[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1032]
[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:
       S. 2562. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 2563. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Azerbaijan; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2564. A bill to make certain reforms with respect to the 
     Government Accountability Office, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Sununu, and Mr. 
             Specter):
       S. 2565. A bill to establish an awards mechanism to honor 
     exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal 
     law enforcement officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
             Chambliss, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 2566. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home 
     purchases; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR:
       S. 2567. A bill to provide Federal reimbursement to State 
     and local governments for a limited sales, use, and 
     retailers' occupation tax holiday; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 2568. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities 
     in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain 
     conditions are met; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Tester, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, and 
             Mr. Obama):
       S. 2569. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to 
     make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers 
     for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection 
     and screening of, ovarian cancer; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 2570. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social 
     Security of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to 
     benefits based on disability in cases in which the 
     Commissioner determines that such waiting period would cause 
     undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Chambliss):
       S. 2571. A bill to make technical corrections to the 
     Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; 
     considered and passed.

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