[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7621]
[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. VITTER:
       S. 2774. A bill to ensure efficiency and fairness in the 
     awarding of Federal contracts in connection with Hurricane 
     Katrina and Hurricane Rita reconstruction efforts; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 2775. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     on electrical radio broadcast receivers not combined with a 
     clock; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 2776. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     on electrical radio broadcast receivers combined with a 
     clock; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 2777. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     on hand-held radio scanners; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Gregg):
       S. 2778. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on ethanol; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 2779. A bill to amend titles 38 and 18, United States 
     Code, to prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under 
     the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at 
     Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. INHOFE (by request):
       S. 2780. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to advance cooperative 
     conservation efforts, to reduce barriers to the formation and 
     use of partnerships to enable Federal environmental 
     stewardship agencies to meet the conservation goals and 
     obligations of the agencies, to promote remediation of 
     inactive and abandoned mines, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Chafee, and Ms. 
             Murkowski):
       S. 2781. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment 
     works; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. TALENT (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Bond, and 
             Mr. Lugar):
       S. 2782. A bill to establish the National Institute of Food 
     and Agriculture, to provide funding for the support of 
     fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.

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