[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9279-S9280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following reports of committees were submitted:
       By Mr. LIEBERMAN, from the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of 
     a substitute:
       S. 2292. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
     to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, to address 
     terrorist explosive threats, and for other purposes (Rept. 
     No. 110-481).
       By Mrs. BOXER, from the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works, without amendment:
       H.R. 3999. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     improve the safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, to 
     strengthen bridge inspection standards and processes, to 
     increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally 
     deficient bridges on the National Highway System, and for 
     other purposes (Rept. No. 110-482).
       By Mr. LIEBERMAN, from the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs, with an amendment:
       H.R. 390. A bill to require the establishment of a national 
     database in the National Archives to preserve records of 
     servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction 
     and to provide grants to State and local entities to 
     establish similar local databases.
       By Mr. DODD, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
     without amendment and with a preamble:
       S. Res. 598. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     Senate regarding the need for the United States to lead 
     renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in 
     conserving natural resources and preventing the impending 
     extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal 
     species.
       By Mr. DODD, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with 
     an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 1007. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to work 
     with the Government of Brazil and other foreign governments 
     to develop partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic

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     relations and energy security by accelerating the development 
     of biofuels production, research, and infrastructure to 
     alleviate poverty, create jobs, and increase income, while 
     improving energy security and protecting the environment.
       By Mr. DODD, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with 
     an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment 
     to the title:
       S. 2609. A bill to establish a Global Service Fellowship 
     Program, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. DODD, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
     without amendment:
       S. 3103. A bill to amend the Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
     nonproliferation Act to allow certain extraordinary payments 
     in connection with the International Space Station.
       S. 3426. A bill to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to 
     extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the 
     Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the 
     provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving 
     dependents on Foreign Service employees who die as a result 
     of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad.
       S. 3548. An original bill to approve the United States-
     India Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear 
     Energy, and for other purposes.

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