[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6844-S6846]
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. SUNUNU (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 40. A bill to authorize the issuance of Federal charters 
     and licenses for carrying on the sale, solicitation, 
     negotiation, and underwriting of insurance or any other 
     insurance operations, to provide a comprehensive system for 
     the Federal regulation and supervision of national insurers 
     and national agencies, to provide for policyholder 
     protections in the event of an insolvency or the impairment 
     of a national insurer, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 1471. A bill to provide for the voluntary development by 
     States of qualifying best practices for health care and to 
     encourage such voluntary development by amending titles XVIII 
     and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide differential 
     rates of payment favoring treatment provided consistent with 
     qualifying best practices under the Medicare and Medicaid 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1472. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to create a Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North 
     Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to 
     achieve objectives relating to water supply, water quality, 
     and environmental restoration; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 1473. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
     acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to enter into a 
     cooperative agreement with the Madera Irrigation District for 
     purposes of supporting the Madera Water Supply Enhancement 
     Project; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 1474. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to plan, design and construct facilities to provide water for 
     irrigation, municipal, domestic, and other uses from the 
     Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, Santa Ana River, California, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1475. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Bay 
     Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. 
             Inouye):
       S. 1476. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct special resources study of the Tule Lake 
     Segregation Center in Modoc County, California, to determine 
     suitability and feasibility of establishing a unit of the 
     National Park System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Allard):
       S. 1477. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to carry out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the 
     State of Colorado; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Webb, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Obama, and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 1478. A bill to provide lasting protection for 
     inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1479. A bill to improve the oversight and regulation of 
     tissue banks and the tissue donation process, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 1480. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving 
     parents (known as ``Gold Star parents'') of members of the 
     Armed Forces who die during a period of war; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1481. A bill to restore fairness and reliability to the 
     medical justice system and promote patient safety by 
     fostering alternatives to current medical tort litigation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1482. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to conduct research on indicators of child well-
     being; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1483. A bill to create a new incentive fund that will 
     encourage States to adopt the 21st Century Skills Framework; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Salazar, and 
             Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 1484. A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to restore the Medicare treatment of 
     ownership of oxygen equipment to that in effect before 
     enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Feingold, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Craig, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 1485. A bill to impose tariff-rate quotas on certain 
     casein and milk protein concentrates; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1486. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules 
     for commodity payments and benefits; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Inouye, Mr. Obama, Mr. Brown, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1487. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to require an individual, durable, voter-verified paper 
     record under title III of such Act, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1488. A bill to amend the definition of independent 
     student for purposes of the need analysis in the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 to include older adopted students; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1489. A bill to provide for an additional place of 
     holding court in the western district of Washington; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 1490. A bill to provide for the establishment and 
     maintenance of electronic personal health records for 
     individuals and family members enrolled in Federal employee 
     health benefits plans under chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Obama, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Voinovich, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Brown, Mr. Nelson of 
             Nebraska, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 1491. A bill to amend the Agricultural Risk Protection 
     Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
     grants for the installation of E-85 fuel infrastructure, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Pryor, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1492. A bill to improve the quality of federal and state 
     data regarding the availability and quality of broadband 
     services and to promote the deployment of affordable 
     broadband services to all parts of the Nation; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1493. A bill to promote innovation and basic research in 
     advanced information and communications technologies that 
     will enhance or facilitate the availability and affordability 
     of advanced communications services to all Americans; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Baucus, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1494. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes 
     and Indians under that Act; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1495. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels 
     operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign 
     trades, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
             Grassley, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Craig, Mr. Casey, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Brown, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Allard, Ms. Collins, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Thune, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Tester, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Stabenow, and 
             Mr. Conrad):
       S. 1496. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     include pollinators in certain conservation programs; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 1497. A bill to promote the energy independence of the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 1498. A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
     to prohibit the import, export, transportation, sale, 
     receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign 
     commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife 
     species, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1499. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air 
     pollution from marine vessels; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. 
             Lugar):
       S. 1500. A bill to support democracy and human rights in 
     Zimbabwe, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BAYH:
       S. 1501. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to consolidate the current education tax incentives into one 
     credit against income tax for higher education expenses, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Nelson 
             of Nebraska, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1502. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, 
     and forest land to voluntarily make their land available for 
     access by the public under programs administered by States 
     and tribal governments; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 1503. A bill to improve domestic fuels security; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1504. A bill to revalue the LIFO inventories of major 
     integrated oil companies; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 1505. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the approval of biosimilars, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 1506. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to modify provisions relating to beach 
     monitoring, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 1507. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for drug and health care claims data release; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 1508. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and expand various tax incentives for production of 
     renewable energy and clean energy sources, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, and Mr. Martinez):
       S. 1509. A bill to improve United States hurricane 
     forecasting, monitoring, and warning capabilities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 1510. A bill to require the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to promulgate consumer product safety rules 
     concerning the safety and labeling of portable generators; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. 
             Snowe):
       S. 1511. A bill to promote the development and use of 
     marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1512. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to expand Federal eligibility for children in 
     foster care who have attained age 18; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. OBAMA:
       S. 1513. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to authorize grant programs to enhance the access of low-
     income African-American students to higher education; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 1514. A bill to revise and extend provisions under the 
     Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 1515. A bill to establish a domestic violence volunteer 
     attorney network to represent domestic violence victims; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 1516. A bill to provide environmental assistance to non-
     Federal interests in the State of Colorado; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ALLARD:
       S. 1517. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the distribution of a share of certain mineral 
     revenues to the State of Colorado, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Allard, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
             Bond, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Collins, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Brown, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1518. A bill to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 1519. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a transition to a new voluntary quality 
     reporting program for physicians and other health 
     professionals; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 1520. A bill to prohibit price gouging relating to 
     gasoline and diesel fuels in areas affected by major 
     disasters; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 1521. A bill to provide information, resources, 
     recommendations, and funding to help State and local law 
     enforcement enact crime prevention and intervention 
     strategies supported by rigorous evidence; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Craig, Mrs. 
             Murray, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. 
             Tester):
       S. 1522. A bill to amend the Bonneville Power 
     Administration portions of the Fisheries Restoration and 
     Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations 
     for fiscal years 2008 through 2014, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 1523. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce 
     emissions of carbon dioxide from

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     the Capitol power plant; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. 
             Voinovich):
       S. 1524. A bill to waive time limitations specified by law 
     in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Gary 
     Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor while a 
     helicopter crew chief and door gunner with the 1st Cavalry 
     Division during the Vietnam War; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Cantwell, 
             and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1525. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the energy efficient appliance credit for 
     appliances produced after 2007; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mr. Carper, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1526. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
     develop standards for general service lamps that will operate 
     more efficiently and assist in reducing costs to consumers, 
     business concerns, government entities, and other users, to 
     require that general service lamps and related products 
     manufactured or sold in interstate commerce after 2013 meet 
     those standards, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mr. Carper, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1527. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit for renovation and construction of 
     manufacturing facilities for incandescent lamps; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 1528. A bill to amend chapter 87 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to end the terrorizing effects of the sale of 
     murderabilia on crime victims and their families; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 1529. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to end 
     benefit erosion, support working families with child care 
     expenses, encourage retirement and education savings, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Biden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Dodd, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Byrd, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Levin, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Nelson of Florida, Mr. Obama, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Webb):
       S.J. Res. 14. A joint resolution expressing the sense of 
     the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer 
     holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American 
     people; read the first time.

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