[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3054-3055]
[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. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 2688. A bill to improve the protections afforded under 
     Federal law to consumers from contaminated seafood by 
     directing the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program, 
     in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies, to 
     strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or 
     offered for sale to the public in or affecting interstate 
     commerce is fit for human consumption; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Bayh, and Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida):
       S. 2689. A bill to amend section 411h of title 37, United 
     States Code, to provide travel and transportation allowances 
     for family members of members of the uniformed services with 
     serious inpatient psychiatric conditions; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK:
       S. 2690. A bill to authorize the placement in Arlington 
     National Cemetery of an American Braille tactile flag in 
     Arlington National Cemetery honoring blind members of the 
     Armed Forces, veterans, and other Americans; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 2691. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Reform 
     and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to 
     provide enhanced agricultural input into Federal rulemakings, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2692. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the 
     Department of the Air Force for fiscal year 2009 $4,600,000 
     for the construction of an Aerospace Ground Equipment 
     Facility at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2693. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the 
     Department of the Air Force

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     for fiscal year 2009 $3,150,000 for additions and alterations 
     to a Flight Simulator Facility at Holloman Air Force Base, 
     New Mexico; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2694. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the 
     Defense Logistics Agency for fiscal year 2009 $14,400,000 to 
     replace fuel storage tanks at Kirtland Air Force Base, New 
     Mexico; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2695. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the 
     Department of the Air Force for fiscal year 2009 $1,050,000 
     for additions and alterations to Aircraft Maintenance Units 
     at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2696. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the 
     Department of the Air Force for fiscal year 2009 $14,500,000 
     for the alteration of a hangar at Holloman Air Force Base, 
     New Mexico, for the construction of a Low Observable 
     Composite Repair Facility; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2697. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the 
     Special Operations Command for fiscal year 2009 $18,100,000 
     for the construction of a Special Operations Force 
     Maintenance Hangar at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2698. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the 
     Department of the Air Force for fiscal year 2009 $2,150,000 
     for additions and alterations to a Jet Engine Maintenance 
     Shop at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 2699. A bill to require new vessels for carrying oil 
     fuel to have double hulls, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 2700. A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to 
     double liability limits for single-hull tankers and tank 
     barges for 2009, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska:
       S. 2701. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to establish a national cemetery in the eastern Nebraska 
     region to serve veterans in the eastern Nebraska and western 
     Iowa regions; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2702. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone 
     mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part B Program; 
     to the Committee on Finance.

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