. 
             Allard):
       S. 988. A bill to permanently repeal the estate and 
     generation-skipping transfer taxes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 989. 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 Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 990. A bill to provide a grant program to support the 
     establishment and operation of Teachers Professional 
     Development Institutes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Harkin, 
             and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 991. A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 to limit the availability of 
     benefits under an employer's nonqualified deferred 
     compensation plans in the event that any of

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     the employer's defined benefit pension plans are subjected to 
     a distress or PBGC termination in connection with bankruptcy 
     reorganization or a conversion to a cash balance plan, to 
     provide appropriate funding restrictions in connection with 
     the maintenance of nonqualified deferred compensation plans, 
     and to provide for appropriate disclosure with respect to 
     nonqualified deferred compensation plans; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 992. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate 
     the consumptive demand exception relating to the importation 
     of goods made with forced labor; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 993. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose an excise tax on amounts received under certain 
     insurance policies in which certain exempt organizations hold 
     an interest; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Obama, Ms. 
             Murkowski, and Mr. Alexander):
       S.J. Res. 18. A joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003; to the Committee on Finance.

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