[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3675]
[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. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Bunning, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Reed, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 543. A bill to improve Medicare beneficiary access by 
     extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to 
     determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an 
     inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
             and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 544. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses 
     for the cost of protecting certain chemicals; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LOTT:
       S. 545. A bill to improve consumer access to passenger 
     vehicle loss data held by insurers; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 546. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to make available additional amounts to address funding 
     shortfalls in the State Children's Health Insurance Program 
     for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Levin, 
             and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 547. A bill to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland 
     Security for Management, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Bennett, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
             Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Schumer, and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 548. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value shall 
     be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, musical, 
     artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Reed, and 
             Mr. Brown):
       S. 549. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically 
     important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and 
     animal diseases; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. 
             Lieberman):
       S. 550. A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the 
     Superior Court of the District of Columbia; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
             and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 551. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses 
     for the cost of protecting certain chemicals; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 552. A bill to provide for the tax treatment of income 
     received in connection with the litigation concerning the 
     Exxon Valdez oil spill and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 553. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the 
     State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 554. A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 555. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow small businesses to set up simple cafeteria plans to 
     provide nontaxable employee benefits to their employees, to 
     make changes in the requirements for cafeteria plans, 
     flexible spending accounts, and benefits provided under such 
     plans or accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Dodd, and 
             Mr. Alexander):
       S. 556. A bill to reauthorize the Head Start Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, Mrs. Dole, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 557. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the depreciation classification of 
     motorsports entertainment complexes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Enzi, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Smith, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Coleman, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Murkowski, 
             Mr. Akaka, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Hatch, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Ms. Collins, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Biden, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 558. A bill to provide parity between health insurance 
     coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical 
     and surgical services; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.

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