[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1830]
[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 Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Lott):
       S. 2287. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase and permanently extend the expensing of certain 
     depreciable business assets for small businesses; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2288. A bill to modernize water resources planning, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. BUNNING:
       S. 2289. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to increase the per resident payment floor for direct 
     graduate medical education payments under the Medicare 
     program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Talent):
       S. 2290. A bill to provide for affordable natural gas by 
     rebalancing domestic supply and demand and to promote the 
     production of natural gas from domestic resources; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, and 
             Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2291. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     biodefense injury compensation program and to provide 
     indemnification for producers of countermeasures; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Chambliss, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2292. A bill to provide relief for the Federal judiciary 
     from excessive rent charges; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       S. J. Res. 31. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to require a 
     balancing of the budget; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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