[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16213]
[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. JOHNSON:
       S. 2903. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for a guaranteed adequate level of funding for 
     veterans health care; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WELLSTONE:
       S. 2904. A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 to provide emergency protection 
     for retiree health benefits; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 2905. A bill to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth 
     and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the 
     elimination of the 60-month limit and an increase in the 
     income limitation on the student loan interest deduction; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 2906. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     establish a program to make allocations to States for 
     projects to expand 2-lane highways in rural areas to 4-lane 
     highways; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Akaka, 
             Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Corzine, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 2907. A bill to redesignate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, in 
     Washington, D.C., as the ``Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas 
     Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center''; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Kohl, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Torricelli, and 
             Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 2908. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil 
     Support Team in each State, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SMITH of Oregon:
       S. 2909. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the deduction for qualified tuition and 
     related expenses and to repeal the sunset of the Economic 
     Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect 
     to such deduction and the extension of the exclusion for 
     employer-provided educational assistance; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 2910. A bill to amend the Constitution Heritage Act of 
     1988 to provide for the operation of the National 
     Constitution Center; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Craig, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Allard, and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2911. A bill to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth 
     and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the 
     modifications to education individual retirement accounts; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Wellstone, 
             and Mr. Reed):
       S. 2912. A bill to provide for educational opportunities 
     for all students in State public school systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.

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