[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 59 (Thursday, April 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S4437]
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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. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Salazar, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Coleman, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Lincoln, 
             Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 1093. A bill to reward the hard work and risk of 
     individuals who choose to live in and help preserve America's 
     small, rural towns, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1094. A bill to reauthorize and provide additional 
     funding for essential agricultural research, extension, 
     education, and related programs, to establish the National 
     Institutes for Food and Agriculture as an independent agency 
     reporting to and coordinating with the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1095. A bill to require airports to screen all 
     individuals with access to the secure areas of an airport 
     upon arrival; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Akaka, and 
             Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 1096. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide certain housing benefits to disabled members of the 
     Armed Forces, to expand certain benefits for disabled 
     veterans with severe burns, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1097. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the award of a military service medal to members 
     of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War 
     era; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1098. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects 
     for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 1099. A bill to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to make individuals employed by the Roosevelt 
     Campobello International Park Commission eligible to obtain 
     Federal health insurance; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself, Mr. Sununu, Mrs. Dole, and 
             Mr. Martinez):
       S. 1100. A bill to address the regulation of secondary 
     mortgage market enterprises, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 1101. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act to improve energy standards for home appliances, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kohl, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1102. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to expedite the application and eligibility process for 
     low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug 
     program and to revise the resource standards used to 
     determine eligibility for an income-related subsidy, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Smith, and Mr. 
             Kerry):
       S. 1103. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to include costs incurred by the Indian Health Service, a 
     Federally qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance 
     program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer 
     patient assistance program in providing prescription drugs 
     toward the annual out-of-pocket threshold under part D of the 
     Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Smith, Mr. Levin, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
             Dodd):
       S. 1104. A bill to increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani 
     translators and interpreters who may be admitted to the 
     United States as special immigrants; considered and passed.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Specter, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Collins, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Levin, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bayh, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Casey, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             Mr. Inouye, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Salazar, and 
             Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1105. A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, 
     local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate 
     crimes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 1106. A bill to extend the additional duty on ethanol, 
     to require an investigation into certain ethanol imports, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Lincoln, 
             Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1107. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to reduce cost-sharing under part D of such title for 
     certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible 
     individuals; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1108. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide a special enrollment period for individuals 
     who qualify for an income-related subsidy under the Medicare 
     prescription drug program and to provide funding for the 
     conduct of outreach and education with respect to the premium 
     and cost-sharing subsidies under such program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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