[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6441]
[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. DODD:
       S. 2894. An original bill to establish requirements for 
     private lenders to protect student borrowers receiving 
     private educational loans, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; placed on 
     the calendar.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Brown, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2895. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to maintain eligibility, for Federal PLUS loans, of borrowers 
     who are 90 or more days delinquent on mortgage loan payments, 
     or for whom foreclosure proceedings have been initiated, with 
     respect to their primary residence; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 2896. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a temporary reduction in the tax imposed on 
     diesel fuel; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 2897. A bill for the relief of Ross E. Lay of Haiku, 
     Hawaii; to the Committee on Finance.

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