[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14091-14092]
[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. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Coleman, 
             and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 3200. A bill to develop capacity and infrastructure for 
     mentoring programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Sununu, 
             and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 3201. A bill to reauthorize the Mosquito Abatement for 
     Safety and Health Act for mosquito-borne disease prevention 
     and control; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             Allard, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
             Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Corker, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mrs. Dole, 
             Mr. Domenici, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
             Martinez, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. Shelby, Mr. Specter, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Sununu, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, and Mr. 
             Wicker):
       S. 3202. A bill to address record high gas prices at the 
     pump, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 3203. A bill to prohibit the use of funds by the 
     Department of Defense on the KC-X tanker contract, and for 
     other purposes related to that contract; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Carper):
       S. 3204. A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to 
     establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of 
     passengers and crew on cruise vessels, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 3205. A bill to direct the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission to utilize all its authority, including its 
     emergency powers, to curb immediately the role of excessive 
     speculation in any contract market within the jurisdiction 
     and control of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on 
     or through which energy futures or swaps are traded, and to 
     eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or 
     unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, 
     or other unlawful activity that is causing major market 
     disturbances that prevent the market from accurately 
     reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy 
     commodities; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. 
             Kennedy):
       S. 3206. A bill to amend titles V, XVIII, and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to promote cessation of tobacco use under 
     the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, and the maternal 
     and child health services block grant program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Stevens, and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 3207. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry 
     permits from the State in which they reside to carry 
     concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed 
     carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of 
     the State; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 3208. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives for clean coal technology, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Stevens, 
             Mr. Voinovich, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Dole, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 3209. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964 to clarify the filing period applicable to charges of 
     discrimination, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 3210. A bill to establish the Centennial Historic 
     District in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Tester, 
             and Mr. Thune):
       S. 3211. A bill to amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, 
     Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability 
     Appropriations Act, 2007, to clarify eligibility for 
     livestock indemnity payments; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Bennett):
       S. 3212. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to provide for auditable, independent verification of 
     ballots, to ensure the security of voting systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 3213. A bill to designate certain land as components of 
     the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize 
     certain programs and activities in the Department of the 
     Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 3214. A bill to provide for a program for circulating 
     quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park 
     or other national site in each State, the District of 
     Columbia, and each territory of the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Ms. 
             Landrieu, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3215. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to enter 
     into cooperative agreements with private entities to share 
     the cost of obtaining construction and operating licenses for 
     certain types of recycling facilities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 3216. A bill to provide for the introduction of pay-for-
     performance compensation mechanisms into contracts of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs with community-based 
     outpatient clinics for the provision of health care services, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr.

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             Cornyn, Mr. Pryor, Mrs. Dole, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Carper, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 3217. A bill to provide appropriate protection to 
     attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work 
     product; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 3218. A bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer 
     groups to obtain criminal history background checks; 
     considered and passed.

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