[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13439]
[From the U.S. 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. GREGG (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Domenici, Mr. Allard, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Craig, 
             Mr. Sununu, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Isakson, Mrs. Dole, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Voinovich, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Lott):
       S. 15. A bill to establish a new budget process to create a 
     comprehensive plan to rein in spending, reduce the deficit, 
     and regain control of the Federal budget process; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 31. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to reduce fraud in certain visa programs for aliens working 
     temporarily in the United States; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 32. A bill to reform the acquisition process of the 
     Department of Defense, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 33. A bill to redesignate the Office for Vocational and 
     Adult Education as the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult 
     Education; considered and passed.
           By Mr. ENZI:
       S. 34. A bill to promote simplification and fairness in the 
     administration and collection of sales and use taxes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 35. A bill to amend section 7209 of the Intelligence 
     Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 1444. A bill to provide for free mailing privileges for 
     personal correspondence and parcels sent to members of the 
     Armed Forces serving on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 1445. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, 
     research, and medical management referral program for 
     hepatitis C virus infection; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Warner, 
             and Mr. Webb):
       S. 1446. A bill to amend the National Capital 
     Transportation Act of 1969 to authorize additional Federal 
     contributions for maintaining and improving the transit 
     system of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 1447. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     require the Secretary of Agriculture to make decisions 
     relating to proposed amendments to milk marketing orders not 
     later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary 
     holds a hearing; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1448. A bill to extend the same Federal benefits to law 
     enforcement officers serving private institutions of higher 
     education and rail carriers that apply to law enforcement 
     officers serving units of State and local government; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Allard):
       S. 1449. A bill to establish the Rocky Mountain Science 
     Collections Center to assist in preserving the archeological, 
     anthropological, paleontological, zoological, and geologic 
     artifacts and archival documentation from the Rocky Mountain 
     region through the construction of an on-site, secure 
     collections facility for the Denver Museum of Nature and 
     Science in Denver, Colorado; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1450. A bill to authorize appropriations for the Housing 
     Assistance Council; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 1451. A bill to encourage the development of coordinated 
     quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce 
     the cost of care in the health care system; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 1452. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a national center for public mental health 
     emergency preparedness, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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