[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12122-12123]
[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. DOMENICI:
       S. 10. An original bill to enhance the energy security of 
     the United States, and for other purposes; from the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources; placed on the calendar.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1206. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4960 West Washington 
     Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Ray Charles 
     Post Office Building'' to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1207. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 30777 Rancho California Road 
     in Temecula, California, as the ``Dalip Singh Saund Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1208. A bill to provide for local control for the siting 
     of windmills; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GREGG:
       S. 1209. A bill to establish and strengthen postsecondary 
     programs and courses in the subjects of traditional American 
     history, free institutions, and Western civilization, 
     available to students preparing to teach these subjects, and 
     to other students; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Obama, and 
             Mr. Coleman):
       S. 1210. A bill to enhance the national security of the 
     United States by providing for the research, development, 
     demonstration, administrative support, and market mechanisms 
     for widespread deployment and commercialization of biobased 
     fuels and biobased products, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1211. A bill to establish an Office of Foreign Science 
     and Technology Assessment to enable the United States to 
     effectively analyze trends in foreign science and technology, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 1212. A bill to require the Commandant of the Coast 
     Guard to convey the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, upon its 
     scheduled decommissioning, to the City and County of 
     Cheboygan, Michigan, to use for purposes of a museum; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 1213. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a refundable credit against income tax for the 
     purchase of a principal residence by a first-time homebuyer; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Chafee, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 1214. A bill to require equitable coverage of 
     prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
     contraceptive services under health plans; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Sarbanes, 
             Mr. Biden, Mr. Corzine, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Reed, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Inouye, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1215. A bill to authorize the acquisition of interests 
     in underdeveloped coastal areas in order better to ensure 
     their protection from development; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science and Transportation.
           By Mr. CORZINE:
       S. 1216. A bill to require financial institutions and 
     financial service providers to notify customers of the 
     unauthorized use of personal financial information, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Corzine, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Salazar, and Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 1217. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to phase out the 24-month waiting period for disabled 
     individuals to become eligible for medicare benefits, to 
     eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-
     threatening conditions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1218. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve recruitment, 
     preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary 
     and secondary school teachers and principals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURNS:
       S. 1219. A bill to authorize certain tribes in the State of 
     Montana to enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance 
     of water rights to meet the water needs of the Dry Prairie 
     Rural Water Association, Inc; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1220. A bill to assist law enforcement in their efforts 
     to recover missing children and to strengthen the standards 
     for State sex offender registration programs; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DAYTON (for himself and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1221. A bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or 
     death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities 
     caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the 
     performance of such employee's duty; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 1222. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reinstate the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund tax and to 
     maintain a balance of $3 billion in the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 1223. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery 
     through improvements in health care information technology, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 1224. A bill to protect the oceans, and for other 
     purposes to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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