[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14224-14225]
[From the U.S. 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. CRAIG:
       S. 2777. A bill to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth 
     and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the 
     treatment of qualified public educational facility bonds as 
     exempt facility bonds; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HOLLINGS:
       S. 2778. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
     and related

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     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and 
     for other purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 2779. An original bill making appropriations for foreign 
     operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 2780. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States 
     over waters of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Burns, and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 2781. A bill to amend the Petroleum Marketing Practices 
     Act to extend certain protections to franchised refiners or 
     distributors of lubricating oil; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Ensign, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. 
             Boxer, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2782. A bill to amend part C of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to consolidate and restate the Federal 
     laws relating to the social health maintenance organization 
     projects, to make such projects permanent, to require the 
     Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to conduct a study on 
     ways to expand such projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CARNAHAN:
       S. 2783. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to restore the tax exempt status of death gratuity payments 
     to members of the uniformed services; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 2784. An original bill making appropriations for energy 
     and water development for the fiscal year ending September 
     30, 2003, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2785. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax filing delay for members of the Armed Forces 
     serving in a contingency operation; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 2786. A bill to provide a cost-sharing requirement for 
     the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State 
     of Colorado; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2787. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exempt certain United States international ports from the 
     harbor maintenance tax; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DASCHLE:
       S. 2788. A bill to revise the boundary of the Wind Cave 
     National Park in the State of South Dakota; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2789. A bill to expand the eligibility for membership in 
     veterans organizations; to the Committee on Finance.

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