[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2473-S2474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the 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. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Levin, 
             and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 468. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the 
     quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency 
     departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by 
     establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that 
     affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing 
     for additional payments for certain physician services 
     furnished in such emergency departments, and by establishing 
     a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working Group, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 469. A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to modify the computation for part-time service 
     under the Civil Service Retirement System; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 470. A bill to combat organized crime involving the 
     illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of 
     selling those illegally obtained goods through physical and 
     online retail marketplaces; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 471. A bill to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act 
     of 2002 to require the Statistics Commissioner to collect 
     information from coeducational secondary schools on such 
     schools' athletic programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Shelby, and Mrs. 
             Hutchison):
       S. 472. A bill to provide for congressional approval of 
     national monuments and restrictions on the use of national 
     monuments; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Levin, Mr. Reid, and Ms. 
             Stabenow):
       S. 473. A bill to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study 
     Abroad Foundation; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 474. A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower protections available to 
     certain executive branch employees to legislative branch 
     employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 475. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
     to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with 
     regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Bond):
       S. 476. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     reduce the minimum distance of travel necessary for 
     reimbursement of covered beneficiaries of the military health 
     care system for travel for specialty health care; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 477. A bill to amend the Act entitled ``An Act 
     authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products'' 
     to include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter 
     boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Burr, 
             Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Corker, Mr. 
             McConnell, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Thune, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Shelby):
       S. 478. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to 
     ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election 
     conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; read the 
     first time.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Webb, Mr. Warner, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Carper, Mr. Kaufman, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 479. A bill to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act 
     of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the 
     Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 480. A bill to establish the Office of Regional Economic 
     Adjustment in the Department of Commerce, to assist regions 
     affected by sudden and severe economic dislocation by 
     coordinating Federal, State, and local resources for economic 
     adjustment and by providing technical assistance, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.

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           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 481. A bill to authorize additional Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation field agents to investigate financial crimes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. McCain, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Alexander, Mr. Reid, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Isakson, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Nelson 
             of Nebraska, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Mr. Brown, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 482. A bill to require Senate candidates to file 
     designations, statements, and reports in electronic form; 
     read the first time.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Bond):
       S. 483. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Nelson of Florida, 
             and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 484. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall 
     elimination provisions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Byrd):
       S.J. Res. 11. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to a seat in 
     the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.

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