[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2693-S2694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the 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. BURR (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 765. A bill to establish a grant program to improve high 
     school graduation rates and prepare students for college and 
     work; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Feingold, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Schumer):
       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; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
             Smith, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Specter):
       S. 767. A bill to increase fuel economy standards for 
     automobiles and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
             Smith, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Specter):
       S. 768. A bill to increase fuel economy standards for 
     automobiles and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Ms. 
             Collins, and Mr. Allard):
       S. 769. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to ensure that participants in the 
     Troops to Teachers program may teach at a range of eligible 
     schools; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 770. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to 
     permit participating households to use food stamp benefits to 
     purchase nutritional supplements providing vitamins or 
     minerals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 771. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
     improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by 
     updating the definition of ``food of minimal nutritional 
     value'' to conform to current nutrition science and to 
     protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch 
     and breakfast programs; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Feingold, 
             Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 772. A bill to amend the Federal antitrust laws to 
     provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions from 
     such laws that are contrary to the public interest with 
     respect to railroads; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Snowe, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Lott, and Mr. Sununu):
       S. 773. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health 
     insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction 
     for TRICARE supplemental premiums; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Craig, Mr. Leahy, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Obama, and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 774. A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to 
     determine State residency for higher education purposes and 
     to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
     status of certain alien students who are long-term United 
     States residents and who entered the United States as 
     children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mrs. 
             Clinton, and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 775. A bill to establish a National Commission on the 
     Infrastructure of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 776. A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational 
     Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain 
     former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special 
     Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational 
     illness compensation program; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 777. A bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on 
     certain payments made to vendors by government entities; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mr. Sanders):
       S. 778. A bill to amend title IV of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to authorize the 
     Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to 
     eligible entities to recruit, select, train, and support 
     Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows that will 
     strengthen expanded learning initiatives, 21st century 
     community learning center programs, and after-school 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 779. A bill to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and 
     Community Self-Determination Act of 2000; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PRYOR:
       S. 780. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     prohibit the unlawful acquisition and use of confidential 
     customer proprietary network information, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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           By Mr. PRYOR:
       S. 781. A bill to extend the authority of the Federal Trade 
     Commission to collect Do-Not-Call Registry fees to fiscal 
     years after fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LOTT:
       S. 782. A bill to designate the United States courthouse to 
     be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``Thad Cochran 
     United States Courthouse''; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 783. A bill to adjust the boundary of the Barataria 
     Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park 
     and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Ensign, and Mr. Bennett):
       S. 784. A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1982 to require commercial nuclear power plant operators to 
     transfer spent nuclear fuel from the spent nuclear fuel pools 
     of the operators into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at 
     independent spent fuel storage installations of the operators 
     that are licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to 
     convey to the Secretary of Energy title to all such 
     transferred spent nuclear fuel, to provide for the transfer 
     to the Secretary of the independent spent fuel storage 
     installation operating responsibility of each plant together 
     with the license granted by the Commission for the 
     installation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 785. A bill to amend title 4 of the United States Code 
     to limit the extent to which States may tax the compensation 
     earned by nonresident telecommuters; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Feingold):
       S. 786. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competition and 
     transparency among packers that purchased livestock from 
     producers; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.

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