[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17834-17835]
[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. WYDEN:
       S. 3418. A bill to prohibit discrimination in State 
     taxation of multichannel video programming distribution 
     services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 3419. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modernize the 
     disability benefits claims processing system of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the accurate and 
     timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their 
     families and survivors, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 3420. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to auction spectrum for a free and open access 
     wireless service; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 3421. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes 
     to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of 
     the Treasury for business purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 3422. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide for the establishment of a 
     traceability system for food, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 3423. A bill to provide for equity in the award of 
     military decorations and citations for service in the Armed 
     Forces since March 20, 2003, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 3424. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to clarify that matching funds are not required under the 
     State Homeland Security Grant Program or the Urban Area 
     Security Initiative; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Carper, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Biden):
       S. 3425. A bill to make effective the proposed rule of the 
     Food and Drug Administration relating to sunscreen drug 
     products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Akaka, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 3426. A bill to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to 
     extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the 
     Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the 
     provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving 
     dependents on Foreign Service employees who die as a result 
     of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Martinez, 
             and Mr. Vitter):

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       S. 3427. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for hurricane mitigation expenditures, 
     and to provide a credit for the increased insurance premiums 
     of certain homeowners as a result of hurricane events; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mrs. 
             Dole):
       S. 3428. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit against income tax to facilitate the 
     accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety 
     systems for commercial motor vehicles; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Feingold, 
             and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 3429. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
     provide for an increased mileage rate for charitable 
     deductions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COBURN:
       S. 3430. A bill to provide for the investigation of certain 
     unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes; read 
     the first time.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. 
             Bingaman, and Mr. Sanders)):
       S. 3431. A bill to establish expanded learning time 
     initiatives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Obama):
       S. 3432. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the enforcement of the Uniformed Services Employment 
     and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Voinovich, and Mr. Webb):
       S. 3433. A bill to ensure that any agreement with Iraq 
     containing a security commitment or arrangement is concluded 
     as a treaty or is approved by Congress; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 3434. A bill to combat organized crime involving the 
     illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of 
     selling those illegally obtained goods through physical and 
     online retail marketplaces; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Tester, and 
             Mr. Conrad):
       S. 3435. A bill to allow certain participants in the 
     conservation reserve program to participate in the critical 
     feed use program of the Secretary of Agriculture; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 3436. A bill to expand the eligible premium refund 
     opportunities for persons who, as a result of new mapping 
     data do not reside in a special flood hazard area; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3437. A bill to limit the use of certain interrogation 
     techniques, to require notification of the International 
     Committee of the Red Cross of detainees, to prohibit 
     interrogation by contractors, and for other purposes; to the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 3438. A bill to prohibit the use of funds for the 
     establishment of National Marine Monuments unless certain 
     requirements are met; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3439. A bill to provide for duty free treatment of 
     certain recreational performance outerwear, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 3440. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     enhance aviation safety; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 3441. A bill to provide certain requirements for the 
     siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied 
     natural gas import terminals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 3442. A bill to reauthorize the National Oilheat 
     Reliance Alliance Act of 2000, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 3443. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to update a program to provide assistance for the 
     planning, design, and construction of treatment works to 
     intercept, transport, control, or treat municipal combined 
     sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows, and to require 
     the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
     update certain guidance used to develop and determine the 
     financial capability of communities to implement clean water 
     infrastructure programs; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 3444. A bill to provide for upgrading security at 
     civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that 
     could be used to construct a dirty bomb; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 3445. An original bill to impose sanctions with respect 
     to Iran, to provide for the divestment of assets in Iran by 
     State and local governments and other entities, to identify 
     locations of concern with respect to transshipment, 
     reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items to 
     Iran, and for other purposes; from the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Smith, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Stevens, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3446. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to defer the tax on the gain on the sale of certain 
     telecommunications and media businesses, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 3447. A bill to reprogram $15,000,000 in savings in the 
     Jackson Barracks military construction to the Department of 
     the Interior for the Historic Preservation Fund of the 
     National Park Service for the purpose of restoring Jackson 
     Barracks to its pre-Hurricane Katrina status as a national 
     historic treasure; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 3448. A bill to reauthorize the Cane River National 
     Heritage Area Commission and expand the boundaries of the 
     Cane River National Heritage Area in the State of Louisiana; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 3449. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     study the suitability and feasibility of designating sites in 
     the Lower Mississippi River Area in the State of Louisiana as 
     a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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