[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7614]
[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. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 2951. A bill to require reports on the progress of the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs in addressing causes for 
     variances in compensation payments for veterans for service-
     connected disabilities; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 2952. A bill to improve food safety through mandatory 
     meat, meat product, poultry, and poultry product recall 
     authority, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to improve 
     communication about recalls with schools participating in the 
     school lunch and breakfast programs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 2953. A bill to provide for the development and 
     inventory of certain outer Continental Shelf resources, to 
     suspend petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2954. A bill to amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for 
     a temporary extension of progress authorized by the Farm 
     Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 2, 2008; 
     considered and passed.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 2955. A bill to authorize funds to the Local Initiatives 
     Support Corporation to carry out its Community Safety 
     Initiative; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Obama):
       S. 2956. A bill to ensure that persons who form 
     corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial 
     owners of those corporations, in order to prevent wrongdoers 
     from exploiting United States corporations for criminal gain, 
     to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and 
     punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct 
     involving United States corporations, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 2957. A bill to modernize credit union net worth 
     standards, advance credit union efforts to promote economic 
     growth, and modify credit union regularity standards and 
     reduce burdens, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Bond, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Thune, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Allard, and 
             Mr. McConnell):
       S. 2958. A bill to promote the energy security of the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Tester, and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 2959. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to require States to provide for election day registration; 
     to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 2960. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
     to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, to enhance 
     the role of State and local bomb squads, public safety dive 
     teams, explosive detection canine teams, and special weapons 
     and tactics teams in national improvised explosive device 
     prevention policy, to establish a grant program to provide 
     for training, equipment, and staffing of State and local 
     improvised explosive device prevention, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 2961. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance the refinancing of home loans by veterans; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2962. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve the provision of items and services provided 
     to Medicare beneficiaries residing in States with more cost-
     effective health care delivery systems; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
             Obama, Mr. Domenici, Mrs. Dole, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2963. A bill to improve and enhance the mental health 
     care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and 
     veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available 
     to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. Casey, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2964. A bill to require the United States Trade 
     Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive 
     practices against certain oil exporting countries; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 2965. A bill to require a report on the inclusion of 
     severe and acute Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among the 
     conditions covered by traumatic injury protection coverage 
     under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. DOLE:
       S. 2966. A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to 
     implement the First Sergeants Barracks Initiative (FSBI) 
     throughout the Army in order to improve the quality of life 
     and living environments for single soldiers; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. 
             Reid):
       S. 2967. A bill to provide for certain Federal employee 
     benefits to be continued for certain employees of the Senate 
     Restaurants after operations of the Senate Restaurants are 
     contracted to be performed by a private business concern, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2968. A bill to provide emergency assistance for 
     families receiving assistance under part A of title IV of the 
     Social Security Act and low-income working families; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 2969. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
     recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care 
     professionals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.

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