[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. ____________________