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              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 and Mr. Sununu):
       S. 2651. A bill to authorize the establishment at Antietam 
     National Battlefield of a memorial to the officers and 
     enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire 
     Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire 
     Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam 
     on September 17, 1862 , and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Dayton, and Mr. Levin):
       S. 2652. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription 
     drug prices under the medicare program; read the first time.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Kyl, Mr. Hollings, and Mr. Allen):
       S. 2653. A bill to make it a criminal act to willfully use 
     a weapon with the intent to cause death or serious bodily 
     injury to any person while on board a passenger vessel, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 2654. A bill to provide for Kindergarten Plus programs; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH:
       S. 2655. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for the production of water and energy 
     efficient appliances; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida (for himself and Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida):
       S. 2656. A bill to establish a National Commission on the 
     Quincentennial of the discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 2657. A bill to amend part III of title 5, United States 
     Code, to provide for the establishment of programs under 
     which supplemental dental and vision benefits are made 
     available to Federal employees, retirees, and their 
     dependents, to expand the contracting authority of the Office 
     of Personnel Management, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Craig, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2658. A bill to establish a Department of Energy 
     National Laboratories water technology research and 
     development program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.

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