[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24115]
[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. INHOFE:
       S. 3683. A bill to amend the Emergency Economic 
     Stabilization Act to require approval by the Congress for 
     certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Levin, and 
             Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3684. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual 
     income tax for interest in indebtedness and for State sales 
     and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain 
     motor vehicles; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 3685. A bill to prohibit the selling and counterfeiting 
     of tickets for a Presidential inaugural ceremony; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 3686. A bill to establish an Office of Foreclosure 
     Evaluation to coordinate the responsibilities of the 
     Department of the Treasury, the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development, the Federal Housing Administration, the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
     Corporation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and other 
     Federal Government entities regarding foreclosure prevention, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 3687. A bill to prohibit the admission of an alien who 
     was detained as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 
     unless the President determines that such admission is 
     consistent with the national security of the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 3688. A bill to provide for additional emergency 
     unemployment compensation, to amend the Emergency Economic 
     Stabilization Act of 2008 to authorize loans to automobile 
     manufacturers and component suppliers, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Byrd):
       S. 3689. A bill making supplemental appropriations for job 
     creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and 
     economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; read the first 
     time.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 3690. A bill to help struggling families stay in their 
     homes and to ensure that taxpayers are protected when the 
     Secretary of the Treasury purchases equity shares in 
     financial situations; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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