[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20014]
[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 Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 1844. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     make technical corrections to the new border tunnels and 
     passages offense; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1845. A bill to provide for limitations in certain 
     communications between the Department of Justice and the 
     White House Office relating to civil and criminal 
     investigations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 1846. A bill to improve defense cooperation between the 
     Republic of Korea and the United States; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Nelson of Florida):
       S. 1847. A bill to reauthorize the Consumer Product Safety 
     Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Coleman, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Salazar, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Levin, 
             and Mr. Obama):
       S. 1848. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address 
     the impact of globalization, to reauthorize trade adjustment 
     assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service 
     workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH:
       S. 1849. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens may not be 
     deducted from gross income, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 1850. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments as 
     State governments for purposes of issuing tax-exempt 
     governmental bonds, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Bunning):
       S. 1851. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow personal exemptions under the individual alternative 
     minimum tax, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Akaka, 
             and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 1852. A bill to designate the Friday after Thanksgiving 
     of each year as ``Native American Heritage Day'' in honor of 
     the achievements and contributions of Native Americans to the 
     United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Stevens, 
             and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 1853. A bill to promote competition, to preserve the 
     ability of local governments to provide broadband capability 
     and services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1854. A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the 
     Public Health Service Act to improve elderly suicide early 
     intervention and prevention strategies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Allard, and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 1855. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide relief to individuals from the penalty for failure 
     to pay estimated taxes on amounts attributable to the 
     alternative minimum tax in cases where the taxpayer was not 
     subject to the alternative minimum tax in the preceding year; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 1856. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     make technical corrections to the new border tunnels and 
     passages offense; considered and passed.
           By Mr. WARNER:
       S. 1857. A bill to establish a digital and wireless network 
     technology program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Clinton, and 
             Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1858. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish grant programs to provide for education and 
     outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care 
     once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize 
     programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions .

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