[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22737]
[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. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 4083. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to require reporting of quality measures by hospitals in 
     order to reduce medication errors; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 4084. A bill to authorize the implementation of the San 
     Joaquin River Restoration Settlement; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 4085. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the rate of the excise tax on certain wooden 
     arrows; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 4086. A bill to improve data collection efforts with 
     respect to the safety of pregnant women and unborn children 
     in motor vehicle crashes, provide for research and 
     development of appropriate countermeasures, educate the 
     public regarding motor vehicle safety risks affecting 
     pregnant women and unborn children, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Allard):
       S. 4087. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
     provide a tax credit to individuals who enter into agreements 
     to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 4088. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, 
     Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment facility; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 4089. A bill to modernize and expand the reporting 
     requirements relating to child pornography, to expand 
     cooperation in combating child pornography, to require 
     convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 4090. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the 
     Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
     reimburse State and local law enforcement agencies for any 
     expenditures or compensation of personnel and use or 
     consumption of materials and facilities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 4091. A bill to provide authority for restoration of the 
     Social Security Trust Funds from the effects of a clerical 
     error, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 4092. A bill to clarify certain land use in Jefferson 
     County, Colorado; considered and passed.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Bond, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Biden):
       S. 4093. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to extend a suspension of limitation 
     on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for 
     guaranteed assistance; considered and passed.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 4094. A bill to extend the period in which States may 
     spend funds from the additional allotments provided to States 
     under the Social Services Block Grant program for necessary 
     expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and 
     other hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 4095. A bill to extend the period in which the State of 
     Louisiana may spend funds from the additional allotment 
     provided to the State under the Social Services Block Grant 
     program for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
     Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico 
     in 2005; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mr. DeWine, 
             Mr. Levin, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Jeffords):
       S. 4096. A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to 
     operate and maintain as a system the Chicago sanitary and 
     ship canal dispersal barriers to prevent the spread of 
     aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes, and to 
     determine the feasibility of a dispersal barrier project at 
     the Lake Champlain Canal, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, and 
             Mr. Vitter):
       S. 4097. A bill to improve the disaster loan program of the 
     Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. DeWine):
       S. 4098. A bill to improve the process for the development 
     of needed pediatric medical devices; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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