[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28431]
[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. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 2229. A bill to withdraw certain Federal land in the 
     Wyoming Range from leasing and provide an opportunity to 
     retire certain leases in the Wyoming Range; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BIDEN:
       S. 2230. A bill to amend title VIII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to expand the nurse student loan program, to 
     establish grant programs to address the nursing shortage, to 
     amend title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide for a nurse faculty pilot project, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (by request):
       S. 2231. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to strengthen cooperative conservation efforts and to reduce 
     barriers to the use of partnerships to enable Federal natural 
     resource managers to meet their obligations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Ms. Murkowski, 
             and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 2232. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish a demonstration program to adapt the lessons of 
     providing foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to the 
     provision of Federal economic development assistance to 
     certain similarly situated individuals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Alexander, and Mr. Corker):
       S. 2233. A bill to provide a permanent deduction for States 
     and local general sales taxes; read the first time.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 2234. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the deduction for qualified tuition and related 
     expenses; read the first time.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2235. A bill to designate the facility under development 
     by the Stanislaus Ag Center Foundation, in Stanislaus County, 
     California, as the National Ag Science Center; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2236. A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
     additional limitations on preexisting condition exclusions in 
     group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group 
     and individual markets; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BIDEN:
       S. 2237. A bill to fight crime; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Inouye, and Mr. Specter):
       S. 2238. A bill to amend the National Dam Safety Program 
     Act to establish a program to provide grant assistance to 
     States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2239. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance 
     costs in computing self-employment taxes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2240. A bill to prohibit termination of employment of 
     volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel 
     responding to emergencies, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 2241. A bill to provide consistent enforcement authority 
     to the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, 
     the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest 
     Service to respond to violations of regulations regarding the 
     management, use, and protection of public land under the 
     jurisdiction of those agencies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 2242. An original bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to 
     establish supplemental agricultural disaster assistance and 
     to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 
     incentives for conservation and alternative energy sources 
     and to provide tax relief for farmers, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Finance; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2243. A bill to strongly encourage the Government of 
     Saudi Arabia to end its support for institutions that fund, 
     train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet 
     terrorism, to secure full Saudi cooperation in the 
     investigation of terrorist incidents, to denounce Saudi 
     sponsorship of extremist Wahhabi ideology, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. CLINTON):
       S. 2244. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to carry out demonstration projects and 
     outreach programs for the identification and abatement of 
     lead hazards, to establish the Joint Task Force on Lead-Based 
     Hazards and the Task Force on Children's Environmental Health 
     and Safety, to strengthen the authority of the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance .
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 2245. A bill to establish a commission to ensure food 
     safety in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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