[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 23361-23362]
[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. DODD:
       S. 12. A bill to amend the Peace Corps Act to promote 
     global acceptance of the principles of international peace 
     and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures 
     and systems of government; considered and passed.

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           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Bond, and Ms. 
             Mikulski):
       S. 13. A bill to extend authorization for the national 
     flood insurance program; considered and passed.
           By Mr. THURMOND (for himself, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hollings, 
             Mr. Miller, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Allen):
       S. 14. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
     1938 to extend the farm reconstitution provision to the 2003 
     and 2004 crops; considered and passed.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. Biden, and 
             Mr. Levin):
       S. 15. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to increase assistance for foreign countries seriously 
     affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Chafee, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Bayh, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 3180. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 
     1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance 
     Program (SCHIP); to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 3181. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act to ensure that the interest rate for direct 
     loans paid by low income, limited resource borrowers is less 
     than the interest rate for direct loans paid by other 
     borrowers under the Act; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.

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