[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12444]
[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. COLLINS:
       S. 3119. A bill to stimulate the economy by encouraging 
     energy efficiency, infrastructure and workforce investment, 
     and homeownership retention, and by amending the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to provide certain business tax relief 
     and incentives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 3120. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the income limitations for qualified performing 
     artists eligible for an above-the-line deduction for 
     performance expenses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Bayh, and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 3121. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to waive the penalties 
     for failure to disclose reportable transactions, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 3122. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     provide for the regulation of oil commodities markets, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. 
             Obama):
       S. 3123. A bill to require lobbyists who represent foreign 
     politicians or political parties and foreign entities to 
     register under Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3124. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to 
     establish a program to provide for workforce training and 
     education, at community colleges, in the fields of renewable 
     energy and efficiency, green technology, and sustainable 
     environmental practices; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 3125. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN:
       S. 3126. A bill to provide for the development of certain 
     traditional and alternative energy resources, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 3127. A bill to reauthorize the Select Agent Program by 
     amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural 
     Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve oversight 
     of high containment laboratories; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KYL:
       S. 3128. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in 
     planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system 
     project; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 3129. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation and to 
     increase transparency with respect to energy trading on 
     foreign exchanges conducted within the United States; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Menendez, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Obama, and Mr. 
             Reed):
       S. 3130. A bill to provide energy price relief by 
     authorizing greater resources and authority for the Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 3131. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     ensure the application of speculation limits to speculators 
     in energy markets, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 3132. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit for the capture and sequestration of carbon 
     dioxide from an industrial source; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Menendez):
       S. 3133. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     establish an annual production incentive fee with respect to 
     Federal onshore and offshore land that is subject to a lease 
     for production of oil or natural gas under which production 
     is not occurring, to authorize use of the fee for energy 
     efficiency and renewable energy projects, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 3134. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated 
     markets, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 3135. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to provide for the establishment of a production 
     incentive fee for nonproducing leases; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S.J. Res. 40. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States authorizing the 
     Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of 
     the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties 
     for that act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. Biden, Mr. Allard, Mr. Bennett, Mr. 
             Bunning, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Coleman, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Sununu, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Bingaman, and 
             Mr. Brown):
       S.J. Res. 41. A joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003; to the Committee on Finance.

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