[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9332]
[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. HARKIN:
       S. 1157. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
     eliminate the consumptive demand exception relating to the 
     importation of goods made with forced labor; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 1158. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to increase the 
     use of renewable and alternative fuel, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HAGEL (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Warner, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Lieberman, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1159. A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of 
     such part; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Casey, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Smith, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Burr, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1160. A bill to ensure an abundant and affordable supply 
     of highly nutritious fruits, vegetables, and other specialty 
     crops for American consumers and international markets by 
     enhancing the competitiveness of United States-grown 
     specialty crops; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Conrad, 
             Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1161. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to authorize the expansion of medicare coverage of 
     medical nutrition therapy services; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 1162. A bill to amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and 
     Advertising Act with respect to the labeling of cigarette 
     packages, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Hagel, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Webb):
       S. 1163. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve compensation and specially adapted housing for 
     veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving 
     both eyes, and to provide for the use of the National 
     Directory of New Hires for income verification purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Graham, and Mr. Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 1164. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the 
     colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare 
     Program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 1165. A bill to require Federal buildings to be 
     designed, constructed, and certified to meet, at a minimum, 
     the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green 
     building rating standard identified as silver by the United 
     States Green Building Council, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WARNER:
       S. 1166. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income certain zone compensation of 
     civilian employees of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1167. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     in order to provide funding for student loan repayment for 
     civil legal assistance attorneys; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 1168. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a 
     regulatory program for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, 
     mercury, and carbon dioxide emissions from the electric 
     generating sector; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 1169. A bill to ensure the provision of high quality 
     health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State 
     health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and 
     access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care 
     system; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Feingold, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. 
             Leahy):
       S. 1170. A bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal 
     portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and 
     the Basin and Range Deserts in the State of Utah for the 
     benefit of present and future generations of people in the 
     United States; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici):
       S. 1171. A bill to amend the Colorado River Storage Project 
     Act and Public Law 87-483 to authorize the construction and 
     rehabilitation of water infrastructure in Northwestern New 
     Mexico, to authorize the use of the reclamation fund to fund 
     the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund, to authorize the 
     conveyance of certain Reclamation land and infrastructure, to 
     authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to provide for the 
     delivery of water, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mrs. Lincoln, 
             Mr. Smith, Mr. Obama, Mr. Reed, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Nelson 
             of Florida, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1172. A bill to reduce hunger in the United States; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Baucus, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1173. A bill to protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a 
     woman's freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a 
     pregnancy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 1174. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a 
     provision relating to the siting, construction, expansion, 
     and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Brownback):
       S. 1175. A bill to end the use of child soldiers in 
     hostilities around the world, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.

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