[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10742-S10743]
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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. MARTINEZ:
       S. 13. A bill to temporarily extend increases in certain 
     home loan limits; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 16. A bill to provide for certain land to be held in 
     trust for the Burns Paiute Tribe; to the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 17. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 
     to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling 
     $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 
     10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in 
     benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security 
     Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 18. A bill to improve the authority of the Special 
     Inspector General charged with overseeing the Troubled Asset 
     Relief Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 19. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax 
     payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 20. A bill to prohibit the implementation or enforcement 
     of certain regulations; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 3709. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to expand the Rural Energy for America 
     Program to include schools in rural areas; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 3710. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
     to provide access to Medicare benefits for individuals ages 
     55 to 65, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 
     a refundable and advanceable credit against income tax for 
     payment of such premiums, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Hatch, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 3711. A bill to authorize a cost of living adjustment 
     for the Federal judiciary; considered and passed.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. 
             Domenici):
       S. 3712. A bill to make a technical correction in the Paul 
     Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and 
     Addiction Equity Act of 2008; considered and passed.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 3713. A bill to provide for the integration of the 
     Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and the 
     Great Lakes Naval Health Clinic, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 3714. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     ensure that all agreements,

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     contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are 
     carried out on a regulated exchange, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Bond, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Voinovich, Mr. Brown, Mr. Specter, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 3715. A bill to provide for emergency bridge loan 
     assistance to automobile manufacturers and component 
     suppliers; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Bunning):
       S. 3716. A bill to amend the Emergency Economic 
     Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343) to provide the 
     Special Inspector General with additional personnel, audit, 
     and investigation authorities; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 3717. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for 
     certain dental products; to the Committee on Finance.

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