[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 5977]
[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. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 2855. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to adjust the dollar amounts used to calculate the credit for 
     the elderly and the permanently disabled for inflation since 
     1985; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 2856. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current 
     income tax system; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Allard):
       S. 2857. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the distribution of a share of certain mineral 
     revenues, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Smith, 
             and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 2858. A bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment 
     Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues 
     associated with recruitment, retention, research, and 
     reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. WEBB (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2859. A bill to amend the Family Educational Rights and 
     Privacy Act of 1974 to clarify limits on disclosure of 
     student health records, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Martinez):
       S. 2860. A bill to diminish predatory lending by enhancing 
     appraisal quality and standards, to improve appraisal 
     oversight, to ensure mortgage appraiser independence, to 
     provide for enhanced remedies and enforcement, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 2861. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prohibit the imposition of a separate fee for electronic 
     filing of returns and statements for individuals, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2862. A bill to provide for National Science Foundation 
     and National Aeronautics and Space Administration utilization 
     of the Arecibo Observatory; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 2863. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell 
     research expenditures; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 2864. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     include improvement in quality of life in the objectives of 
     training and rehabilitation for veterans with service-
     connected disabilities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Kennedy):
       S. 2865. A bill to permit qualified withdrawals from a 
     capital construction fund account under chapter 535 of title 
     46, United States Code, for gear or equipment required for 
     fishery conservation or safety of life at sea without regard 
     to the minimum cost requirement established by regulation; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2866. A bill to require greater disclosure of senior 
     corporate officer compensation, to empower shareholders and 
     investors to protect themselves from fraud, to limit 
     conflicts of interest in determining senior corporate officer 
     compensation, to ensure integrity in Federal contracting, to 
     close corporate tax loopholes utilized to subsidize senior 
     corporate officer compensation, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 2867. A bill to authorize additional resources to 
     identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled 
     into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking 
     organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.

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