[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 17, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4599-S4600]
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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. KYL (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Lott, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
             Smith, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             DeMint, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Chambliss, 
             Mr. Brownback, Mr. Craig, Mr. Allard, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 14. A bill to repeal the sunset on certain tax rates and 
     other incentives and to repeal the individual alternative 
     minimum tax, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Bingaman, 
             and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 1120. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents 
     in preventive medicine and public health; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 1121. A bill to authorize the cancellation of Perkins 
     Loans for students who perform public service as librarians 
     in low-income schools and public libraries; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska:
       S. 1122. A bill to improve the calculation of highway 
     mileage to medium and large hub airports, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 1123. A bill to provide an extension for filing a refund 
     for the excise tax on toll telephone service, and to provide 
     for a safe harbor for businesses claiming such a refund; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 1124. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and 
     access to tax lien information by providing for a national, 
     Internet accessible, filing system for Federal tax liens, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Hagel, Ms. Landrieu, and 
             Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1125. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide incentives to encourage investment in the 
     expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to 
     enhance modal tax equity; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LOTT (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
             Cochran):
       S. 1126. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to 
     monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, 
     water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       S. 1127. A bill for the relief of Alexandrea S. Banks 
     Desutter and Nicholas S. Banks Desutter; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Stevens, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. 
             Rockefeller):
       S. 1128. A bill to amend the National and Community Service 
     Act of 1990 to establish a Summer of Service State grant 
     program, a

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     Summer of Service national direct grant program, and related 
     national activities, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1129. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the definition of governmental plan with respect to 
     Indian tribal governments; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Snowe, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. 
             Rockefeller):
       S. 1130. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to restore, increase, and make permanent the exclusion from 
     gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal 
     services plans; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 1131. A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry 
     Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide 
     assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve 
     suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban 
     sprawl; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1132. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of 
     apparently wholesome food; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 1133. A bill to provide additional protections for 
     recipients of the earned income tax credit; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. 
             Brownback):
       S. 1134. A bill to maximize transparency and accountability 
     for direct appropriations to non-Federal entities, including 
     those instances when Congress appropriates funds to a Federal 
     agency specifically in order to contract with a 
     congressionally identified non-Federal entity; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       S. 1135. A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United 
     States Code, to establish fair procedures for arbitration 
     clauses in contracts; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1136. A bill to promote the economic security and safety 
     of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
     assault, or stalking, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 1137. A bill to authorize grants to carry out projects 
     to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.

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