[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 150 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12774-S12775]
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. GRAHAM:
       S. 2137. A bill to eliminate methamphetamine kingpins; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. AKAKA (by request):
       S. 2138. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish within the Department of Veterans Affairs the 
     position of Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, 
     and Construction, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 2139. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
     provide educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill 
     for members of the National Guard and Reserve who serve 
     extended periods of continuous active duty that include a 
     prolonged period of service in certain theaters of operation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 2140. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Francis Collins, in recognition of his outstanding 
     contributions and leadership in the fields of medicine and 
     genetics; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Durbin, Ms. Landrieu, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 2141. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention 
     and services program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 2142. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse 
     veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-Department of 
     Veterans Affairs facilities for such treatment until such 
     veterans are transferred to Department facilities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Obama, Mr. 
             Bingaman, and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 2143. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act to establish a program to improve the health 
     and education of children through grants to expand school 
     breakfast programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Thune, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Martinez, and Mr. 
             Bunning):
       S. 2144. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     conduct a study of feasibility relating to the construction 
     and operation of

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     pipelines and carbon dioxide sequestration facilities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. 
             Dorgan):
       S. 2145. A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act to ensure that Indian veterans are not liable for certain 
     health care payments; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mrs. 
             Clinton):
       S. 2146. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a 
     settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental 
     Environmental Projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Obama (for himself, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Byrd, and Mr. Kerry)):
       S. 2147. A bill to require accountability for contractors 
     and contract personnel under Federal contracts, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 2148. A bill to provide for greater diversity within, 
     and to improve policy direction and oversight of, the Senior 
     Executive Service; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 2149. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to 
     establish a program to provide incentives for projects to 
     produce synthetic gas, liquid fuels, and other products from 
     coal and other feedstocks while simultaneously reducing 
     greenhouse gas emissions and reliance of the United States on 
     petroleum and natural gas, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 2150. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4320 Blue Parkway in Kansas 
     City, Missouri, as the ``Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Cochran, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 2151. A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968 to authorize notations on flood insurance rate maps 
     for areas protected against 100-year and 500-year floods by 
     certified flood control structure; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Gregg, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Allard, 
             Mr. DeMint, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Dole, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. Burr, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 2152. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance 
     Program through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes; 
     read the first time.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 2153. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     enhance disclosure of the terms of home mortgage loans, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Thune, and Mr. 
             Conrad):
       S. 2154. A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain employment as 
     a member of a local governing board, commission, or committee 
     from social security tax coverage; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BYRD:
       S. 2155. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to 
     encourage the development of clean energy technologies for 
     deployment in markets abroad, to assist the Department of 
     Energy's promotion of research and development of clean and 
     efficient energy systems, to encourage the Department of 
     Energy and other Federal agencies to work together to improve 
     the advancement of sustainable energy use and reduce 
     greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Ms. 
             Cantwell, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 2156. A bill to authorize and facilitate the improvement 
     of water management by the Bureau of Reclamation, to require 
     the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to 
     increase the acquisition and analysis of water resources for 
     irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and environmental 
     uses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 2157. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to establish pilot programs in expanded 
     school attendance; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.

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