[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 178 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14618-S14619]
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. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 2376. A bill to establish a demonstration project to 
     provide for patient-centered medical homes to improve the 
     effectiveness and efficiency in providing medical assistance 
     under the Medicaid program and child health assistance under 
     the State Children's Health Insurance Program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Obama):
       S. 2377. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the quality of care provided to veterans in 
     Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, to 
     encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill 
     positions in such medical facilities, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ROBERTS:
       S. 2378. A bill to authorize the voluntary purchase of 
     certain properties in Treece, Kansas, endangered by the 
     Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2379. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Interior to 
     cancel certain grazing leases on land in Cascade-Siskiyou 
     National Monument that are voluntarily waived by the lessees, 
     to provide for the exchange of certain Monument land in 
     exchange for private land, to designate certain Monument land 
     as wilderness, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2380. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modernize the application of the subpart F rules to 
     computer software, to expand the subpart F de minimis rule, 
     and to extend certain expiring provisions; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2381. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to extend and improve protections for sole community 
     hospitals under the Medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR:
       S. 2382. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency to quickly and fairly address the 
     abundance of surplus manufactured housing units sot red by 
     the Federal Government around the country at taxpayer 
     expense; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 2383. A bill to require a pilot program on the mobile 
     provision of care and services for veterans in rural areas by 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 2384. A bill to authorize the Chief of Engineers to 
     conduct a feasibility study relating to the construction of a 
     multipurpose project in the Fountain Creek watershed located 
     in the State of Colorado; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 2385. A bill to provide Federal Perkins Loan 
     cancellation to fire fighters; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 2386. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, to authorize temporary 
     mortgage and rental payments; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 2387. A bill to establish guidelines and incentives for 
     States to establish arsonist registries and to require the 
     Attorney General to establish a national arsonist registry 
     and notification program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 2388. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, to increase the maximum 
     amount of assistance to individuals and households; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. 
             Lieberman):
       S. 2389. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the alternative minimum tax credit amount for 
     individuals with long-term unused credits for prior year 
     minimum tax liability, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2390. A bill to promote fire-safe communities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 2391. A bill to provide for affordable housing relief, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. OBAMA:
       S. 2392. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     establish and maintain a public website through which 
     individuals may find a complete database of available 
     scholarships, fellowships, and other programs of financial 
     assistance in the study of science, technology, engineering, 
     and mathematics; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 2393. A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 
     hijackers to obtain credit

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     cards from United States banks that financed their terrorist 
     activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain 
     credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2394. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and 
     access to tax lien information by providing for a national, 
     Internet accessible, filing system for Federal tax liens, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 2395. A bill to establish an adoption process 
     improvement pilot program; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Lott, 
             and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 2396. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to modernize the quality improvement organization (QIO) 
     program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2397. A bill to amend the Financial Institutions Reform, 
     Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to preserve and expand 
     minority depository institutions, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 2398. A bill to phase out the use of private military 
     contractors; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2399. A bill to expand and improve housing counseling 
     services by increasing financial education and counseling 
     services available to homeowners and prospective homebuyers 
     in financial turmoil or who seek credit or other personal 
     financial assistance, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Dodd):
       S.J. Res. 25. A joint resolution providing for the 
     appointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.

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