[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 132 (Thursday, September 17, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9554-S9555]
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. HARKIN:
       S. 1679. An original bill to make quality, affordable 
     health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve 
     health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and 
     strengthen the health care workforce; from the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 1680. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to provide the authorized representative of a 
     deceased beneficiary full access to information with respect 
     to the deceased beneficiary's benefits under the Medicare and 
     Medicaid programs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1681. A bill to ensure that health insurance issuers and 
     medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price 
     fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment 
     of competition and consumers; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida):
       S. 1682. A bill to provide the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission with clear antimarket manipulation authority, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 1683. A bill to apply recaptured taxpayer investments 
     toward reducing the national debt; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1684. A bill to establish guidelines and incentives for 
     States to establish criminal arsonist and criminal bomber 
     registries and to require the Attorney General to establish a 
     national criminal arsonist and criminal bomber registry 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1685. A bill to provide an emergency benefit of $250 to 
     seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to 
     compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for 
     such year, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Udall of

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             New Mexico, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1686. A bill to place reasonable safeguards on the use 
     of surveillance and other authorities under the USA PATRIOT 
     Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHANNS (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Chambliss, 
             Mr. Brownback, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Burr, Mrs. Hutchison, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Shelby, Mr. Thune, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
             DeMint, and Mr. Graham):
       S. 1687. A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from 
     awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing 
     any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that 
     promote the Association of Community Organizations for Reform 
     Now; read the first time.
           By Mr. BENNETT (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Bunning, and 
             Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1688. A bill to prevent congressional reapportionment 
     distortions by requiring that, in the questionnaires used in 
     the taking of any decennial census of population, a checkbox 
     or other similar option be included for respondents to 
     indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the United 
     States; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico):
       S. 1689. A bill to designate certain land as components of 
     the National Wilderness Preservation System and the National 
     Landscape Conservation System in the State of New Mexico, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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