[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S4047]
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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. Specter):
       S. 1003. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the 
     quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency 
     departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by 
     establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that 
     affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing 
     for additional payments for certain physician services 
     furnished in such emergency departments, and by establishing 
     a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working Group, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 1004. A bill to make ineligible for Federal contract 
     awards any expatriated corporations and any companies that do 
     business with, or won foreign subsidiaries that do business 
     with, state sponsors of terrorism or foreign terrorist 
     organizations; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Pryor, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1005. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve 
     programs for veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1006. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to deny qualified dividend income treatment to certain 
     foreign dividends; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 1007. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to work 
     with the Government of Brazil and other foreign governments 
     to develop partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic 
     relations and energy security by accelerating the development 
     of biofuels production, research, and infrastructure to 
     alleviate poverty, create jobs, and increase income, while 
     improving energy security and protecting the environment; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 1008. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to 
     improve and strengthen the safety inspection process of 
     nuclear facilities; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1009. A bill to amend part A of title I of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 
     supplemental educational services, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Ms. Snowe, Ms. 
             Collins, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1010. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from 
     annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at 
     dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of 
     such payments; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1011. A bill to change the name of the National 
     Institute on Drug Abuse to the National Institute on Diseases 
     of Addiction and to change the name of the National Institute 
     on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to the National Institute on 
     Alcohol Disorders and Health; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Craig, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Chambliss):
       S. 1012. A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act 
     to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-
     purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to 
     consumers under such agreements, to provide certain 
     substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1013. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to encourage States to provide pregnant woman enrolled in 
     the Medicaid program with access to comprehensive tobacco 
     cessation services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
             Martinez, and Mr. DeMint):
       S. 1014. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide parental choice for those 
     students that attend schools that are in need of improvement 
     and have been identified for restructuring; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 1015. A bill to reauthorize the National Writing 
     Project; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1016. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to promote energy independence and self-
     sufficiency by providing for the use of net metering by 
     certain small electric energy generation systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Conrad)):
       S. 1017. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-competitive forward 
     contracts; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 1018. A bill to address security risks posed by global 
     climate change and for other purposes; to the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Chambliss, 
             and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1019. A bill to provide comprehensive reform of the 
     health care system of the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Stevens, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Allard, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1020. A bill to move toward energy independence through 
     a coordinated development of renewable energy sources, 
     including wave, solar, wind, geothermal, and biofuels 
     production; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 1021. A bill to address the exchange-rate misalignment 
     of the Japanese yen with respect to the United States dollar, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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