[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11268]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               MEASURE PLACED ON THE CALENDAR--H.R. 4931

  Mr. REID. Madam President, it is my understanding H.R. 4931 is at the 
desk and is due for its second reading.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. REID. I ask H.R. 4931 be read for the second time.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the title for 
the second time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4931) to provide that the pension and 
     individual retirement arrangement provisions of the Economic 
     Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be 
     permanent.

  Mr. REID. I object to further proceedings on this bill at this time.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the 
bill will be placed on the calendar.
  The Senator from New Mexico is recognized.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. I have asked permission to speak for up to 10 minutes 
as in morning business.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate is in morning business.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. Madam President, I will speak on two subjects. First, 
the pension issue that I have talked about several times on the Senate 
floor in recent weeks. We have some information that I will share with 
Members about the extent of that problem. We hope before the end of 
this week we will have some legislation to propose to begin addressing 
that problem.
  The other subject is the U.N. population fund. I ask that the Chair 
please advise me when 5 of my 10 minutes have been consumed.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will do so.

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