[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11699-11700]
[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. ENSIGN:
       S. 2688. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to waive the part B late enrollment penalty for military 
     retirees who enroll by December 31, 2003, and to provide a 
     special part B enrollment period for such retirees; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2689. A bill to establish a United States-Canada customs 
     inspection pilot project; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lott, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Burns, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Helms, 
             Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Roberts, Mr. DeWine, 
             Mr. Shelby, Mr. Allen, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Smith of New 
             Hampshire, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Voinovich, 
             Mr. Gramm, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Nickles, 
             Mr. Bunning, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
             Bond, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Craig, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Miller, Mr. Allard, 
             and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2690. A bill to reaffirm the reference to one Nation 
     under God in the Pledge of Allegiance; considered and passed.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 2691. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     facilitate an increase in programming and content on radio 
     that is locally and independently produced, to facilitate 
     competition in radio programming, radio advertising, and 
     concerts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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           By Mr. CORZINE (for himself, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
             Durbin, and Mr. Nelson of Florida):
       S. 2692. A bill to provide additional funding for the 
     second round of empowerment zones and enterprise communities; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Corzine):
       S. 2693. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage retirement savings for individuals by providing 
     a refundable credit for individuals to deposit in a Social 
     Security Plus account, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2694. A bill to extend Federal recognition to the 
     Chickahominy Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern 
     Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, 
     Inc., the Monacan Tribe, and the Nansemond Tribe; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. 
             Lugar):
       S. 2695. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to extend the authority for debt reduction, debt-for-nature 
     swaps, and debt buybacks to nonconcessional loans and credits 
     made to developing countries with tropical forests; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 2696. A bill to clear title to certain real property in 
     New Mexico associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Lieberman, and Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 2697. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     implement the final rule to phase out snowmobile use in 
     Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial 
     Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in 
     Grand Teton National Park; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2698. A bill to establish a grant program for school 
     renovation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2699. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation 
     of public schools; to the Committee on Finance.

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