[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3604]
[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. AKAKA:
       S. 2737. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     grant jurisdiction to the United States Court of Appeals for 
     Veterans Claims to review compliance of the schedule of 
     ratings for disabilities under section 1151 of that title 
     with statutory requirements applicable to entitlement to 
     disability compensation under chapter 11 of that title, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. COBURN:
       S. 2738. A bill to identify and remove criminal aliens 
     incarcerated in correctional facilities in the United States 
     and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 2739. A bill to authorize certain programs and 
     activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest 
     Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further 
     the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of 
     the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the 
     United States of America, to amend the Compact of Free 
     Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes; 
     read the first time.

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