[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 13737-13738]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 4687

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, it is my understanding that H.R. 4687, just 
received from the House, is at the desk, and I ask for its first 
reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill for the first 
time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4687) to provide for the establishment of 
     investigative teams to assess building performance and 
     emergency measured response and evacuation procedures in the 
     wake of any building failure that has resulted in substantial 
     loss of life or that posed

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     significant potential of substantial loss of life.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask for its second reading but object 
to my own request on behalf of a number of colleagues.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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