[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12541]
[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 Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2716. A bill to modify the authority of the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission to conduct investigations, to 
     increase the criminal penalties for violations of the Federal 
     Power Act and the Natural Gas Act, and to authorize the 
     Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
     contract for consultant services; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2717. A bill to increase criminal penalties relating to 
     conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and ERISA violations, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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