[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15953]
[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. BYRD:
       S. 1633. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
     suitability and feasibility of including the battlefield and 
     related sites of the Battle of Shepherdstown in 
     Shepherdstown, West Virginia, as part of Harpers Ferry 
     National Historical Park or Antietam National Battlefield, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Cantwell, 
             and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 1634. A bill to implement further the Act approving the 
     Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Domenici):
       S. 1635. A bill to provide for the reimbursement of 
     wildland firefighters for the cost of professional liability 
     insurance; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. DOLE (for herself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 1636. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement 
     plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 
     days; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 1637. A bill to establish a geothermal heat pump 
     technology acceleration program relating to General Services 
     Administration facilities; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             McConnell, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Graham):
       S. 1638. A bill to adjust the salaries of Federal justices 
     and judges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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