[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S12988]
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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. HARKIN:
       S. 2173. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical 
     education; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2174. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 175 South Monroe Street in 
     Tiffin, Ohio, as the ``Paul E. Gillmor Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2175. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     regard to research on asthma, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Inouye, Ms. 
             Stabenow, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 2176. A bill to promote the development of Native 
     American small business concerns, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2177. A bill to prohibit the payment of individuals to 
     reserve a place in line for a seat for a lobbyist at a 
     congressional committee hearing or business meeting; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2178. A bill to expedite the adjudication of employer 
     petitions for aliens with extraordinary artistic ability; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 2179. A bill to authorize certain programs and 
     activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the 
     Interior, and the Department of Energy, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 2180. A bill to authorize certain programs and 
     activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest 
     Service, and the Department of Energy, and to amend the 
     Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for 
     other purposes; read the first time.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Bond, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 2181. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to protect Medicare beneficiaries' access to home health 
     services under the Medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 2182. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to mental health services; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 2183. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide grants for community-based mental health 
     infrastructure improvement; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. DOLE:
       S. 2184. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement 
     plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 
     days; read the first time.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 2185. A bill to permanently extend the current marginal 
     tax rates; read the first time.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Salazar, 
             and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2186. A bill to permit individuals who are employees of 
     a grantee that is receiving funds under section 330 of the 
     Public Health Service Act to enroll in health insurance 
     coverage provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
     Program; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2187. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for child care workforce 
     development initiatives, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Salazar, 
             Mr. Smith, Mr. Akaka, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2188. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a prospective payment system instead of the 
     reasonable cost-based reimbursement method for Medicare-
     covered services provided by Federally qualified health 
     centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to 
     account for expansions in the scope of services provided by 
     Federally qualified health centers since the inclusion of 
     such services for coverage under the Medicare Program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2189. A bill to provide for educational opportunities 
     for all students in State public school systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2190. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the inclusion of barbiturates and 
     bezodiazepines as covered part D drugs beginning in 2008; to 
     the Committee on Finance.

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