[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 13108-13109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              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. HAGEL:
       S. 3596. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit to certain concentrated animal feeding 
     operations for the cost of complying with environmental 
     protection regulations; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 3597. A bill to increase public access to the Statue of 
     Liberty; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 3598. A bill to clarify the effective date of the 
     modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of 
     part-time service before April 7, 1986, of certain Department 
     of Veterans Affairs health-care professionals; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 3599. A bill to establish the Prehistoric Trackways 
     National Monument in the State of New Mexico; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 3600. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow the allocation of the alternative fuel vehicle 
     refueling property credit to patrons of agricultural 
     cooperatives; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 3601. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety 
     of meat and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and 
     location of a meat or poultry product through a record-
     keeping and audit system or registered identification, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BUNNING:
       S. 3602. A bill to provide duty-free treatment for certain 
     parts of motor vehicles; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       S. 3603. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide economic incentives for the preservation of open 
     space and conservation of natural resources, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       S. 3604. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for coverage, as supplies associated with the 
     injection of insulin, of home needle destruction devices and 
     the disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail 
     or similar program under part D of the Medicare program; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3605. A bill to enable the Great Lakes Fishery 
     Commission to investigate the effects of migratory birds on 
     sustained productivity of stocks of fish of common concern in 
     the Great Lakes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 3606. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide fair payments for care provided in a hospital 
     emergency department; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself and Mr. Obama):
       S. 3607. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible 
     fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 3608. A bill to modify the boundary of Mesa Verde 
     National Park, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Bunning, 
             and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 3609. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician 
     pathology services under the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 3610. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain 
     Giardiniera prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar 
     or acetic acid in concentrations less than 0.5 percent; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 3611. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to participate in the implementation of the Platte River 
     Recovery Implementation Program for endangered Species in the 
     Central and Lower Platte River Basin and to modify the 
     Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 3612. A bill to amend the Federal antitrust laws to 
     provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions from 
     such laws that are contrary to the public interest with 
     respect to railroads; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 3613. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2951 New York Highway 43 in 
     Averill Park, New York, as the ``Major George Quamo Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 3614. A bill to provide comprehensive procedures for the 
     adjudication of cases involving unprivileged combatants; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 3615. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 
     the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health 
     and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Reed, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 3616. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in 
     multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Chafee, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Craig, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 3617. A bill to reauthorize the North American Wetlands 
     Conservation Act; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works .
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Jeffords, 
             and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 3618. A bill to establish the Champlain Quadricentennial 
     Commemoration Commission, the Hudson-Fulton 400th 
     Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 3619. A bill to provide for a feasibility study of 
     alternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central 
     Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities served by the 
     District; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Jeffords, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. Martinez):
       S. 3620. A bill to facilitate the provision of assistance 
     by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 
     cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 3621. A bill to permit certain local law enforcement 
     officers to carry firearms on aircraft; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 3622. A bill to authorize the President to negotiate the 
     creation of a North American

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     Investment Fund between the Governments of Canada, of Mexico, 
     and of the United States to increase the economic 
     competitiveness of North America in a global economy; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BUNNING (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
             Burns, Mr. Pryor, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Bond):
       S. 3623. A bill to promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 3624. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to enhance disproportionate share hospital treatment for 
     sole community hospitals under the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 3625. A bill to provide for the reliquidation of certain 
     entries of certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless 
     standard, line and pressure pipe from Romania; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 3626. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide estate tax relief and reform, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. OBAMA:
       S. 3627. A bill to prohibit the Department of Defense and 
     the Department of Energy from selling, distributing, or 
     transferring elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of 
     elemental mercury, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
             Kerry):
       S. 3628. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 3629. A bill to require a 50-hour workweek for Federal 
     prison inmates, to reform inmate work programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Stevens, and 
             Mr. Byrd):
       S.J. Res. 40. A joint resolution authorizing the printing 
     and binding of a supplement to, and revised edition of, 
     Senate Procedure; considered and passed.

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