[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 154 (Friday, September 26, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9657-S9658]
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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. REID (for himself and Mr. Byrd):
       S. 3604. A bill making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for economic recovery for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; read 
     twice; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. 
             Hatch)):
       S. 3605. A bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer 
     groups to obtain criminal history background checks; 
     considered and passed.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 3606. A bill to extend the special immigrant nonminister 
     religious worker program and for other purposes; considered 
     and passed.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Brown, Mrs. 
             Dole, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Wyden, 
             Mr. Warner, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. Chambliss):
       S. 3607. A bill to reauthorize the memorial to Martin 
     Luther King, Jr; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Smith, and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 3608. A bill to establish a Salmon Stronghold 
     Partnership program to protect wild Pacific salmon and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 3609. A bill to amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
     Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to define environmental 
     intervention blood lead level, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Coleman, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Levin, Mr. Feingold, 
             and Mr. Casey):
       S. 3610. A bill to improve the accuracy of fur product 
     labeling, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 3611. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to improve the provision of rehabilitation services and 
     case management and targeted case management services under 
     the Medicaid program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Akaka, 
             and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3612. A bill to protect citizens and legal residents of 
     the United States from unreasonable searches and seizures of 
     electronic equipment at the border, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 3613. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide certain high cost Medicare beneficiaries 
     suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to 
     Independence at home services in lower cost treatment 
     settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care 
     developed by an Independence at Home physician or 
     Independence at Home nurse practitioner; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 3614. A bill to require semiannual indexing of mandatory 
     Federal food assistance programs; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 3615. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify the treatment of church pension plans, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 3616. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     provide for the licensing of Internet skill game facilities, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 3617. An original bill to amend the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     improve water and wastewater infrastructure in the United 
     States; from the Committee on Environment and Public Works; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 3618. A bill to establish a research, development, 
     demonstration, and commercial application program to promote 
     research of appropriate technologies for heavy duty plug-in 
     hybrid vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 3619. A bill to establish the Susquehanna Gateway 
     National Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Smith, and Mr. 
             Pryor):
       S. 3620. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to enable 
     States to carry out quality initiatives, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARTINEZ:
       S. 3621. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize extended benefits for certain autistic dependents 
     of certain retirees; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 3622. A bill to establish a grant program to promote the 
     conservation of the Great Lakes and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 3623. A bill to authorize appropriations for the 
     Department of Homeland Security for fiscal years 2008 and 
     2009, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 3624. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     require States and metropolitan planning organizations to 
     develop transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans to 
     reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation 
     sector, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 3625. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in New 
     City, New York, as the ``Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office 
     Building"; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 3626. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve access to health care through expanded health 
     savings accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 3627. A bill to improve the calculation of, the 
     reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school 
     graduation rates; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 3628. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious 
     accommodations in employment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 3629. A bill to create a new Consumer Credit Safety 
     Commission, to provide individual consumers of credit with 
     better information and stronger protections, and to provide 
     sellers of consumer credit with more regulatory certainty; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 3630. A bill to authorize a comprehensive program of 
     nationwide access to Federal remote sensing data, to promote 
     use of the program for education, workforce training and 
     development, and applied research, and to support Federal, 
     State, tribal, and local government programs; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 3631. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a State plan option under Medicaid to 
     provide an all-inclusive program of care for children who are 
     medically fragile or have one or more chronic conditions that 
     impede their ability to function; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 3632. A bill to combat predatory lending practices and 
     to provide access to capital to those living in low-income 
     and traditionally undeserved communities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 3633. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require country of origin labeling on 
     prescription and over-the-counter drugs; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 3634. A bill to reduce gun trafficking by prohibiting 
     bulk purchases of handguns; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 3635. A bill to authorize a loan forgiveness program for 
     students of institutions of

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     higher education who volunteer to serve as mentors; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 3636. A bill to amend title II of the Public Health 
     Service Act to provide for an improved method to measure 
     poverty so as to enable a better assessment of the effects of 
     programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Social 
     Security Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Hagel):
       S. 3637. A bill to provide for an annual comprehensive 
     report on the status of United States efforts and the level 
     of progress achieved to counter and defeat Al Qaeda and its 
     related affiliates and undermine long-term support for the 
     violent extremism that helps sustain Al Qaeda's recruitment 
     efforts, as carried out under a broad counterterrorism 
     strategy; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 3638. A bill to reauthorize the National Windstorm 
     Impact Reduction Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 3639. An original bill to protect pregnant women and 
     children from dangerous lead exposures; from the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       S. 3640. A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of 
     persons who have been released from incarceration; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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