[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7769]
[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. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. Casey, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2976. 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 Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 2977. A bill to create a Federal cause of action to 
     determine whether defamation exists under United States law 
     in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in 
     foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of 
     publications or speech in the United States; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2978. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to 
     make technical corrections to the definition of willful 
     noncompliance with respect to violations involving the 
     printing of an expiration date on certain credit and debit 
     card receipts before the date of the enactment of this Act; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 2979. A bill to exempt the African National Congress 
     from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 2980. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve access to high quality 
     early learning and child care for low income children and 
     working families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 2981. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to provide a one-year period of protection against 
     mortgage foreclosures for certain disabled or severely 
     injured servicemembers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 2982. A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act 
     to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Isakson, and Ms. 
             Stabenow):
       S. 2983. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care 
     of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health 
     disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, 
     including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian 
     American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and 
     Alaskan Native communities; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. AKAKA (by request):
       S. 2984. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand and enhance veterans' benefits, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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