[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6870]
[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. HARKIN:
       S. 2903. A bill to amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for 
     a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm 
     Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond April 25, 
     2008; considered and passed.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2904. A bill to improve Federal agency awards and 
     oversight of contracts and assistance and to strengthen 
     accountability of the Government-wide suspension and 
     debarment system; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2905. A bill to require disclosure by Federal 
     contractors of certain violations relating to the award or 
     performance of Federal contracts; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2906. A bill to require a report on invasive 
     agricultural pests and diseases and sanitary and 
     phytosanitary barriers to trade before initiating 
     negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 2907. A bill to establish uniform administrative and 
     enforcement procedures and penalties for the enforcement of 
     the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and 
     similar statutes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 2908. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to prohibit the display of Social Security account 
     numbers on Medicare cards; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2909. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     provide for the study of the Western States Trail; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2910. A bill to require brokers to disclose and pay 
     independent truckers for any fuel surcharges received from 
     shippers that relate to fuel costs paid for by the truckers; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 2911. A bill to improve vaccination rates among 
     children; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2912. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit certain interstate conduct relating to exotic 
     animals; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2913. A bill to provide a limitation on judicial 
     remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan 
     works; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 2914. A bill to ensure the safety of seafood and seafood 
     products being imported into the United States; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2915. A bill to require the Commissioner of Social 
     Security to issue uniform standards for the method for 
     truncation of social security account numbers in order to 
     protect such numbers from being used in the perpetration of 
     fraud or identity theft and to provide for a prohibition on 
     the display to the general public on the Internet of social 
     security account numbers by State and local governments, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2916. A bill to ensure greater transparency in the 
     Federal contracting process, and to help prevent contractors 
     that violate criminal laws from obtaining Federal contracts; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 2917. A bill to strengthen sanctions against the 
     Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to 
     address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to 
     establish a program to support a transition to a 
     democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Durbin, 
             and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 2918. A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal 
     rights and remedies under civil rights statutes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Thune, Mr. Pryor, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2919. A bill to promote the accurate transmission of 
     network traffic identification information; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2920. A bill to reauthorize and improve the financing 
     and entrepreneurial development programs of the Small 
     Business Administration, and for other purposes; read the 
     first time.

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