[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22855-22856]
[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. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 1985. A bill to improve access of senior homeowners to 
     capital; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 1986. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Treasury to 
     prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating 
     coins, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Clinton, 
             Mr. Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. McCaskill, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 1987. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for alternative motor vehicle facility bonds; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Smith, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 1988. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a refundable credit against income tax for the 
     purchase of a principal residence by a first-time homebuyer; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. OBAMA:
       S. 1989. A bill to provide a mechanism for the 
     determination on the merits of the claims of claimants who 
     met the class criteria in a civil action relating to racial 
     discrimination by the Department of Agriculture but who were 
     denied that determination; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 1990. A bill to amend part D of title III of the Public 
     Health Service Act to authorize grants and loan guarantees 
     for health centers to enable the centers to fund capital 
     needs projects, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BUNNING:
       S. 1991. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a study to determine the suitability and 
     feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark National 
     Historic Trail to include additional sites associated with 
     the preparation and return phases of the expedition, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 1992. A bill to preserve the recall rights of airline 
     employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 1993. A bill to modify the boundary of the Hopewell 
     Culture National Historical Park in the State of Ohio, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1994. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Burr):
       S. 1995. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Burr, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 1996. A bill to reauthorize the Enhancing Education 
     Through Technology Act of 2001, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health , Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 1997. A bill to require all new and upgraded fuel pumps 
     to be equipped with automatic temperature compensation 
     equipment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
             Johnson):
       S. 1998. A bill to reduce child marriage, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Domenici, and 
             Mr. Obama):
       S. 1999. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, 
     Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DODD (by request):
       S. 2000. A bill to amend and extend the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979 and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
             Coleman):
       S. 2001. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Smith, and 
             Mr. Kerry):
       S. 2002. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify certain provisions applicable to real estate 
     investment trusts, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. 
             Voinovich):
       S. 2003. A bill to facilitate the part-time reemployment of 
     annuitants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 2004. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish epilepsy centers of excellence in the Veterans 
     Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 2005. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide education on the health consequences of exposure to 
     secondhand smoke, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2006. A bill to provide for disaster assistance for 
     power transmission and distribution facilities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2007. A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to provide a floor of 1.0 for the 
     practice expense and for the work expense geographic practice 
     cost indices (GPCI) under the Medicare Program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2008. A bill to reform the single family housing loan 
     guarantee program under the Housing Act of 1949; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 2009. A bill to authorize additional funds for emergency 
     repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge 
     located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 
     1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on emergency 
     relief funds for those

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     emergency repairs and reconstruction, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 2010. A bill to require prisons and other detention 
     facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a 
     contract with the Federal Government to make the same 
     information available to the public that Federal prisons and 
     detention facilities are required to do by law; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 2011. A bill entitled ``The Protect America Act of 
     2007''; read twice.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 2012. A bill to amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, 
     Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability 
     Appropriations Act, 2007, to extend the period of emergency 
     financial assistance to certain individuals and entities; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 2013. A bill to initially apply the required use of 
     tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid Program 
     to schedule II narcotic drugs and to delay the application of 
     the requirement to other prescription drugs for 18 months; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 2014. A bill to provide for statewide longitudinal data 
     systems to improve elementary and secondary education, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KYL:
       S. 2015. A bill to increase the economic pressure on terror 
     sponsoring states, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Ms. Snowe, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Kerry, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S.J. Res. 17. A joint resolution directing the United 
     States to initiate international discussions and take 
     necessary steps with other Nations to negotiate an agreement 
     for managing migratory and transboundary fish stocks in the 
     Arctic Ocean; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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