[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 194 (Tuesday, December 18, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15910-S15911]
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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. REID (for Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Specter, 
             Mr. Graham, and Mr. Cardin)):
       S. 2495. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, and 
     the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure with respect to bail 
     bond forfeitures; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 2496. A bill to amend title II of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enhance teaching standards 
     and provide for license portability; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR:
       S. 2497. A bill to ensure that families of members of the 
     National Guard and Reserve have full access to mental health 
     care during the mobilization, deployment, and demobilization 
     of such members, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 2498. A bill to authorize the minting of a coin to 
     commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Santa 
     Fe, New Mexico, to occur in 2010; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 2499. A bill to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the 
     Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, 
     Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes; 
     considered and passed.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             and Mr. Corker):
       S. 2500. A bill to provide fair compensation to artists for 
     use of their sound recordings; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Reed, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Inouye, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 2501. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to protect 
     Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA); to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 2502. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     memorial within Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on 
     the island of Molokai, in the State of Hawaii, to honor and 
     perpetuate the memory of those individuals who were forcibly 
     relocated to the

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     Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 2503. A bill to exclude from admission to the United 
     States aliens who have directly and significantly contributed 
     to the ability of Cuba to develop its petroleum resources, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Hagel, Mr. Corker, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Obama, and 
             Mr. Tester):
       S. 2504. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association 
     of America, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 2505. A bill to allow employees of a commercial 
     passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a 
     bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an 
     individual retirement plan, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 2506. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act to modify a provision relating to the Northeast Home 
     Heating Oil Reserve Account; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 2507. A bill to address the digital television 
     transition in border states; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 2508. A bill to provide for a study of options for 
     protecting the open space characteristics of certain lands in 
     and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in 
     Colorado, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and 
             Mr. Hagel):
       S. 2509. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     prevent the enforcement of certain national primary drinking 
     water regulations unless sufficient funding is available or 
     variance technology has been identified; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 2510. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening 
     and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Shelby, 
             Ms. Mikulski, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 2511. A bill to amend the grant program for law 
     enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver of or 
     reduction in the matching funds requirement in the case of 
     fiscal hardship; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COCHRAN:
       S. 2512. A bill to establish the Mississippi Delta National 
     Heritage Area in the State of Mississippi, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 2513. A bill to modify the boundary of the Minute Man 
     National Historical Park, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2514. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage 
     and to ensure that increases in the Federal minimum wage keep 
     pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2515. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a comprehensive national system for skilled 
     construction workers to assist first responders in disasters; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 2516. A bill to assist members of the Armed Forces in 
     obtaining United States citizenship, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 2517. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that the proceeds of qualified mortgage bonds may 
     be used to provide refinancing for subprime loans, to provide 
     a temporary increase in the volume cap for qualified mortgage 
     bonds, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK:
       S. 2518. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify the individual income tax by providing an 
     election for eligible individuals to only be subject to a 
     simple, low-rate tax system on gross income with an 
     individual tax credit, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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