[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4680-4681]
[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 Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 687. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a business credit against income for the purchase 
     of fishing safety equipment; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 688. A bill for the relief of Griselda Lopez Negrete; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 689. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for 
     contributions of food inventory; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 690. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to authorize 
     the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
     waive the prohibition on duplication of certain disaster 
     relief assistance; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. CONRAD:
       S. 691. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve the benefits under the Medicare program for 
     beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. OBAMA:
       S. 692. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report 
     on health care quality in Veterans Affairs hospitals; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 693. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory 
     Act; to the

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     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mrs. Hutchison, and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 694. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
     issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and 
     death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 695. A bill to amend the International Claims Settlement 
     Act of 1949 to allow for certain claims of nationals of the 
     United States against Turkey, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 696. A bill to establish an Advanced Research Projects 
     Administration-Energy to initiate high risk, innovative 
     energy research to improve the energy security of the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 697. A bill to establish the Steel Industry National 
     Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 698. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and 
     dependents of veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.

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