[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6138]
[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. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Hatch, 
             Mrs. Dole, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Sununu):
       S. 2868. A bill to amend title II of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act to replace the diversity visa lottery program 
     with a program that issues visas to aliens with an advanced 
     degree; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 2869. A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code 
     to clarify the scope of the child pornography laws and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 2870. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
     quality assurance activities with respect to the 
     administration of disability compensation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Salazar, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Smith, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2871. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     recodify as part of that title chapter 1607 of title 10, 
     United States Code, to enhance the program of educational 
     assistance under that chapter, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2872. A bill to amend titles II and XVI of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for treatment of disability rates and 
     certified as total by reason of unemployability by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of 
     such titles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 2873. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to establish a Corps of Engineers Board of 
     Appeals for permits for certain water storage projects, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 2874. A bill to amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United 
     States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the 
     Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the 
     request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense 
     policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the 
     only surviving child in a family in which the father or 
     mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces 
     and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, 
     died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a 
     captured or missing in action status, or is permanently 
     disabled, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 2875. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to provide grants to designated States and tribes to carry 
     out programs to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to 
     predation by gray wolves and other predator species or to 
     compensate landowners for livestock loss due to predation; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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