[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15108-15109]
[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. DURBIN:
       S. 1561. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with 
     respect to exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy for certain 
     qualified educational loans; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BIDEN:
       S. 1562. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
     provide grants to States for the distribution of compact 
     fluorescent lights; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Dodd, 
             Mr. Obama, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
             Wyden, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 1563. A bill to require the disclosure of certain 
     activities relating to the petroleum industry of Sudan, to 
     increase the penalties for violations of sanctions 
     provisions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 1564. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide 
     health insurance converge for children and pregnant and post-
     partum women throughout the United States by combining the 
     children and pregnant women health coverage under Medicaid 
     and SCHIP into a new All Healthy Children Program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 1565. A bill to provide for the transfer of naval 
     vessels to certain foreign recipients; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Craig, and Mr. Thune):
       S. 1566. A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to 
     improve that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR:
       S. 1567. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to provide a renewable portfolio 
     standard, and other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Chambliss):
       S. 1568. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage private philanthropy; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 1569. A bill to establish a pilot program on the 
     provision of legal services to assist veterans and members of 
     the Armed Forces receive health care, benefits and services, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 1570. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to protect employer rights; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Hagel, and 
             Mr. Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 1571. A bill to reform the essential air service 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr.

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             Reed, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 1572. A bill to increase the number of well-trained 
     mental health service professionals (including those based in 
     schools) providing clinical mental health care to children 
     and adolescents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 1573. A bill to promote public-private partnerships to 
     strengthen investment in early childhood development for 
     children from birth to entry into kindergarten in order to 
     ensure healthy development and school readiness for all 
     children; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. OBAMA:
       S. 1574. A bill to establish Teaching Residency Programs 
     for preparation and induction of teachers; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mrs. Dole, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Smith, Mr. Levin, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Menendez):
       S. 1575. A bill to encourage the effective use of community 
     resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by 
     creating opportunity through food recovery and job training; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Obama, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Brown, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 1576. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic 
     minority groups; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Levin, and Mrs. 
             Clinton):
       S. 1577. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to require screening, including national 
     criminal history background checks, of direct patient access 
     employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, 
     and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to 
     provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for 
     national and State background checks on direct patient access 
     employees of long-term care facilities or providers; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1578. A bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to establish vessel 
     ballast water management requirements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. 
             Levin):
       S. 1579. A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. Stevens, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 1580. A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation 
     Act of 2000, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1581. A bill to establish an interagency committee to 
     develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan 
     and to establish an ocean acidification program within the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Ms. Cantwell, 
             and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1582. A bill to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic 
     Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Stevens) (by 
             request):
       S. 1583. A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation 
     Act of 2000, and for other coral conservation purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Stevens) (by 
             request):
       S. 1584. A bill to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic 
     Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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