[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 194 (Friday, December 18, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S13458]
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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 Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 2906. A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to 
     modify a provision relating to leases involving certain 
     Indian tribes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Begich, and Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado):
       S. 2907. A bill to establish a coordinated avalanche 
     protection program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Corker, and Mr. 
             Feingold):
       S. 2908. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act to require the Secretary of Energy to publish a final 
     rule that establishes a uniform efficiency descriptor and 
     accompanying test methods for covered water heaters, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Brown, and 
             Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2909. A bill to provide State programs to encourage 
     employee ownership and participation in business 
     decisionmaking throughout the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 2910. A bill to increase wages and benefits of blue 
     collar workers by strengthening labor provisions in the H--2B 
     program, to provide for labor recruiter accountability, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Vitter, 
             Mr. LeMieux, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Barrasso, and 
             Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2911. A bill to reduce the deficit by establishing 5-
     year discretionary spending caps and strengthened Pay-As-You-
     Go procedures; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 2912. A bill to require lenders of loans with Federal 
     guarantees or Federal insurance to consent to mandatory 
     mediation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Carper):
       S. 2913. A bill to establish a national mercury monitoring 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Brown, and 
             Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2914. A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
     United States Employee Ownership Bank, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Crapo, 
             and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 2915. A bill to provide that employment-related 
     arbitration agreements shall not be enforceable with respect 
     to any claim related to a tort arising out of rape; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BUNNING:
       S. 2916. A bill to provide that Internal Revenue Service 
     Notice 2010-2 shall have no force and effect and to amend the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the authority of 
     the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations under 
     section 382 of such Code; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Nelson of 
             Nebraska, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Bond, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
             Brownback, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 2917. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the penalty for failure to disclose certain 
     reportable transactions and the penalty for submitting a bad 
     check to the Internal Revenue Service, to modify certain 
     rules relating to Federal vendors, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bond, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
             Burr, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Corker, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Gregg, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Kyl, Mr. LeMieux, 
             Mr. Lugar, Mr. McCain, Mr. McConnell, Ms. Murkowski, 
             Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Vitter, and Mr. Wicker):
       S.J. Res. 24. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor 
     relating to financial disclosure and transparency by labor 
     union management; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.

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