[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3625-3626]
[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. MIKULSKI:
       S. 2415. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase burial benefits for

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     veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 2416. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand the scope of programs of education for which 
     accelerated payments of educational assistance under the 
     Montgomery GI Bill may be used, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 2417. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton 
     Birthplace home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic 
     Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Lott):
       S. 2418. A bill to preserve local radio broadcast emergency 
     and other services and to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 2419. A bill to ensure the proper remembrance of Vietnam 
     veterans and the Vietnam War by providing a deadline for the 
     designation of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans 
     Memorial; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 2420. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to provide for payments for producing coastal States; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 2421. A bill to establish the Louisiana Hurricane and 
     Flood Protection Council for the improvement of hurricane and 
     flood protection in Louisiana; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. Lott):
       S. 2422. A bill to establish a Conservation and Habitat 
     Restoration Fund and to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     provide grants to States for coastal zone management, coastal 
     wetlands conservation, coastal land protection, and fisheries 
     habitat restoration, and to improve understanding of coastal 
     areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 2423. A bill to improve science, technology, 
     engineering, and mathematics education; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       S. 2424. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the contribution limits for health savings 
     accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 2425. A bill to apply amendments to the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act related to providing medical services in 
     underserved areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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