[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5164-5165]
[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. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 720. A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession 
     of the United States to order that the National flag be flown 
     at half-staff in that State, territory, or possession in the 
     event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that 
     State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on 
     active duty; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Craig, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 721. A bill to allow travel between the United States 
     and Cuba; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 722. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of 
     certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National Monument 
     in the State of Arizona; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 723. A bill to provide certain enhancements to the 
     Montgomery GI Bill Program for certain individuals who serve 
     as members of the Armed Forces after the September 11, 2001, 
     terrorist attacks, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 724. A bill to extend the Federal recognition to the 
     Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 725. A bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve 
     that Act; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Feingold, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Obama, Mr. Coleman, Ms. Stabenow, and 
             Mr. Durbin):
       S. 726. A bill to amend section 42 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to prohibit the importation and shipment of 
     certain species of carp; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Akaka, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Lott, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Alexander, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 727. A bill to improve and expand geographic literacy 
     among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United 
     States by improving professional development programs for 
     kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through 
     institutions of higher education; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DOMENICI:
       S. 728. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
     carry out restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SALAZAR:
       S. 729. A bill to better provide for compensation for 
     certain persons injured in the course of employment at the 
     Rocky Flats site in Colorado; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 730. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to protect voting rights and to improve the administration of 
     Federal elections, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Webb, 
             Mr. Tester, and Mr. Bunning):
       S. 731. A bill to develop a methodology for, and complete, 
     a national assessment of geological storage capacity for 
     carbon dioxide, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 732. A bill to empower Peace Corps volunteers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 733. A bill to promote the development of health care 
     cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health 
     care purchasing power of employers, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 734. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the rate of the

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     tentative minimum tax for noncorporate taxpayers to 24 
     percent; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 735. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     improve the terrorist hoax statute; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 736. A bill to provide for the regulation and oversight 
     of laboratory tests; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. OBAMA:
       S. 737. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     in order to measure, compare, and improve the quality of 
     voter access to polls and voter services in the 
     administration of Federal elections in the States; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mr. Coleman):
       S. 738. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve 
     the Office of International Trade, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mr. Kerry, Ms. Cantwell, and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 739. A bill to provide disadvantaged children with 
     access to dental services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 740. A bill to establish in the Department of Commerce 
     an Under Secretary for United States Direct Investment, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 741. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to establish a grant program 
     to ensure waterfront access for commercial fishermen, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mr. Brown, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Feingold, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Reid):
       S. 742. A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to 
     reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing 
     products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mr. Domenici, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Smith, Mr. Voinovich, Mrs. 
             Clinton, Mr. Allard, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
             Isakson, and Mr. Thomas):
       S. 743. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     modify the individuals eligible for associate membership in 
     the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States 
     of America, Incorporated; considered and passed.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 744. A bill to provide greater public safety by making 
     more spectrum available to public safety, to establish the 
     Public Safety Interoperable Communications Working Group to 
     provide standards for public safety spectrum needs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 745. A bill to provide for increased export assistance 
     staff in areas in which the President declared a major 
     disaster as a result of Hurricane Katrina of 2005 and 
     Hurricane Rita of 2005; to the Committee on Small Business 
     and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Crapo):
       S.J. Res. 4. A joint resolution to acknowledge a long 
     history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies 
     by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and 
     offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the 
     United States; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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