[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9151]
[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. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 1138. A bill to enhance nuclear safeguards and to 
     provide assurances of nuclear fuel supply to countries that 
     forgo certain fuel cycle activities; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Ms. 
             Cantwell, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1139. A bill to establish the National Landscape 
     Conservation System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. DeMINT:
       S. 1140. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to eliminate the limitation on the foreign earned income 
     exclusion, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
             Snowe, and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 1141. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans 
     to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit 
     IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Cochran, 
             Mr. Warner, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
             Collins, and Mr. Sununu):
       S. 1142. A bill to authorize the acquisition of interests 
     in undeveloped coastal areas in order better to ensure their 
     protection from development; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 1143. A bill to designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse 
     and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as 
     an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National 
     Landscape System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1144. A bill to provide for an assessment of the 
     achievements by the Government of Iraq of benchmarks for 
     political settlement and national reconciliation in Iraq; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Cornyn, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1145. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     provide for patent reform; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Burr, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Wyden, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. 
             Snowe, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
             Baucus, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 1146. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 1147. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     terminate the administrative freeze on the enrollment into 
     the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment 
     (referred to as ``Priority 8''); to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Leahy, 
             and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1148. A bill to establish the Champlain Quadricentennial 
     Commemoration Commission and the Hudson-Fulton 400th 
     Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 1149. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the 
     interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry 
     if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the State 
     inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal 
     inspection requirements and to require the Secretary to 
     reimburse State agencies for part of the costs of the 
     inspections; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1150. A bill to enhance the State inspection of meat and 
     poultry in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. OBAMA:
       S. 1151. A bill to provide incentives to the auto industry 
     to accelerate efforts to develop more energy-efficient 
     vehicles to lessen dependence on oil; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1152. A bill to promote wildland firefighter safety; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Coleman):
       S. 1153. A bill to require assessment of the impact on 
     small business concerns of rules relating to internal 
     controls, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 1154. A bill to promote biogas production, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Allard, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Salazar, Mr. 
             Hagel, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Levin):
       S. 1155. A bill to treat payments under the Conservation 
     Reserve Program as rentals from real estate; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1156. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to reauthorize the Best Pharmaceuticals for 
     Children program; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.

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