[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 131 (Thursday, September 6, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S11213]
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. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden):
       S. 2020. A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest 
     Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2010, to rename 
     the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as ``The 
     Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007'', and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Coleman, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Vitter, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2021. A bill to provide $50,000,000,000 in new 
     transportation infrastructure funding through bonding to 
     empower States and local governments to complete significant 
     infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, 
     including roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, ports, 
     and inland waterways, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
             Mr. Conrad, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 2022. A bill to prohibit the closure or relocation of 
     any county office of the Farm Service Agency until at least 
     one year after the enactment of an Act to provide for the 
     continuation of agricultural programs for fiscal years after 
     2007; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 2023. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 805 Main Street in 
     Ferdinand, Indiana, as the ``Staff Sergeant David L. Nord 
     Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 2024. A bill to provide for interregional primary 
     elections and caucuses for the selection of delegates to 
     political party Presidential nominating conventions; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. AKAKA (by request):
       S. 2025. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify the eligibility criteria for special monthly pension; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. AKAKA (by request):
       S. 2026. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
     chapter 11, to clarify that an award of benefits based on a 
     regulatory presumption established pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 
     section 1116 after September 30, 2002, cannot be made 
     effective earlier than the date the regulatory presumption 
     was established; and to clarify that the presumption of 
     herbicide exposure provided by 38 U.S.C. section 1116(f) 
     applies only to veterans who served in Vietnam on land or on 
     Vietnam's inland waterways and not to those who served only 
     in waters offshore or in airspace above; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. AKAKA (by request):
       S. 2027. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
     chapter 5, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     establish and promote programs and activities honoring 
     veterans and to authorize the next of kin of a deceased 
     veteran to wear the veteran's awards and decorations under 
     certain circumstances; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2028. A bill to require the State of Louisiana to match 
     Federal funding to fully address the Road Home Program 
     shortfall; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2029. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for transparency in the relationship between 
     physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical 
     supplies for which payment is made under Medicare, Medicaid, 
     or SCHIP; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Obama (for himself and Mr. 
             Feingold)):
       S. 2030. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to require reporting relating to bundled 
     contributions made by persons other than registered 
     lobbyists; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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