[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 53 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3842-S3843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the 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. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 2440. A bill to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs medical and regional office center in Wichita, 
     Kansas, as the ``Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center''; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 2441. A bill to provide all prisoners with an 
     opportunity to present exculpatory DNA evidence, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 2442. A bill to ensure that indigent death penalty 
     defendants in State courts receive adequate legal 
     representation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 2443. A bill to ensure that death penalty defendants 
     have a true opportunity to have their cases considered by the 
     courts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Hatch, 
             Mr. Helms, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. DeWine, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Graham, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2444. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to improve the administration and enforcement of the 
     immigration laws, to enhance the security of the United 
     States, and to establish the Office of Children's Services 
     within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 2445. A bill to establish a program to promote child 
     literacy by making books

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     available through early learning, child care, literacy, and 
     nutrition programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Ms. Collins):
       S. 2446. A bill to ensure that death penalty defendants 
     have a true opportunity to have their cases considered by the 
     courts, to provide all prisoners with an opportunity to 
     present exculpatory DNA evidence, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Helms, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Specter, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Dayton, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 2447. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for 
     indirect costs of medical education; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Stevens, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. 
             Dorgan):
       S. 2448. A bill to improve nationwide access to broadband 
     services; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Torricelli, and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 2449. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to allow Federal payments to be made to States under the 
     medicaid program for providing pregnancy-related services or 
     services for the testing or treatment for communicable 
     diseases to aliens who are not lawfully admitted for 
     permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing in the 
     United States under color of law, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2450. A bill to withdraw Federal land in Finger Lakes 
     National Forest, New York, from entry, location, 
     appropriation, disposal patent, or leasing under certain 
     Federal laws; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 2451. A bill to provide for the liquidation or 
     reliquidation of certain entries; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. Specter, and Mr. 
             Graham):
       S. 2452. A bill to establish the Department of National 
     Homeland Security and the National Office for Combating 
     Terrorism; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. THURMOND (for himself and Mr. Allard):
       S. 2453. A bill to provide for the disposition of weapons-
     usable plutonium at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 2454. A bill to eliminate the deadlines for spectrum 
     auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television 
     broadcasting; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. ENSIGN:
       S. 2455. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to direct 
     the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
     establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance 
     assistance to small business concerns, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.

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