[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11313-11314]
[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. SARBANES:
       S. 2673. An original bill to improve quality and 
     transparency in financial reporting and independent audits 
     and accounting services for public companies, to create a 
     Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the 
     standard setting process for accounting practices, to 
     strengthen the independence of firms that audit public 
     companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the 
     usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the 
     objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to 
     improve Securities and Exchange Commission resources and 
     oversight, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 2674. A bill to improve access to health care medically 
     underserved areas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Warner, Ms. Mikulski, 
             and Mr. Allen):
       S. 2675. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to establish a pilot program to make 
     grants to eligible institutions to develop, demonstrate, or 
     disseminate information on practices, methods, or techniques 
     relating to environmental education and training in the 
     Chesapeake Bay watershed; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2676. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a 10-year foreign tax credit carryforward and to 
     apply the look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax 
     credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not 
     controlled by a domestic corporation; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2677. A bill to improve consumer access to prescription 
     drugs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Craig, Mr. Bond, Mr. Graham, 
             Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. Reid, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Enzi, and 
             Mr. Johnson):
       S. 2678. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the 
     Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Smith of Oregon):
       S. 2679. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a tax credit for offering employer-based 
     health insurance coverage, to provide for the establishment 
     of health plan purchasing alliances, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 2680. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     evaluate opportunities to enhance domestic oil and gas 
     production through the exchange of nonproducing Federal oil 
     and gas leases located in the Lewis and Clark National 
     Forest, in the Flathead National Forest, and on Bureau of 
     Land Management land in the State of Montana, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S.J. Res. 38. A joint resolution providing for the 
     designation of a Medal of Honor Flag and for presentation of 
     that flag to recipients of the Medal of Honor; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.

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