[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15233]
[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. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 1585. A bill to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``Ernest 
     Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic''; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Gregg, and 
             Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1586. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to provide assistance in implementing cultural heritage, 
     conservation, and recreational activities in the Connecticut 
     River watershed of the States of New Hampshire and Vermont; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Obama, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, and 
             Mr. Bayh):
       S. 1587. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow 
     a special depreciation allowance for reuse and recycling 
     property and to provide for tax-exempt financing of recycling 
     equipment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Coleman, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mr. Bayh, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 1588. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and 
     individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
     provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital 
     or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, 
     infection, tumor, or disease; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Salazar, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 1589. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees 
     of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the 
     discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such 
     organizations; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BYRD (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 1590. A bill to provide for the reinstatement of a 
     license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
     project; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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