[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2058]
[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. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Corker, and 
             Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2627. A bill to provide for a biennial budget process 
     and a biennial appropriations process and to enhance 
     oversight and the performance of the Federal Government; to 
     the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. ENSIGN:
       S. 2628. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to treat income earned by mutual funds from exchange-traded 
     funds holding precious metal bullion as qualifying income; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2629. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide Medicaid coverage of drugs prescribed for 
     certain research study child participants; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Kerry, 
             and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2630. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health 
     care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured 
     workers and families in the commercial fishing industry, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Bayh, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, 
             Mr. Burr, Mr. Byrd, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             Coleman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
             Dodd, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Martinez, Mr. McCain, Mrs. 
             McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Obama, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Stevens, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 2631. A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Daw 
     Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her courageous and 
     unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, 
     and democracy in Burma; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 2632. A bill to ensure that the Sex Offender 
     Registration and Notification Act is applied retroactively; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 2633. A bill to provide for the safe redeployment of 
     United States troops from Iraq; read the first time.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 2634. A bill to require a report setting forth the 
     global strategy of the United States to combat and defeat al 
     Qaeda and its affiliates; read the first time.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2635. A bill to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the 
     Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank 
     National Marine Sanctuary; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 2636. A bill to provide needed housing reform; read the 
     first time.

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