[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 149 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S9025]
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              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. MENENDEZ:
       S. 3514. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to promote family unity and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 3515. A bill to establish 4 regional institutes as 
     centers of excellence for research, planning, and related 
     efforts to assess and prepare for the impacts of climate 
     change on ocean and coastal areas; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 3516. A bill to permit commercial vehicles at weights up 
     to 129,000 pounds to use certain highways of the Interstate 
     System in the State of Idaho which would provide significant 
     savings in the transportation of goods throughout the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Inouye, and 
             Mr. Feingold):
       S. 3517. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide parity under group health plans and group health 
     insurance coverage for the provision of benefits for 
     prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other 
     medical and surgical services; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 3518. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the limitations on the deduction of interest by 
     financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             McCaskill, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3519. A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide 
     further protection for puppies; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. 
             Brown):
       S. 3520. A bill to establish a grant program for automated 
     external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COCHRAN:
       S. 3521. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 95 Dogwood Street in Cary, 
     Mississippi, as the ``Spencer Byrd Powers Jr. Post Office"; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 3522. A bill to establish a Federal Board of 
     Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and 
     stability of financial markets, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ENZI:
       S. 3523. A bill to provide 8 steps for energy sufficiency, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Biden):
       S. 3524. A bill to improve the Office for State and Local 
     Law Enforcement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 3525. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the 
     writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'', and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Graham, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Lugar)):
       S. 3526. A bill to enhance drug trafficking interdiction by 
     creating a Federal felony relating to operating or embarking 
     in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without 
     nationality and on an international voyage; read the first 
     time.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Feingold, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Stevens, and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 3527. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize advance appropriations for certain medical care 
     accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs by providing 
     two-fiscal year budget authority; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.

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