[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16091]
[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. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 1639. A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
     reform and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Kohl, and 
             Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1640. A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 17, United 
     States Code (relating to the vessel hull design protection), 
     to clarify the definitions of a hull and a deck; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 1641. A bill to amend Public Law 87-383 to reauthorize 
     appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory 
     waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of 
     important wetland and other waterfowl habitat essential to 
     the preservation of migratory waterfowl, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Obama, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1642. A bill to extend the authorization of programs 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 1643. A bill to establish the Reclamation Water 
     Settlements Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BYRD:
       S. 1644. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 1645. An original bill making appropriations for 
     military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2008, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 1646. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     require the Secretary of Agriculture to make cost-share and 
     incentive payments for innovative fuels management 
     conservation practices, including prescribed grazing 
     management on private grazing land and practices that 
     complement commensurate public land, to prevent the 
     occurrence and spread of, and damages caused by, wildfires 
     fueled by invasive species; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.

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