[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 129 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7903-S7905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the 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. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mr. Warner, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 3370. A bill to resolve pending claims against Libya by 
     United States nationals,

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     and for other purposes; considered and passed.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 3371. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify the deduction for use of a portion of a residence 
     as a home office by providing an optional standard home 
     office deduction; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 3372. A bill to promote savings by providing a match for 
     eligible taxpayers who contribute to savings products and to 
     facilitate taxpayers receiving this match and open a bank 
     account when they file their Federal income tax returns; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 3373. A bill to reauthorize and expand the Northwest 
     Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the 
     protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3374. A bill to establish a commission on veterans and 
     members of the Armed Forces with post traumatic stress 
     disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health 
     disorders, to enhance the capacity of mental health providers 
     to assist such veterans and members, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 3375. A bill to prohibit the introduction or delivery 
     for introduction into interstate commerce of novelty 
     lighters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 3376. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide 
     assistance to the Paralympic Program of the United States 
     Olympic Committee, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Lieberman):
       S. 3377. A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to 
     waive the biometric transportation security card requirement 
     for certain small business merchant mariners, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 3378. A bill to require all public school employees and 
     those employed in connection with a public school to receive 
     FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 3379. A bill to provide grants to establish veteran's 
     treatment courts; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 3380. A bill to promote increased public transportation 
     use, to promote increased use of alternative fuels in 
     providing public transportation, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 3381. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
     acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop 
     water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve 
     the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of 
     Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, and Taos; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 3382. A bill for the relief of Guy Privat Tape and Lou 
     Nazie Raymonde Toto; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Mikulski, 
             and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 3383. A bill to establish the Harriet Tubman National 
     Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman 
     Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, 
     Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Coleman, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 3384. A bill to amend section 11317 of title 40, United 
     States Code, to require greater accountability for cost 
     overruns on Federal IT investment projects; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Burr, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 3385. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
             Warner, and Mr. Burr):
       S. 3386. A bill to prohibit the use of certain 
     interrogation techniques and for other purposes; to the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence .
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 3387. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to pain care; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 3388. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the assignment of pre-stabilization disability 
     ratings to certain veterans for purposes of the payment of 
     disability compensation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 3389. A bill to require, for the benefit of 
     shareholders, the disclosure of payments to foreign 
     governments for the extraction of natural resources, to allow 
     such shareholders more appropriately to determine associated 
     risks; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 3390. A bill to amend the National Voter Registration 
     Act of 1993 to provide for the treatment of institutions of 
     higher education as voter registration agencies; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Bennett):
       S. 3391. A bill to make technical corrections to the laws 
     affecting certain administrative authorities of the United 
     States Capitol Police, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 3392. A bill to amend Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
     establish an appeal and redress process for passengers 
     wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight, or 
     denied a right, benefit, or privilege, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 3393. A bill to promote conservation and provide for 
     sensible development in Carson City, Nevada, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SUNUNU (for himself and Mr. Gregg):
       S. 3394. A bill to prevent the undermining of the judgments 
     of courts of the United States by foreign courts, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 3395. A bill to provide for marginal well production 
     preservation and enhancement; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kennedy, and 
             Mr. Casey):
       S. 3396. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide grants or contracts for prescription drug education 
     and outreach for healthcare providers and their parents; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 3397. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to provide adequate benefits for public 
     safety officers injured or killed in the line of duty, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Whitehouse)):
       S. 3398. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local 
     requirements respecting devices; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Smith, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Dole, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 3399. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the reduction in the rate of tax on 
     qualified timber gain of corporations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 3400. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the educational assistance available under post-9/11 
     veterans educational assistance, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 3401. A bill to provide for habeas corpus review for 
     terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 3402. A bill to provide information and education to 
     consumers concerning health care services and health 
     insurance coverage; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 3403. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     require determination of the maximum feasible fuel economy 
     level achievable for cars and light trucks for a year based 
     on a projected fuel gasoline price that is not less than the 
     applicable high gasoline price projection issued by the 
     Energy Information Administration; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 3404. A bill to amend the Beef Research and Information 
     Act to allow the promotion of beef that is born and raised 
     exclusively in the United States, allow the establishment of 
     an importers qualified beef council to promote nondomestic 
     beef, and to establish new referendum requirements; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 3405. A bill to prohibit secret modifications and 
     revocations of the law, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Specter, Mr. Obama, Mr. McCain, Mr. Dodd, 
             Mr. Gregg, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Roberts, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Feingold, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Burr, Mr. Brown, Mr. Smith, 
             Mr. Durbin, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Martinez, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Craig, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bennett, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Biden, Mr. Allard, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Reid, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. 
             Chambliss):
       S. 3406. A bill to restore the intent and protections of 
     the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; read the first 
     time.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Alexander, 
             and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 3407. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize commanders of wounded warrior battalions to accept 
     charitable gifts on behalf of the wounded members of the 
     Armed Forces assigned to such battalions; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 3408. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the conduct of comparative effectiveness 
     research and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     establish a Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. 
             Grassley)):
       S. 3409. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety and quality of medical 
     products and enhance the authorities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lieberman, 
             and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 3410. A bill to authorize a grant program to provide for 
     expanded access to mainstream financial institutions; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 3411. A bill to authorize the sale of certain National 
     Forest System lands in the Superior National Forest in 
     Minnesota; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Brown, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Casey, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 3412. A bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary 
     health care services for all Americans and to improve primary 
     care delivery through an expansion of the community health 
     center and National Health Service Corps programs; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Brown, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Casey, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 3413. A bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary 
     health care services for all Americans and to improve primary 
     care delivery through an expansion of the community health 
     center and National Health Service Corps programs; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Kennedy, 
             and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 3414. A bill to recapture family-sponsored and 
     employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays 
     and to prevent losses of family-sponsored and employment-
     based immigrant visas in the future, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 3415. A bill to authorize the construction of the Dry-
     Redwater Regional Water Authority System in the State of 
     Montana and a portion of McKenzie Country, North Dakota, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 3416. A bill to amend section 40122(a) of title 49, 
     United States Code, to improve the dispute resolution process 
     at the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       S. 3417. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to expand educational opportunities for 
     recipients of temporary assistance for needy families; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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