[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S2322]
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              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. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 434. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to improve the State plan amendment option for providing 
     home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 435. A bill to provide for evidence-based and promising 
     practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street 
     gang activity prevention and intervention to help build 
     individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to 
     ensure that youth lead productive, safe, health, gang-free, 
     and law-abiding lives; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 436. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     protect youth from exploitation by adults using the Internet, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Martinez, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 437. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and 
     court costs in contingency fee cases; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 438. A bill to provide for the voluntary development by 
     States of qualifying best practices for health care and to 
     encourage such voluntary development by amending titles XVIII 
     and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide differential 
     rates of payment favoring treatment provided consistent with 
     qualifying best practices under the Medicare and Medicaid 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 439. A bill to provide for and promote the economic 
     development of Indian tribes by furnishing the necessary 
     capital, financial services, and technical assistance to 
     Indian-owned business enterprises, to stimulate the 
     development of the private sector of Indian tribal economies, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 440. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and 
     costs in connection with civil claim awards; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 441. A bill to encourage the development of coordinated 
     quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce 
     the cost of care in the health care system; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 442. A bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate 
     limits imposed by health plans; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 443. A bill to transfer certain land to the United 
     States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place 
     land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 444. A bill to provide for the establishment of a health 
     information technology and privacy system; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Carper, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 445. A bill to provide appropriate protection to 
     attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work 
     product; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 446. A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court 
     proceedings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       S. 447. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy 
     and agricultural commodities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lugar, 
             and Mr. Graham):
       S. 448. A bill to maintain the free flow of information to 
     the public by providing conditions for the federally 
     compelled disclosure of information by certain persons 
     connected with the news media; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 449. A bill to protect free speech; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Conrad, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 450. A bill to understand and comprehensively address 
     the oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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