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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S3504-S3505 on March 11, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
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. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. Alexander,
Mr. Warner, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Roberts, and
Mr. Graham of South Carolina):
S. 15. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the payment of compensation for certain individuals with injuries resulting from the administration of smallpox countermeasures, to provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the United States, and to improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CORZINE:
S. 586. A bill to provide additional funding for the second round of empowerment zones and enterprise communities; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WYDEN:
S. 587. A bill to promote the use of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Corzine, Mr.
Inouye, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Levin, Mr. Reed, and Mr.
Sarbanes):
S. 588. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2004; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Allen, and
Mr. Voinovich):
S. 589. A bill to strengthen and improve the management of national security, encourage Government service in areas of critical national security, and to assist government agencies in addressing deficiencies in personnel possessing specialized skills important to national security and incorporating the goals and strategies for recruitment and retention for such skilled personnel into the strategic and performance management systems of Federal agencies; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Santorum):
S. 590. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable reimbursement rates under the medicare program to Medicare+Choice organizations; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MILLER:
S. 591. A bill to provide for a period of quiet reflection at the opening of certain schools on every school day; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. HOLLINGS:
S. 592. A bill to establish an Office of Manufacturing in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr
. Sarbanes, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Lautenberg, and Ms.
Landrieu):
S. 593. 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 has occurred; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Campbell,
Mr. Cochran, and Mrs. Murray):
S. 594. A bill to provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Allard, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Sununu, and Ms. Snowe):
S. 595. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the required use of certain principal repayments on mortgage subsidy bond financings to redeem bonds, to modify the purchase price limitation under mortgage subsidy bond rules based on median family income, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Smith, Mr.
Allen, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Bayh):
S. 596. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the investment of foreign earnings within the United States for productive business investments and job creation; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Domenici, and Mr. Bingaman):
S. 597. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide energy tax incentives; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Miller, Mrs. Dole, Mr.
McCain, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Specter):
S. 598. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a clarification of the definition of homebound for purposes of determining eligibility for home health services under the medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr.
Bingaman):
S. 599. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the medicare program for diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other services to screen for diabetes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 600. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to cooperate in the international magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment, or alternatively to develop a plan for a domestic burning plasma experiment, for the purpose of accelerating the scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Schumer):
S.J. Res. 8. A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to raising awareness and encouraging prevention of sexual assault in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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