[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7220-7221]
[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. BURR (for himself and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 957. A bill to provide for the collection and 
     maintenance of amniotic fluid and placental stem cells for 
     the treatment of patients and research; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lott, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Burr, Mr. Dodd, 
             Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bingaman, and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 958. A bill to establish an adolescent literacy program; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Alexander, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 959. A bill to award a grant to enable Teach for 
     America, Inc., to implement and expand its teaching program; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Specter, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Biden, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Kennedy, and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 960. A bill to establish the United States Public 
     Service Academy; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Stevens, 
             and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 961. A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to 
     provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the 
     United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport 
     Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Bunning, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Obama, and Mr. Webb):
       S. 962. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage 
     research, development, and demonstration program of the 
     Department of Energy and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 963. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     make grants to educational organizations to carry out 
     educational programs about the Holocaust; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 964. A bill to require States and Indian tribes to 
     designate specific highway routes for the transportation of 
     hazardous materials and the long-distance transportation of 
     solid waste; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BYRD:
       S. 965. An original bill making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
     and for other purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 966. A bill to enable the Department of State to respond 
     to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 967. A bill to amend chapter 41 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to provide for the establishment and 
     authorization of funding for certain training programs for 
     supervisors of Federal employees; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Brown):
       S. 968. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to provide increased assistance for the prevention, 
     treatment, and control of tuberculosis, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 969. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to 
     modify the definition of supervisor; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mr. Coleman, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bayh, 
             Mr. Kyl, Mr. Thune, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 970. A bill to impose sanctions on Iran and on other 
     countries for assisting Iran in developing a nuclear program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself and Mr. Harkin):

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       S. 971. A bill to establish the National Institute of Food 
     and Agriculture, to provide funding for the support of 
     fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. 
             Brown):
       S. 972. A bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent 
     pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted 
     diseases, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Durbin, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 973. A bill to amend the Mandatory Victims' Restitution 
     Act to improve restitution for victims of crime, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Harkin, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 974. A bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 
     to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing 
     duties apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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