[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5183-S5184]
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. HAGEL:
       S. 1225. A bill to establish a process for aliens who meet 
     certain conditions to be granted permanent resident status; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 1226. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to establish programs to improve the quality, 
     performance, and delivery of pediatric care; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1227. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish 
     carbon dioxide new source performance standards for new coal-
     fired electric generated units; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Obama):
       S. 1228. A bill to amend section 485(f) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 regarding law enforcement emergencies; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1229. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to provide for the application of mandatory minimum 
     maturity standards applicable to all domestic and imported 
     Hass avocados; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 1230. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a refundable credit for contributions to qualified 
     tuition programs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 1231. A bill to amend part A of title II of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 to enhance teacher training and teacher 
     preparation programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 1232. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to 
     develop a voluntary policy for managing the risk of food 
     allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-based 
     food allergy management grants, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 1233. A bill to provide and enhance intervention, 
     rehabilitative treatment, and services to veterans with 
     traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1234. A bill to strengthen the liability of parent 
     companies for violations of sanctions by foreign entities, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 1235. A bill to impose appropriate penalties for the 
     assault or murder of a Federal law enforcement officer or 
     Federal judge, for the retaliatory assault or murder of a 
     family member of a Federal law enforcement officer or Federal 
     judge, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1236. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 regarding highly qualified teachers, 
     growth models, adequate yearly progress, Native American 
     language programs, and parental involvement, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 1237. A bill to increase public safety by permitting the 
     Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the 
     issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or 
     suspected dangerous terrorists; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Webb):
       S. 1238. A bill to repeal certain provisions of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 2005, close tax loopholes, impose windfall 
     profits tax on major integrated oil companies, provide a 
     reserve fund for biofuels research and infrastructure, and 
     payments for low-income households; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Smith, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Dole):
       S. 1239. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the new markets tax credit through 2013, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
             Lautenberg):
       S. 1240. A bill to provide for the provision by hospitals 
     receiving Federal funds through the Medicare program or 
     Medicaid program of emergency contraceptives to women who are 
     survivors of sexual assault; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 1241. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify student housing eligible for the low-income 
     housing credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 1242. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and 
     Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to establish a 
     biofuel pilot program to offer crop insurance to producers of 
     experimental biofuel crops and a program to make loans and 
     loan guarantees to producers of experimental biofuel crops; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 1243. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for 
     nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of age; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Mr. Obama, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Biden, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Casey, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 1244. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase 
     protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for 
     certain violators, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. 
             Warner):
       S. 1245. A bill to reform mutual aid agreements for the 
     National Capitol Region; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.


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  On Page S5183, April 26, 2007, the following appears: ``S. 1245. 
A bill to reform mutual aid agreements for the National Capitol 
Region; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions.''
  
  The online version was corrected to read: ``S. 1245. A bill to 
reform mutual aid agreements for the National Capitol Region; to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


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           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. 
             Akaka):
       S. 1246. A bill to establish and maintain a wildlife global 
     animal information network for surveillance internationally 
     to combat the growing threat of emerging diseases that 
     involve wild animals, such as bird flu, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 1247. A bill to amend the Weir Farm National Historic 
     Site Establishment Act of 1990 to limit the development of 
     any property acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for 
     the development of visitor and administrative facilities for 
     the Weir Farm National Historic Site, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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