[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14669-14670]
[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. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. 
             Mikulski):
       S. 3237. A bill to assist volunteer fire companies in 
     coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, 
             Mr. Allard, Mr. Salazar, and Mr. Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 3238. A bill to prohibit the importation of ruminants 
     and swine, and fresh and frozen meat and products of 
     ruminants and swine, from Argentina until the Secretary of 
     Agriculture certifies to Congress that every region of 
     Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease without 
     vaccination; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. 
             Menendez):
       S. 3239. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 
     from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of 
     existing leases who do not diligently develop the land 
     subject to the existing leases or relinquish the leases, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             Allard, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 3240. A bill to promote energy production and security 
     in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself and Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida):
       S. 3241. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort 
     Pierce, Florida, as the ``CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 3242. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on digital-
     to-analog converter boxes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. DeMint):
       S. 3243. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow expenses relating to all home schools to be 
     qualified education expenses for purposes of a Coverdell 
     education savings account; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 3244. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the Coverdell education savings accounts to allow 
     home

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     school education expenses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Cardin, and 
             Mr. Kerry):
       S. 3245. A bill to increase public confidence in the 
     justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic 
     disparities in the criminal process; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Ms. 
             Mikulski):
       S. 3246. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to set the standard 
     mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile for purposes 
     of the charitable contributions deduction; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3247. A bill to provide for the designation of the River 
     Raisin National Battlefield Park in the State of Michigan; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 3248. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     clarify the treatment of purchases of certain commodity 
     futures contracts and financial instruments with respect to 
     limits established by the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission relating to excessive speculation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 3249. A bill to restrict any State or local jurisdiction 
     from imposing a new discriminatory tax on mobile wireless 
     communications services, providers, or property; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 3250. A bill to disqualify any individual who engages in 
     or is convicted of human smuggling from operating a 
     commercial motor vehicle or holding a commercial driver's 
     license and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 3251. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and 
     the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize advance payments under the 
     supplemental revenue assistance program; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Tester, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Obama, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Sanders, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 3252. A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection 
     Act, to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer 
     disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 3253. A bill to provide for the administration of Port 
     Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the 
     National Park System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.

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