[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 48 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3550-S3551]
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 Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. 
             Kaufman):
       S. 638. A bill to provide grants to promote financial and 
     economic literacy; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. 
             Coburn):
       S. 639. A bill to amend the definition of commercial motor 
     vehicle in section 31101 of title 49, United States Code, to 
     exclude certain farm vehicles, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 640. A bill to provide Congress a second look at 
     wasteful spending by establishing enhanced rescission 
     authority under fast-track procedures; to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 641. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     prevent the abuse of dehydroepiandrosterone, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Byrd, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 642. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     establish registries of members and former members of the 
     Armed Forces exposed in the line of duty to occupational and 
     environmental health chemical hazards, to amend title 38, 
     United States Code, to provide health care to veterans 
     exposed to such hazards, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 643. A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in 
     group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group 
     and individual markets; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Dorgan, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Roberts, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 644. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     include service after September 11, 2001, as service 
     qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age 
     for receipt of non-regular service retired pay; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Chambliss, and Ms. 
             Landrieu):
       S. 645. A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to 
     modify the Department of Defense share of expenses under the 
     National Guard Youth Challenge Program; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 646. A bill to amend section 435(o) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of economic 
     hardship; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 647. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to improve the transparency of information on 
     skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to 
     clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of 
     requirements with respect to such facilities; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 648. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a prospective payment system instead of the 
     reasonable cost-based reimbursement method for Medicare-
     covered services provided by Federally qualified health 
     centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to 
     account for expansions in the scope of services provided by 
     Federally qualified health centers since the inclusion of 
     such services for coverage under the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 649. A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum 
     bands managed by the national telecommunications and 
     Information Administration and the Federal Communications 
     Commission; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 650. A bill to abolish the death penalty under Federal 
     law; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Wyden, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
             Bingaman, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 651. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose an excise tax on excessive bonuses paid by, and 
     received from, companies receiving Federal emergency economic 
     assistance, to limit the amount of nonqualified deferred 
     compensation that employees of such companies may defer from 
     taxation, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 652. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions 
     to assist in the development of integrated health care 
     delivery, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 653. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the 
     writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BUNNING (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 654. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric 
     physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to 
     appropriate quality foot and ankle care; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, 
             and Mr. Thune):
       S. 655. A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
     Restoration Act to ensure adequate funding for conservation 
     and restoration of wildlife, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kerry, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 656. A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of 
     certain nationals of Liberia to that of lawful permanent 
     residents; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Specter, Mr. Graham, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Cornyn, 
             and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 657. A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal 
     court proceedings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 658. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 659. A bill to improve the teaching and learning of 
     American history and civics; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 660. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to pain care; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Brown, and Mr. 
             Pryor):
       S. 661. A bill to strengthen American manufacturing through 
     improved industrial energy efficiency, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 662. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife 
     services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement 
     rates for certified nurse-midwife services; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Brownback, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mr. Kerry, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Specter, Mrs. Murray, 
             Ms. Collins, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. 
             Cochran):
       S. 663. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the 
     Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits 
     to certain individuals who served in the United States 
     merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the 
     Naval Transport Service) during World War II; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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