[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15808-15809]
[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. HATCH (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Obama, Mr. 
             Kerry, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 1617. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide incentives for plug-in electric drive motor 
     vehicles; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Smith, 
             Mr. Allard, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Craig, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and 
             Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1618. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for the production of a cellulosic 
     biofuel; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Bennett):
       S. 1619. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for fuel-efficient motor vehicles, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1620. A bill to provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with 
     additional authorities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
     to strengthen the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Bunning, and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 1621. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 
     5-year property for purposes of depreciation; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1622. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to reevaluate the band plans for the upper 700 
     megaHertz band and the un-auctioned portions of the lower 700 
     megaHertz band and reconfigure them to include spectrum to be 
     licensed for small geographic areas; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Craig, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Shelby, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Thune, Mr. Bond, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Burr, Mrs. Dole, and Mr. Allard):
       S. 1623. A bill to require the withholding of United States 
     contributions to the United Nations until the President 
     certifies that the United Nations is not engaged in global 
     taxation schemes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1624. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly 
     traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with 
     passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly 
     or indirectly deriving income from providing investment 
     adviser and related asset management services; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, and 
             Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1625. A bill to protect against the unauthorized 
     installation of computer software, to require clear 
     disclosure to computer users of certain computer software 
     features that may pose a threat to user privacy, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself and Mr. Obama):
       S. 1626. A bill to amend title XIV of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible 
     fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Landrieu, 
             Mr. Lott, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Ms. Collins, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1627. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and expand the benefits for businesses operating in 
     empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal 
     communities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Coleman, Mrs. 
             Lincoln, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Kerry, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 1628. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize programs to increase the number of nurse faculty 
     and to increase the domestic nursing and physical therapy 
     workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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           By Mr. PRYOR:
       S. 1629. A bill to request a study by the Federal 
     Communications Commission on the interference caused by 
     broadband Internet transmission over power lines; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 1630. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude certain tax-exempt financing of electric 
     transmission facilities from the private business use test; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1631. A bill to establish an emergency fuel assistance 
     grant program for small businesses during energy emergencies; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1632. A bill to ensure that vessels of the United States 
     conveyed to eligible recipients for educational, cultural, 
     historical, charitable, recreational, or other public 
     purposes are maintained and utilized for the purposes for 
     which they were conveyed; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Allard, Mr. Bennett, Mr. 
             Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Coleman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Dole, Mr. 
             Domenici, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Hagel, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
             Lugar, Mr. Martinez, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Obama, 
             Mr. Reid, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Stevens, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             and Mr. Wyden):
       S.J. Res. 16. A joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003; to the Committee on Finance.

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