[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 1827-1828]
[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. SALAZAR:
       S. 2613. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain 
     amounts to the State of Colorado, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 2614. A bill to facilitate the development, 
     demonstration, and implementation of technology for the use 
     in removing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from 
     the atmosphere; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 2615. A bill to extend the Protect America Act of 2007 
     for 15 days; read the first time.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 2616. A bill to authorize certain programs and 
     activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the 
     Interior, and the Department of Energy, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Obama, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Webb, Mr. Tester, Mr. Craig, and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 2617. A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     2008, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-
     connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and 
     indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled 
     veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Brown, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 2618. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for research with respect to various forms of 
     muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, 
     Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss Facio-
     scapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal 
     muscular dystrophies; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COBURN:
       S. 2619. A bill to protect innocent Americans from violent 
     crime in national parks; read the first time.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Menendez, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2620. A bill to provide for a temporary increase of the 
     Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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