[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S2355]
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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. ALLARD:
       S. 699. A bill to prevent the fraudulent use of social 
     security account numbers by allowing the sharing of social 
     security data among agencies of the United States for 
     identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement 
     purposes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mr. Allard, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Reid, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Pryor, Mr. Craig, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 700. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
     provide a tax credit to individuals who enter into agreements 
     to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 701. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose a temporary oil profit fee and to use the proceeds 
     of the fee collected to provide a Strategic Energy Fund and 
     expand certain energy tax incentives, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 702. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to award 
     grants to State courts to develop and implement State courts 
     interpreter programs; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 703. A bill to expand the definition of immediate 
     relative for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 704. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     prohibit manipulation of caller identification information; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Thomas, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 705. A bill to amend the Office of Federal Procurement 
     Policy Act to establish a governmentwide policy requiring 
     competition in certain executive agency procurements, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 706. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to repeal the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 707. A bill to provide all low-income students with the 
     same opportunity to receive a Pell Grant by suspending the 
     tuition sensitivity provision in the Pell Grant program; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 708. A bill to promote labor force participation of 
     older Americans, with the goals of increasing retirement 
     security, reducing the projected shortage of experienced 
     workers, maintaining future economic growth, and improving 
     the Nation's fiscal outlook; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, and Mr. Craig):
       S. 709. A bill to promote labor force participation of 
     older Americans, with the goals of increasing retirement 
     security, reducing the projected shortage of experienced 
     workers, maintaining future economic growth, and improving 
     the Nation's fiscal outlook; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 710. A bill to reauthorize the programs for the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing 
     assistance for Native Hawaiians; to the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 711. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     expand the contribution base for universal service, establish 
     a separate account within the universal service fund to 
     support the deployment of broadband service in unserved areas 
     of the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 712. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and 
     transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common 
     cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mr. Bayh, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 713. A bill to ensure dignity in care for members of the 
     Armed Forces recovering from injuries; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 714. A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure 
     that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are 
     obtained legally; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Snowe, and 
             Mr. Vitter):
       S. 715. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide 
     expedited disaster assistance, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Martinez, 
             Mr. Smith, and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 716. A bill to establish a Consortium on the Impact of 
     Technology in Aging Health Services; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Leahy, and 
             Mr. Tester):
       S. 717. A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 
     2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and 
     Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States 
     additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization 
     to more rapidly produce tamper- and counterfeit-resistant 
     driver's licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties 
     by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated 
     rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century 
     licenses to improve national security; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 718. A bill to optimize the delivery of critical care 
     medicine and expand the critical care workforce; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Kennedy, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 719. A bill to amend section 10501 of title 49, United 
     States Code, to exclude solid waste disposal from the 
     jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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