[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13298]
[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. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1433. A bill to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands 
     Conservation Act to provide competitive status to certain 
     Federal employees in the State of Alaska; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1434. A bill to amend the National Energy Conservation 
     Policy Act to promote the use of energy and water efficiency 
     measures in Federal buildings, to promote energy savings 
     performance contracts and utility energy service contracts, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COCHRAN:
       S. 1435. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act to increase the capacity of the Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1436. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     add clementines to the list of fruits and vegetables subject 
     to minimum quality import requirements issued by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Obama, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Reid, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Feinstein, and 
             Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1437. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the 
     enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1438. A bill to improve railroad safety; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 1439. A bill to reauthorize the broadband loan and loan 
     guarantee program under title VI of the Rural Electrification 
     Act of 1936; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 1440. A bill to provide for judicial determination of 
     injury in certain cases involving dumped and subsidized 
     merchandise imported into the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAIG:
       S. 1441. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     modify authorities for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     accept new applications for grants for State home 
     construction projects to authorize the Secretary to award 
     grants for construction of facilities used in non-
     institutional care programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. THOMAS:
       S. 1442. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to establish new units of Customs Patrol Officers; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Bunning):
       S. 1443. A bill to provide standards for renewable fuels 
     and coal-derived fuels; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S.J. Res. 13. A joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance 
     Memorandum of Understanding; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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