[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2289-2290]
[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. HAGEL:
       S. 2637. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to 
     encourage the continued use of the property for farming, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 2638. A bill to change the date for regularly scheduled 
     Federal elections and establish polling place hours; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2639. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for an assured adequate level of funding for veterans 
     health care; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 2640. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance and improve insurance, housing, labor and education, 
     and other benefits for veterans, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 2641. A bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to improve the transparency of information on 
     skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to 
     clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of 
     requirements with respect to such facilities; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Snowe, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 2642. A bill to establish a national renewable energy 
     standard, to extend and create renewable energy tax 
     incentives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Biden, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Gregg):
       S. 2643. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
     promulgate regulations to control hazardous air pollutant 
     emissions from electric utility steam generating units; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 2644. A bill to clarify and improve information for 
     members and former members of the Armed Forces on upgrades of 
     discharge, to prohibit personality disorder discharges in 
     cases of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain 
     injury, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. STEVENS:
       S. 2645. A bill to require the Commandant of the Coast 
     Guard, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Commerce 
     for Oceans and Atmosphere, to conduct an evaluation and 
     review of certain vessel discharges; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 2646. A bill for the relief of Thomas Stephen Long, 
     Patricia Merryl Long, Stephanie Bianca Long, and Chelsea Ann 
     Long; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 2647. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on fan 
     assisted, plug-in, scented oil dispensing, electrothermic 
     appliances; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2648. A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998 to improve programs

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     carried out through youth opportunity grants, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       S. 2649. A bill to allow an income tax exception to 
     limitations on personal casualty losses for losses occurring 
     in tornado disaster areas; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Stabenow, and Mrs. 
             Hutchison):
       S. 2650. A bill to provide for a 5-year carryback of 
     certain net operating losses and to suspend the 90 percent 
     alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating 
     losses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 2651. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to make 
     technical corrections to the renewable fuel standard; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Stevens, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Dole, 
             Mr. Graham, and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 2652. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to 
     make a grant to the National World War II Museum Foundation 
     for facilities and programs of America's National World War 
     II Museum; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2653. A bill to further United States security by 
     restoring and enhancing the competitiveness of the United 
     States for international students, scholars, scientists, and 
     exchange visitors and by facilitating business travel to the 
     United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. 
             Chambliss):
       S. 2654. A bill to provide for enhanced reimbursement of 
     servicemembers and veterans for certain travel expenses; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.

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