S10486 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 2, 2008 

pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘Issuance of a Visa and Authorization for 

Temporary Admission into the United States 

for Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens Infected 

with HIV’’ (RIN1651–AA71) received on October 1, 2008; to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

EC–8239. A communication from the District of Columbia Auditor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Re-Certification of the Fiscal Year 2008 Total NonDedicated Local Source Revenues in Support 

of the District’s $327,905,000 General Obligation Bonds (Series 2008E)’’; to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

EC–8240. A communication from the District of Columbia Auditor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Letter Report: Audit of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B for Fiscal Years 2006 Through 

2008, as of March 31, 2008’’; to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

EC–8241. A communication from the District of Columbia Auditor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Comparative 

Analysis of Actual Cash Collections to the 

Revised Revenue Estimate Through the 2nd 

Quarter of Fiscal Year 2008’’; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

EC–8242. A communication from the Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA–3291–EM in the 

State of Mississippi; to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

EC–8243. A communication from the Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA–3294–EM in the 

State of Texas; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

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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 Mrs. DOLE: 

S. 3679. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include 

electricity produced from biomass for on-site 

use; to the Committee on Finance. 

By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. 

REID): 

S. 3680. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954 to provide for thorium fuel cycle 

nuclear power generation; to the Committee 

on Energy and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. REID: 

S. 3681. A bill to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

5070 Vegas Valley Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ‘‘Joseph A. Ryan Post Office 

Building’’; to the Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs. 

By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. CANTWELL, and Mr. STEVENS): 

S. 3682. A bill to provide incentives to 

small business concerns for innovative energy-efficient technologies and products, and 

for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND 

SENATE RESOLUTIONS 

The following concurrent resolutions 

and Senate resolutions were read, and 

referred (or acted upon), as indicated: 

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL): 

S. Res. 702. A resolution commending 

David J. Tinsley on his service to the United 

States Senate; considered and agreed to. 

By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. 

CRAPO, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

THUNE, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BINGAMAN, 

Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SMITH, Mr. OBAMA, 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. TESTER, 

Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. 

REID, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STEVENS, 

Mr. CRAIG, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SALAZAR, 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. 

FEINGOLD, and Mr. ENZI): 

S. Res. 703. A resolution designating November 2008 as ‘‘National Methamphetamine 

Awareness Month’’, to increase awareness of 

methamphetamine abuse; considered and 

agreed to. 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. OBAMA): 

S. Res. 704. A resolution congratulating the 

members of the United States Olympic and 

Paralympic Teams on their success in the 

2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic 

Games and supporting the selection of Chicago, Illinois, as the site of the 2016 Summer 

Olympic and Paralympic Games; considered 

and agreed to. 

By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, and Mr. VOINOVICH): 

S. Res. 705. A resolution expressing the 

sense of the Senate on the commitment of 

the United States to the preservation of religious and cultural sites and condemning instances in which such sites are desecrated; 

considered and agreed to. 

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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS ON 

OCTOBER 1, 2008 

S. 602

At the request of Mr. PRYOR, the 

name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 

NELSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

602, a bill to develop the next generation of parental control technology. 

S. 714

At the request of Mr. AKAKA, the 

name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 

OBAMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

714, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare 

Act to ensure that all dogs and cats 

used by research facilities are obtained 

legally. 

S. 766

At the request of Mrs. CLINTON, the 

name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 

WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

766, a bill to amend the Fair Labor 

Standards Act of 1938 to provide more 

effective remedies of victims of discrimination in the payment of wages 

on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. 

S. 826

At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the 

names of the Senator from New Mexico 

(Mr. BINGAMAN), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR), the Senator 

from Missouri (Mrs. MCCASKILL) and 

the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. LINCOLN) were added as cosponsors of S. 

826, a bill to posthumously award a 

Congressional gold medal to Alice 

Paul, in recognition of her role in the 

women’s suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women. 

S. 1376

At the request of Mr. LEAHY, his 

name was added as a cosponsor of S. 

1376, a bill to amend the Public Health 

Service Act to revise and expand the 

drug discount program under section 

340B of such Act to improve the provision of discounts on drug purchases for 

certain safety net provides. 

S. 1588

At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, the 

name of the Senator from Montana 

(Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 1588, a bill to amend the Public 

Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 

and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

to require that group and individual 

health insurance coverage and group 

health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child’s congenital or 

developmental deformity or disorder 

due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease. 

S. 2020

At the request of Mr. LUGAR, the 

name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 

SNOWE) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

2020, a bill to reauthorize the Tropical 

Forest Conservation Act of 1998 

through fiscal year 2010, to rename the 

Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 

1998 as the ‘‘Tropical Forest and Coral 

Conservation Act of 2007’’, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 2510

At the request of Mr. ISAKSON, the 

name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 

CORNYN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

2510, a bill to amend the Public Health 

Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening 

and evaluation of gynecologic cytology 

preparations, and for other purposes. 

S. 2736

At the request of Mr. KOHL, the name 

of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 

CASEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

2736, a bill to amend section 202 of the 

Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program under such section for supportive 

housing for the elderly, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 2908

At the request of Mr. THUNE, his 

name was added as a cosponsor of 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. 

S. 3140

At the request of Mr. WEBB, the name 

of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 

MENENDEZ) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 3140, a bill to provide that 4 of the 12 

weeks of parental leave made available 

to a Federal employee shall be paid 

leave, and for other purposes. 

S. 3484

At the request of Mr. SPECTER, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. DODD) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 3484, a bill to provide for a delay in 


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