[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7949]
[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 Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2985. A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
     Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to 
     correct a reference relating to a transit project in Orleans 
     Parish, Louisiana; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2986. A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
     Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to 
     modify the project description for a project for the city of 
     Lake Charles, Louisiana; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2987. A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act for 
     the 21st Century to modify the project description for a 
     highway project for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 2988. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     enhance public and private research efforts to develop new 
     tools and therapies that prevent, detect, and cure diseases; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 2989. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Alexander, and Ms. 
             Stabenow):
       S. 2990. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve access of Medicare beneficiaries to 
     intravenous immune globulins; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Leahy, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mrs. 
             McCaskill, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2991. A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil 
     companies and other entities accountable for their actions 
     with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes; 
     read the first time.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. 
             Schumer)):
       S. 2992. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance housing loan authorities for veterans and to 
     otherwise assist veterans and members of the Armed Forces in 
     avoiding the foreclosure of their homes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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