[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20918]
[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. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 3114. A bill to ensure that a public safety officer who 
     suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be 
     presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of 
     public safety officer survivor benefits; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 3115. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to sell or exchange certain land in the State of Florida, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CORZINE:
       S. 3116. A bill to permanently eliminate a procedure under 
     which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms can waive 
     prohibitions on the possession of firearms and explosives by 
     convicted felons, drug offenders, and other disqualified 
     individuals; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BURNS:
       S. 3117. A bill to extend the cooling off period in the 
     labor dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and 
     the International Longshore and Warehouse Union; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Allard, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 3118. A bill to strengthen enforcement of provisions of 
     the Animal Welfare Act relating to animal fighting, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Fitzgerald):
       S. 3119. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     ensure the guaranteed renewability of individual health 
     insurance coverage regardless of the health status-related 
     factors of an enrollee; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 3120. A bill to impose restrictions on the ability of 
     officers and employees of the United States to enter into 
     contracts with corporations or partnerships that move outside 
     the United States while retaining substantially the same 
     ownership; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Domenici, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Gregg, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 3121. A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to 
     undertake measures in support of international programs to 
     detect and prevent acts of nuclear or radiological terrorism, 
     to authorize appropriations to the Department of State to 
     carry out those measures, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Helms):
       S. 3122. A bill to allow North Koreans to apply for refugee 
     status or asylum; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 3123. A bill to expand certain preferential trade 
     treatment of Haiti; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 3124. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     revise and expand the lowest unit cost provision applicable 
     to political campaign broadcasts, to establish commercial 
     broadcasting station minimum airtime requirements for 
     candidate-centered and issue-centered programming before 
     primary and general elections, to establish a voucher system 
     for the purchase of commercial broadcast airtime for 
     political advertisements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, 
             Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. 
             Miller):
       S. 3125. A bill to designate ``God Bless America'' as the 
     national song of the United States; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. 
             Sarbanes):
       S. 3126. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow an income tax credit for the provision of 
     homeownership and community development, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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