[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 168 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S10514]
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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 Mr. CASEY:
       S. 4040. A bill to preserve Medicare beneficiary choice by 
     restoring and expanding the Medicare open enrollment and 
     disenrollment opportunities repealed by section 3204(a) of 
     the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 4041. A bill to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 
     to provide protection for consumers who have prepaid cards, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
             Leahy):
       S. 4042. A bill to permit the disclosure of certain 
     information for the purpose of missing child investigations; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Udall of New Mexico):
       S. 4043. A bill to revise and extend provisions under the 
     Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 4044. A bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Combating 
     Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-416), to establish a 
     National Institute of Autism Spectrum Disorders, to provide 
     for the continuation of certain programs relating to autism, 
     to establish programs to provide services to individuals with 
     autism and the families of such individuals and to increase 
     public education and awareness of autism, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 4045. A bill to amend section 924 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to clarify and strengthen the armed career 
     criminal provisions, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 4046. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious 
     accommodations in employment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BENNETT:
       S. 4047. A bill to establish the Federal Acceleration of 
     State Technologies Deployment Program and for related 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 4048. A bill to extend expiring provisions of the USA 
     PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, the 
     Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and 
     the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 until December 31, 2013, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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