[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 25]
[Senate]
[Page 33849]
[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. REID (for Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Harkin, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Durbin)):
       S. 2452. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     provide protection to consumers with respect to certain high-
     cost loans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 2453. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964 to clarify requirements relating to nondiscrimination 
     on the basis of national origin; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Specter, and Mr. 
             Brown):
       S. 2454. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     protect the privacy rights of subscribers to wireless 
     communications services; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 2455. A bill to provide $1,000,000,000 in emergency 
     Community Development Block Grant funding for necessary 
     expenses related to the impact of foreclosures on 
     communities; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. REID (for Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. 
             Roberts)):
       S. 2456. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 2457. A bill to provide for extensions of leases of 
     certain land by Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs .
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 2458. A bill to promote and enhance the operation of 
     local building code enforcement administration across the 
     country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant 
     program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2459. A bill to authorize appropriations for research 
     and enforcement activities of the Federal Trade Commission 
     related to misleading mortgage advertisements; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Brown, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Levin, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Burr, Mr. Martinez, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Isakson, and Mr. Bond):
       S. 2460. A bill to extend by one year the moratorium on 
     implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State 
     financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's 
     Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule 
     regarding graduate medical education under Medicaid and to 
     include a moratorium on the finalization of the outpatient 
     Medicaid rule making similar changes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DeMINT:
       S. 2461. A bill to authorize the transfer of certain 
     earmarked funds to accounts for operations and activities in 
     Iraq and Afghanistan; read the first time.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Obama):
       S. 2462. A bill to provide that before the Secretary of 
     Defense may furlough any employee of the Department of 
     Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, the Secretary shall 
     suspend any nonessential service contract entered into by the 
     Department of Defense, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.

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