[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19713]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME

  The following bills were read the first time:

       H.R. 6842. To restore Second Amendment rights in the 
     District of Columbia.
       H.R. 6899. An act to advance the national security 
     interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on 
     oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel 
     technologies while building a bridge to the future through 
     expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, 
     revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry 
     and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair 
     return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, 
     ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and 
     facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, 
     and transportation sectors, and for other purposes.
       S. 3526. A bill to enhance drug trafficking interdiction by 
     creating a Federal felony relating to operating or embarking 
     in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without 
     nationality and on an international voyage.

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