[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 542]
[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. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Specter, and Mr. 
             Leahy):
       S. 2533. A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible 
     state secrets privilege Act; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAYH:
       S. 2534. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King 
     Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Julia M. Carson 
     Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2535. A bill to revise the boundary of the Martin Van 
     Buren National Historic Site, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 2536. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting 
     certain debts to the United States in the case of veterans 
     who die as a result of a service-connected disability 
     incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs .
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 2537. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     cyclopentanone; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 2538. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     glyoxylic acid; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 2539. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a special depreciation allowance for certain 
     property placed in service during 2008 and 2009; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 2540. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
     provide expensing for certain property placed in service 
     during 2008 and 2009; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 2541. A bill to extend the provisions of the Protect 
     America Act of 2007 for an additional 30 days; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2542. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit 
     plan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Coleman, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Hagel, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Shelby, Mr. Thune, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. 
             Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 2543. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of 
     laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
     decisions; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Harkin, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, and 
             Mr. Brown):
       S. 2544. A bill to provide for a program of temporary 
     extended unemployment compensation; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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