[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 14, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S1958]
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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 Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mr. Biden, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Leahy, and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 579. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the Director of the National Institute of 
     Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
     development and operation of research centers regarding 
     environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of 
     breast cancer; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 580. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     require the Secretary of the Interior to update the 
     feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic 
     trails, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 581. A bill to amend the Buy American Act to increase 
     the requirement for American-made content, to tighten the 
     waiver provisions, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Reed, 
             and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 582. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year 
     property for purposes of depreciation; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 583. A bill to create a competitive grant program for 
     States to enable the States to award salary bonuses to highly 
     qualified elementary school or secondary school teachers who 
     teach, or commit to teach, for at least 3 academic years in a 
     school served by a rural local educational agency; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Smith, and Ms. 
             Landrieu):
       S. 584. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income 
     housing credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. 
             Harkin):
       S. 585. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint and issue coins in commemoration of Native Americans and 
     the important contributions made by Indian tribes and 
     individual Native Americans to the development of the United 
     States and the history of the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 586. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women 
     and children; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 587. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the Model T Ford Automobile 
     and the 100th anniversary of the Highland Park Plant, 
     Michigan, the birthplace of the assembly line, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Reid, and 
             Mr. Biden):
       S. 588. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to increase the Medicare caps on graduate medical 
     education positions for States with a shortage of residents; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 589. A bill to provide for the transfer of certain 
     Federal property to the United States Paralympics, 
     Incorporated, a subsidiary of the United States Olympic 
     Committee; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Allard, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. 
             Cantwell, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 590. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the investment tax credit with respect to solar 
     energy property and qualified fuel cell property, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 591. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to 
     adjust for inflation the allowable amounts of financial 
     resources of eligible households and to exclude from 
     countable financial resources certain retirement and 
     education accounts; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 592. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a manufacturer's jobs credit, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Dole, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 593. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a grant program to provide supportive services in 
     permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless 
     individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 594. A bill to limit the use, sale, and transfer of 
     cluster munitions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. 
             Menendez):
       S. 595. A bill to amend the Emergency Planning and 
     Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision 
     relating to modifications in reporting frequency; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 596. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of Internet 
     pharmacies; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. Hutchison, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Biden, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Thomas, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Burr, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Sununu):
       S. 597. A bill to extend the special postage stamp for 
     breast cancer research for 2 years; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Vitter, and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 598. A bill to require reporting regarding the disaster 
     loan program of the Small Business Administration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
             Vitter):
       S. 599. A bill to improve the disaster loan program of the 
     Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Collins, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 600. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish the School-Based Health Clinic program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Obama, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Carper, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Biden, Mr. Brown, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Leahy, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 601. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to require broker reporting of customer's basis in securities 
     transactions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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