[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3368-S3369]
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 Mr. KOHL:
       S. 627. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     make grants to support early college high schools and other 
     dual enrollment programs; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Johnson, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 628. A bill to provide incentives to physicians to 
     practice in rural and medically underserved communities; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. 
             Kohl):
       S. 629. A bill to facilitate the part-time reemployment of 
     annuitants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 630. A bill to make technical amendments to laws 
     containing time periods affecting judicial proceedings; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Casey, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Stabenow, and 
             Mr. Bayh):
       S. 631. A bill to provide for nationwide expansion of the 
     pilot program for national and State background checks on 
     direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities 
     or providers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Lincoln, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 632. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax 
     on recreational equipment be paid quarterly; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 633. A bill to establish a program for tribal colleges 
     and universities within the Department of Health and Human 
     Services and to amend the Native American Programs Act of 
     1974 to authorize the provision of grants and cooperative 
     agreements to tribal colleges and universities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 634. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical 
     education; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 635. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, 
     Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
     Rivers System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. 
             Chambliss):
       S. 636. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the 
     definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the 
     term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 637. A bill to authorize the construction of the Dry-
     Redwater Regional Water Authority System in the State of 
     Montana and a portion of McKenzie County, North Dakota, for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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