[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 149 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S9167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 3526, H.R. 6842, AND H.R. 6899

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I understand there are three bills at the 
desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bills by title for 
the first time.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3526) 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.
       A bill (H.R. 6842) to restore Second Amendment rights in 
     the District of Columbia.
       A bill (H.R. 6899) to advance the national security 
     interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on 
     oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel 
     technologies while building a bridge to the future through 
     expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, 
     revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry 
     and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair 
     return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, 
     ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and 
     facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, 
     and transportation sectors, and for other purposes.

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I now ask for their second reading en bloc, 
and I object to my own request en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bills will be read for 
the second time on the next legislative day.

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