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1. S.RES.30 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments.
Sponsor: Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] (introduced 1/16/2007)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 101.

2. S.RES.509 : A resolution recognizing the week of April 7, 2008 to April 13, 2008, as "National Public Health Week".
Sponsor: Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 4/9/2008)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/9/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

3. S.RES.729 : A resolution expressing the opposition of the Senate to a proposed regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency, now under review in the Office of Management and Budget, that would undercut air quality protections established by Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 for national parks, national wilderness areas, national monuments, and national seashores.
Sponsor: Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] (introduced 12/10/2008)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 12/10/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

4. S.6 : A bill to enhance the security of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

5. S.240 : A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.
Sponsor: Sen Craig, Larry E. [ID] (introduced 1/10/2007)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-9
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.

6. S.255 : A bill to provide assistance to the State of New Mexico for the development of comprehensive State water plans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 1/10/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-12
Latest Major Action: 6/11/2008 Senate floor actions. Status: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Note: For further action, see S.2739 , which became Public Law 110-229 on 5/8/2008.

7. S.260 : A bill to establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 1/11/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-13
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 38.

8. S.324 : A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the State of New Mexico.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 1/17/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-112
Latest Major Action: 6/28/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 253.

9. S.339 : A bill to promote the national security and stability of the United States economy by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] (introduced 1/18/2007)      Cosponsors (26)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

10. S.579 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (70)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1157 , which became Public Law 110-354 on 10/8/2008.

11. S.606 : A bill to improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement and by enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

12. S.634 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Note: For further action, see S.1858 , which became Public Law 110-204 on 4/24/2008.

13. S.645 : A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals.
Sponsor: Sen Thomas, Craig [WY] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-158
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.

14. 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.
Sponsor: Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] (introduced 3/1/2007)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/16/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-83.
Note: This bill and S. 962 became Title III of S. 1321 , the Energy Savings Act of 2007, as reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

15. S.767 : A bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/6/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

16. S.768 : A bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/6/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

17. S.805 : A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 3/7/2007)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Senate Reports: 110-192
Latest Major Action: 10/9/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 414.

18. S.894 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the purchase of idling reduction systems for diesel-powered on-highway vehicles.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 3/15/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

19. S.1116 : A bill to facilitate the use for irrigation and other purposes of water produced in connection with development of energy resources.
Sponsor: Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] (introduced 4/16/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/25/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-86.
Note: For further action, see S.2739 , which became Public Law 110-229 on 5/8/2008.

20. S.1389 : A bill to authorize the National Science Foundation to establish a Climate Change Education Program.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/14/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

21. 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.
Sponsor: Sen Pryor, Mark L. [AR] (introduced 5/21/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

22. S.1478 : A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.
Sponsor: Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] (introduced 5/24/2007)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

23. S.1576 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 6/7/2007)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 6/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

24. S.1930 : A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prevent illegal logging practices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] (introduced 8/1/2007)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

25. S.2433 : A bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 12/7/2007)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Senate Reports: 110-331
Latest Major Action: 4/24/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718.

26. S.2444 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to establish and evaluate sustainability programs, charged with developing and implementing integrated environmental, economic, and social sustainability initiatives, and to direct the Secretary of Education to convene a summit of higher education experts in the area of sustainability.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 12/11/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/11/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

27. S.3381 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, and Taos.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 7/31/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Indian Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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