December 10, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S10881 

By Mr. KOHL, from the Special Committee 

on Aging: 

Special Report entitled ‘‘Recognition of 

Excellence in Aging Research Committee Report’’ (Rept. No. 110-527), pursuant to S. Res. 

89, Sec. 17(d), February 28, 2007, Resolution 

Authorizing a Study on the Problems of the 

Aged and Aging. 

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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 Ms. STABENOW (for herself and 

Mr. BROWN): 

S. 3725. A bill to promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, 

and for other purposes; to the Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. LEAHY: 

S. 3726. A bill to reauthorize the CrimeFree Rural States Grants program; to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. 

VOINOVICH): 

S. 3727. A bill to require the designation of 

the Federal building located at McKinley 

Avenue and Third Street, S.W., Canton, 

Ohio, as the ‘‘Ralph Regula Federal Building’’; to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works. 

By Mr. SANDERS: 

S. 3728. A bill to direct the Secretary of 

Transportation to waive non-Federal share 

requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 

2009; to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works. 

By Mr. DORGAN: 

S. 3729. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act 

to prohibit the imposition of a fee or tax for 

direct gaseous emissions by livestock; to the 

Committee on Environment and Public 

Works. 

By Mr. KOHL: 

S. 3730. A bill to expand, train, and support 

all sectors of the health care workforce to 

care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions. 

By Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. 

GRASSLEY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. DODD, 

Mr. BUNNING, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CARPER, 

and Ms. CANTWELL): 

S. 3731. A bill to amend the Emergency 

Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (division 

A of Public Law 110–343) to provide the Special Inspector General with additional authorities and responsibilities, and for other 

purposes; considered and passed. 

By Mr. REID: 

S.J. Res. 46. A joint resolution ensuring 

that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of 

State are those which were in effect on January 1, 2007; considered and passed. 

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SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND 

SENATE RESOLUTIONS 

The following concurrent resolutions 

and Senate resolutions were read, and 

referred (or acted upon), as indicated: 

By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. 

MCCAIN, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. SPECTER, 

Mrs. LINCOLN, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. LEAHY, 

Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. 

BAYH, Mrs. CLINTON, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. ENSIGN, and 

Mr. PRYOR): 

S. Res. 728. A resolution designating January 2009 as ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’; to 

the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mrs. 

BOXER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CARPER, Mr. 

WARNER, Mr. BINGAMAN, Ms. SNOWE, 

Mr. SALAZAR, Mrs. DOLE, and Mr. 

TESTER): 

S. Res. 729. A resolution expressing the opposition of the Senate to a proposed regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency, now under review in the Office of Management and Budget, that would undercut 

air quality protections established by Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 

1977 for national parks, national wilderness 

areas, national monuments, and national 

seashores; to the Committee on Environment 

and Public Works. 

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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 

S. 20

At the request of Mrs. CLINTON, the 

name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. KERRY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 20, a bill to prohibit the 

implementation or enforcement of certain regulations. 

S. 2063

At the request of Mr. CONRAD, the 

name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 

BAYH) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

2063, a bill to establish a Bipartisan 

Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to assure the economic security 

of the United States, and to expand future prosperity and growth for all 

Americans. 

S. 2510

At the request of Mr. THUNE, his 

name 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. 3484

At the request of Mr. SPECTER, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. LIEBERMAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3484, a bill to provide for 

a delay in the phase out of the hospice 

budget neutrality adjustment factor 

under title XVIII of the Social Security 

Act. 

S. 3656

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3656, a bill to preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare 

and Medicaid programs. 

S. RES. 725

At the request of Mr. VITTER, the 

name of the Senator from California 

(Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 725, a resolution acknowledging the accomplishments and 

goals of the Youth Impact Program. 

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STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED 

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS 

By Mr. LEAHY: 

S. 3726. A bill to reauthorize the 

Crime-Free Rural States Grants program; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I am 

pleased today to introduce the CrimeFree Rural States Reauthorization 

Act, a bill designed to help rural communities deal with a growing drug and 

crime problems made worse by the devastating recession we now face. 

This week the Senate is focused on 

passing a bill to authorize billions of 

dollars to bail out the automobile industry. Congress has already passed 

legislation providing for hundreds of 

billions of dollars to rescue the financial industry. These are difficult pieces 

of legislation, but we are trying to protect countless jobs and the economy as 

a whole. These efforts have done little, 

though, to help the millions of people 

in rural America, who have been hit as 

hard as anyone by the devastating effects of this recession, but will see few 

benefits from financial and corporate 

bailouts. 

We must help rural communities, and 

they especially need our help as they 

try to pull together to combat the 

worsening drug and crime problems 

that threaten the safety and well-being 

of too many in our small cities and 

towns and, most particularly, our 

young people. The Crime-Free Rural 

States Reauthorization Act will provide just this kind of help. 

I pushed for the original Crime-Free 

Rural States grant program. It was 

first authorized in 2002 and funded in 

2003. Like too many valuable programs 

to help local law enforcement and 

crime prevention, it was allowed to 

lapse under the Bush administration. 

The program provides grants for rural 

states to come up with a plan to help 

communities confront drug and crime 

problems and to offer training and assistance for local prevention programs 

and law enforcement. This program can 

help cash-strapped communities with 

assistance they desperately need. 

Last week, the Senate Judiciary 

Committee traveled to St. Albans, VT, 

to hear from the people of that resilient community about the persistent 

problem of drug-related crime in rural 

America, and about the innovative 

steps they are taking to combat that 

problem. The introduction of this bill 

is a small first step to apply the lessons learned in that hearing and in previous hearings in Vermont and elsewhere. 

Drug-related crime is not just a bigcity issue. As we heard in St. Albans 

last week and at a hearing in Rutland 

earlier this year, drugs and related 

crime are a growing problem in rural 

communities in Vermont and across 

the country. Fortunately, resourceful 

communities like St. Albans and Rutland are coming together to find innovative, community-based solutions to 

these complex problems. 

Of course, law enforcement continues 

to be an important component in our 

efforts to combat the scourge of drugs. 

There continues to be an urgent need 

for the Federal Government to support