[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 150 (Tuesday, November 19, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S11574]
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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. KYL:
       S. 3. A bill to repeal the sunset of the provisions of the 
     Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAMM:
       S. 4. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     treat earnings on contributions to tax-deferred savings 
     accounts as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital 
     asset; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAMM (for himself and Mr. Hagel):
       S. 5. A bill to strengthen and permanently preserve social 
     security through the power of investment and compound 
     interest without benefit reductions or tax increases, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 3173. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     establish a national health program administered by the 
     Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee 
     health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal 
     employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Feingold, 
             and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 3174. A bill to permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 
     11, United States Code, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 3175. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 3176. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow employers in renewal communities to qualify for the 
     renewal community employment credit by employing residents of 
     certain other renewal communities; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS:
       S. 3177. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     programs of the Department of Commerce's National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology, to amend the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology Act, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 3178. A bill to amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and 
     Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco 
     Health Education Act of 1986 to require warning labels for 
     tobacco products; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 3179. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide health care coverage for qualified caregivers; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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