[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14732]
[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. HATCH (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 3254. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow banks to be taxed as limited liability companies, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 3255. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     provide for the oversight of large trades of over-the-counter 
     energy and agricultural contracts to prevent price 
     manipulation and excessive speculation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 3256. A bill to provide a supplemental funding source 
     for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression 
     activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest 
     System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland 
     fire management strategy, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Hagel):
       S. 3257. A bill to extend immigration programs to promote 
     legal immigration and for other purposes; read the first 
     time.

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